Lot 17SHADOWS-JIGSAW-1967-FIRST PRESS(STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT

AGATHA CHRISTIE-DECADENCE-1991-FIRST PRESS OF THE USSR-SINTEZ-1-036-C-6. A rare original of the cult album. "Decadence" is the third studio album by the Soviet rock band "Agatha Christie", recorded in the Sverdlovsk "Studio 8" in 1990. The album turned out to be less well-known (but more complex in sound) than the previous ones, after its release, the band had a creative pause that lasted until 1992. An interesting feature of the songs of this album were quite large in volume and unusual in meaning lyrics (for the first time in the history of the band, they all belonged to the pen of one member — Gleb Samoilov, only one of the lyrics was written by the keyboardist of the group Alexander Kozlov). The music became more relaxed. Famous songs — "Machine Gun Maxim", "Sleeper", "Decadence" and "Motorcycle". ...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

JOHN, ELTON-CARIBOU-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-DJM-DJLPH439. A rare British original of the master of the British stage. Caribou is the eighth studio album by Elton John, released in 1974. The album peaked at number four in the US and number three in the UK. The album contains the singles "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", which peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles chart and number two in the US, and "The Bitch Is Back", which peaked at number 15 in the UK and number four in the US. Both singles reached number one in Canada on the national RPM 100 Top Singles Chart, as did the album itself. The album was met with lukewarm reviews on its release, and legacy reviews do not consider this record one of John's best works from his peak period of the early 1970s. However, the album was a commercial success and was certified double platinum in the US, as well as being certified gold in the UK. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards.  ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-FLUTE AND PIANO-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027091005. A rare original of the cult album. Flute and piano (vocal suite to poems by V. Mayakovsky and B. Pasternak, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1983 by 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

ARIA-PLAYING WITH FIRE-1990-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6029907000. A rare original of the cult album. Playing with Fire is the fourth studio album by Aria. The first album of the band with the participation of drummer Alexander Manyakin and without a permanent producer Viktor Vekshtein. The album was successful and sold 835,000 copies, although this is much less than the previous album "Hero of Asphalt", which sold at least 1.5 million copies. ...more