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SAXON-SAXON-1979-THE FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CARRERA-2934110. A rare original of the cult British band. Saxon is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1979. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five and in his mixed review described it as "the silence before the storm" in terms of the band's subsequent success and the growing New Wave of British heavy metal. ...more

BADFINGER-BADFINGER-1973-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-WARNER-WB56023. Mega rare promo original of the cult album. Badfinger is the sixth Studio album by British rock band Badfinger. The album was recorded in the fall of 1973 and released in 1974 on the Warner Bros. label .Records. It was the first of two albums released by the band on the Warner label. When Badfinger were finishing work on their last album for Apple Records, Ass, the band's Manager, Stan Polley, signed them to a three-year, six-album deal with Warner Bros.Records. As a result, shortly after the band and producer Chris Thomas completed recording Ass , they returned to the Studio to make a new album for Warner. Originally scheduled for release on December 28, 1973, the album was delayed due to Ass being released the same month. After the release of Badfinger has received an unfavorable review in Rolling Stone magazine. The UK single released after the album "Love is Easy" failed to chart. The follow-up single released in the US, "I Miss You", also failed. In the United States, the album peaked at number 161 on the BillboardTop 200 LPs & Tape list, making it Badfinger's lowest-charting album there. Part of the reason for the poor commercial performance was that due to legal proceedings with Apple, this album and Ass came out within a few months of each other; in fact, in the UK, Badfinger actually preceded Ass. ...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

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

CHARLES, RAY/ CLEO LAINE-PORGY AND BESS-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-LONDON-D31D2 Rare British original of the legend of the jazz scene. Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, whose libretto was written by author Dubose Hayward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from the play "Porgy" by Dorothy Hayward and Dubose Hayward, which is itself an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same name by Dubose Hayward. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, before moving to Broadway in New York.[1] It featured a cast of classically trained African-American singers—a bold artistic choice at the time. After an initially unpopular public reception, the 1976 production of the Houston Grand Opera brought her new popularity, and she is now one of the most famous and frequently performed operas. In 1976, Ray Charles and Cleo Lane recorded an album of excerpts for RCA Victor, in which the two of them performed several roles. The album was arranged and conducted by Frank De Vol. It featured Joe Sample's organ, Harry Edison's trumpet, and guitar work by Joe Pass and Lee Ritenour. It was based on jazz with full orchestration, but the orchestrations used were not Gershwin's. ...more