Lot 37BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-B, S &T: 4-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

ARIA - HERO OF ASPHALT (+V. KHOLSTININ AUTOGRAPH) - 1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027413000. A rare original of the cult album. Hero of Asphalt is the third studio album by Aria. This is the first album after the split of the band in early 1987, "Hero of Asphalt" is also the first album officially released by "Melody", the two previous albums at that time existed and were distributed as tape albums only on tape cassettes. The album was a great success, its sales exceeded 1 million copies (which in the United States corresponds to the platinum status), but the exact circulation is unknown even to the company "Melody", although, according to her, at least 1.5 million records were printed.On this album, for the first time, all the lyrics were written by Margarita Pushkina, and Alexander Elin, who wrote the lyrics to previous albums, left for the Master group and did not work with Aria until 2001.In 2008, a concert tour was held in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, which resulted in the release of a double live album and a concert video "Hero of Asphalt XX years". The original album line-up performed at the concert and all the pieces were performed in the same order. In May 2012, as a result of a vote held on the website openspace.ru, the album "Hero of Asphalt" took the first position in the list of 50 major records of "Melody" and on April 23, 2013 was re-released on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies as part of the project "Melody-50", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the company.  ...more

AC / DC-BACK IN BLACK-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC - K50735 Very rare British Original An album by an Australian rock band. It is the band's first release without vocalist Bon Scott, who died on February 19, 1980. The album cover was made almost entirely black, in memory of the departed Scott. Back in Black was the first album recorded with vocalist Brian Johnson. Back in Black was an unprecedented success: it sold about 50 million copies worldwide. Its huge sales figures made it the second best-selling album in history. ...more

CHAIF-LET'S GO BACK-1992-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEELEE-FL 3 007. A rare original of the cult Russian blues-rock band. "Let's Go Back" is the seventh studio album by the band "Chaif". The album was recorded in October 1990-February 1991 in the St. Petersburg Recording Studio. Released by FEELEE Records in 1992.  ...more

HENDRIX, JIMI-WAR HEROES-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2302020. A very rare British original . War Heroes is a posthumous studio album by American guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, released on October 1, 1972.  War Heroes is the third studio album released after the guitarist's death. The album was engineered and produced by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen. Recorded in the period from 1967 to 1970. The album mainly features psychedelic music mixed with blues and hard rock. These songs were later included on the album First Rays of the New Rising Sun. ...more

CHARLES, RAY-GENIUS OF-1960-first press (MONO) uk-london-LTZK15190HAK2284 matrix A-1B/B-1B. A rare British original of the legend of the jazz scene. The Genius of Ray Charles is a 1959 album by Ray Charles, released in October by Atlantic Records, the seventh album since Ray Charles ' debut in 1957. The album consists of swinging pop music with big band arrangements. It includes the first half of a big band song and the second half of a line covering a ballad. The Genius of Ray Charles has sold over 500,000 copies and is ranked # 17 on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more