Lot 86LAID BACK-KEEP SMILING-1983-FIRST PRESS DANISH / HOLLAND - MEDLEY-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

SITKOVETSKY, ALEXANDER-ZELLO-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE USSR-MELODIA-A6000765004. A rare original of the cult album. Alexander Vitalyevich Sitkovetsky (born April 5, 1955, Moscow) is a Soviet rock musician, guitarist, vocalist, and composer. Founder and leader of the groups "Leap Summer" and "Autograph". Recognized as one of the best Russian guitarists. In 1990, "Autograph" disbanded. Sitkovetsky moves to America. He begins to work on a solo career and releases his first (and first in the USSR) guitar instrumental album Zello, which became the "album of the year" (1992) in Russia, and earlier the video for the play "Camels" from this album, shot by Mikhail Khleborodov with Fyodor Bondarchuk in the title role, won the main prize of the annual video competition in Moscow in April 1991. In January of the same year, Alexander was officially recognized as one of the three best guitarists in the country, he also became the first Russian musician in history to sign a direct publishing contract with the American P. R. O. firm BMI, Inc. ...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

MUSIC FOR A MOTION PICTURE-ACCA-1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C9026459000. A rare original of the iconic sound track. Assa is a 1987 Soviet film directed by Sergei Solovyov. The film was attended by popular rock musicians (including Viktor Tsoi), the soundtrack included songs by Boris Grebenshchikov and the group "Aquarium", Zhanna Aguzarova with the group" Bravo", the group"Cinema". Thus, the film "Assa" became one of the main film evidence of Russian rock, which reached its peak in the second half of the 1980s. The film was mostly shot in Yalta in November-December 1986. The film premiered on March 25, 1988 at the Moscow DC MEL'z as part of the Assa art-rock parade. According to Solovyov, the film itself was shot for two months, after which the director spent another eight months on its release ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS-1969-FIRST PRESS USA-FANTASY-8397. Matrices A-1-B3B-R/ B-1-B1H-R. Rockaway Pressing, A rare original of the cult album. Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in November 1969.The title of the album was given by the chorus of its first track "Down on the Corner": "Down On The Corner, out in the street, Willy and the Poor Boys are playin 'Bring a nickel tap your feet". The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200 and #10 on the UK Albums Chart. [1] [2] The singles from it were "Down on the Corner "(#3 US, #31 UK) and" Lucky Son " (#14 US). In 1982, the track "Cotton Fields" (#50, USA) was also released as a single. In 2003, Willy and the Poor Boys was ranked # 392 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. ...more