HARD STUFF-BOLEX DEMENTIA-1973-THE FIRST UK-PURPLE -TPSA7507 matrix A-2U/B-3U PRESS. Stamper 1G/1R (Dream!!!!!) The second album of the hard prog British band consisting of great musicians JOHN CANN, JOHN GUSTAFSON, PAUL HAMMOND. It is the second and final album by the 1970s British rock band HARD STUFF. During the recording of the album, two band members (John Cann and Paul Hammond) were injured in a serious car accident in Belgium. Cann was sitting in the front passenger seat of their car. Ford Zodiac and suffered a back injury and broken ribs, while Hammond, who was sleeping in the back seat, broke both legs. Kahn spent a week in the hospital in Ostend, and Hammond spent two months.[1]
The band managed to finish recording the album, but Cann later stated: "When I listen to it, it sounds a little sketchy and not the way we intended, but still it has its good moments." Hard Stuff disbanded shortly after the release of the album, and the members went their separate ways. After refusing to join ATOMIC ROOSTER, Cann briefly joined THIN LIZZY recording a solo album, Gustafson joined ROXY MUSIC and later the IAN GILLAN BAND,
Vinyl record in top condition- NMINT/ARCHIVE . The cover is textured spread matte in fantastic condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE Labels as new- NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 20000 ₽
ABBA-VISITORS-1981 - FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - - POLS342 Rare Swedish original in top condition. The Visitors is the eighth and final studio album by Swedish band ABBA. It was released on November 30, 1981 on the Swedish record label Polar. Recording for the album began in March and ended in November 1981 at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm. Like the previous albums, it went multi-platinum in all European countries and gold in the United States, Canada, and Australia. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
NUTZ-SAME -1974-THE FIRST USA-AM-SP3648 PRESS. The real American original of the first album.Hard rockers Nutz, formed in Liverpool, England, in 1973 by singer Dave Lloyd, guitarist Mick Devonport, bassist Keith Mulholland and drummer John Mylett, recorded four albums for A M - 1974 Nutz, 1975 Nutz Too, 1976 Hard Nutz (introducing keyboardist Kenny Newton) and 1977 Nutz Live Cutz. But neither all this, nor the periodic tours in support of Black Sabbath and Budgie (not to mention the Friday concert at the Reading Festival in 1976) allowed them to become headliners.By 1979, the band began to break up, but when their song "Bootliggers" was selected for inclusion on the 1980s album Metal for Muthas (a compilation of emerging New Wave talents of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis and Samson), Nutz reinvented themselves as Rage. This barely disguised new version of Nutz (not to be confused with the German power metal trio that appeared a few years later) replaced Newton with additional guitarist Terry Steers and recorded three more albums before finally disbanding in 1984. ...more
Lot sold: 3700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
TRAFFIC-JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND- ILPS-9116 Matrices A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC sterling ,B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM sterling (A Dream!) A very rare British original of the iconic album. John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Traffic, recorded between February and April 1970 and released in July of the same year by Island Records in the UK, United Artists Records in the USA and Polydor Records in Canada. It reached #5 on the Billboard 200 and received gold status (the band's first "golden disc"). The single "Empty Pages" from this album reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the musicians' homeland, in the UK, the album reached #11 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
STREISAND, BARBRA - MY NAME BARBRA-1965-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-SBPG-62534. A rare British original pop diva of the 60s. This is the first of two studio albums related to Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-winning debut on CBS-TV. A special edition of "My Name is Barbra", which aired on April 28, 1965 and was choreographed by Joe Layton. The album was certified gold and reached number 2 on the US charts. Streisand's brother Sheldon took the cover photo when she was five years old. By 1966, the album had sold more than a million copies worldwide. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
PAT METHENY -NEW CHAUTAUQUA-1979-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS-ECM-ECM1131. A rare original of the cult jazzman of the third wave (the beginning of the 70s) New Chautauqua is a solo album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in August 1978 and released on ECM in April 1979. The Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote: "For all its charms, and they are significant, Metheny's first solo album is an exercise in arrangement and effect, how music can drift and the listener's attention does the same. " The album reached #3 on the Jazz Billboard, and #44 on the Pop/rock Billboard in 1979. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
