Lot 55JON LORD / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA-GEMINI SUITE-1971- FIRST PRESS UK-PURPLE-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

VAYA CON DIOS-TIME FLIES-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-BMG-7432110896-1. Rare original popular rock group. Time Flies is the third Studio album by Vaya Con Dios, which at the moment were mostly female group. Even more than previous albums, this is a melancholic album and is more focused on Blues and soul. The reason for the topic is that Vaya Con Dios was mainly the partnership of Dani Klein and Dirk Supsa, and in 1991 the pair fell heavily. May 24, 1991, Sups, who was only 29 years old, died of a cocktail of drugs, drugs and alcohol.The album is very well established in Europe, taking first place in Switzerland [2] and received platinum certification in four countries, eventually proving to be the most successful Vaya Con Dios album.Time Flies was the first album from Vaya Con Dios, who ended the song in French. In 1993 Vaya Con Dios went on their first world tour. ...more

HARRISON, GEORGE-ALL THINGS MUST PASS-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-STCH639 Matrix A1U/B1U/C1U/D1U stamper 1OG/2PR/2LH/2OD/2GP/1PD Very rare British original cult album. All Things Must Pass is a triple solo album by George Harrison, released in 1970 after the breakup of The Beatles. The first ever triple album by a solo musician. The first two lps of the original edition feature studio tracks; the third, titled "Apple Jam", features session recordings of Harrison with fellow musicians. Enthusiastically received by fans and critics, All Things Must Pass is also certified 6x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, making it the best-selling solo album ever released by former members of The Beatles. ...more

C - RIVER BRIGADE-1993-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEE LEE-FL3024. A rare original of the cult album.  In the summer of 1992, the band recorded the album "Rivers". However, in parallel, the participants were preparing a large-scale action "All this is rock and roll" with the participation of Russian rock stars, so the new work of the musicians was sold only in the spring of 1993. The concert presentation of the album "Rivers" was held in the legendary Gorbunov Recreation Center. "Brigade C" presented its CD for three days — on April 28, 29 and 30. Shortly after this event, the band officially ceased to exist, and Garik Sukachev announced the creation of a new project — "Untouchables". The album was released by FeeLee. The record was released on vinyl records in an edition of 5,000 copies.Relative to the previous works of the band, even with the traditional "brigadovsky" drive, the album "Rivers" came out somewhat tired, calm and beautiful, its songs-piercing and dramatic. In its own way, it was a farewell to the old time and the old team. A characteristic feature of the album is also the noise space between the compositions, provided by the tone studio of the Mosfilm film company and consisting of various sounds of wildlife. Most of the submitted songs are still being rotated on radio stations. ...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