Lot 89CHARLIE BARNET AND HIS ORCH.-JIVE,JIVE,JIVE-1957-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER VOICE'S-NMINT/NMINT

FERRY, BRYAN-AVONMORE (+ CD)-2014-FIRST PRESS UK-BMG-538013701. A rare European original. Avonmore is the fifteenth studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry, released on November 17, 2014 by BMG Rights Management. The album was named after the location of Ferry's studio in London, where it was recorded. The album was announced on September 23, 2014 with a preview of the song "Loop De Li". The album was produced by Ferry with longtime collaborator Rhett Davis, who has released several albums for Ferry and Roxy Music. The album also features regular Ferry members such as Fonzie Thornton, Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller and Johnny Marr (who co-wrote the track "Soldier of Fortune"). The album includes two cover versions, a rendition of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" and a version of "Johnny and Mary", originally written by Robert Palmer. The latter track was created in collaboration with Norwegian DJ/producer Todd Terje and first appeared on Terje's album It's Album Time, which was released earlier in 2014. Avonmore reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number 72 on the US Billboard 200. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-BROTHERS IN ARMS1985-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO - VERH25.A rare British original of Dire Straits' fifth studio album.  Multi-platinum and the most successful in creativity. ...more

ZERO-A SONG ABOUT UNREQUITED LOVE FOR THE MOTHERLAND-1991-FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-FEELEE-FL3-004.  A rare original of the cult album. "Song of unrequited love for the Motherland" is the fourth album of the band "Zero", released in 1991. It is considered the best creation of the group, it contains all the main hits for the entire period of creativity: "Russian rock 'n' Roll", "I'm walking, smoking", "Man and Cat", "Song about a real Indian", "Trams were driving down the street", "Lenin Street" ... Almost all songs, except the title instrumental, were included in radio rotation, most remain on the air until now pore. And this is the only album of the classical period, songs from which are generally heard on the radio, except for informal and unofficial Internet stations. At the same time, "Song about ..." is not an electric album, but an acoustic one; in full—fledged electricity, with percussion and weighted sound, only one song is made here — "You're a brake". Since the release of this record, and in many ways thanks to it, the group "Zero" has entered the so-called "first echelon" of Russian rock, becoming one of the leaders of Russian rock music. And it was from this time, ironically, that the decline of the collective began. The musicians began to abuse alcohol and drugs, which led to the well-known tragic events in the biography of Fyodor Chistyakov, who found himself in a psychiatric hospital. In addition, creative differences between the musicians played a role, and this led to a temporary split in the composition. After all these twists and turns, the band was unable to consolidate its success in subsequent albums, but the CD "Song of Unrequited Love for the Motherland" still remains one of the strongest and most influential works in Russian rock music, and "Zero" is one of the main groups of Russian rock. ...more

ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA-SAME-1968-THE FIRST PRESS OF UK-DIRECTION-S8-63300. A very rare original of the cult album of the British psycho-prog band.  Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, at various times also known as "Velvet Opera", was a British rock band that operated in the late 1960s. The band members, Richard Hudson, John Ford and Paul Brett, disbanded after two albums in 1970. Later they became members of The Strawbs, Hudson Ford and Stretch.  ...more

SPOOKY TOOTH-WITNESS-1973-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS - ILPS9255 Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 3RM/1P .A very rare British original of the cult group. "Witness" is a chic album by the band, recorded in 1973. To record it, Mike Kelly, the drummer from the original composition of Spooky Tooth, returned to the band and, practically, replaced Bryson Graham, who participated in the recording of the previous album You Broke My Heart ... (1973). Gary Wright is gaining more and more influence in the band, which did not please frontman Mike Harrison, who left the band shortly after the release of “Witness”. In addition to Wright, the authors of the music were bassist Chris Stewart in the song "Don't Ever Stray Away" and guitarist Mick Jones in the rather pop "All Sewn Up". Mike Harrison strangely did not have a hand in the composition in any way. But his emotional vocals created the main mood of Witness. The band also returned to the old practice of Spooky Tooth from the time of the album Spooky Two - duets, vocal duels between Harrison and Wright. Critics praised the work, the album hit 49th place on the Billboard 200. ...more