SINATRA, FRANK -SINATRA'S SWINGING SESSION-1961-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-CAPITOL-SW-1491. A rare American original of the iconic album. Sinatra Swings (originally titled "Swing with Me") is an album by Frank Sinatra with Billy May and his orchestra, released in 1961. The two album titles stem from the fact that Capitol believed that this album, originally titled "Rock with Me", was so close in sound and title to Sinatra's earlier Capitol album "Let's Rock with Me!" that the label sought and was satisfied with a court order requiring Reprise to change the name of this, only his second Reprise album, to Sinatra Swings. Re-printing was not required to recall the already shipped records, but new labels and covers had to be printed, and the album cover announced that it contained "twelve of the most uninhibited things Sinatra has ever recorded." The tracks were arranged and conducted by Billy May and his orchestra. Sinatra had a minor hit with the single "Granada" included on this album.
Vinyl record in clean top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is matte in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new – NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 3400 ₽
Estimate: 6000—8000 ₽
BLACK SABBATH-TYR-1990-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE EU-GERMANY-I.R.S -064-241070-1 . A mega rare European original. The album is named after the god of military prowess Tyr from Scandinavian mythology. The composition "The Battle of Tyr" and the songs: "In Odin's Court", "Valhalla" are dedicated to Scandinavian mythology and Vikings. In support of the album, a single and a video clip with the ballad Feels Good to Me were released, as well as a concert tour. ...more
Lot sold: 6500 ₽
Estimate: 12000—14000 ₽
PETE BROWN AND HIS BATTERED ORNAMENTS-A MEAL YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS .....-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHVL752. Matrices A-2/B-2 , stampers 1P/1O (A dream!) . A very rare original of the cult band in prog blues psychedelia. The album A MEAL YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS ....., closer to progressive, even more complex and interesting than the early work. The compositions became longer, up to 17 minutes, the mellotron that had previously surfaced only sporadically became more active, decorations in the form of a saxophone appeared, and the material became much more diverse and finely arranged. ...more
Lot sold: 27000 ₽
Estimate: 45000—50000 ₽
STEVE VAI- PASSION AND WARFARE - 1990- FIRST PRESS UK-FFT- GRUB17. A rare British original. Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 on Relativity and Epic Records. He received a gold certificate from the RIAA. Passion and Warfare was written based on a series of episodes of dreams that Vai had when he was younger, and in the album's guitar notes book Vai summarizes it this way: "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur arranged for Mel Blanc." It was all recorded at Mothership Studios in his Hollywood Hills home, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building that also recorded his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue. Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai claims that planning for the album began back in 1982, but was postponed after joining David Lee Roth's band and was not resumed until the breakup with Roth in 1989. ...more
Lot sold: 5100 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-2/B. (on the second side, the matrix is Scandinavian without a digit.) 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 it held the top position in the UK charts 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 generally believed 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 British national anthem arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably ended each concert of the band. The album was ranked number 230 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, and number 128 on the 2020 list. ...more
Lot sold: 14000 ₽