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P.F.M.- CHOCOLATE KINGS- 1976-THE FIRST UK PRESS-MANTICORE-K53508. Matrices A-4/B-4. A rare British original of the cult album by the famous Italian prog band. Chocolate Kings is the sixth album by the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of RCA Records in Italy. It was also released with a different cover on Manticore Records in the UK and Asylum Records in the USA.It was the first album to feature Bernardo Lanzetti (former Acqua Fragile vocalist) as lead vocals. It was also their first album whose lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were creating at the time.[3] The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Murrow, an American friend of the band who lived in Italy at the time. ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-PENDULUM-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-LIBERTY-LBG83400. Matrices A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of the cult album. Pendulum is the sixth studio album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio in San Francisco and released on the Fantasy label in December 1970. Pendulum is the last CCR album to feature rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who left the band shortly after the album's release. The record demonstrates the group's desire to expand its own stylistic framework, a number of his compositions are musically noticeably more complex than the CCR recordings of the 1968-1969 sample. The most ambitious of the band's seven albums, Pendulum was recorded for about a month — twice as long as the rest of the records. ...more

RALPH TOWNER -CITY OF EYES-1989-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС GERMANY- ECM-ECM 1388. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. City of Eyes is an album by American jazz guitarist Ralph Towner recorded in 1988 and released on ECM the following April. The quintet consists of trumpeter Marcus Stockhausen, oboist Paul McCandless and rhythm section Gary Peacock and Jerry Granelli. Tom Jurek's review on AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "City of Eyes once again shows Ralph Towner as a musical researcher, composer and instrumentalist who can convincingly create sonic journeys through time, space and terrain." ...more

LOREDANA BERTE- SAVOIR FAIRE -1984-FIRST PRESS UK/EU -HOLLAND-CBS-CBS26107. A rare European original of the iconic album. Savoir fair is the tenth studio album by the Italian pop star. The first success came in 1975, the song "You are beautiful" ("Sei bellissima"), stayed in the Italian charts for 14 weeks, then entered the album "Normal or super" ("Normale o super", 1976) — the first, produced by Mario Lavezzi, as well as the first song of one of the largest Italian composers Ivan Fossati. His song "Dedicated" ("Dedicato"), performed in 1978 by Berthe, and again censored, this time politically, was repeatedly played on Italian TV. The 1979 album "Banda Berte" ("BandaBertè"), including the song "And the moon knocked ..." ("... E la luna bussò", in the rhythm of reggae), again reached high places in the Italian charts. For this album, Berthe again receives the "Vota la voce" award as the best performer. In 1981, Loredana spent several months in the United States recording the album "Made in Italy", in New York she met with E.By Warhol. In 1982, Berte won the "Festival Bar" with the song "I am not that signora" ("Non sono una signora", which rose to 5th place in the weekly and to 32 in the annual Italian hit parade, included in one of her most successful albums "Crossings" ("Traslocando", 7 and 38 places, respectively.. The album's producer is again I. Fossati, who also became the author of a number of songs featuring interesting melodies and philosophical lyrics. In 1983, the albums "Unreleased" ("Lorinedita") and "Jazz" ("Jazz", recorded in London and New York, prod. — Fossati). Berte performs at Madison Square Garden, participates in numerous Italian TV programs (Fantastico, etc.), marries Roberto Berger, the son of billionaire Tommaso Berger, the marriage did not last long. In 1984, in the delicate and exquisite album "The ability to create" ("Savoir faire"), for the third time the producer was I.Fossati. The ambitious 1985 album Carioca is dedicated to the work of Brazilian musician Javan, the lyrics are written by Bruno Lauci and Enrico Rudgeri. On March 1, 1984[4] Berte came to the USSR for the first time, together with Italian television, Soviet television made a musical film "Autograph" (1984), which included recordings made on the streets of Moscow, at the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, in Zelenograd and Tallinn. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC - EPC86318. A rare British original. Promise is the second studio album by the band Sade. Almost every second song from the album reached the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in the USA, twice platinum in the UK and Canada, and platinum in Germany. ...more