Lot 6ГРАДСКИЙ, АЛЕКСАНДР -НОСТАЛЬГИЯ -1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-NMINT/NMINT

YES-RELAYER-1974-THE FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC- K50096 Matrix A-4/B-1 Pesky/Porky. A rare British original of the cult album. Relayer is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1974 by Atlantic Records. After keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the band in May 1974 due to disagreements with the band's management after their double concept album Tales from Topographical Oceans (1973), Yes began rehearsals as a four-piece in Buckinghamshire. The album reached No. 4 on the UK Albums chart and No. 5 on the US Billboard 200. A single from the final part of "The Gates of Delirium" titled "Soon" was released in January 1975. Relayer continued to sell and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States. ...more

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY-DOMINATION-1965-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-ST2203. A rare original of the cult album.  Domination is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Capitol label and featuring performances by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson.  The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 3½ stars, stating: "Both Adderleys feature in Oliver Nelson's monumental sound chart series, which go through exemplary remastering - on very adventurous material"  ...more

T.REX-BOLAN'S ZIP GUN-1974-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI -BLNA7752. Matrices A-1/B-2 . 1M/1A stampers (A dream!) A rare British original. Bolan's Zip Gun is the tenth studio album by British and Australian rock band T. Rex, released on February 16, 1975 by EMI. Eight of the album's eleven songs have already been released in the US last year on the label Casablanca Records. Zip Gun was a repackaging with three additional tracks.  However, it was the only T. Rex album that did not chart in the UK, although highly appreciated by critics and fans. ...more

STING-THE SOUL CAGES-1991-FIRST PRESS-HOLLAND-AM number 396405-1. A very rare European original is the original of the cult album. The Soul Cages is the third studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on January 22, 1991. It became the singer's second album to reach the top of the national chart in his homeland. Four singles were released in support of the album: "All This Time", "Mad About You", "Why Should I Cry For You" and "The Soul Cages", the latter won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992. ...more

MOODY BLUES-IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML711. Matrices A-3W/B-2W. A very rare original of the cult album.  In Search of the Lost Chord is the third studio album by the British band The Moody Blues, released in July 1968 on Deram Records. The Moody Blues' second album, recorded in the classic Hayward—Pinder—Lodge—Thomas Edge line—up, and the band's second work with producer Tony Clark. On this record, the band's signature sound was formed, built around a mellotron. The album was written under the influence of LSD, transcendental meditation and Oriental music, in particular, Hindustani music. The theme of the album's songs touches on such topics as the spiritual development of a person, his desire for search and discovery. Two songs from the record, "Ride My See-Saw" and "Voices in the Sky", were also released as singles. After the release of In Search of the Lost, Chord took quite high positions in the charts. In the UK, he was in the top five albums, and in Germany and the USA in the top thirty. According to the results of sales, the record received gold status in the USA, and platinum in Canada. In Search of the Lost Chord received positive reviews from critics and was included in various lists of the best progressive rock albums. ...more