URIAH HEEP-RETURN TO FANTASY-1975-CONTRACT PRESS UK-BRONZE-ILPS9335. Matrices A-1/B-1. A rare original of the CBS contract press. Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released on May 13, 1975 by Bronze in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The album is known for the title song "Return to Fantasy". On the eve of the recording, there was another change of composition. Bassist Gary Thane left by mutual consent, because due to drug addiction he was physically unable to cope with a tight schedule of touring and recording. Later, on December 8, 1975, Gary Thane died at the age of 27 from an overdose. He was replaced from Roxy Music by bass guitarist John Wetton, who had previously played in the bands Family and King Crimson. Return to Fantasy is the only album of the band that hit the top ten in the UK charts, rose to 7th place. At the same time , the album received devastating criticism in the British press
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is a matte reverse top condition, with conditional traces of storage -NMINT/ARCHIVE. Layla in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 6500 ₽
SANDRA-INTO A SECRET LAND-1988-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN -209371-630. Into a Secret Land is the third Studio album by German singer Sandra, released in 1988. This album was produced by Michel Cretu. The album achieved great success and reached number 9 in Switzerland, number 13 in Austria, number 14 in Germany, number 14 in France, number 18 in Norway, and number 22 in Sweden, ...more
Lot sold: 2600 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
NAZARETH-HAIR OF THE DOG-1975-First press SWEDEN-VERTIGO-6370405. A rare Scandinavian original .Hair of the Dog is the sixth studio album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1975. Released in April 1975 by Mooncrest in the UK, A/M Records in North America. The band's most commercially successful album, with over two million copies sold worldwide. In 2002, he took the 51st position in the ranking of the "100 best rock albums of all time" according to Classic Rock magazine. ...more
Lot sold: 3300 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
TRAFFIC-SHOOT OUT AT THE FANTASY FACTORY-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND-ILPS9224. Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 2GR/1GO (Very Early) . A rare British original of the cult prog band. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory is the sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1973. It followed their 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and contained five songs. Shoot Out, although it received worse reviews than its predecessor, still reached number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, one line higher than Low Spark, which peaked in 1972. ...more
Lot sold: 3800 ₽
Estimate: 6000—8000 ₽
WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITOL-PCTC254 - a-2U/B - 1U PORKY/ROOM . Venus and Mars is the fourth Studio album by Wings, released in 1975. The CD was released after the extraordinary success of Band on the Run and also became very popular. Paul McCartney's first album with Capitol Records. After the release of Band on the Run, Wings also included Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitarist) and Jeff Britton (drummer) in 1974. After McCartney wrote several new songs for the upcoming album, the band flew to New Orleans in January 1975 to record Venus and Mars.Britton, after an argument with McCulloch, left the band, having managed to participate in the recording of only three songs of the album. He was urgently picked up a replacement-American Joe English, with whom the recording was continued. McCartney made the songs in Venus and Mars flow smoothly into each other, and the album in this sense became similar to the Beatles ' Abbey Road album. The album was received very warmly, and in all countries of the continent it reaches the Top 10 of the charts. According to the results, album of the year, places are also high, in the UK 5 place, USA-1 place according to the Billboard 200. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7500 ₽
INXS-WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE-1992-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-512507-1. A rare European original of the cult group. Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on August 3, 1992.Taking a course on the grunge and alternative rock that was relevant in the first half of the 90s, INXS tried to find a new direction for themselves, a la U2 (Achtung Baby), the use of a sitar, a 60-string orchestra and a much more "raw" sound. Producer Mark Opitz described the writing process as follows: "There's a lot of Michael, Andrew and me on the album. The opinion of everyone and everyone is not present here, because some of them were busy with significant changes in their personal lives." The mixing was handled by Bob Klimauntin.While working on the album, INXS performed at the Concert for Life in March 1992, performing some of the songs to the accompaniment of the orchestra[8] and presenting two new songs - "Taste It" and "All Around".The CD took 1st place in the UK chart, 16th place in the US Billboard 200 chart and was among the top ten albums of the year according to Q and The Independent magazines. However, due to insufficient promotion of the album by the record company and the lack of a tour in support of the album (after successful tours in support of Kick and X, the band took a vacation with the intention of returning with a tour in support of two albums), the album sold worse than its predecessors - gold in Britain in 1992, platinum in the USA in 1997. The band performed at the 1993 Australian Record Industry Awards (nominated for "Best Band"), performing "Heaven Sent" to the soundtrack of instruments, but with live vocals. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
