Lot 43CAMEL-MIRAGE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-NMINT/NMINT

ALEXEY RYBNIKOV-ROCK OPERA JUNO AND AVOS-1980-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-C60-18627. "Juno and Avos" is a rock opera by Alexey Rybnikov (music) and Andrey Voznesensky (libretto). The premiere, directed by Mark Zakharov, took place on July 9, 1981 on the stage of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, where the performance, which has become a kind of business card of Lenkom, took place In parallel with the work on the performance, an audio version of the opera with other performers was recorded in Lenkom in 1980. The first public listening of the recorded work took place on December 9, 1980 in the Church of the Intercession in Fily (Moscow). However, due to censorship obstacles, the album of two stereo records was released by the company" Melody " only in 1982 (number C60 18627-30 (2LP)).  ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. European rare original king of pop. Thriller (with eng. — "Thriller") is the sixth Studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released on the label Epic Records on 30 November 1982.Thriller explores such genres as pop, rock, postdisco, rhythm and Blues and funk. All seven singles released from the Thriller, got into top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just over a year, Thriller became the best selling album of all time and remains so still.At the ceremony "Grammy" in 1984 the album received eight awards. In 2003, Thriller was ranked 20th place in the list of "the 500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was included in the Library of Congress as "culturally significant"entry.In 2012, critics Slant Magazine put sport in first place in its list of "Best albums of the 1980s". ...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

DOORS-MORRISON HOTEL-1970-THE FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-EKS75007. Matrices A-1CP/B-1CP PITMAN PRESS.  A rare American original of the cult album.. Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Doors. On the front side of the album cover is a photo of the band through the glass in the lobby of the Morrison Hotel, which really existed in Los Angeles at 1246 South Hope Street, on the back-a photo of a diner called "Hard Rock Cafe" The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and performed better abroad than the previous album (it was the highest charting studio album of the band in the UK, where it peaked at No. 12). ...more

FOGERTY, TOM (EX-CCR) - TOM FOGERTY-1972-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-FANTASY-9407. A rare promo original of the first solo album by CREEDENCE member CLEARWATER REVIVAL. Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941-September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the album CCR-Pendulum, he left the band and began a solo career, releasing an album on Fantasy that reached No. 78 on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more