Lot 30ROLLING STONES-GOAT'S HEAD SOUP-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-RS-NMINT/NMINT

ALPHAVILLE-FOREVER YOUNG ( +POSTER) -1984-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATCO-240481-1. A rare original of the cult album of one of the founders of the new wave.Forever Young is the debut Studio album by German Synthpop band Alphaville, released on September 27, 1984 by Warner Music Group. The album was preceded by the release of several singles — "Big In Japan" in January, Sounds Like A Melody in may, and Forever Young in September, just before the album's release. The album sold over 2,000,000 copies. The song Forever Young did not initially become a popular hit, but has since been considered a classic of the 1980s. Some copies of German vinyl albums were enclosed with large posters. ...more

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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-PENDULUM-1970-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-FANTASY-F8410.  Mega rare promo original of the cult band. Pendulum is the sixth Studio album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder studios in San Francisco and released on the Fantasy label in December 1970. Pendulum is the last CCR album to feature rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who left the band shortly after the album's release. The record demonstrates the group's desire to expand their own stylistic framework, a number of his compositions are musically much more complex than the CCR recordings of 1968-1969. The most ambitious of the band's seven albums, Pendulum was recorded for about a month — twice as long as the other records. ...more

VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY ( VISOTSKY VLADIMIR) -TATTOO-1993-First press RUSSIA-APRELEVKA-M0004.  The released album of Vladimir Vysotsky was called "TATTOO" from the series that was released by Aprelevka Sound Inc. Four discs were released with rare and previously unreleased songs: 1993 Tattoo. (Code M-0004). 1993 Wording. (Code M-0011). 1994 But I don't regret it. (Code M-0092). 1994 Talk to me at least. (Code M-0093). It was commissioned by the Vladimir Vysotsky Foundation, but after the release of the first two albums, the Foundation ran out of money and refused to Finance it. Aprelevka releases at its own expense several hundred pieces of the third and fourth album to pay for the preparation of albums.  The third and fourth discs are extremely rare and are welcome rarities of the master's work.  ...more

BADFINGER-BADFINGER-1973-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-WARNER-WB56023. Mega rare promo original of the cult album. Badfinger is the sixth Studio album by British rock band Badfinger. The album was recorded in the fall of 1973 and released in 1974 on the Warner Bros. label .Records. It was the first of two albums released by the band on the Warner label. When Badfinger were finishing work on their last album for Apple Records, Ass, the band's Manager, Stan Polley, signed them to a three-year, six-album deal with Warner Bros.Records. As a result, shortly after the band and producer Chris Thomas completed recording Ass , they returned to the Studio to make a new album for Warner. Originally scheduled for release on December 28, 1973, the album was delayed due to Ass being released the same month. After the release of Badfinger has received an unfavorable review in Rolling Stone magazine. The UK single released after the album "Love is Easy" failed to chart. The follow-up single released in the US, "I Miss You", also failed. In the United States, the album peaked at number 161 on the BillboardTop 200 LPs & Tape list, making it Badfinger's lowest-charting album there. Part of the reason for the poor commercial performance was that due to legal proceedings with Apple, this album and Ass came out within a few months of each other; in fact, in the UK, Badfinger actually preceded Ass. ...more