Lot 41VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-68-71-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-NMINT/NMINT

DOORS-SOFT PARADE-1969-THE FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-ELEKTRA-EKS75005. Matrices A-CP/B-CP-1.  Mega rare American promo original of the cult album. The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by the American rock band The Doors, released on July 18, 1969 on the Elektra label. The Soft Parade did not receive approval from either critics or listeners. So, in the Billboard 200, the record reached only the sixth position, and in the charts of the UK and other European countries, the disc did not debut at all, unlike its predecessor Waiting for the Sun (1968). Of all the singles released in support of the album — "Touch Me", "Wishful Sinful", "Tell All the People"ruen and "Runnin' Blue" — only the first achieved sales success: it reached the third line in the Billboard Hot 100 and then received gold certification by the RIAA. Many music publications, for example, Rolling Stone, were dissatisfied with the record, mainly due to The Doors' attempt to move away from their style to the use of orchestral arrangements. Over time, music historians have changed their opinion about The Soft Parade for the better, but the CD is still recognized as one of the weakest works of the band during Morrison's lifetime. ...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

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

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

COCKER, JOE-UNCHAIN MY HEART-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-748285-1 .  The European original of the cult album. Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by British singer Joe Cocker, released in 1987.  In Canada, Germany and France, the album received gold sales status, in Switzerland — platinum. The Australian Recording Industry Association placed the album at the 48th position in the list of the "50 best albums" for 1988. The album's title song "Unchain My Heart", followed by "Two Wrongs", took the 11th place on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album itself reached the 89th position in The Billboard 200 ...more