URIAH HEEP-RETURN TO FANTASY-1975-CONTRACT PRESS UK-BRONZE-ILPS9335. Matrices A-1/B-1. A rare original of the CBS contract press. Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released on May 13, 1975 by Bronze in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The album is known for the title song "Return to Fantasy". On the eve of the recording, there was another change of composition. Bassist Gary Thane left by mutual consent, because due to drug addiction he was physically unable to cope with a tight schedule of touring and recording. Later, on December 8, 1975, Gary Thane died at the age of 27 from an overdose. He was replaced from Roxy Music by bass guitarist John Wetton, who had previously played in the bands Family and King Crimson. Return to Fantasy is the only album of the band that hit the top ten in the UK charts, rose to 7th place. At the same time , the album received devastating criticism in the British press
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is a matte reverse top condition, with conditional traces of storage -NMINT. Lables in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 3900 ₽
SILENT CIRCLE-N1-1986-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-BLOW UP - INT145.519. Very rare original cult album disco. "Sílent Circle" (Rus. Silent circle) is a German pop band performing in the style of Euro-disco and sintipop. Was formed in the city of Dresden in 1985. In the current team consists of Martin Tychsen (vocals), Harald Schaefer (keyboards), and drummer jürgen Behrens (drums).The band founded the team and first performed in 1979, but after that their ways parted. And only in 1985 the band reunited to record their debut album. Their first album was the disc "No. 1", released in 1986. Following the debut single "Hide Away — Man Is Comin'!" — eight of the album's songs were released as singles. Among them the most popular was "Touch In The Night" and "Stop The Rain In The Night". The album became multi-platinum on the European continent. ...more
Lot sold: 6500 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - SAME-1971-The first press UK-HARVEST-SHVL797 matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 1RG/2RL (Very early!!!) The first album of the famous band, a rare British original. The Electric Light Orchestra is the debut studio album by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in December 1971 in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records. In the United States, the album was released in March 1972 under the title "No Answer" after a United Artists Records employee misunderstood a phone call and asked for the album's name; the caller, unable to contact ELO, wrote "no answer" in his notes, and this was misinterpreted as the album's title. The album is dedicated to the main trio of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan, who were the remaining members of the rock band The Move. The Move continued to release singles in the UK at the same time that the project was launched, but interest in Wood's former band soon waned. In fact, The Move's latest album, Message from the Country, was recorded simultaneously with The Electric Light Orchestra. ...more
Lot sold: 36000 ₽
BOWIE, DAVID-STATION TO STATION-1976-THE FIRST UK PRESS-RCA-APL1-1327 Matrix A-1E/B-2E Rare British original cult album. Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on January 23, 1976 on the RCA Records label. The album, considered one of his most significant works, became the embodiment of Bowie's "Thin White Duke" stage persona. The Station to Station album, produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin, was primarily recorded at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California, in late 1975, after Bowie had completed filming on The Man Who Fell to Earth. The cover was designed based on a shot from the movie. During the recording, Bowie suffered from various addictions, primarily cocaine, and later said that he remembered almost nothing about the recording process. "From Station to Station" was often included in the lists of the greatest albums of all time according to various publications. In 1995, it was ranked 21st on Mojo magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made, making it Bowie's highest-rated album on the list. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it 323rd on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 324th on its revised 2012 list, and 52nd on its revised 2020 list. In 2004, The Observer ranked the album at number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums. Vibe magazine included the album in its list of the 100 most important albums of the 20th century. In 2013, NME magazine ranked the album 53rd in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. Uncut magazine ranked the album 30th in its list of the 200 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2015. A year later, the British Classic Rock magazine ranked the album fifth on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1970s. ...more
Lot sold: 6000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
JACK DEJOHNETTE-SPECIAL EDITION -1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM1152. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Special Edition is an album by American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet consists of flautists David Murray and Arthur Blythe, as well as bassist and cellist Slip Warren. The AllMusic review, written by Scott Yanow, states: "The first (and most powerful) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition line-ups produced a sound that in many ways was revolutionary for modern and creative improvised music around 1980... This album deserves the highest rating of five stars for the high place it occupies in the evolution of jazz, striving for new heights and horizons." In 2012, a JazzTimes reviewer named it one of DeJohnette's key albums. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
INXS-LISTEN LIKE THIEVES-1985-THE FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-MERCURY-824957-1. A rare European original of the cult group. Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS, released on October 14, 1985. It is considered the breakthrough album in the band's career, it was on it that the single "What You Need" was released, which hit the Top 5 of the US charts (the best result for INXS at that time). This album also marked the beginning of the band's successful collaboration with producer Chris Thomas, who had a hand in recording the band's next most successful albums, Kick (1987) and X (1990). In the USA, the album received double platinum status. The album had a circulation of 2 million copies. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽