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AUTOGRAPH-AUTOGRAPH-1985-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-C6024129000. "Autograph" is a Soviet rock band founded by Alexander Sitkovetsky in Moscow in 1979. "Autograph" was one of the most popular progressive rock artists in the USSR. In 1984, the first studio album of the band was released, recorded in the Mosfilm studio. The first full-length album called "Autograph" was released on "Melodies" in 1986, as well as a double concert tape album. On July 13, 1985, the band, the only one from Eastern Europe, took part in the world TV concert Live Aid for Africa. In May 1986, "Autograph" together with Alla Pugacheva and other stars performed at the Olympic sports complex in the charity concert "Score 904" in support of the Chernobyl firefighters. In 1986, Sergey Mazaev and Ruslan Valonen (Dubrovin) joined the group. In 1987, the band took part in the Soviet-American concert Our Move, together with Santana, Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor. "Autograph" has performed at countless international festivals in England, France, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Germany and Switzerland together with John McLaughlin, Murray Head, Kenny Rogers, Tom Cochran, Glass Tiger, Ten Years After, Southside Johny and the Jukes, "opened" concerts for Chicago in Canada, worked with producer and composer David Foster in Canada and Moscow. In the years 86-87, the band makes a long tour of France  ...more

SMOKIE-BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BACK ALLEYS-1977-THE FIRST PRESS UK-RAK-SRAK530. Matrices A-1/B-1 . The 1GA/2GH stamper is a rare British original. Bright Lights and Back Alleys is the fourth studio album by Smokie, released on September 29, 1977 in Europe and October 7 in the United Kingdom. In the charts of 1977, it was in the top ten in all European countries and became gold in Germany and silver in Britain. ...more

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

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

CAMEL-MIRAGE-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF the UK-DERAM-SML1107 Matrix A-P2W/B-P2W. A rare British original of the cult prog group. Mirage is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel, released on March 1, 1974. It includes songs such as "The White Rider", "Lady Fantasy" and "Supertwister", which include a demonstration of Andrew Latimer's flute. The album was ranked No. 51 in the Top 100 prog Albums of All Time by readers of Prog magazine in 2014. Prog Sphere considered Mirage to be the band's best album, writing that it is a prog classic that everyone who is a fan of progressive rock should own. ...more