Lot 36SNOWY WHITE'S BLUES AGENCY-CHANGE MY LIFE-1988-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BELLAPHON-NMINT/NMINT

 RAINBOW-RICHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW-1975-First press UK-POLYDOR OYSTER-OYA2001 - KENDUN A-1U/B — 1U. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut album by British-American band Rainbow, released in may 1975. It reached number 11 in the UK charts and number 30 in the US. The album was a favorite for vocalist Ronnie James dio, according to him.  ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-COSMO'S FACTORY-1970-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-FANTASY-F8402 Mega rare promo original of the cult group. Cosmo's Factory is the fifth Studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in July 1970 on Fantasy Records. The CD was recorded at Wally Heider's San Francisco Studio. The album was named after the structure where the band set up their work residence, as well as drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, who first named the structure "Factory". Cosmo's Factory became the most commercially successful album of Creedence Clearwater Revival (topping the charts in the US, UK, and Australia) and marked (according to many rock critics) the peak of the band's creativity[1]. Singles from it included "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (#2 US, #20 UK), "Travelin ' Band" (#2 US, #8 UK), "Up Around the Bend" (#4 US, #3 UK) ...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

BAD COMPANY-ROUGH DIAMONDS-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-SWAN SONG-90001-1. A rare American original rock and Blues band. Rough Diamonds is the sixth Studio album by English rock band Bad Company. The album was released in August 1982. Rough Diamonds, like its predecessor, Desolation Angels, was recorded at Ridge Farm studios in Surrey, England, in March and April 1982, and engineered by max Norman (known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne). It was the last album by the original Bad Company line-up and the most recent Studio album to feature Paul Rogers. The album's debut track, "Electricland", written by Rogers, became the album's biggest hit. The track "Painted face" Rogers on the air rock stations spun day and night. The album became the best-selling album (gold) of the original line-up, reaching a disappointing No. 26 on the Billboard album charts in 1982.  ...more

SINATRA, FRANK-STRANGERS IN the NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F1017. Rare American original of the cult album. At the 1967 Grammy awards, Sinatra won two Grammy awards for his efforts on this album, including Record of the year for the title track, and best male vocal performance for the same song. (In the same year, he won another Grammy award - "Album of the year for a man and his music"). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track earned him a Grammy award for best arrangement accompanied by a vocalist or instrumentalist.this is the last album Sinatra performed with longtime arranger / conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. "Strangers in the Night" went platinum for one million copies sold in the United States. ...more