Lot 44OMEGA - OMEGA-1974 FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BELLAPHON-NMINT/NMINT

PRESLEY, ELVIS-BLUE HAWAII-1961-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-27238. A rare British original of the king of rock and roll. Blue Hawaii is the fourth soundtrack album by American singer Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, October 20, 1961 . In the United States, the album spent 20 weeks at number one and 39 weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top Pop LPs chart. It was certified Gold on December 21, 1961, Platinum and 2x Platinum on March 27, 1992 and 3x Platinum on July 30, 2002 by the Recording Industry Association of America. second only to the West Side Story soundtrack as the most successful soundtrack album of the 1960s. ...more

SWEET-FANNY ADAMS-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE UK-RCA-LPL1 5068 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare original of one of the best albums in hard glam rock. Sweet Fanny Adams is Sweet's second album, their first of two released in 1974, as well as their first album simply as Sweet. This album was a turning point and a change in the sound of the band. It had more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop albums. Sweet Fanny Adams reached number 27 on the UK Albums chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and number 2 on the West German Albums chart. It was not released in the United States, but five of her tracks appeared on the American version of the album Desolation Boulevard, released in July 1975. ...more

SUNDAY-SUNDAY-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-FEE LEE-FL3-001. A very rare original of the cult album. Resurrection is the second studio album by the band Resurrection, recorded in 1981. Until 1991, it existed only as a magnetoalbum, being distributed by copying. Included in the book by Alexander Kushnir "100 magnetoalbums of Soviet rock", The recording was made on June 7-10, 1981. The sound engineer was Alexander "Artem" Arutyunov. The album was mixed on the spot.  The songs "In life, as in a Dark thicket", "Who's to Blame?" and "I used to wander one" were first recorded in 1979 on the first album. A total of 9 songs were recorded. The picture on the cover is drawn by Mikhail Shevyakov. ...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

ROLLING STONES-ROLLING STONES-1964-FIRST PRESS 1970 (CLUB PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-S17005. A rare German promo original. club release of the first album with a large poster 96 cm x 65 cm The Rolling Stones is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released by Decca Records in the UK on April 16, 1964. The American edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, was released on London Records on May 30, 1964 with the subtitle England's Newest Hit Makers, which later became its official title. Upon its release, the Rolling Stones became one of the biggest sellers of 1964 in the UK, remaining at No. 1 for twelve weeks. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was ranked number 418 on Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 albums.. ...more