Lot 14КРУИЗ - КРУИЗ 1-1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-NMINT/NMINT

SINATRA, FRANK-SINATRA SINGS OF LOVE AND THINGS-1962-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITAL-SW1729.  A rare British original of the iconic album. Sinatra Sings... of Love and Things is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1962. It is the fifth compilation of Capitol singles and B-sides from 1958 to 1962. The preface to the album says :"Twelve great recordings of performances never before available on an album!" ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-SATIRES (2LP) - 1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6025479003. A rare original of the cult album. Satires (vocal suite on poems by Sasha Cherny, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1980).Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (born Fradkin; b. November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014). Artistic Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater. ...more

MOORE GARY-AFTER HOUR-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-VIRGIN-212558. A rare original legend in rock music. After Hours is a studio album by Irish guitarist and singer Gary Moore, released on March 10, 1992. After a busy tour in 1990, Moore recorded the album "After Hours", which, like its predecessor, was sustained in the style of blues-rock, but with a great soul influence and with the addition of a brass section that played in the style of soul. Despite the fact that the album turned out to be very similar to "Still Got The Blues", its success was more modest. After Hours includes both Moore's original songs and well-known blues standards. The Memphis band The Memphis Horns took part in the recording, as well as guest musicians: BB King ("Since I Met You Baby") and Albert Collins ("The Blues Is Alright"). The album reached the 1st place in the charts of Switzerland and Sweden, as well as the 2nd place in Germany and Norway. In general, he received favorable reviews. Allmusic reviewer David Genzen called After Hours "as impressive" as Still Got the Blues. ...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

ALAN PRICE-O LUCKY MAN-1973-ORIGINAL PRESS 1974 UK-WARNER-K46227. Matrix A-2/B-1. A rare early edition of the cult album. Alan Price said that Lindsay Anderson wanted to make a documentary about Price and his band touring England, but the cost of licensing the songs they performed was too high. While Sherwin and McDowell were developing the script, Anderson decided that Price should write the score, and sent him the script, indicating where he would like to see the songs. Price wrote almost all of the songs before filming began. The soundtrack was released as a vinyl album by Warner Bros. Records, in 1973. In the United States, it entered the top LPs and Tape Chart on August 11, 1973, and spent 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at # 117. The score won the 1974 BAFTA Award for Best Film Score.  ...more