Lot 61DIRE STRAITS-BROTHERS IN ARMS1985-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

ROLLING STONES-BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS)-1966-ORIGINAL PRESS 1968 UK-DECCA -TXS101. Matrices XZAL-7503-4W, XZAL-7504-3W. A rare stereo British original press of the iconic ROLLING STONES album.  ROLLING STONES. Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first compilation album by The Rolling Stones. With various covers and track listings, it was released on March 28, 1966 on London Records in the US and on November 4, 1966 on Decca Records in the UK. The American edition focused on songs from 1964 and 1965 with two new tunes: the recent "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the re-recorded "Time Is on My Side" with a guitar intro. The British version covered a longer period, starting with the band's first A-side single in 1963, "Come On", and ending with several songs from 1966, including the recent hit "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 chart.[1] and the fourth place in the UK albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for 99 weeks in the US, where the RIAA certified the album as double platinum, which meant more than two million copies sold. ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER -THE STAR OF THE FIELDS -1987-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE USSR-MELODIA-C6024579004. A rare original of the cult album. The Star of the Fields (vocal suite, music by A. Gradsky, poems by N. Rubtsov, recorded in 1987).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). Laureate 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

JETHRO TULL-SONGS FROM THE WOOD-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1132 Matrix A/B 10TH SET. A rare British original of the cult prog band.Songs from the Wood is characterized by a bright folk-rock sound (according to many music critics — the standard of the genre). The first CD, which was recorded by David Palmer as a full member of the band. The first long-playing studio album by Jethro Tull, which has received positive critical acclaim since Thick as a Brick. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD8216 One of the icons in rock music, a mega rare original with a matrix ST-A-681461-PR-2S / ST-A-681462-PR-4S. Label variant: (Atco) stereo purple/brown, which were released only on Atlantic releases after pressing at the RCA Records plant in Indianapolis.  This label is very rare and appeared on only a few editions from about 8130 to 8200. (mid-1968- early 1969) Errors of this edition  Led Zeppelin are constantly raising the ratings of this publication, because not only the label is different, but also side 1 of the album differs in the mix from the usual pressure. Also side 2 sounds a bit different than the standard edition. There is a long pause between "Black Mountain Side" and "Communication Breakdown", when there was no silence at all in the standard release. And there is an unusually long silence between "Communication Breakdown" and "I Can't Quit You Baby", much longer than in the standard release. The B5's playing time is listed on the back cover as 3:30, but it actually plays 8:30.  Led Zeppelin is the debut studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded in October 1968 at London's Olympic Studios and released by Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. Initially, the album garnered mostly negative press reviews, but was a great commercial success and was subsequently highly appreciated by rock critics. The release date of the album, January 12, 1969, Kerrang magazine! in a special issue, he celebrated as the birthday of heavy metal In total, the band spent 1,782 pounds to record the album, and collected about 3.5 million pounds in total for 1969-70, thereby 2,000 times exceeding the amount contributed. In the charts, the album also did not lag behind, placing from 1st to 20th place in different countries. In Britain, he reached a maximum of 6th place in two years.  ...more

GENESIS-DUKE-1980-THE FIRST UK-CHARISMA -CBR101 PRESS. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original in top condition. Duke is the tenth studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, and the second recorded by her as a trio, released on March 31, 1980. The recording of the album took place at Phil Collins' house, who was simultaneously working on his solo debut Face Value. According to Collins, he was "kind of obsessed with Duke." The compositions "Behind The Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End" were originally a whole piece called "Duke Suite" with the central character Albert, but the band decided to split it up to avoid comparisons with 23-minute "Supper's Ready" from the album Foxtrot. This simplification reflected the group's departure from complex compositions, its desire to become more straightforward and well suited to the era of the 80s.  Duke became the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts. In the same year, Duke received platinum status at home, and in 1988 — in the USA In support of the album, a tour of Britain and North America was arranged from April to June 1980, which began with a tour of 40 concerts in the UK, where all 106,000 tickets were sold within a few hours of going on sale ...more