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.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is lacquered in absolute condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2800 ₽
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 ₽
SINATRA, FRANK-STRANGERS IN the NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F1017. Rare American original of the cult album. At the 1967 Grammy awards, Sinatra won two Grammy awards for his efforts on this album, including Record of the year for the title track, and best male vocal performance for the same song. (In the same year, he won another Grammy award - "Album of the year for a man and his music"). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track earned him a Grammy award for best arrangement accompanied by a vocalist or instrumentalist.this is the last album Sinatra performed with longtime arranger / conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. "Strangers in the Night" went platinum for one million copies sold in the United States. ...more
Lot sold: 11100 ₽
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
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
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
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
