Lot 64MADNESS-ABSOLUTELY-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-STIFF-NMINT/NMINT

SWEGAS-CHILD OF LIGHT -1971-THE FIRST PRESS OF FRANCE-TREND-2C-06492507. A very rare French original of the iconic British band. An English band that began its creative activity in 1969. Having signed a contract with BC Records, they recorded their self-titled debut album at Advision Studios in London. However, the album was not released. The band started rehearsals on new material in the premises of the London ambulance. They then made a three-month tour of Europe, starting in Oslo on May 20, 1970. After returning from the tour, the musicians recorded the album "Child Of Light" at Tangerine Studios, located in Dalston (East London). The album was released in a small edition on "Barry Class Record Company". The album received very high marks and is a must in the collection of progressive music of the first line.  ...more

GABRIEL, PETER-SO-1986-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN-207587-630. Rare European original.So is the most successful album of Gabriel's entire career, it reached the top of the UK chart, and became #2 in the United States. The CD was certified platinum three times in the UK and five times in the USA. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 14th in its list of the "100 Best Albums of the eighties" ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-FLUTE AND PIANO-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027091005. A rare original of the cult album. Flute and piano (vocal suite to poems by V. Mayakovsky and B. Pasternak, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1983 by Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (born Fradkin; b. November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014). Artistic Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater. ...more

OUT OF FOCUS-WAKE UP!-1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-KUCKUCK- 2375006. One of the best prog albums in Germany on a prestigious label. Out Of Focus is a German krautrock-rock fusion band formed at the end of 1968 in Munich: Hennes Herring - keyboards (mainly Hammond organ), Remigius Drexler - guitar, Hans-Georg Neumuller - vocals and brass, Klaus Speri - drums and Stefan Visheu - bass. Out of Focus got their name from the track Blue Cheer, but were also influenced by Soft Machine and Xhol Caravan and quickly created a special style mixing rock, jazz and psychedelic overtones. The band's music was known for the socio-political propaganda present in Moran Neumuller's songs. Despite the typical Munich style, they are often compared to the Canterbury fusion of Britain and Scandinavian jazz-rock.  ...more

FOREIGNER-INSIDE INFORMATION-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-ATLANTIC--781808-1 Rare original of the cult album. Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 8, 1987. The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and was certified platinum in the United States with sales of over a million copies. Even though it was a huge standard for any country, the band's sales have certainly plummeted since the release of 4 in 1981. This was the last album to feature the main line-up of the 80s-Gramm, Jones, Wills and Elliot. ...more