Lot 44VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-THE QUIET ZONE-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-NMINT/NMINT

RARE BIRD -SOMEBODY'S WATCHING-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-2383211. Very rare original cult prog group .The fourth Studio album by Rare Bird . Again, there have been changes in the personnel composition of the group . Also worth noting is the presence of Nick Potter, bassist of Van der Graaf Generator . Recording took place in the Polydor Studio, Island Studios and Lansdowne Studios . ...more

VLADIMIR VISSOTSKI-LA CORDE RAIDE-1977-FRANCE FIRST PRESS-POLYDOR-room 2473077Очень rare famous album of Vladimir Vysotsky . "Tightrope" — album of Vladimir Vysotsky, recorded in France at Studio Barclay in September 1977, accompanied by instrumental ensemble. The arrangements of the songs for the album did Konstantin Kazansky. Konstantin Kazansky says:In 1977 the same year, when he published the "military" record on "Shang du Monde", a great admirer of Vladimir Vysotsky Jacques Urevich, which I mentioned, too, wanted to release his album. With him we have had conversations about it, and Urevich I said, "I don't know how it turns out. When you make arrangements for Alesha Dimitrievich, each song is different, and when you do to Vysotsky, and there behind only a guitar — and everything." I told him that it was Volodya wants, it's his taste, not mine. Urevich said, "Okay, I'll talk to him".After a conversation of Urevich Vysotsky I got carte Blanche- I could make such arrangements that I wanted. And so the album came out, released under the name of "tightrope" at Studio "Polidor". ...more

RUSH-HOLD YOUR FIRE-1987-FIRST USA PRESS-MERCURY-8324640-1. Rare American original. Hold Your Fire is the twelfth Studio album by canadian rock band Rush, was published in 1987. It was the last work of the group issued on such labels as PolyGram/Mercury, which are regularly released from the disk group outside of Canada. On this disc, Rush continued to experiment with new musical directions. The song "Tai Shan" was written under the influence of classical Chinese music, its name refers to mount tai in China's Shandong province. ...more

RAINBOW-RISING-1976-ORIGINAL 1977 UK PRESS-2490137. Matrix A-2/B-3 . Rare original press which followed the matrices A-1/B-1. Cover marked with gold stamp ( Limited edition, special price). The album Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is the second Studio album by Rainbow, released in 1976. Most critics say this is the best album among all the albums released by the group. The album went on sale in may of the same year, rising to 48th place in The Billboard 200 and up to 11th place in the UK. Over the next few years Rising has become a classic in hard rock. In 1981 Rising topped the reader's list of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time, compiled by the magazine Kerrang!. In 2002, the album was ranked 22nd position in the ranking "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock ...more

MARK KNOPFLER-ALL THE ROADRUNNUNG-2006-FIRST PRESS USA-WARNER-44154-1. Mega rare original (the only) edition of the iconic album. All the Roadrunning is a collaboration between the British singer and guitarist mark Knopfler and American singer and composer Emmylou Harris , released on 24 April 2006, Mercury Records and Universal Music International and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album received positive reviews, and attained the position of number one in the albums charts in Denmark, Norway and Switzerland. The album peaked at eighth place in the UK and 17th in the list Billboard 200 in the United States. ...more