Lot 55LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-ATLANTIC-NMINT/NMINT

SOUNDS OF MU-ROUGH SUNSET-1995-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-MAMONOV-OM04. A very rare original of the cult album. Rough sunset is the fifth Studio album under the banner "Sounds of Mu" and the first recorded in the new line-up. The second line-up of the band grew out of the project of Peter Mamonov with his half-brother Alexey Bortnichuk, which was to be the next step in his musical development. Subsequently, the Duo became a Quartet, and the newly formed group needed a name. Mamonov considered it necessary to change the name from the original, "Mamonov and Alexey", to the already used"sounds of Mu". The application of the old name of the group to the new line-up caused discontent among the members of the former "collective", which led to accusations against Mamonov and the formation of the collective "echoes of Mu". In addition to Mamonov and Bortnichuk, the new line-up included bassist Yevgeny Kazantsev and drummer Andrey Nadolsky. Mamonov himself sought to create a wall of sound on the album, changing the sound in favor of guitar parts. This allowed him to record his old songs, which could not be recorded with the canonical composition of "Sounds".  ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

FOCUS-FOCUS 3 (2LP'S) - 1972-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2344038. Of The Matrix A-1/B-3/C-1/D-1. Rare British original. FOCUS 3 is the third Studio album by the Dutch rock band. Focus 3 or Focus III is the third Studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released as a double album in November 1972 on Imperial Records. Recorded after touring in support of their previous album, Focus II (1971), the album saw the band write extended plays and is their first with bassist Bert Ruyter as part of the band. Focus 3 received a positive reception upon its release. It peaked at # 1 in the Netherlands for one week and reached # 6 on the UK albums chart and # 35 on the us Billboard 200. "Sylvia" was released as the album's only single to reach # 4 in the UK and # 89 in the US. The album was certified gold by the recording industry Association of America for sales of over 500,000 copies. ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1997-UK-EMI-EMTC103. A rare British audiophile edition released for the 100th anniversary of EMI. ...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