Lot 68SADE-DIAMOND LIFE1984-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

  The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 15, 1984, and is ranked # 428 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. ...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

YANKA-NOT ALLOWED-1992-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-BONDA-BND-00019. Mega rare original of one of the legends of Russian rock.  Recorded in 1988, the album Yankee Diaghileva. "This is the first official Yankee album, Not Supposed to, recorded at Coffin Studios on January 9, 1988. Subsequently, with the addition of various material from a later period, it was released on vinyl. Yana (Yanka) Stanislavovna Dyagileva (September 4, 1966, Novosibirsk-presumably May 9, 1991, Novosibirsk district, Novosibirsk region) was a Soviet rock singer, author, performer, member of the punk rock groups "Civil Defense", "Great October", etc. One of the brightest representatives of the Siberian underground of the late 1980s.She began to give concerts, mostly apartment concerts, where she performed her songs with a guitar. Diaghilev quickly gained fame and respect in the Soviet rock underground, and Yankee's unauthorized albums were released.During her lifetime, Yanka was not actually noticed by the official media. She really did not like to give interviews, rejected the offer of "Melody" to release a CD, the TV did not shoot video materials about Yanka. Diaghilev never sought popularity and did not contribute in any way to the "promotion" of her name. She died in May 1991. The circumstances of the death are not fully clarified. The official conclusion of the investigation is drowning as a result of an accident.  ...more

HUMBLE PIE-THUNDERBOX-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-AM-SP3611. A very rare American original of the cult prog band. Thunderbox is the seventh studio album by English hard rock band Humble Pie, released in 1974. It peaked at number 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. A planned UK release was cancelled. ...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