Lot 24CLAPTON, ERIC-BACKLESS-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-NMINT/NMINT

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

SHADOWS-JIGSAW-1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT-SCX6148.  A rare British original rock beat band. Jigsaw is the sixth rock album by the British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) band The Shadows, released in 1967 on the EMI Records label, the album received high ratings from Allmusic and 4 stars.  ...more

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JOHN LEE HOOKER-MR. LUCKY-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-SILVERTONE-ZL75087. A rare European original by one of the fathers of the blues. Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker . Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers, and Carlos Santana under executive production by Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards , Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter ; and three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones, and Johnny Johnson . Released on Virgin Records, including on his Classic Records imprint label, Mr. Lucky reached No. 101 on the "Billboard 200". ...more

ARIA-HERO OF ASPHALT-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