ABBA-GREATEST HITS -1975-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS266. A very rare original collection of the cult group. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on November 17, 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably in the UK on April 10 and September 18 in the USA and Canada. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the beginning of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK in the second half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number one albums for the band. It spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the best-selling album of 1976 and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. As of July 2016, it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, with sales of over 2.6 million Greatest Hits was released in the USA and Canada in September 1976, but record sales peaked only in April 1977, when the song "Dancing Queen" took first place in both countries. "Dancing Queen" was not included in the Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival, and it aroused interest in the ABBA back catalog. Greatest Hits has been certified platinum in the USA and five times platinum in Canada.
Vinyl records in a clean top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE.The front cover is in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new- NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 3600 ₽
WISHBONE ASH-NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE(+SINGLE)-1978-THE FIRST UK PRESS-MCA-MCG3528.Matrix A-2U/B-2U. A rare British original of the cult prog band. NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE is the ninth studio album by English rock band Wishbone Ash. It was the first album since Argus 1972, produced by Derek Lawrence. The album reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
MAYALL'JOHN'S BLUES BREAKERS-BAREWIRES-1968-UK FIRST PRESS-DECCA-SKL4945.Very rare stereo original British Blues monsters. John Mayall & the been so diligent was an English Blues rock band, led by singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, The great legacy been so diligent is the incubator for British rock musicians and Blues musicians. Many of the most famous bands to have emerged in Britain in the 1960s and 1970-ies, there were participants who once passed through been so diligent, forming the basis of British Blues music, Among those who worked in the Bluesbreaker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor ( Rolling Stones), Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention) and many other musicians. Bare Wires are Studio album from John Mayall been so diligent in , on the cover of Mick Taylor on guitar, released in 1968 on Decca Records the Album was the last Studio album by John Mayall & the been so diligent . The album also was the first successful American album, Mayall reached number 59 on the Billboard 200 .. ...more
Lot sold: 13000 ₽
Estimate: 12000—15000 ₽
BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360011. Mega rare original of the first press in a non-laminated matte cover with six-line credits. Paranoid is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded at London's Regent Sound Studios by producer Roger Baingiep and released in 1970. On October 10, 1970, the album rose to the top of the UK Albums Chart, displacing Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water from the first place; in the United States, it reached number 12. ...more
Lot sold: 120000 ₽
WATERS, ROGER-THE WALL LIVE IN BERLIN (2LP)-1990-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-MERCURY-846613-1. A rare European original of the cult concert. The Wall: Live in Berlin is a concert performance of the legendary rock opera The Wall by Pink Floyd, organized by its main author Roger Waters and held on July 21, 1990 at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, which has long been divided by the Berlin Wall. The concert was filmed as a TV movie, and also released in September 1990 as a live album. The concert took place in the presence of a 200,000-strong audience on July 21, 1990 at Potsdamer Platz, which was previously a no-man's land separating East and West Berlin. During the concert, a "wall" with a width of more than 160 m and a height of about 25 m was erected on the stage, which was finally destroyed to the ground. Many bright performers and actors took part in the show. ...more
Lot sold: 4000 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
SYD BARRETT (EX-PINK FLOYD)-BARRETT-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP-4007.Matrices A-1G/B-1G. Stamper 1M/1A (Dream) is a very rare original of the iconic album by one of the founders of PINK FLOYD. Barrett is the second and last studio album with new material released by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett.Recording began at Abbey Road Studios on February 26, 1970 and lasted 15 sessions until July 21. The album was produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright, who also played bass and keyboards respectively, along with previous Madcap member Jerry Shirley on drums. Barrett was released in November 1970 on Harvest in the United Kingdom, but unlike his debut album The Madcap Laughs, it did not chart ...more
Lot sold: 31000 ₽
Estimate: 50000—60000 ₽