Lot 50SANTANA-SPIRITS DANCING IN THE FLESH-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

KING CRIMSON-RED-1974-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS-A-3U/B-6U SEAN/PESKO matrices. Stamper 2RA/1RM (Very early!) A very rare British original of the cult prog band. Red is the seventh studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in November 1974 by Island Records in the UK and Atlantic Records in the USA. This is the last King Crimson album recorded in the 1970s. Ranks 8th in the list of the Top 25 best progressive rock albums according to Progarchives.com and 7th place in the list of "The 25 best classic progressive rock albums" according to PopMatters. ...more

ABBA-THE ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282. Rare original Swedish cult band. The Album is the fifth Studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1977. It is considered to be more "Americanized" compared to previous, as evidenced by the confessions of the group members and, indirectly, the success of the singles from the album in the American charts. ...more

ARGENT-NEXUS-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC -SEPC85924. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original of a famous prog band. Nexus is the fifth album by the British rock band Argent. Released in March 1974 on the CBS Records label (USA: Epic Records KE 32573). Critics have noted the album as a deep work in progroke. The album rose to number 149 on the Billboard 200. ...more

GEORGE MICHAEL-LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-467295-1. A rare original of the cult album pop lyrics of Britain. Listen Without Prejudice is the second studio album by British pop singer George Michael, released on 3 September 1990 on the Columbia and Epic labels. It is the singer's first album in three years after his successful Faith, which was released in 1987. The album won the BRIT Awards in the Best British Album category in 1991 and was included in the book " A Thousand and One Music Albums worth Listening to Before You Die "(1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die) The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. The first single released from the album was "Praying for Time", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "Freedom ' 90", reached number 8 in the US, and in the early spring of 1991," Waiting for That Day " reached number 27 in the US. The album went double platinum, reaching sales of two million.  ...more

ALEXEY RYBNIKOV-ROCK OPERA STAR AND THE DEATH OF JOAQUIN MURIETA-1978-(EXPORT) FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-MELODIA-C6011191-004. "The Star and the Death of Joaquin Murieta— is a rock opera by Alexey Rybnikov and Pavel Grushko. One of the first rock operas in the USSR, created on the initiative of director Mark Zakharov based on the dramatic cantata by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda "The Shining and Death of Joaquin Murieta, a Chilean robber killed in California on July 23, 1853." The play was performed on the stage of the Lenkom Theater for 17 seasons and was shown 1050 times.  In 1978, the first record "The Star and the Death of Joaquin Murieta" was released — the main parts were performed by: The Star, Teresa - Jeanne Rozhdestvenskaya; Joaquin Murieta, Death - Gennady Trofimov. The Araks ensemble took part in the recording of the disc. ...more