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.
Vinyl record in new condition - NMINT / ARCHIVE. The cover is matte in top condition with conditional storage traces - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
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BADFINGER-BADFINGER-1973-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-WARNER-WB56023. Mega rare promo original of the cult album. Badfinger is the sixth Studio album by British rock band Badfinger. The album was recorded in the fall of 1973 and released in 1974 on the Warner Bros. label .Records. It was the first of two albums released by the band on the Warner label. When Badfinger were finishing work on their last album for Apple Records, Ass, the band's Manager, Stan Polley, signed them to a three-year, six-album deal with Warner Bros.Records. As a result, shortly after the band and producer Chris Thomas completed recording Ass , they returned to the Studio to make a new album for Warner. Originally scheduled for release on December 28, 1973, the album was delayed due to Ass being released the same month. After the release of Badfinger has received an unfavorable review in Rolling Stone magazine. The UK single released after the album "Love is Easy" failed to chart. The follow-up single released in the US, "I Miss You", also failed. In the United States, the album peaked at number 161 on the BillboardTop 200 LPs & Tape list, making it Badfinger's lowest-charting album there. Part of the reason for the poor commercial performance was that due to legal proceedings with Apple, this album and Ass came out within a few months of each other; in fact, in the UK, Badfinger actually preceded Ass. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
BEATLES-LET IT BE-1970-FIRST PRESS 1978 (LIMITED EXPORT COLOR) UK-APPLE-PCS7096. A rare limited export original on white vinyl. Let It Be is the latest studio album by The Beatles. Released in May 1970, most of the songs were recorded in January 1969, even before the recording of the Abbey Road album. Let It Be topped the album charts in both America and the UK, and the singles "Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road" also reached number one in the US. ...more
Lot sold: 17000 ₽
Estimate: 16000—18000 ₽
AQUARIUM-FAVORITE SONGS OF RAMSES IV-1993-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEELEE-FL3022. Very rare original single edition on vinyl. "Favorite songs of Ramses IV" is the eighth "natural" album of the group "Aquarium", the first album (after the release of the album "Equinox"), released under the name "Aquarium". According to the official discography of the band, it belongs to the category "natural albums". ...more
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Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
UFO-NO HEAVY PETTING-1976-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1103. Matrices A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of the cult album. No Heavy Petting is the fifth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in 1976. This is the first UFO album in which a full-fledged keyboardist is part of the band, making it their first record as part of a five-person group. The producer of the album, as well as the previous two, was the bassist of Ten Years After Leo Lyons .. The cover design is made by Hipgnosis studio. The album was placed in the first hundred charts in Europe. ...more
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Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
PRESLEY, ELVIS-CLAMBAKE-1967-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7917. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Clambake is the sixteenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3893, in October 1967. This is the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name starring Presley. He entered RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee on February 21, 1967 for recording sessions for his twenty-fifth film. Additional sessions of materials were held on September 10 and 11, 1967. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200. ...more
Lot sold: 5100 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽