Lot 102EMIL GILELS-LOT FROM TWO RECORDS - MELODIA-NMINT/NMINT

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - HUMAN TOUCH -1992-THE FIRST UK/EU PRESS-COLUMBIA-4714231. A rare European original of a cult album. . Human Touch is the ninth studio album by American singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on March 27, 1992, the same day as Lucky Town. It was the more popular of the two albums, reaching number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, while the title single, Human Touch (a double single featuring the song Better Days by Lucky Town), reached number one on the Mainstream Rock chart and number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Since then, "Human Touch" has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for over one million copies sold in the United States and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards in 1993. ...more

CLAPTON, ERIC-461 OCEAN BOULEVARD-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-RSO 2479-118 One of the most famous, critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums. It took place in 409 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time by the magazine Rolling Stone. Rare  ...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

ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS322. A rare Swedish original of the cult album. Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish band ABBA, released in 1980. It became the band's sixth album to top the UK charts, as well as the top selling album in the UK in 1980. In Europe, the album took places from 1 to 5 in all countries of the continent, instantly became multi-platinum. ...more

LENNON, JOHN-IMAGINE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE- PAS10004. YEX 865-1U/YEX 866-2U -RORKY/PESCO matrices. A rare British original . Imagine is the second studio album by English musician John Lennon, released on September 9, 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's mellow sound contrasts with the basic arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970),[1] while the opening title track is widely considered his signature song.Imagine it was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Along with John Lennon's band/Plastic Ono, it is considered one of Lennon's best solo albums. In 2012, the album was ranked 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. ...more