Lot 49SUPERTRAMP-CRIME OF THE CENTURY-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-A&M-NMINT/NMINT

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

ELECTRIC FLAG – AN AMERICAN MUSIC BAND-1969-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-CBS-M63462. Very rare British original of the cult band in the style of Blues Rock, Jazz-Rock, Rhythm / Blues. An American Music Band was the second album released by the Electric Flag And reached number 76 on the album chart. ...more

ASTRUD GILBERTO HOLIDAY-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1971 UK-VERVE-2317022 Rare promo edition of one of the most significant in the discography of the jazz singer. ASTRUD is from Brazil, born on March 30, 1940 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. She became famous in the early 1960s for recording the Bossa Nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema", performing with Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (to whom she was married).  ...more

HILLAGE, STEVE (EX-GONG) - FISH RISING-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1976-UK-VIRGIN-V2031. A1/B1 Matrices. A rare British second edition of the cult album in prog music.  Fish Rising is the debut solo album by British progressive guitarist Steve Hillage, recorded and released in 1975. The album was recorded on the eve of hillage's departure from Gong, and many artists on this album represent The band, including bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Merlin, keyboardist Tim Blake, and saxophonist Didier Malherbe. Hilledge wrote some of the material for his former band Khan, and in the lyrics and sound, Hilledge also developed the ideas and mythology of Gong. The album's long compositions in the style of space and psychedelic rock were brilliantly arranged and performed, with Hillage's magnificent guitar solo playing particularly prominent in the sound. In 1975, the album reached number 33 on the UK albums chart, where it lasted a total of 3 weeks.  ...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