Lot 10ГРАДСКИЙ, АЛЕКСАНДР -НОСТАЛЬГИЯ -1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-NMINT/NMINT

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

SUPERTRAMP-SUPERTRAMP-1970-REISSUE 1974 UK-A/M AMLS981. Matrix A-1/B-1. A rare British early edition of the cult band's first album. The album was met with good reviews and peaked at number 158 on the Billboard 200. ...more

THIN LIZZY-CHINATOWN-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6359030. A rare British original by British hard rockers.  Chinatown is the tenth studio album by the Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. He introduced guitarist Snowy White, who would also perform on the next album, and also toured with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as the permanent guitarist. White has previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green, and Pink Floyd. Eighteen-year-old Darren Wharton also played keyboards in Chinatown, and later that year he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member.  The album reached high positions in the charts, although according to critics it was weaker than Black rose, UK Albums Chart-7 place, Billboard 200 (USA) - 120 place.  ...more

LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO / PLASTIC ONO BAND-SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PCSP716. Matrix A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1 Some Time in New York City — double album by John Lennon, recorded with Yoko Ono and released in 1972. The studio recording of the new material, paired with a Live Jam recording, makes up the third album in Lennon's own discography, after leaving the Beatles, and the fifth — recorded with Yoko Ono. The album was produced by Phil Spector, who had previously collaborated with the singer on two of his solo records. The album was a commercial failure and did not receive high critical acclaim, compared to the previous albums — John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. ...more

INXS-X-1990-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-866668-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. X is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 25 September 1990. After a massive seller hit, X scored hits with "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US). Both singles were later used on the soundtrack to the 1991 American teen comedy Mystery Date. X was the third consecutive INXS album produced by Chris Thomas. The name, Roman numeral "10", represents the band's tenth year of existence since the release of their debut album in 1980.  The album was certified platinum in January 1991 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 300,000 copies. X proved successful across Europe, reaching number 5 in Switzerland, number 7 in France, number 9 in Germany, number 10 in Sweden, and number 13 in Norway. The album quickly gained gold accreditation in all of these regions, subsequently reaching platinum status in both France and Switzerland. In the United States, Album X peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart on October 20, 1990. As in the UK, the album spent a total of 43 weeks on the charts.Less than two months after its release, the X was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 13, 1990 for shipments of 500,000 units. The album eventually went double platinum on December 16, 1997, with sales of two million copies in the United States alone. The X was also certified double platinum in Canada in February 1991 for shipments of 200,000 units. ...more