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

ALEXEY RYBNIKOV-ROCK OPERA JUNO AND AVOS-1980-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-C60-18627. "Juno and Avos" is a rock opera by Alexey Rybnikov (music) and Andrey Voznesensky (libretto). The premiere, directed by Mark Zakharov, took place on July 9, 1981 on the stage of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, where the performance, which has become a kind of business card of Lenkom, took place In parallel with the work on the performance, an audio version of the opera with other performers was recorded in Lenkom in 1980. The first public listening of the recorded work took place on December 9, 1980 in the Church of the Intercession in Fily (Moscow). However, due to censorship obstacles, the album of two stereo records was released by the company" Melody " only in 1982 (number C60 18627-30 (2LP)).  ...more

BETH HART AND JOE BONAMASSA-BLACK COFFEE-2018-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-PROVOGUE-PRD75441.  A rare original of the cult album. Black Coffee is the third cover album by American singer Beth Hart and blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, released on January 26, 2018 on the label J/R Adventures and the label Mascot Group. The album follows their 2013 collaborative album called Seesaw. The album turned out to be as stellar as its predecessor. Grammy, instant gold, 28 weeks at number one in Britain and the USA.  ...more

NORAH JONES - PICK ME UP OFF THE FLOOR-2020-FIRST PRESS UK/EU- BLUE NOTE-00602508748868. Rare European original of the cult album. Pick Me Up Off the Floor is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Nora Jones. The album was released on June 12, 2020 by Blue Note Records. Moving away from Jones' lounge tastes of the past, the album Pick Me Up Off the Floor is predominantly jazz pop and jazz folk with elements of orchestral pop, blues, gospel, soul, country, funk and hip-hop. "Pick Me Up Off the Floor" received an average score of 83 out of 100 in 10 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim" Pick Me Up Off the Floor debuted at number 87 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 10,100 album equivalent units according to the Rolling Stone charts. It was her first studio album that didn't make the top ten. ...more

WINGS-BAND ON THE RUN-1973-UK FIRST PRESS-APPLE - PAS10007 - A-1/B-1 One of the outstanding albums of the 70s. Band on the Run is the third studio album by the English band Wings (Paul McCartney's fifth solo album), released in 1973. Commercially the most successful and one of the most famous albums of the band. One of the best-selling albums of 1974 in the UK. Recognized by many critics as the best album by Paul McCartney. In 2003, he was included in the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine at number 418. According to New Musical Express, the album ranks 333rd among the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Perhaps the best album released by one of the four musicians who were once called The Beatles" (Rolling Stone magazine music critic John Landau, January 1974) ...more

STEVE HACKETT (EX-GENESIS) - SPECTRAL MORNINGS - 1979-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-CDS4017. Matrix A-1/B-2, A rare British original solo album by guitarist GENESIS. Spectral Mornings is the third studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in May 1979 on Charisma Records. This is his first performance with members of his touring band, which many Hackett fans consider to be a "classic line-up". The musicians are his brother John Hackett, Nick Magnus, Dick Cadbury, John Shearer and Pete Hicks. The album is highly rated at 4 stars by Allmusic.  ...more