Lot 30LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND-SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-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

DONNA SUMMER-BAD GIRL (2LP) - 1979-FIRST PRESS UK-CASABLANCA-CALD5007-1. A rare British original of the queen of soul disco. Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on April 25, 1979 through Casablanca Records. Originally released as a double album, Bad Girls became the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Summer's career. It was also her last studio album on the Casablanca Records label. Bad Girls reached the top of the US Billboard 200 chart, where it lasted six weeks. Bad Girls received universal acclaim and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just a week after its release. At the 1980 Grammy Awards, Bad Girls was nominated for Album of the Year and Hot Stuff was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, "Bad Girls "was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R/B Vocal Performance, and" Dim All the Lights " was nominated for Best Disco Recording. Bad Girls is considered one of the greatest disco albums. "Rolling Stone" in the category of women's 50 greatest albums of all time, put the album at number 23.  ...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

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-THE MAN (2LP) - 1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027515000. A rare original of the cult album. The Man (rock ballet, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1987).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

QUEEN-INNUENDO-1991-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-PARLOPHONE-058-7958871. A very rare German original of the cult album. Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen. Released on February 4, 1991. The last album "Queen", recorded and released during the life of Freddie Mercury. The name Innuendo contains an "indirect hint" that the band will not last long in this line-up. The last songs were very difficult for Freddie, who was already seriously ill. Nevertheless, the album was finished and well received by the public. Several music videos were made in support of him, one of which, "These Are The Days of Our Lives", was the last video featuring Mercury.Despite mixed reviews from critics, Queen's new album peaked at number one on the album charts in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and her native United Kingdom, going double platinum. ...more