Lot 13GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-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

VAUGHAN, STEVE RAY AND DOUBLE TROUBLE-SOUL TO SOUL-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EPIC-26441. Soul to Soul is the third Studio album by American Blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released 30 September 1985 Epic Records. The album went to # 34 on the Billboard 200. ...more

GABRIEL, PETER-US-1992-(2LP'S)FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN-PG7/077778645511. One of the peaks of PETER GABRIEL's solo career. US is the sixth studio album by English singer, songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel, released on September 28, 1992 by Real World Records. After the release of his soundtrack album Passion in 1989, Gabriel began working on new material for a new album, his first since then, which became his best-selling release. Gabriel focused on personal topics concerning us, including his divorce in the late 1980s, his subsequent relationship with actress Rosanna Archetti, the growing distance between him and his first daughter. The album was a success on the world chart, reaching number 2 in the UK and the US and the top ten in twelve other countries. Four singles were released: "Digging in the Mud", "Steam", "Blood of Eden" and "Kiss This Frog", with "Steam" reaching number 10 in the UK. ...more

MAHALIA BARNES (FR. JOE BONAMASSA)- OOH YEA.. BETTY DAVIS SONGBOOK (2LP)-2015-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-PROVOGUE-PRD7455-1.  A rare original of the cult album.  Full release title: Mahalia Barnes / The Soul Mates featuring Joe Bonamassa "OOH YEA (The Betty Davis Songbook)". The album was recorded over three days at Freight Train Studios in Sydney, Australia, "live", without overdubs. The hard groove and riffs (Bonamassa immediately declares his presence) and the sharp piercing vocals in the title track If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up turn into a love story - soul In The Meantime with a dominant organ and, again, a prolonged solo by Bonamassa. The funky He Was A Big Freak gives Mahalia the opportunity to show all her vocal capabilities. The album is made up of covers of songs by Betty Davis, Miles Davis' wife, recorded in the early 70s. Betty met Miles Davis in the late 60s and introduced him to the world of psychedelic rock, introduced him to Jimi Hendrix. Later she released three solo albums, which influenced the formation of such musicians as Prince, Ice Cube, Erykah Badu, etc. Her music consists of a thundering mix of funk, soul, R/B, served raw with sexual overtones and hooligan fervor. Listen and see what happened here. Mahalia Barnes is the daughter of the famous Australian rock/blues singer Jimmy Barnes, who has absorbed soul, blues and rock and roll music since childhood. Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder have always been her idols. Last year, in the studio, she performed several Betty Davis songs in the presence of renowned producer Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, Journey). So the idea of a whole disc was born, which was willingly supported by Joe Bonamassa, who took a full-scale part in these recordings. "OOH YEA” is an ambitious work by a young singer, a modern interpretation of Betty Davis' music. The participation in the recording of great musicians (including Mahalia's father) and the described producer guarantee a high level of material. Bonamassa fans can also add this CD to the collection.   ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-6/B-5. A rare British original. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the rock band Queen, released on December 2, 1975. The record was a great success: its sales reached three million, and in the UK charts it held the first position for four inconsistent weeks. The title of the album — "Night at the Opera" — as well as the subsequent one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers, namely from the film of the same name. At each Queen concert, several songs from A Night at the Opera were necessarily performed (while "Love of My Life" was never performed in the album version). It is considered that the song "Death on Two Legs" is dedicated to the former producer of the band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought the band a resounding success and in 2000 was recognized in Britain as the "song of the millennium". The final album "God Save the Queen" is the anthem of Great Britain arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably completed each concert of the band. The album was ranked 230th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and 128th on the 2020 list. ...more