Lot 24ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

ELECTRIC FLAG-A LONG TIME COMIN'-1968-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS S63294. Very rare British original of the famous American Blues, prog and psychedelic groups. ...more

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

SUPERTRAMP-CRISIS! WHAT CRISIS?-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-AM- number AMLH68347 is a rare British original of the cult group. Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth studio album by the prog rock band Supertramp, released in 1975. Crisis? What Crisis? the band's first CD recorded in the USA (Los Angeles). The title of the album is taken from Fred Zinnerman's feature film "The Day of the Jackal", released in 1973. Allmusic fully praised the album in their retrospective review, praising Rick Davis' keyboard work, Roger Hodgson's vocals, and John Helliwell's saxophone. They especially noted the emotionally powerful songwriting, which, in their opinion, gave the album "a warm personality and a charmingly subtle mood" The album received platinum in the USA and Canada, gold in Europe and Britain. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH VOL 4 -1972- FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6360071. 1Y-1/2Y-1 matrices. Stamper 1-1-20 PORKY/1-1-19 PESKO. A very rare original of a cult album . The album reached 8 on the UK Albums Chart and 13 on the Billboard 200. Kerrang Magazine! He ranked the album 48th in the list of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time."In 2000, Q magazine put Vol.Ranked No. 4 on the 60th place in the list of "100 Greatest British Albums". ...more

JOHN, ELTON-GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (2LP)-1973-THE FIRST UK PRESS-DJM - DJLPD1001 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has become the most commercially successful album of the singer's career. He took first place in the charts of the USA and Great Britain and received a platinum disc certificate from the British Phonogram Producers Association and platinum seven times from the American Recording Industry Association. Its worldwide circulation is over 30 million copies. ...more