Lot 68ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

DONNA SUMMER-BAD GIRL (2LP) - 1979-FIRST PRESS UK-CASABLANCA-CALD5007-1. A rare British original of the queen of soul disco. Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on April 25, 1979 through Casablanca Records. Originally released as a double album, Bad Girls became the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Summer's career. It was also her last studio album on the Casablanca Records label. Bad Girls reached the top of the US Billboard 200 chart, where it lasted six weeks. Bad Girls received universal acclaim and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just a week after its release. At the 1980 Grammy Awards, Bad Girls was nominated for Album of the Year and Hot Stuff was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, "Bad Girls "was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R/B Vocal Performance, and" Dim All the Lights " was nominated for Best Disco Recording. Bad Girls is considered one of the greatest disco albums. "Rolling Stone" in the category of women's 50 greatest albums of all time, put the album at number 23.  ...more

MICHAEL, GEORGE-FAITH-1987-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-EPC4600001. A rare European original. Faith is the debut solo studio album by British musician George Michael, released in October 1987. The CD is recognized as one of the greatest in the history of pop music, and has won several awards, including the Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year. The album was an instant success in the US, selling more than a million copies in its debut week — the largest number of discs sold per week ever by a British pop artist. To date, more than 25 million records have been sold worldwide. Six singles were released from the album, which largely helped it dominate the charts in 1988.  ...more

SUNDAY-SUNDAY-1991-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEE LEE-FL3-001. A very rare original of the cult album. Resurrection is the second studio album by the band Resurrection, recorded in 1981. Until 1991, it existed only as a tape album, distributed by copying. Included in the book by Alexander Kushnir "100 magnetoalbums of Soviet rock" The recording was made on June 7-10, 1981. The sound engineer was Alexander "Artem" Arutyunov. The album was mixed on the spot.  The songs "In life, like in a dark thicket", "Who's to blame?" and "I used to wander alone" were first recorded in 1979 on the first album. A total of 9 songs were recorded. The picture on the cover is drawn by Mikhail Shevyakov. ...more

MOVIE- NIGHT-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C9026795003. A rare original of the cult album. Night is the fifth studio album by the Soviet rock band Kino, recorded in 1985 and released in January 1986. The album was recorded at the studio "AnTrop". Initially, it was released on compact cassettes, and in 1988 it was released on records by the record company "Melody". It is the band's first officially released album. The album took the 12th place in the list of "50 best Russian albums of all time", compiled by the magazine "Afisha" according to the results of a survey of young Russian musicians. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-MAKING MOVIES-1980-FIRST PRESS CANADA-MERCURY-SRM1-8857 . A rare American original.  Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records International, Warner Bros. in the United States and Mercury in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached number 8 on the UK singles chart, the album reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States, and number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was later certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in the United Kingdom. It is considered one of the best Dire Straits albums. ...more