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BOSTON-DON'T LOOK BACK -1978-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC-SEPS86057. Matrices A-3/B-3 EG . A rare British original by a famous hard band. Don't Look Back is the second studio album by the American rock band Boston, released in 1978 by Epic Records and became the band's last album on that label. The album reached number one in the USA and Canada and number nine in the UK. The title track contributed to the success of the album, reaching number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and remaining one of the band's most popular hits. The album sold over a million copies within ten days of its release, and was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA on April 11, 1996. ...more

HAWKWIND-LEVITATION-1980-THE FIRST UK-BRONZE-BRON530 PRESS. A-3U/B-1U matrices. A rare British original by a cult prog band. Levitation is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Hawkwind, released in 1980. It reached number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. During the album's release, bandleader Dave Brock stated, "With Levitation, we returned to the style of our debut album. And it was a record that fully expressed our ideals and what we fought for."  This is their first studio album since the departure of lead vocalist and lyricist Robert Calvert, and the lyrics here are usually superficial, and the number of instrumental parts is increased. It is also Hawkwind's only studio album to feature former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, and the first for former Gong keyboardist Tim Blake, who later rejoined the band and played on the 2010 album Blood of the Earth. ...more

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS (ERIC CLAPTON) -IN CONCERT (2LP'S) -1973 - FIRST PRESS UK -RSO- 2659020 matrices disc one-A1/B1 disc two- A2/B2. A very rare British original of Clapton's iconic concert.  n Concert is a double live album recorded by Derek and the Dominos in October 1970 at the Fillmore East and released in January 1973. Six of the album's nine tracks were later included on the 1994 album Live at the Fillmore. The three songs that were not included in it are "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad", "Let It Rain" and "Tell the Truth". Live at the Fillmore also includes these songs, although they are from other sets rather than the ones featured here. The album received gold status in the USA. ...more

JUICY LUCY-LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-6360014. A very rare British original of a cult album by a blues progressive British band. Lie Back and Enjoy It is the second album by the British-American blues rock band Juicy Lucy, released in 1970. Although several band members have been replaced since the release of their first album, most notably singer Ray Owen and lead guitarist Neil Hubbard, the album is considered a very strong follow-up to the first album.. Most of the songs were written by the band, although the album features added Willie Dixon songs "Built for Comfort" and cover versions of Frank Zappa's "Willie the Pimp". The album peaked at number 53 on the UK Albums Chart in November 1970. ...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