Lot 38URIAH HEEP-FIREFLY-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE-NMINT/NMINT

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

ARIA-HERO OF ASPHALT-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027413000. A rare original of the cult album. Hero of Asphalt is the third studio album by Aria. This is the first album after the split of the band in early 1987, "Hero of Asphalt" is also the first album officially released by "Melody", the two previous albums at that time existed and were distributed as tape albums only on tape cassettes. The album was a great success, its sales exceeded 1 million copies (which in the United States corresponds to the platinum status), but the exact circulation is unknown even to the company "Melody", although, according to her, at least 1.5 million records were printed.On this album, for the first time, all the lyrics were written by Margarita Pushkina, and Alexander Elin, who wrote the lyrics to previous albums, left for the Master group and did not work with Aria until 2001.In 2008, a concert tour was held in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, which resulted in the release of a double live album and a concert video "Hero of Asphalt XX years". The original album line-up performed at the concert and all the pieces were performed in the same order. In May 2012, as a result of a vote held on the website openspace.ru, the album "Hero of Asphalt" took the first position in the list of 50 major records of "Melody" and on April 23, 2013 was re-released on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies as part of the project "Melody-50", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the company.  ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-NOSTALGIA-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027089007. A rare original of the cult album. Reflections of the Fool (vocal suite on poems by V. Shakespeare, R. Burns, N. Aseev, A. Voznesensky, A. Gradsky, V. Sautkin, music by A. Gradsky, recording 1971-1974).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

JOHN LEE HOOKER-MR. LUCKY-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-SILVERTONE-ZL75087. A rare European original by one of the fathers of the blues. Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker . Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers, and Carlos Santana under executive production by Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards , Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter ; and three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones, and Johnny Johnson . Released on Virgin Records, including on his Classic Records imprint label, Mr. Lucky reached No. 101 on the "Billboard 200". ...more

ROLLING STONES-IT'S ONLY ROCK'N ROLL-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-ROLLING STONES-COC 79101. Rare American original. It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (Rus." It's just rock and roll") is the twelfth British and fourteenth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, was released in 1974 on the band's own label. It became the last album of the band with guitarist Mick Taylor, the title song of the record indirectly hinted at Taylor's replacement, Ronnie Wood[source not specified 464 days]. The album has a more pronounced rock sound than the band's previous work, funky and soul-inspired-Goats Head Soup[1]. The album reached the first line in the US national chart and became the second in the UK charts. ...more