Lot 77FERRY, BRYAN-BETE NOIRE-1987-FIRST PRESS EU GERMANY-VIRGIN-NMINT/NMINT

HAWKINS, COLEMAN-THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE-1961-FIRST PRESS 1967 (MONO) UK-XTRA-XTRA5031. A rare British original of the cult album. Things Ain't What They Used to Be is an album of the first annual prestigious swing festival featuring two stellar bands, one of which includes Coleman Hawkins, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Hamilton and Joe Newman, and the other is led by Al Sears with Buddy Tate, Pee Wee Russell and Joe Thomas, which was recorded in 1961. It was first released on the Swingville label as a double album, and was later reissued as two separate discs with Hawkins' name. ...more

KANSAS-MONOLITH-1979-THE FIRST PRESS USA-KIRSHNER-PZ36008. A very rare American original of the cult album.  Monolith is the sixth studio album by the American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1979.  Initially, about 800,000 copies of Monolith were sold, which gave it gold status, but it eventually went platinum in the early 1990s. Kerry Livgren donated his platinum record to the Kansas State Historical Society. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Albums Chart, becoming their third consecutive (and last) studio album to reach the top ten. The album remained on the Billboard Albums chart for a total of 24 weeks and was one of the top 100 albums of the charts (#100) for the calendar year 1979. ...more

SLADE-SLADE IN FLAME-1974-THE FIRST UK-POLYDOR PRESS- 2442-126. A rare British original. Slade in Flame is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released on November 29, 1974, ranked 6th in the UK and was certified gold by the BPI in February 1975.  ...more

TECHNOLOGY-EVERYTHING YOU WANT!!!-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-SNC-ME1811-2. "Everything You Want!!!" is the debut studio album by the band "Technology", released in 1991. The album was a great success. At one of the concerts, the band was noticed by Yuri Aizenshpis, who collaborated with the band until the fall of 1992. The album was recorded by two main vocalists - Vladimir Nechitailo and Roman Ryabtsev. The song "Strange Dances" performed by Roman Ryabtsev occupied a leading position in the hit parade of the MK newspaper for 14 months. In the summer of 1990, 4 video clips were shot for the songs "Push the Button", "Strange Dances", "Joker" and "Cold Trail". Filming took place in Moscow and Izhevsk. ...more

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST PRESS JAPAN-WARNER-P-10221Y. A rare Japanese original. In 2001, the album Hotel California became the 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album was ranked number 11 in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Songs from the album - "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the US sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), and the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more