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.
Vinyl record in top condition- NMINT/ARCHIVE . Lacquer cover in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE Labels in top condition- NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 4000 ₽
SLADE-PLAY IT LOUD-1970- SECOND PRESS UK-POLYDOR -2383 026 Matrices A-2/B-2. BARN PUBLISHING A very rare British edition of the iconic album. Play It Loud is the second studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released by the Polydor label on November 28, 1970, but failed to chart. The album, produced by Chas Chandler, was the first released under the Slade name since the band's 1969 debut album was released under the Ambrose Slade name. In 1973, the album would achieve commercial success in Canada after Polydor was released there, peaking at number 40. In 1975, he received the silver status. ...more
Lot sold: 3500 ₽
Estimate: 7000—8000 ₽
ALICE - THE BLOCK OF HELL -1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6028425006. A rare original of a cult album. "Block of Hell" (also "Blockade") is the second studio album by the rock band Alice. It was recorded in 1987. The recording took place in the mobile studio "Tonwagen" (Melodiya company) for three days in May 1987 in the village of Shushary near Leningrad. Two sides of the album were named "Red" and "Black". "Block of Hell" was released as a magnetoalbum in 1987, and two years later it was released on vinyl simultaneously with the album "The Sixth Forester". According to official data, the circulation of the records exceeded 1,000,000 copies, which corresponds to platinum status in the USA. According to Konstantin Kinchev, the album's name has a double meaning and can be written in one or two words, since there is no established version. ...more
Lot sold: 2200 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
MEGADETH - RUST IN PEACE -1990 - THE FIRST EU-CAPITOL PRESS-064-791935-1 A very rare original of a cult metal album. Rust in Peace is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 24, 1990 by Capitol Records. It was Megadeth's first album featuring guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. The songs "Hangar 18" and "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" were released as singles. Since its release, Rust in Peace has often been called one of the best thrash metal albums of all time by publications such as Decibel and Kerrang!, as well as in the directory 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category at the 33rd Grammy Awards. At the Foundations Forum in 1991, the album won the Concrete Foundations Award in the "Best Radio Album" category, and the single "Hangar 18" won the "Best Radio Single" award. ...more
Lot sold: 34000 ₽
STEELY DAN-CAN'T BUY A THRILL -1972- SECOND PRESS 1974 UK-ABC-ABCL5024 Matrix A-1U/B-1. Rare British early edition of the cult album. Can't Buy a Thrill is the debut studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in November 1972 on ABC Records. It was written by band members Walter Becker and Donald Feigen and recorded in August 1972 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles with producer Gary Katz. This album is one of the most stylistically eclectic in Steely Dan's work, combining the sounds of soft rock, pop rock and jazz rock, as well as philosophical, mysterious lyrics. The commercially successful album Can't Buy a Thrill reached 17th place on the US Billboard Top LPs chart. Tape, which was promoted by the popular singles Do It Again and Reelin' In the Years, and eventually received a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also received positive reviews and was included in many retrospective lists of "greatest albums", including Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list (2003). ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
