Lot 57DIRE STRAITS-MAKING MOVIES-1980-FIRST PRESS CANADA-MERCURY-NMINT/NMINT

ABBA-ABBA-1975 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS262. A rare Swedish original. ABBA is the third studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1975. The song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", which topped the charts in Australia, giving rise to "abbamania" on the Green Continent, " SOS " and "Mamma Mia", respectively, became No. 6 and No. 1 hits in the UK — a rare success for musicians from continental Europe at the time. ...more

AGATHA CHRISTIE-DECADENCE-1991-FIRST PRESS OF THE USSR-SINTEZ-1-036-C-6. A rare original of the cult album. "Decadence" is the third studio album by the Soviet rock band "Agatha Christie", recorded in the Sverdlovsk "Studio 8" in 1990. The album turned out to be less well-known (but more complex in sound) than the previous ones, after its release, the band had a creative pause that lasted until 1992. An interesting feature of the songs of this album were quite large in volume and unusual in meaning lyrics (for the first time in the history of the band, they all belonged to the pen of one member — Gleb Samoilov, only one of the lyrics was written by the keyboardist of the group Alexander Kozlov). The music became more relaxed. Famous songs — "Machine Gun Maxim", "Sleeper", "Decadence" and "Motorcycle". ...more

DEEP PURPLE-MADE IN JAPAN (2LP'S) - 1972-FIRST PRESS (CONTRACT) UK-PURPLE-TPSP351.-Matrices A-1U/B-1U/A-1U/B-1U PORKY/PESKIE. A rare CBS contract original, Made in Japan is a double live album by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was originally released in December 1972, and in the US in April 1973, and became a super commercial success. The album was an immediate commercial success, especially in the US, where it was followed by the top five hit "Smoke on the Water" and became a steady seller throughout the 1970s. A Rolling Stone reader poll in 2012 ranked Made in Japan as the sixth best live album of all time. ...more

CONNIE FRANCIS-16 OF CONNIE'S BIGGEST HITS-1963-FIRST PRESS UK-MGM-MGM-C-970. A rare British original of the hits of the jazz-pop-soul pop star of the 50-60s. Connie Francis-an American singer of Italian origin, according to Allmusic — "the prototype of a modern pop singer, still vying with Madonna for the title of the most successful pop artist of all time»  ...more

FISH-VIGIL IN A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS-1990-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-EMI-064-793634-1. A rare European original . Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors is the debut solo album by Scottish vocalist Marillion, released in 1990. Fish left Marillion in 1988. Although the recording sessions for this album ended in June 1989, EMI Records decided to postpone the release until early 1990 to avoid a clash with the Marillion Seasons End album released in September. However, the track "State of Mind", featuring guest musician John Keeble of Spandau Ballet on drums, was released as a single on October 16, 1989, more than three months before the album's release.  The only Fish album released by EMI), it was also his most commercially successful. In February 1990, the album peaked at number 5 in the UK, as well as placing in the top fifteen places of all European charts.  ...more