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CLIFF RICHARD-SHADOWS-FINGER KEEPERS-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-SCX6079.  A rare British original rock beat band. The soundtrack album Finders Keepers by Cliff Richard and The Shadows was released on Columbia Records (Columbia SCX 6079). It was their fourth film soundtrack and Richard's eighteenth album overall. The album reached number 6 in the UK album charts for 18 weeks in the top 40. ...more

ABBA-THE ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282. Rare original Swedish cult band. The Album is the fifth Studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1977. It is considered to be more "Americanized" compared to previous, as evidenced by the confessions of the group members and, indirectly, the success of the singles from the album in the American charts. ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA-JEROME KERN SONG BOOK-1964-FIRST PRESS UK-VERVE-VLP9080.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album is dedicated to the songs of the composer Jerome Kern. This was the second series of collections of Fitzgerald songs organized by Riddle; their previous joint project was her book of George and Ira Gershwin songs in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards in 1962: "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" and "Ella Swings Softly with Nelson". It was the seventh and penultimate album in a series of Fitzgerald songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by the 1961 album "Ella Fitzgerald sings a Book of Songs by Harold Arlen", and then "Ella Fitzgerald sings a book of songs by Johnny Mercer" in 1964. Awarded four and a half stars by Down Beat magazine in 1963. ...more

GUNS N' ROSES-G N' R LIES-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-GEFFEN 924198-1. Very rare original cult band. G N’ R Lies (also known as Lies) is the second Studio album by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released in 1988. According to the RIAA, it sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone, becoming instantly multiplatinovymi. The first four tracks previously released on the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide. The last four songs were recorded using acoustic guitars. They were written and recorded in only a few sessions in the Studio (except "You're Crazy", which was included in an alternate version of the album Appetite for Destruction).In later interviews, Axl rose said that he likes how the band sounded on the last four songs, but he hated the sound of his voice. Rose recalled that his voice was hoarse and rough due to long touring bands at the time, and if he could, he re-recorded his vocals. "You're Crazy" was released previously on the band's debut album, Appetite for Destruction and in this album as originally conceived. ...more

R. E. M.-OUT OF TIME-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-WARNER-7599-26496-1. A rare original of the cult album. Out of Time is the seventh studio album by the American alternative rock band R. E. M., released on March 12, 1991 by Warner Bros. Records. Since Out of time, the status of R. E. M. has grown from a cult group into a massive international act. The album topped the album sales charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, spending 109 weeks on the US album charts and enjoying two separate periods at the top, as well as spending 183 weeks on the UK charts and one week at the top. The album has sold more than four and a half million copies in the United States and more than 18 million copies worldwide. In 1992, the album won three Grammy Awards: one for Best Alternative Music Album and two for the first single " Losing My Religion."  ...more