Lot 55SMOKIE-BRIGHT LIGHTS & BACK ALLEYS-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-RAK-NMINT/NMINT

ARIA-HERO OF ASPHALT-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027413000. A rare original of the cult album. Hero of Asphalt is the third studio album by Aria. This is the first album after the split of the band in early 1987, "Hero of Asphalt" is also the first album officially released by "Melody", the two previous albums at that time existed and were distributed as tape albums only on tape cassettes. The album was a great success, its sales exceeded 1 million copies (which in the United States corresponds to the platinum status), but the exact circulation is unknown even to the company "Melody", although, according to her, at least 1.5 million records were printed.On this album, for the first time, all the lyrics were written by Margarita Pushkina, and Alexander Elin, who wrote the lyrics to previous albums, left for the Master group and did not work with Aria until 2001.In 2008, a concert tour was held in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, which resulted in the release of a double live album and a concert video "Hero of Asphalt XX years". The original album line-up performed at the concert and all the pieces were performed in the same order. In May 2012, as a result of a vote held on the website openspace.ru, the album "Hero of Asphalt" took the first position in the list of 50 major records of "Melody" and on April 23, 2013 was re-released on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies as part of the project "Melody-50", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the company.  ...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

PRESLEY, ELVIS-GIRLS HAPPY-1965-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7711. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Girl Happy is the tenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on the RCA Victor Records label in mono and stereo format LPM/LSP 3338 in March 1965-the date of March 1 is disputed. This is the soundtrack to the 1965 film of the same name starring Presley. The recording took place on tape recorders in Hollywood, California, on June 10, 11, 12, and Presley's vocal overdubs-on June 15, 1964. It reached number eight on the Top LP chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 15, 1999. ...more

SAVAGE ROSE-REFUGEE-1971-THE FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-RCA - LSP10353. A rare original of the Danish prog band.  According to critics and collectors, this album is the pinnacle of the band's creativity. ...more

TWISTED SISTER-COME OUT AND PLAY-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATLANTIC-781275-1. A rare European original of the cult album. Come Out and Play is the fourth album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released by Atlantic Records on November 9, 1985. The album was significantly less successful than its predecessor Stay Hungry (1984), both critically and commercially, although it received Gold status, selling more than 500,000 copies.  ...more