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PAUL KOSSOFF WITH BLACK CAT BONES- PAUL'S BLUES (3LP'S) -1968-FIRST PRESS 2008 UK-SUNBEAM-SBR3LP5058. Kossoff's first real band was The Black Cat Bones.  She was a blues-rock band from the late 60s, which alsofuture Freelance drummer Simon Kirk participated (while this album also includes the likes of Derek and Stuart Brooks from Leaf Hound, along with Paul Rogers). The Bones were well known at concert venuesand they performed as a house band for many bands coming to the USA, and also supported Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. This 3-disc set features Kossoff's earliest known works, including rehearsals with The Bones in London in 1967. Both the content and the sound quality are such that only fans can be interested, but those same fans will enjoy listening to Kossoff's fiery jams when he was at the peak of his career. ...more

AMII STEWART- KNOCK ON WOOD- 1979-THE FIRST USA PRESS- ARIOLA-SW-50054. A rare original from a famous disco band. Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amy Stewart, released in February 1979. The album contained two successful singles: "Knock on Wood" (#1 in the US in the pop genre, #6 in the US in the RB genre, #5 in the US in the club music genre, #6 in the UK, #13 in Germany) and "Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven" (#69 in the US in the pop genre, #36 in the US in the RB genre, #5 in the UK, #26 in Germany). In 1985, a double single with remixed versions of "Knock on Wood" and "Light My Fire" reached number 7 in the UK charts, followed by the re-release of "You Really Touched My Heart" (number 89 in the UK). ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH MAND-NIGHTINGALES AND BOMBERS-1975-THE FIRST PRESS (CONTRACT) UK-BRONZE- ILPS 9337. A-3/B-3 matrices, A rare British original from the CBS contract factory. The pinnacle of the band's creativity. Nightingales AND Bombers is the sixth studio album by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 22, 1975 on the Bronze Records label. The CD rose to #120 on the Billboard 200 of all rock albums.      ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-SAME-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-LIBERTY-LBS83259 Rare British original of the cult album. Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on May 28, 1968. The album was first certified gold by the RIAA on December 16, 1970, and then went platinum twenty years later on December 13, 1990 ...more

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