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DIRE STRAITS-COMMUNIQUE-1979-ORIGINAL 1980 UK PRESS-VERTIGO - 9102031. Rare early British edition of the iconic album.Communiqué is the second Studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979. Communiqué was recorded in November-December 1978, at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. The first album, debuted in the German charts at number 1 in its first week of release (their debut album Dire Straits was still at number 3 in the country). Total has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In Europe it sold 3,600 thousand copies, and in the U.S. it reached gold status. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-ATLANTIC-588171. One of the icons in rock music, mega rare second pressing with the matrix of the original A-1/B-1. Led Zeppelin is the debut Studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded in October 1968 at London's Olympic Studios and released by Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. The album initially garnered mostly negative press reviews, but was a great commercial success and was subsequently highly acclaimed by rock critics. Album release date, January 12, 1969, Kerrang magazine! in a special issue marked as the birthday of heavy metal In total, the band spent 1,782 pounds on recording the album, and collected about 3.5 million pounds in total for 1969-70, thereby exceeding the amount paid by 2,000 times. In the charts, the album also did not lag behind, placing from 1 to 20 places in different countries. In Britain, it reached a maximum of 6th place in two years. ...more

CREMATORIUM-DOUBLE ALBUM-1993-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-CREMATORIUM-K1-K4. A rare original of the cult rock-Blues-folk band."Double album" - a collection of the best songs of the Russian rock band "Crematorium", recorded in the period from October 26, 1992 to January 24, 1993 in the tone Studio of the Gorky film Studio and released in 1993 for the 10th anniversary of the group. The album's music is diverse - waltzes, ballads, rock and roll and Blues. The album includes songs from previous albums, re-recorded by the new line-up, and two new tracks. One of the most famous and striking compilation recordings in the band's discography  ...more

SNOWY WHITE'S BLUES AGENCY-OPEN FOR BUSINESS-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BELLAPHON - 26007128. Rare original single edition on vinyl. In the group Snowy White's Blues Agency, which in addition to Snowy White included veterans of the English scene: Graham Bell, Jeff Allen and Kuma Harada. The release of two records of the group-Change My Life and Open for Business-did not make a lot of noise, but gave true connoisseurs of the genre two masterpieces in the style of "white Blues". Stunning cover versions plus original material formed the backbone of perhaps two of the most underrated records of the turn of the 80's-90's  ...more

KLAUS VOORMANN-DECIDE OF ETERNITY-1973-LITHOGRAPH LIMITED 29/260-GERMANY.  A rare signature limited-edition lithograph by KLAUS VOORMAN is called "the Decade of eternity" . He created it in 1973 during the period of life in America. Longing for the years of the BEATLES ' existence, he draws a work where he put a piece of each BEATLES album. Klaus Voormann; b. April 29, 1938, Berlin-German Grammy award-winning artist, well-known musician and record producer. He created graphic works for the design of recordings of many musical groups, including the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His best-known work as a producer is with the band Trio, including their world-famous hit "Da Da Da". As a musician, foreman is best known as the bass player for the Manfred Mann band from 1966 to 1969, and for participating as a session musician in recording sessions for many bands and artists, including former members of the Beatles. His acquaintance and collaboration with the Beatles dates back to their performances in Hamburg in the early 1960s. Later in London, he lived in the band's apartment with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, after John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved out of it to live with their then partners. Foreman created the cover art for the album Revolver, for which he was awarded a Grammy award in 1966 for "Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts"; this was the first time that anyone was awarded for a cover with a drawing rather than a photo. After the band split, rumors circulated about forming an ensemble called the Ladders with Lennon, Harrison, Starr, and foreman (instead of McCartney on bass). The rumors didn't come true, except that all four failed Ladders (along with Billy Preston) participated in Ringo Starr's recording of the song "I'm the Greatest" written for Starr by Lennon, which was included on the Ringo album. Foreman played on albums by Lennon, Harrison, Starr, and was a member of the Plastic Ono Band for a while. In the 1990s, foreman designed albums for the Beatles Anthology. in 2009, foreman released his debut solo album a Sideman's Journey, featuring many famous musicians, including Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, United under the name "Voormann and Friends» ...more