Lot 23BLUE CHEER - BLUE CHEER- 1970-FIRST PRESS UK-PHILIPS-NMINT/NMINT

SNOWY WHITE-SNOWY WHITE-1984-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-ARIOLA-206761. A rare German original of the blues guitarist EX-THIN LIZZY. Snowy White is the second album by blues guitarist Snowy White, released in 1984. In some territories, this album was called Land of Freedom and included White's UK No. 6 hit "Bird of Paradise" as the ninth track. ...more

ROLLING STONES-STEEL WHEELS-1989-FIRST PRESS UK-ROLLING STONES -CBS 465752-1. Steel Wheels is the 19th British (and 21st American) studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones. Released on August 29, 1989, it was the last album of new material that the band recorded for Columbia Records.After the relative disappointment of their previous two albums, Steel Wheels became a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the US, top 5 status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: "Mixed Feelings", which reached No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the US and "Hammer and Anvil", the band's past top 40 hits in the US. ...more

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

WAITS, TOM-CLOSING TIME-1973-FIRST PRESS 1979 GERMANY-ASYLUM-ASK53030 A rare German original of the first album from the master of tavern blues. Closing Time is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on March 6, 1973 on the Asylum Records label. Produced and arranged by former Lovin 'Spoonful member Jerry Yester, Closing Time was the first of Waits' seven major releases from Asylum. The album was moderately successful in the United States, and although it did not chart and received little attention from the music press in the UK and other countries too. This explains that the album began to be re-released in Europe in the second half of the 70s when Tom became a super star. The album was certified gold in the UK only in 1979 and has acquired a modern cult significance among rock fans. ...more

GENTLE GIANT-FREE HAND-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1093. The A-1U/B-1U matrices are a rare British original . Free Hand is the seventh album by the British progressive rock band Gentle Giant. It was released in 1975. It was Gentle Giant's first album with their new label Chrysalis Records in the UK. The album turned out to be high-quality and less dissonant, more accessible feeling than their previous album The Power and the Glory. It was their highest charting album in the US and the only one to reach the Top 50 on the Billboard chart. ...more