PRESLEY, ELVIS-LOVE LETTERS FROM ELVIS-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-SF8202. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Love Letters from Elvis is the fourteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in 1971. The album was critically panned upon release and failed to break into the top 20 of the Billboard charts, but reached #12 on the US Top Albums Chart and #7 on the UK Bestseller Chart.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Cover with laminate in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels in top condition-NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 3800 ₽
ROLLING STONES-STONE AGE-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-SLK16702. A rare German promo original. Stone Age is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached number four in the UK charts. RS were surprised by the release of the album and stated: "We didn't know that this record would be released. In our opinion, it is below the standard that we are trying to keep up with, both in the choice of content and in the design of the cover." These 12 songs, dating from the mid-1960s, were chosen because they never appeared on British studio albums, some of them were originally released only on singles, and some up to that point were released only on American studio albums. ...more
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
Estimate: 15000—17000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 3500 ₽
Estimate: 7000—9000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 3700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
ARIA-PLAYING WITH FIRE-1990-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6029907000. A rare original of the cult album. Playing with Fire is the fourth studio album by Aria. The first album of the band with the participation of drummer Alexander Manyakin and without a permanent producer Viktor Vekshtein. The album was successful and sold 835,000 copies, although this is much less than the previous album "Hero of Asphalt", which sold at least 1.5 million copies. ...more
Lot sold: 2200 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
