Lot 17SHOCKING BLUE-BEST-1973-FIRST PRESS-METRONOME-NMINT/NMINT

DIRE STRAITS-BROTHERS IN ARMS1985-FIRST PRESS USA-WARNER 1-25264.Rare American original of Dire Straits ' fifth Studio album.  Multi-platinum and the most successful in the group's creative work. ...more

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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

MULLIGAN, GERRY AND HODGES, JOHNNY-GERRY MULLIGAN MEETS JOHNNY HODGES-1961-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1465. A very rare British original of one of the cult jazz albums.  This is an album by two American jazz saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges with performances recorded in 1959, released on the Verve label. The Allmusic website gave the album 4 stars, stating: "Gerry Mulligan's 1959 Studio date with Johnny Hodges is one of the most enjoyable sessions of his meetings with various saxophonists for Verve ... Throughout the performance, the two saxophonists are perfectly combined with each other and complement each other. effort, even though it was their only opportunity to record together in the Studio." ...more

WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITOL-PCTC254 - a-2U/B - 1U PORKY/ROOM . Venus and Mars is the fourth Studio album by Wings, released in 1975. The CD was released after the extraordinary success of Band on the Run and also became very popular. Paul McCartney's first album with Capitol Records. After the release of Band on the Run, Wings also included Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitarist) and Jeff Britton (drummer) in 1974. After McCartney wrote several new songs for the upcoming album, the band flew to New Orleans in January 1975 to record Venus and Mars.Britton, after an argument with McCulloch, left the band, having managed to participate in the recording of only three songs of the album. He was urgently picked up a replacement-American Joe English, with whom the recording was continued. McCartney made the songs in Venus and Mars flow smoothly into each other, and the album in this sense became similar to the Beatles ' Abbey Road album. The album was received very warmly, and in all countries of the continent it reaches the Top 10 of the charts. According to the results, album of the year, places are also high, in the UK 5 place, USA-1 place according to the Billboard 200. ...more