Lot 7ГРАДСКИЙ, АЛЕКСАНДР -ЧЕЛОВЕК (2LP) -1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-NMINT/NMINT

BORIS RUBASCHKIN-RUSSISCHE STRASSEN LIEDER-1969-FIRST PRESS SWITZERLAND-PLPS30087. A very rare original of a famous artist of Russian emigration .   Boris Semyonovich Rubashkin (real name-Chernorubashkin) He began studying vocals and continued to sing in a restaurant in the early 60s, he met with a producer, with whom he signed a contract for the first four records. The first record with Russian songs performed by the singer was released in 1965. In 1967, the artist won the competition and received his first engagement as a baritone at the Salzburg Opera. At this point, his work in the restaurant ended, and he left for the professional opera stage. The singer moves from Vienna to Salzburg. He was already 35 years old when he began his singing career. With the beginning of his solo opera career, the surname Chernorubashkin was shortened to "Rubashkin" - this was more profitable from a commercial point of view, because for a Western listener, his real name sounded too difficult. From 1967 to 1976, Boris Rubashkin worked at the Salzburg Opera (first baritone), and toured extensively. Since the early 70s, the singer began to successfully perform Russian songs and romances in his programs. Russian Russian singer-songwriter Rubashkin made a musical arrangement based on the famous Russian song "Katyusha" in the early 70s, commissioned by a French publisher, and performed his famous Russian modern dance "Kazachok" on stage, which became a worldwide hit and made his performer a millionaire. Records with different versions of "Kazachka" became "gold" and "platinum". More than 10 million CDs have been sold worldwide. European newspapers of that period wrote: "Vienna gave the world two fashionable dances-Strauss 'Waltz' and Rubashkin's 'Kazachok'...".  ...more

JETHRO TULL-SONGS FROM THE WOOD-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1132 Matrix A/B 10TH SET. A rare British original of the cult prog band.Songs from the Wood is characterized by a bright folk-rock sound (according to many music critics — the standard of the genre). The first CD to feature David Palmer as a full member of the band. Jethro Tull's first long-playing studio album to receive positive critical acclaim since Thick as a Brick. ...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

DEF LEPPARD-ADRENALIZE-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-PHONOGRAM-510978-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on March 31, 1992 through Mercury Records. The album was the band's first album since the death of guitarist Steve Clarke in 1991. Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the UK albums chart, and the following week on the US Billboard 200. It remained at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for five weeks, keeping Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch at number one, and spent a total of 65 weeks on the charts. ...more

AGATHA CHRISTIE-GUILE AND LOVE-1990-FIRST PRESS USSR-SINTEZ-1-004-C-6. A rare original of the cult album. Treachery and Love is the second studio album by the Soviet rock band Agatha Christie, released in 1989. There are two versions: the first of them was mixed at the "Studio NP" and distributed as a tape album. Soon, the album was re-recorded for the record and released in 1991 under the label "Sintez Records". The band gained some fame and successfully performed at several rock festivals, in particular, at the 3rd festival of the Sverdlovsk Rock Club. Two songs from the album were included in the audio application of the literary-musical and socio-political magazine "Krugozor" The album is highly appreciated by critics and enjoys wide demand and popularity. ...more