ARABESQUE-ARABESQUE-1978-THE FIRST SCANDINAVIA-TALENT-TLS3051 PRESS. A very rare Scandinavian original of the first album of disco giants. Arabesque I (Friday Night) is the debut studio album by the West German disco band Arabesque. It was released in 1978 on EMI Electrola in Germany and on Victor Record in Japan. The Arabesque disco group was founded in 1977 (registered in the German city of Offenbach in a recording studio owned by legendary producer Frank Farian). At that time, there was a fashion in Europe for "girl groups” in which female vocals were dominant: Baccara, ABBA, Boney M. The debut album of the Arabesque trio was recorded with the following line-up: Karen Ann Tepperis, Michaela Rose and Mary Ann Nagel. After recording the first record, Tepperis and Nagel left the band, and Jasmin Vetter and Heike Rimbeau became new members of the trio. In 1979, Arabesque joined the seventeen-year-old and still unknown Sandra Lauer, who replaced vocalist Heike Rimbeau. Sandra immediately became an informal leader in the band - in the vast majority of songs, the main vocals belonged to her. Arabesque were very popular in Japan; in Europe, however, until the release of "Marigot Bay" in 1980, the band could not boast of "frenzied" success. After that, they gained real popularity, but they never rose to the "Japanese" level. I must say that the girls from the group complemented each other surprisingly precisely: they seemed to represent "three elements", three different types - dark-skinned Southerner Michaela, blonde Northerner Jasmine and, finally, Sandra with her "Japanese" cut of the eyes.In 1984, Sandra's five-year contract to work at Arabesque expired. She, with the support of her future husband Michael Cretu, decides to start a solo career, and the band, which rose due to Sandra's talent, ceases to exist. In the same year, the band's last album "Time To Say Good Bye" was released. Michaela Rose and Jasmine Vetter, trying not to miss their chance, create a new band called Rouge, but it was not successful. Rouge disbanded in 1988. Popularity in the USSR. Despite the lack of popularization of disco in the Soviet media, it had a lot of fans in the USSR. Arabesque were one of the favorite bands in Soviet discos. The popularity of the band was so great that in 1984 the Melodiya company released a record with ten songs from different albums. The record quickly became, as they said at the time, "scarce", and it could only be bought with a huge overpayment. Most of the band's songs were distributed across the country in tape recordings. In 1989, in the wake of Perestroika, Sandra was invited to Moscow, where she was greeted by a full house of enthusiastic fans. Arabesque songs are still often heard on Russian radio in retro programs dedicated to the 1980s.
Vinyl record in clean condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE The cover is lacquered in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Clean labels - NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 6100 ₽
SPACE-DELIVERANCE-1977-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-HANSA-25797 OT. A rare German original . Deliverance is the second studio album by the band Space, released in 1977.The CD was recorded at Sydney Bechett Studio in 1977. Ray Cooper, Elton John's drummer, took part in the recording. The song "Deliverance" was recorded at the Abbey Road Studio. In addition to Madeline Bell, it was performed by Jan Lozette (at the 1983 concert) and Eric Bami (2002 concert). Deliverance is designed in the styles of spacesynth, disco, synthpop. Starting with this album, "the disco component of the band's music gradually began to prevail over the electronic" ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
STING-57TH AND 9TH-2016-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-AM - 602557117745. A rare European original. 57th & 9th is the twelfth studio album by British rock musician Sting; his first all-rock album since 2003. Released on November 11, 2016 ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
LIVIN' BLUES-ROCKING AT THE TWEED MILL-1973-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-PHILIPS-6413044. A rare German original of the cult album. .Rocking At The Tweed Mill is the fourth studio album by Dutch rock band Livin' Blues. It was released in 1973 with the support of the Philips label. In 1972, the band broke up with Eggermont and began collaborating with British producer Mike Vernon. Their first record together was "Rocking At The Tweed Mill", on which Arjen Cumming drummed. The album received high marks and hit all European charts. ...more
Lot sold: 13000 ₽
Estimate: 18000—20000 ₽
WILLY TOKAREV - GOLD-1983-ORIGINAL PRESS 2015 -EU-MIRUMIR-MIR100470. A rare anniversary edition of the iconic album. "Gold" is the fourth studio album by Soviet, American and Russian author-performer Willy Tokarev, released in 1983 on the Sava Recording Corporation label in the USA. The producer is Willy Tokarev. At the age of 40, in 1974, Willy Tokarev emigrated to the United States with $100 in his pocket. He was sheltered for 2-3 weeks by the Tolstoy Foundation, headed by Alexandra Tolstaya, daughter of Leo Tolstoy. There he was a courier, a cleaner in a bakery, sorted through the Russian library of a millionaire, a newspaper deliveryman, became unemployed because he did not know English well, so he began to learn the language by reading American newspapers, graduated from a nurse's course, learned to drive a car, passed a taxi driving test and began working as a taxi driver to earn money for recording records, writing songs in his spare time, he was robbed four times (once, on Christmas Day, he was almost killed by a black man). He played at Carnegie Hall on a balalaika, which he bought at a souvenir shop on Fifth Avenue for $ 50, then played and sang in restaurants and nightclubs. In 1979, the first record "And life is always beautiful!" was released, which was not particularly noticed. In 1981, the second album "In a noisy booth" was released, which brought Tokarev fame among Russian-speaking emigrants. In the 1980s, he worked at the Russian restaurant Sadko, and then at the restaurants Primorsky and Odessa, accompanied by Irina Ola. He was called the "honorary Jew of Brighton." Willy founded his own label, One Man Band, and recorded about twenty albums there.In 1989, Willy Tokarev flew to the USSR with concerts. A major role in organizing these tours was played by the famous entrepreneur Viktor Shulman, who himself also performed "Odessa songs" from the repertoire of Leningrad "tape recorder" bards, Boris Sichkin and other veterans of the genre. 70 concerts throughout the Soviet Union were a success. ...more
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Estimate: 15000—17000 ₽
AC/DC-THE RAZORS EDGE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY -ATCO-7567-91413-1/WX364. The album includes the songs "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks", one of the most famous tracks of AC/DC. A huge commercial success the group returned to popularity in the late 70's-early 80-ies. The album is at # 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US and in 4th place in the UK. "The Razor's Edge" was certified five-time platinum album (which has sold 5 million copies), and in 2003, remastered, was included in a series of "AC/DC Remasters". ...more
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
