Lot 72ABBA-ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

ASTRUD GILBERTO-BRAZILIAN MOOD-1972-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-METRO-2356113 A rare original of the mixed sessions of the 60s jazz singer. ASTRUD is from Brazil, born on March 30, 1940 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. She became famous in the early 1960s thanks to the recording of the Bossa Nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema", who performed together with Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto (whom she was married to).  ...more

DOORS-WAITING FOR THE SUN-1968-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-EKS74024. Matrices A-AL/B-AL. ALLENTOWN PRESS.  A very rare American original of the cult album. Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by the American rock band The Doors, released in July 1968. The CD was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio (Los Angeles). It was originally planned that it would be based on a 25-minute composition "The Celebration of Lizard" ("Praise of the Lizard"), but after listening to the recorded material, which only Morrison was satisfied with, this idea had to be abandoned. The album also did not include the title song, which was transferred to the album Morrison Hotel. While working on the album, Morrison often got drunk, which infuriated producer Paul Rothschild. Despite its roughness, as well as a barrage of criticism, the album reached the first line in the national hit parade. ...more

BEE GEES-SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING-1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-POLYDOR-519945-1. A rare British original of the cult album. Size Isn't Everything is the twentieth studio album by the British band Bee Gees, released in September 1993. The first thing in the form of a separate single was the song "Paying The Price Of Love", which took the 23rd place in the UK chart. The album itself was able to rise only to the 33rd position in the UK chart, and only lasted in the hundred for 16 weeks. The second single, "For Whom The Bell Tolls", was more successful and reached the top five. The third single, "How to Fall in Love, Part 1", was released later than everyone else and did not gain popularity in the UK, managing to rise only to the 30th place. Thus, Size Isn't Everything since Spirits Having Flown became the first Bee Gees disc, three singles from which managed to get into the top thirty of the main chart of the United Kingdom. The reaction in the United States was less noticeable, the album spent only three weeks on the Billboard 200 and occupied a relatively low 153rd place at the maximum. The single "Paying The Price Of Love" managed to rise to the 74th position during the Christmas holidays. Oddly enough, the publication was expected to be a huge success in Argentina, Latin Americans really liked the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls", where it held the lead of the hit parade for some time. In total, the worldwide sales of the album amounted to about 700 thousand copies. Regarding the song "Blue Island", Barry Gibb noted in an interview that it is "the coolest song they have ever written". ...more

CREMATORIUM-DOUBLE ALBUM (+ POSTER) - 1993-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-CREMATORIUM-K1-K4. A rare original of the cult rock-blues-folk band."Double Album" is a collection of the best songs of the Russian rock band "Crematorium", recorded in the period from October 26, 1992 to January 24, 1993 in the tone studio of the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1993 for the 10th anniversary of the group. The music of the album is diverse - waltzes, ballads, rock and roll and blues. The album includes songs from previous albums, re-recorded by the new line-up, and two new compositions. One of the most famous and striking compilation recordings in the band's discography  ...more

SWEET-FANNY ADAMS-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE UK-RCA-LPL1 5068 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare original of one of the best albums in hard glam rock. Sweet Fanny Adams is Sweet's second album, their first of two released in 1974, as well as their first album simply as Sweet. This album was a turning point and a change in the sound of the band. It had more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop albums. Sweet Fanny Adams reached number 27 on the UK Albums chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and number 2 on the West German Albums chart. It was not released in the United States, but five of her tracks appeared on the American version of the album Desolation Boulevard, released in July 1975. ...more