Lot 74GIL EVANS-THE INDIVIDUALISM OF... -1964-FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-NMINT/NMINT

IGOR TALKOV-CONCERT 23.02.1991 IN LUZHNIKI (2LP) - 1992-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-MOROZ-M-0018. A very rare original of the famous concert of 1991. From February to August 1991, Talkov and his musical group "Lifebuoy Krug" demonstrated the author's concert program " Sud " at many concert venues in the USSR, which included the most acute social songs of the musician and his most famous lyrical songs. According to the author, the program was a trial of the organizers of the October Revolution of 1917 and all the subsequent rulers of the Soviet state, who, according to the author, turned Russia into one of the most backward countries on the planet and the raw material base of developed capitalist countries .  ...more

STING-MERCURY FALLING-1996-FIRST PRESS UK-AM-540 486-1. Mega rare original of one of the best works of STING. Mercury Falling is the fifth studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on 8 March 1996. It marked Sting's transition to adult-oriented music. So, the second single was released ballad - "You Still Touch Me", characteristic of this genre. The album begins and ends with the words "Mercury Falling" The success of the album was not long in coming, two Grammy Awards in 1997 - best pop album and best male performance. In the same year, it became multi-platinum. ...more

TROWER, ROBIN (EX-PROCOL HARUM) - IN CITY DREAMS-1977-ORIGINAL PRESS 1980 USA-CHRYSALIS-PV41148. Early edition of legendary guitarist PROCOL HARUM's iconic album In City Dreams is the fifth solo studio album by guitarist and songwriter Robin Thrower, released in 1977 . James Dewar handed over bass duties to Rusty Allen and focused on vocals. On November 18, 1977, it was certified gold by the RIAA. ...more

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-E PLURIBUS FUNK-1972-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-SW-853. A rare American original of the cult album . E Pluribus Funk is the fifth studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released on November 15, 1971, by Capitol Records. Like the previous Grand Funk Railroad albums, it was recorded at the Cleveland Recording Company and is the last album produced by Terry Knight. The name is a play on the United States motto, E pluribus unum, and is Latin for "Out of many, Funk". The original exhaust cover (designed by Ernie Cefalu) was perfectly round and covered with a silver film that resembled a large coin. The back cover of this album included a cast image of Shea Stadium. The album was very successful, charting in the top ten in many countries. ...more

ABBA-VOULEZ-VOUS-1979-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282.A rare Swedish original of the cult album.  Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1979. The release is characterized by a large number of dance-oriented tracks, but it is wrong to define the genre of the album as exclusively "disco"; for example, the song "Does Your Mother Know" has quite definite rock motifs. The work on the album went on for more than a year, and during this time the participants had accumulated more material than what they managed to put on the album. Among the works of that period published much later, it is worth mentioning the composition Dream World, included as a bonus track on the 2010 reissue. In 1981, the album "Voulez-Vous" was released in the USSR by the company "Melody" and became the last numbered album "ABBA", released in the Soviet Union. The album, like the previous one, was a huge success, placing in the charts of all countries in the top ten. It became multi-platinum in just one year.  ...more