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JAMES BROWN-SHOW TIME-1964-THE FIRST UK PRESS-PHILIPS-BL-7630. A rare British original of the King of soul. Showtime is the seventh studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in April 1964 by Smash Records. It was a transitional album from King Records to Smash Records. The album is highly regarded by music lovers and collectors.  ...more

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

JOHNSON, BRIAN (EX-GEORDIE)- STRANGE MAN-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-MCA-MCA-5351. Rare original frontman of GEORDIE and AC/DC. Brian Johnson - rock musician and poet, has gained popularity in the 1970-ies as a member of the British rock Quartet Geordie; most known for his participation in the rock band "AC/DC", the vocalist where he served from 1980 to 2016. Songs on the album actually come true Geordie and was originally released between 1973 and 1976 years. MCA has assembled this collection after Brian Johnson replaced Bon Scott in AC/DC ...more

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.  ...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