Lot 68DIRE STRAITS-BROTHERS IN ARMS-1985-FIRST PRESS USA-WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-FIREBALL-1971-FIRST PRESS (TRANSITION 1974) UK-HARVEST - SHVL793 of the Matrix A-2U/B-3U . A very rare early edition of the cult album. Fireball is the fifth Studio album by British rock band Deep Purple. Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971, released in September 1971 on Harvest Records. The album was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios (like its predecessor). Compared to Deep Purple in Rock, this album was recorded in a more experimental style. Allmusic named it one of the band's four most important albums, along with Machine Head, In Rock, and Burn. Ian Gillan, unlike the rest of the band, considers this album a classic of Deep Purple. However, he noted that the album's inclusion of" Anyone's Daughter "(in country style and with humorous lyrics) was fun, but a mistake ("A good bit of fun, but a mistake"). Jon Lord highlighted several of the album's tracks, such as" No No No "and" Fools", and particularly noted pace's playing in the title track. The track "Strange Kind of Woman", released as a single in February 1971 and rose to number eight in the UK charts. It sold 20,000 copies in its first week. The album was highly acclaimed by the public and critics, becoming multi-gold on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

DDT-BLACK DOG PETERSBURG-1994-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-DDT. Mega rare cult album of one of the main groups of Russian rock. Black dog Petersburg is a live album by DDT, recorded on December 12, 1992 and released in 1994. The album contains eight songs that were not included in other albums. "Black Dog" is our first thematic, conceptual program. When we did it, we knew that as musicians we had to rise to a new, different level. We set ourselves tasks that we had never solved before. Everything was new and strange. And it turned out. With all the disadvantages, but it turned out!»... "It was the first time such big topics were touched upon there. Topics that are generally sick of art: "To be or not to be?", The bronze horseman, Boris Godunov.… There were appeals to Mandelstam, Brodsky, Shostakovich, some kind of Symphony, even a small one. Work on figurative music has already begun. This was a milestone for us." — Yu. Shevchuk, Mikhail Chernov considers the program "Black dog Petersburg" the top of the group's growth and the beginning of its decline: "in my personal opinion, this is the end of DDT. ...more

SLADE-NOBODY'S FOOLS-1976-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-WARNER BROS-BS2936 Mega rare promo original of the cult album. The sixth album by Slade. Recorded in 1975, released on March 5, 1976. The ranking is No. 14 in the UK, the first not to make the Top 10. Further on, these indicators were even worse. This does not mean that the band's music has become worse (Noddy holder considers this album the best, and many fans and even critics are of the same opinion, the musical material here is very strong. ...more

COCKER, JOE-COCKER-1986 - FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL -064 24 0424 1. Cocker is the tenth Studio album by Joe Cocker, released in April 1986, and his second album on the Capitol label. It includes the hit singles " You Can Leave Your Hat On "and" Don't you Love Me Anymore", the former of which became popular after its use in the famous strip scene in the movie 9 1/2 Weeks . Released as a single, Cocker's version of the song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.  ...more

SCORPIONS-BEST OF ROCKERS N' BALLADS-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-EMI-7934391. Rare German original album which includes the best ballad and rock songs from the albums of 1978-1988. Scorpions is a German English-language rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover. The band's style is characterized by both classic hard rock and lyrical guitar ballads. ...more