Lot 65GABRIEL, PETER-PASSION-1989-FIRST PRESS EU-GERMANY-REAL WORLD-NMINT/NMINT

BOWIE, DAVID-HEROES -1977-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-PL12522. A rare British original of the cult album .. "Heroes" is the twelfth studio album by British musician David Bowie, released on October 14, 1977 on the RCA Records label; the second of the so-called "Berlin trilogy" (albums Low, "Heroes", Lodger), recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno. The only album of the cycle, entirely recorded in Berlin. On the "Heroes" disc, the sound of Low's previous album evolved in a more "positive" direction. The composition of the same name — a classic story of two lovers secretly meeting near the Berlin Wall with a threat to their lives - remains one of Bowie's most famous songs to this day. The album as a whole was extremely highly appreciated by critics - in particular, thanks to the contribution of guitarist Robert Fripp, who specially flew from the USA for one day to record his guitar parts. According to John Lennon, when creating his album Double Fantasy (1980), he sought to "do something as good as the album "Heroes"". The weekly New Musical Express called "Heroes" the "album of the year". ...more

SUPERTRAMP-BREAKFAST IN AMERICA-1979-FIRST PRESS CANADA-AM -SP3708.A rare Canadian original. The album was recognized as the most successful by Supertramp — over 20 million copies were sold worldwide and the most successful English album in France. The CD includes four hit singles of the band: "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", "Take the Long Way Home". ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-PENDULUM-1970-THE FIRST PRESS OF CANADA-FANTASY-F8410. A very rare Canadian original of the cult album. Pendulum is the sixth studio album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio in San Francisco and released by the Fantasy label in December 1970. Pendulum is the last CCR album to feature rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who left the band shortly after the album's release. The record demonstrates the group's desire to expand its own stylistic framework, a number of his compositions are musically noticeably more complex than the CCR recordings of the 1968-1969 sample. The most ambitious of the band's seven albums, Pendulum was recorded for about a month - twice as long as the rest of the records. ...more

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-FLAMING PIE-1997-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE- 724385650017. A very rare British original of the cult album. Flaming Pie is the tenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1997. This is McCartney's first studio album, after his previous studio album Off the Ground, released in 1993; these four years McCartney was mainly busy working on The Beatles Anthology project. In the album's liner notes, McCartney wrote: "(The Anthology) reminded me of the standards we held to during The Beatles' time; the standards of how we worked on songs. So the creation of this album followed a course "refreshed" by these memories of the past." Since February 1995, McCartney has collaborated with Jeff Lynn, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Electric Light Orchestra, a passionate fan of The Beatles. The album Flaming Pie is the last to be recorded by Paul's wife Linda McCartney, who died of breast cancer in 1998. Flaming Pie debuted in the UK Albums chart at number 2 in May 1997 — the best initial chart position since the album Flowers in the Dirt eight years earlier. In the US, the reaction was also very positive. The album debuted on the chart at the 2nd place (the best place of McCartney's albums in the US chart since the album Tug of War); in the first week, 121 thousand copies of the album were sold.  Both in the UK and in the USA, the album was recognized as the "best debutant on the chart", and also certified as "gold". In other countries, the reaction to the album was slightly worse than on Off the Ground, but in Greece, the album reached number 1 on the chart and was certified gold in Norway. According to the Nielsen SoundScan marketing research system, the album sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide until June 2007. ...more

RINGO STARR-RINGO-1973-THE FIRST UK-APPLE PRESS number PCTC252 matrix A-1U/B-3U. One of the best solo albums of a BEATLES member, complete with a booklet of drawings by KLAUS VOORMAN. Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on the Apple Records label. It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and number 2 on the Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, he took 1st place on the RPM national Albums chart. The album is marked by the participation of all four former Beatles and numerous guest stars, which will become Starr's signature on many of his subsequent albums and tours. ...more