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.
Lot is not sold
IRON BUTTERFLY-BALL-1969-THE FIRST PRESS UK-ATCO-228011. Matrix A-1/B-1 is a rare British original of the cult album. Ball is the third studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released on January 17, 1969. After the huge success of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly slightly changed its acid-rock sound and experimented with more melodic compositions. However, the band's signature heavy guitars are still noticeable on tracks such as "In the Time of Our Lives" and "It Must Be Love". The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 charts, making Ball more successful than In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Ball was certified Gold in March 1969. ...more
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
Estimate: 15000—17000 ₽
SINATRA, FRANK - A SWINGIN ' AFFAIR-1957-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-CAPITOL-W-803. Matrices A-D5#2/B-D1#3 SCRAPTON PRESSING. A rare American original of the cult album. It is the twelfth studio album by Frank Sinatra. Sometimes it is mentioned as a continuation of Songs for swing fans . The album reached number 1 on the US and UK charts. ...more
Lot sold: 12100 ₽
AC/DC-TNT-1975--ORIGINAL PRESS 1987 AUSTRALIA-ALBERT PRODUCTIONS-APLPA-016 . The second dix of the legendary Australian band. The CD was officially released only in Australia, but 7 of its 9 tracks (except "Rocker" and "School Days") were included in the international version of the album High Voltage. ...more
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
Estimate: 7000—8000 ₽
JUDAS PRIEST-POINT OF ENTRY-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-84834. A rare British original of the cult hard band. The seventh studio album by the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on February 26, 1981 by Columbia Records. After the commercial success of their previous album British Steel (1980), in 2005 Point of Entry was ranked 352nd in the list of the 500 greatest rock and metal albums of all time by Rock Hard Magazine. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
Estimate: 12000—14000 ₽
