Lot 17DEREK AND THE DOMINOS ( ERIC CLAPTON) -IN CONCERT (2LP'S) -1973 - ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС UK -RSO- NMINT/NMINT

WILLY TOKAREV - OVER THE HUDSON-1983-ORIGINAL PRESS 2015 -EU-MIRUMIR-MIR100469. A rare anniversary edition of the iconic album. "Over the Hudson" is the third 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, whose head was 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 the organization of 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

GONG - ANGELS EGG-1973-SECOND PRESS-UK-VIRGIN-V2007. A-2U/B-3U matrices. A rare British original of a cult album. The second part of the famous Gong trilogy under the general title "Radio Gnome Invisible"."Angel's Egg" is the eclecticism of the band that has risen to a new level. Here Gong realized 100% of their creative aspirations in the field of synthesis of psychedelia and jazz-rock. The album is simply magnificent; each song has a unique sound; perfect instrumental harmony is noticeable with a complete unhealthiness of creative ideas. I can't even say which of the three albums "Radio Gnome Invisible" is better (but it's definitely not Vol.1) All music rated the album 4 stars.  ...more

TURTLES -HAPPY TOGETHER-1967-THE FIRST PRESS UK-LONDON-HA-U-8330. A rare British original by a cult band. "Happy Together" is a song written by Harry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band The Turtles. It was released as a single in January 1967, along with the song "Like the Seasons" (B-side), and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only chart-topping hit. It also entered the top 20 in various countries, taking 2nd place in Canada and 12th place in the UK. It was later included on the Turtles' third studio album Happy Together (1967). ...more

CARAVAN-BLIND DOG AT ST. DUSTANS-1976-THE FIRST UK PRESS -BTM-.1007 .  A rare British original of a cult album. Blind Dog at St. Dunstans is the seventh studio album by the Canterbury rock band Caravan. It was released in 1976. This album sounds lighter than previous Caravan releases, it has more short, "pop" songs. The lightness of the sound is partly due to the fact that there is a lot of Pie Hastings in the album. He wrote and performed eight of the nine songs. In addition, Jan Schelhaas replaced Dave Sinclair on keyboards, abandoning long organ parts in favor of piano and synthesizer. ...more

SINATRA, FRANK -LONDON BY NIGHT -1962-THE SECOND PRESS (MONO) UK-CAPITOL-T-20389.  A rare British original of a cult album. The Frank Sinatra Album is a 1962 studio album released upon Sinatra's arrival in Britain.  On May 30, 1962, Frank Sinatra's private plane, the Christina, landed at London Heathrow Airport. It was the first time that the singer appeared in the capital of Great Britain since 1953. On June 1, Sinatra was scheduled to perform a charity concert at midnight at the Royal Festival Hall in London in front of an audience that included many British celebrities and dignitaries, including Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister, Princess Margaret. The press fueled the excitement, tickets quickly sold out, and Sinatra's concert became the most anticipated event of the year in the city. ...more