Lot 112GAZEBO-GAZEBO(+AUTOGRAPH)-1983-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-BABY-NMINT/NMINT

LENNON, JOHN-WALLS & BRIDGES-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-APPLE - PCTC253 . Walls and Bridges is the fifth solo Studio album of the participant of group "Beatles" John Lennon, released in 1974. "Walls And Bridges" was recorded during the long absences of Lennon and Yoko Ono. The song "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" was attended by Elton John. He made a bet with Lennon that the song would be able to take first place in the American hit parade (which was previously not possible for any one single solo Lennon). If this would have happened, Lennon was required to attend the Elton John concert. He had to fulfill his promise, because, "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" actually managed to climb to the top of the chart. The song "Beef Jerky" is the only instrumental on solo albums Lennon. In the song "Ya Ya" on drums plays eleven-year-old son Julian Lennon. ...more

BRAVO-BRAVO-1987-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-MC6026201004. A rare original of the cult group. The ensemble " Bravo "is the debut vinyl and the third consecutive album of the group" Bravo", released in 1987 by the company"Melody". The soloist is Zhanna Aguzarova. The record's circulation was 5 million copies. The songs included in the album were previously recorded by the group in the period from 83 to 85 and went around the country in an unsatisfactory quality. According to E. Khavtan, Alla Pugacheva played a huge role in the release of the album. After the release of the album, the band became interested in Finland, and soon the album (with the best mastering) was reissued under the name Bravo by Polarvox. In 2010, the album took the 22nd place in the list of "the 50 best Russian albums of all time", compiled by the magazine "Afisha" according to the results of a survey of young Russian musicians. In 2014, the radio station "Silver Rain" included the album in the list of " 50 cult records of the company "Melody"" ...more

WAITS, TOM-SWORDFISHTROMBONE-1983-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-ISLAND-205774 A rare German original of the eighth album from the master of tavern blues. Swordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records. It was the first album that Waits released himself. Stylistically different from his previous albums, Swordfishtrombones moves away from traditional piano songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach. The cover is a photo of Michael A. Russavin, in which Waits is depicted with actors Angelo Rossitto and Lee Colima. The album reached number 164 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 Albums charts. It was ranked 2nd among the "Albums of the Year" for 1983 by NME In 1989, Spin named Swordfishtrombones the second greatest album of all time. In 2006, Company Q placed the album at number 36 on their list of "The 40 Best Albums of the 80s." Pitchfork listed Swordfishtrombones as the 11th best album of the 1980s. Slant Magazine listed the album ranked 26th on its list of "the best albums of the 1980s". In 2000, it was ranked number 374 in Colin Larkin's Top 1000 Albums of All Time ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA AND ARMSTRONG, LOUIS-ELLA AND LOUIS-1956-THE FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-MGV-4003.A rare American original of the cult album. .Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s on the Decca label, it was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Inspirational recordings, later followed in 1957 by It's Ella and Louis Again, and in 1959 by "Porgy and Bess". In 2000, it was ranked 636th on Colin Larkin's list of the 1000 best albums of all time. ...more

ZOO-COUNTY TOWN N-1983-FIRST PRESS 1994 RUSSIA-ZOO-M0054. A very rare original of the cult group. "County Town N" is the first studio album by the band "Zoo", recorded in 1983. The title track is one of the longest songs sung in Russian. One of the tribute albums to the memory of Mike and the band, released in 2005, was called "County Town N 20 years later". The album was recorded in the spring of 1983 on equipment in the building of the "House of the Young Technician" in Leningrad under the direction of Andrey Tropillo. A tape recorder of the Studer brand at the 38th speed and a Basf LR-56 film were used. The recording is characterized by a fairly high sound quality.All the songs included in the album were written by Mike Naumenko, with the exception of the song "Bells", which was written and performed by Alexander Khrabunov, the band's lead guitarist. ...more