Lot 65ABBA-ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS-1969-FIRST PRESS USA-FANTASY-8397. Matrices A-1-B3B-R/ B-1-B1H-R. Rockaway Pressing, A rare original of the cult album. Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in November 1969.The title of the album was given by the chorus of its first track "Down on the Corner": "Down On The Corner, out in the street, Willy and the Poor Boys are playin 'Bring a nickel tap your feet". The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and #10 on the UK Albums Chart. [1] [2] The singles from it were "Down on the Corner "(#3 US, #31 UK) and" Lucky Son " (#14 US). In 1982, the track "Cotton Fields" (#50, USA) was also released as a single. In 2003, Willy and the Poor Boys was ranked # 392 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

SINATRA, FRANK-SINATRA SINGS OF LOVE AND THINGS-1962-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITAL-SW1729.  A rare British original of the iconic album. Sinatra Sings... of Love and Things is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. It is the fifth compilation of Capitol singles and B-sides from 1958 to 1962. The preface to the album says :"Twelve great recordings of performances never before available on an album!" ...more

DAVE PEACE QUARTET-GOOD MORNING MR. BLUES-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-SAGA-STFID2155. A rare British original of blues rockers from Britain, the album is notable for the fact that the band included Dave Pegg-an English multi-instrumentalist and music producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the Board of Directors. British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been the bassist in a number of folk and rock bands, including the Ian Campbell Folk Group and Jethro Tull.  ...more

CRUISE - CRUISE 1-1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6026141004. A rare original of the cult album. "Cruise-1" is the first album of the rock band "Cruise" in its updated format of a heavy metal trio. Recorded in June 1986 in Moscow and distributed as a tape album called " Rock Forever!". Released in 1987 by the company "Melody" on vinyl under the name "Cruise-1" and without the song "Rock forever" The most famous of all the albums of "Cruise", the first "metal" album and the only longplay of the group, officially published in the USSR. The CD "Cruise-1" was a huge success in the USSR: by the middle of 1988, its circulation exceeded one million copies, and the total circulation was about 12.5 million copies. ...more