Lot 39JOHN, ELTON-GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-DJM-NMINT/NMINT

DONNA SUMMER - BAD GIRL (2LP)-1979-FIRST PRESS USA-CASABLANCA-NBLP27150. A rare American original of the queen of soul disco. Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on April 25, 1979 on the label Casablanca Records. Originally released as a double album, Bad Girls became the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Summer's career. In addition, it was her last studio album on the label Casablanca Records. Bad Girls reached the top of the US Billboard 200 chart, where it lasted six weeks. Bad Girls received universal acclaim and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just a week after its release. At the 1980 Grammy Awards, Bad Girls was nominated for Album of the Year, and Hot Stuff was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, "Bad Girls" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R/B Vocal Performance, while "Dim All the Lights" was nominated for Best Disco Recording. Bad Girls is considered one of the greatest disco albums. Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 23 in the Women's 50 Greatest Albums of All Time.  ...more

BEATLES-A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES (STEREO)-1966-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE- PCS7016.Matrix numbers:Side 1: XEX 619-1G; Side 2: XEX 620-1G. 1GL/1GP stamps The first press was released on December 10, 1966. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. Gramophone Co. LTD.” printed at the beginning of the perimeter print and “sold in the UK on the theme...” the text. With or without the CT tax code on the label. ...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

SCORPIONS-BEST OF ROCKERS N' BALLADS-1989-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-EMD1014. A rare British original album featuring the best ballad and rock tracks from albums from 1978-1988. Scorpions is a German English-language rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover. The band's style is characterized by both classic hard rock and lyrical guitar ballads. ...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