Lot 5АКВАРИУМ-ПЕСКИ ПЕТЕРБУРГА-1994-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-ТРИАРИЙ-NMINT/NMINT

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

ROLLING STONES-BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS) - 1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-DECCA-TXL101. Matrices XARL-7503-1A, XARL-7504-3A. A very rare British original of the cult ROLLING STONES album. Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)is the first compilation album by The Rolling Stones. With various covers and track listings, it was released on March 28, 1966 on London Records in the United States and on November 4, 1966 on Decca Records in the United Kingdom. The American edition focused on the songs of 1964 and 1965 with two new melodies: the recent "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the re-recorded "Time Is on My Side" with a guitar intro. The British version covered a longer period, starting with the band's first A-side single in 1963, "Come On", and ending with several songs from 1966, including the recent hit "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 chart[1] and number four on the UK albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for 99 weeks in the United States, where the RIAA certified the album as double platinum, which meant more than two million copies sold. ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA-JEROME KERN SONG BOOK-1964-FIRST PRESS UK-VERVE-VLP9080.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album is dedicated to the songs of the composer Jerome Kern. This was the second series of collections of Fitzgerald songs organized by Riddle; their previous joint project was her book of George and Ira Gershwin songs in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards in 1962: "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" and "Ella Swings Softly with Nelson". It was the seventh and penultimate album in a series of Fitzgerald songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by the 1961 album "Ella Fitzgerald sings a Book of Songs by Harold Arlen", and then "Ella Fitzgerald sings a book of songs by Johnny Mercer" in 1964. Awarded four and a half stars by Down Beat magazine in 1963. ...more

R. E. M.-OUT OF TIME-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-WARNER-7599-26496-1. A rare original of the cult album. Out of Time is the seventh studio album by the American alternative rock band R. E. M., released on March 12, 1991 by Warner Bros. Records. Since Out of time, the status of R. E. M. has grown from a cult group into a massive international act. The album topped the album sales charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, spending 109 weeks on the US album charts and enjoying two separate periods at the top, as well as spending 183 weeks on the UK charts and one week at the top. The album has sold more than four and a half million copies in the United States and more than 18 million copies worldwide. In 1992, the album won three Grammy Awards: one for Best Alternative Music Album and two for the first single " Losing My Religion."  ...more

SAXON-STRONG ARM METAL-1984-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CARRERA-CAL212. A rare original of the cult British band. Stong arm metal is a compilation of the best tracks from the first five albums. The album was released at the peak of the band's fame and became gold in Britain and on the continent. ...more