QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-3/B-3. 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 completed 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.
Vinyl record in clean top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is a matte centerfold with an embossed logo in a top condition of snow-white quality- NMINT/ ARCHIVE. Labels in a clean state - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 11000 ₽
BENNY GOODMAN QUARTET MADE IN JAPAN -1965-THE FIRST UK-CAPITOL-T2282 PRESS. A rare British original of the iconic album. In 1962, he toured widely in the USSR, gave concerts with his jazz band in Moscow (twice), Leningrad, Kiev, Tbilisi, Tashkent. In an interview, he told reporters that he was glad that the ban on jazz in the USSR had been lifted. The first performance took place on May 30 and, as a result of this trip, the Benny Goodman concert album was released in Moscow. In 1963, the RCA Victor studio hosted a reunion of the legendary Benny Goodman quartet of the 1930s (Goodman himself, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton), and a year later the album recorded by them (called "Together Again!") again became one of the most popular albums and gave impetus to new ones on tour to Asia. The album Made in japan was the result of these tours. Recordings of some works of academic music (in particular, sonatas for clarinet and piano by Francis Poulenc together with Leonard Bernstein, as well as music by Bernstein himself, Johannes Brahms, Aaron Copland and Claude Debussy) belong to the same period of creativity. ...more
Lot sold: 6500 ₽
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
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 4500—5500 ₽
MOODY BLUES-ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM-1969-FIRST UK PRESS-DERAM-SML1035. Matrices A-2W/B-2W. A very rare original of the cult album. On the Threshold of a Dream is the fourth studio album by the British band The Moody Blues, released in April 1969 on Deram Records. This is The Moody Blues' third album recorded with the classic Hayward—Pinder—Lodge—Thomas Edge line—up, and the band's third collaboration with producer Tony Clark. On the Threshold of a Dream was the band's first album, which was recorded in a relatively calm environment, without taking time to work in the studio between concerts. This is partly due to the success of the two previous albums Days of Future Passed and In Search of the Lost Chord, which provided the band with significant attention from the record company Decca Records. In addition, the band members now had a much better idea of what they could achieve in the studio and began writing songs with these possibilities in mind. Equally important, they have just completed an extensive tour of the USA (opening for Cream) and learned a lot during the concerts over the previous year, achieving a much bolder and denser sound both instrumentally and vocally. As a result, On the Threshold of a Dream became one of the most successful albums of the band's entire existence, reached the #1 position in the UK and entered the "Top 20" in the USA. The album received positive reviews from critics and was included in various lists of the best progressive rock albums. ...more
Lot sold: 3400 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
COLOSSEUM-DAUGHTER OF TIME-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS -VERTIGO SWIRL-6360017 is a very rare British original of the cult album. Daughter of Time is the fourth album by the English jazz-rock band Colosseum, released in 1970. The album remained on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks, peaking at number 23. Recorded in the midst of the band's turmoil, only one of the eight tracks, "Three Score and Ten, Amen", features all six official band members. ...more
Lot sold: 26000 ₽
Estimate: 35000—40000 ₽
QUEEN-LIVE KILLERS-1979-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMSP330. The A-3U/B-4/C-2U/D-2U STERLING matrices are a rare British original. Live Killers is the first live album by the English rock band Queen. The album was recorded during the European leg of the Jazz Album world tour. Outside the USA, Europe and Canada, Elektra Records released a shorter version of the album, calling it Queen Live. ...more
Lot sold: 4200 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
