Lot 91DSCHINGHIS KHAN-SAME(MOSKAU)-1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-JUPITER-NMINT/NMINT

LOVE SCULPTURE-BLUES HELPING-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-PCS7059. A very rare British original of the cult band. Their debut album Blues Helping included the songs "Summertime" and "Wang Dang Doodle". They are best known for their new 1968 hit on the UK singles chart, a high-speed cover version of Aram Khachaturian's classic piece "Dance with a Saber", released on the Parlophone label (R 5744), which reached number 5 on the UK Singles chart in December 1968. The recording was inspired by Keith Emerson's classic permutations. "Sabre Dance" became a hit after the broadcast of British DJ John Peel, who was so impressed that he played it twice in the same program.. In December 1968, the British music magazine NME reported that Love Sculpture had signed a recording contract in the US with London Records guaranteeing 250,000 pounds. The band also received an invitation to perform "Sabre Dance" live on the German television program Beat-Club on Radio Bremen, which was broadcast in Germany at the time.  ...more

JOPLIN, JANIS-PEARL-1971- FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-64189. Maritsa A-1/B-1 is a rare British original of the cult album. Pearl is the fourth studio album by Janis Joplin, recorded by producer Paul Rothchild in September - October 1970 and released by Columbia Records on January 11, 1971, four months after the singer's death. The CD received the highest critical acclaim, was declared a masterpiece, the best album of the singer, one of the best works of white blues. Pearl topped the Billboard 200 lists. ...more

BONEY M-NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-1978-First Press-GERMANY-HANSA-26026 OT. A rare original of the cult album. Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean band Boney M., released in July 1978. The album became a major success in continental Europe, Scandinavia and Canada, topping most album charts in the second half of 1978, and also became their first number one album in the UK. In Canada, the album received a nomination for the 1980 Juno Award in the International Album of the Year category. Nightflight to Venus includes the worldwide hits "Rivers of Babylon" and "Brown Girl in the Ring", a two-sided single that topped the UK singles chart and sold over 2 million copies.[4] The sequel was another Boney M. classic, "Rasputin", which in most countries was also performed on the double A side in combination with "Painter Man", a cover version of the 1966 hit by The Creation. In the UK, "Rasputin" and "Painter Man" were released separately as A-sides by Atlantic Records, both entering the Top 10. "Rivers of Babylon", which reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, became their biggest hit in the United States. ...more

JOY DIVISION-STILL -1981-THE FIRST UK-FACTORY-FACT40 PRESS. A rare British original in the Gatefold version of the cult album . Still is a compilation album by the British rock band Joy Division, released in 1981. Still was released on two records: the first one contained previously unreleased studio songs from 1978-80, as well as a concert cover version of The Velvet Underground song; the second one contained a recording of the band's last concert. The album was scheduled for release in August 1981, but was released only in October. In the UK hit parade, the album took 5th place. The name of the album is an antonym of the name of the debut album Movement ("Movement") of the New Order group, formed from the members of Joy Division a year earlier, released in the same fall. ...more

ROXETTE-PEARLS OF PASSION-1986-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-EMI -1362451. A rare Swedish original of the cult band's debut album. The debut album of the Swedish pop-rock band Roxette. Pearls of Passion was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm in 1986, and was released only in Scandinavia and Canada. The first edition of the Swedish record has an engraved inscription on the rim: "T'WAS A PLEASURE - CAPTAIN AND KANGAROO". The inscription has a hidden meaning, but Per Gessle does not reveal the secret and wants it to remain a secret. ...more