Lot 74ABBA-ABBA-1975-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

DEMON FUZZ-AFREAKA! - 1970-THE FIRST PRESS of UK-DAWN-DNLS3013, a mega rare original by a British prog band. Up to a certain point, Demon Fuzz was quite a typical British progressive band of the late sixties. Atypical was the fact that the team consisted of seven black members, which, however, was also not so rare. A turning point occurred when the Demon Fuzz musicians visited Morocco, where they fully discovered African music. Here lies the secret of this unusual group: when they returned back to the UK, they realized that it would be great to mix their native progressive rock with the African rhythms that they loved so much. As a result, their cult album was born, which is designated as Afro-rock. However, the musical palette of Demon Fuzz turned out even brighter. In their heavy progressive, in addition to the African influence, you can find elements of soul (especially in the vocals), and jazz with a confident wind section, and although not so significant, but slipping funk. Their record "Afreka!" sounds very interesting and diverse, and their amazing combination of styles makes the most impressive impression.The album consists of five very long tracks. Not all of them immediately cut into the brain, but nevertheless look interesting and give pleasure to how well and thoughtfully they are made and played. Especially impressive is the epic Past, Present, and Future for ten minutes and bright in terms of melody and internal diversity of Disillusioned Man. ...more

JUPITER+BUTUSOV (EX-NAUTILUS POMPILIUS)- FLOWERS AND THORNS-2010-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-SOYUZ. Mega rare original released in Germany in a small edition.  Flowers and Thorns is the fourth studio album by the rock band Yu-Peter, released on December 3, 2010. As part of the presentation of the album, a concert video was shot.The album stands out among its other weighted sound. The album includes the composition "Children of Minutes" based on poems by Viktor Tsoi, and also includes songs written by Alexander Loginov, a Moscow poet and writer, now serving in Geneva at the United Nations. The cover was designed by the designer and friend of Vyacheslav Butusov, Alexander Korotich. ...more

KALINOV MOST-VYVOROTEN-1991-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-SNC-R60 00419. A rare original of the first album of the Russian cult prog group. "Vyvoroten" is the debut studio album by the Russian folk-rock band "Kalinov Most". Refers to a total two-year studio cycle consisting of three albums: "Vyvoroten", "Darza", "Uzaren", the material for which was written continuously.The word "Eversion" in Belarus, in rural areas, is called trees that have fallen on the road, after a hurricane or thunderstorm. Example of use: "I took you another way, because on the old one, after yesterday, there were vyvorotni." It did not contain any of the songs that had already brought the band fame. The songs were not just different, but completely different in poetics, completely incomprehensible from where the author (Dmitry Revyakin) came mysterious images, intricacies of words. And a specific melos, in which, in addition to "blues" and "rock" elements, ethnic motifs and shamanic chants were fused.  ...more

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JON LORD / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA-GEMINI SUITE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-PURPLE-TPSA7501 Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 1GH/1RM Rare British original cult album. After the 1969 album a fusion of classical and rock for band and orchestra, John Lord was commissioned to write a sequel. It was the Gemini Suite, five long movements inspired by members of Deep Purple, and performed live in September 1970 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Light Music Society Orchestra (an album of the concert was released in 1993 as the Gemini Suite Live). Jon Lord then recorded it in the studio as his first solo project in 1971 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold and soloists drawn from the rock world. Gemini Suite this was an important step for Lorde and led to albums such as Windows (1974) and Sarabande (1976). The album was originally released in Europe and America in 1971 with various covers. ...more