Lot 93SUPERMAX-FLY WITH ME(+PROMO POSTER)-1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-ELEKTRA-NMINT/NMINT

SHOCKING BLUE-SCORPIO'S DANCE-1970-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-METRONOME-MLP 15.377. A very rare German original of the cult album.  Scorpio's Dance is the third studio album by the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1970 on the Pink Elephant label. In this album, the band decided to experiment with country and Americana (in the tracks "Alaska Country" and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl"), while maintaining their rock orientation. Despite the band's growing popularity, the record was not popular in the United States. ...more

SCORPIONS-VIRGIN KILLER-1976-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-RCA PPL1-4225. Very rare original cult album. Virgin Killer is the fourth Studio album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1976, the band's first album, known outside Europe. The title song, Virgin Killer, illuminates the subject of human depravity, it gave the idea covers with naked young virgin who was banned in the United States and several other countries. As with the previous album, In Trance, the cover was censored in some countries the album was released with an alternative version of the cover. The artwork was Steffan Böhle, Manager of RCA Records. He depicted a naked minor girl on black background; broken glass effect covering her genitals. In Japan, the album reached the 32nd line in the hit parade. It was another step the group on the way from psychedelic rock to hard rock. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-OUT OF THE BLUE (VERSION -TOUR OBI) -1977-THE FIRST PRESS OF JAPAN-JET-GXG-25/26. The rare Japanese original of the cult album is one of the most commercially successful albums of the group (the number of sales worldwide was about 10 million). ...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

BEE GEES-MAIN COURSE-1975-THE FIRST PRESS JAPAN-RSO-MW2132. A rare Japanese original of a cult album. Main Course, released in 1975 for the RSO label, is The Bee Gees' 13th album, and their final album to be released by Atlantic Records in the United States as part of distribution with Robert Stigwood. This album marked a change for the Bee Gees, as it was their first album to include disco-influenced songs, and established a model for the rest of the 1970s. The album went double platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. ...more