Lot 61LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO-PLASTIC ONO BAND-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

NIRVANA-NEVERMIND-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU- GERMANY-DGC - GEF24425 Very rare original founders of grunge.Nevermind is the second and most commercially successful album by the American grunge band Nirvana. Was released 24 Sep 1991 record label DGC Records, the producer of the recording was made by Butch Vig. In January 1992, the album was ranked first on the charts of Billboard magazine, ahead of Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, which is seen as a milestone for underground music. Nevermind has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, the American recording industry Association certified the album diamond. After the release of Nevermind, alternative rock was considered part of the mainstream[7] later critics have recognized him as one of the best albums of all time, including such publications as Rolling Stone, NME and Time ...more

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-PIPES OF PEACE-1983-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE -  PCTC1652301 .Pipes of Peace (Rus. Peace pipe) — the fifth solo Studio album Paul McCartney, released in 1983. Being produced after which enjoyed great success album, Tug of War, Pipes of Peace was received by the public is also quite good and many songs from it became hits, but music critics have made the album much cooler than a Tug of War..When the album was released, many critics noted that Pipes of Peace is similar to its predecessor, the album Tug of War, in many ways. The album was also produced by George Martin; the album was attended by the two songs created in collaboration with the same artist (in a Tug of War — with Stevie wonder; this time the co-author was Michael Jackson); continued cooperation with Ringo Starr, ex-guitarist of the band "10cc" Eric Stewart; in the recording of the material (but last) was attended by Denny lane. The reason for all this was that many of the songs on the album, was recorded in 1981 during the recording sessions for an album Tug of War; the rest ("Pipes of Peace", "The Other Me", "So Bad", "Tug of Peace" and "Through Our Love") was recorded later, in September and October 1982. In November 1982, McCartney began to make a film on his own script, "Give my regards to broad street" (eng. Give My Regards to Broad Street), where he also starred in the lead role along with Linda, Ringo Starr and Tracey Ullman; the shooting of the film took almost all of his time throughout 1983. Because I'm too busy with filming (and for reasons to pause after the release of the previous album), the release of Pipes of Peace was delayed until October 1983. ...more

MATIA BAZAR-MELO-1987-FIRST PRESS ITALY-CDG-20639. Rare Italian original rock-pop band. Albums of "Malo" ("Melò", 1987) and "Red corner" ("Red Corner", 1989, including under the impressions of the tour to Cuba) are distinguished by the inexhaustible melodic richness, an exceptionally fine arrangements and beautiful vocals, highly praised by critics. The group is involved in several Italian festivals with songs from these albums: "We" ("Noi", "Festival Bar", 1987), "again I miss you" ("Mi manchi ancora", a festival in Riva Del Garda, 1987), "the First star" ("La prima stella della sera", San Remo, 1988), "Hold me" ("Stringimi", "Festival bar" and "Azzurro", 1989), in 1987, again received the award "Telegatto" as best Italian group. In 1988 a second visit to the Soviet Union and the act on 20 October in the concert programme of the exhibition "Italy 2000" (which was also attended by Gianni Morandi, Lucio dalla, Riccardo Fogli, Antonello Venditti and the group "Aria"). ...more

SECOND HAND-DEATH MAY BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS-1971-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-2C062-92660. A very rare French original of the second album of the top progressive British band Second Hand. In 1970, they recorded their second studio album, Death May Be Your Santa Claus, at Mushroom Studios and invited Second Hand to release their album there. The album was released in April 1971 with a supporting single titled "Funeral", featuring "Hangin' On An Eyelid " (track 2 from the album) as the B-side. This album was much more successful than the previous one, using a heavy symphonic rock style that clearly influenced the vocal style of Arthur Brown(Rob Elliott was a big fan of them). ...more

FLEETWOOD MAC-TUSK (2LP'S)-1979-FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-K66088. Very rare original cult band. Tusk is the 12th Studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac , released as a double album on 12 October 1979. It is more experimental than their previous albums, partially a consequence of the more sparse arrangements. Tusk was regarded by the label as a commercial failure, having sold four million copies, obtaining four platinum. Competitors noticed all the failures. ...more