Lot 65SMOKIE-VERY BEST OF (14 HIT SINGLES) -1980-FIRST PRESS UK-RAK-NMINT/NMINT

BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЙ ПРЕСС 1973 GERMANY-VERTIGO -6360011.   Мега редкий малотиражный третий пресс с первыми матрицами  в неламинированной матовой обложке .  Paranoid — второй студийный альбом британской рок-группы Black Sabbath, записанный в лондонской Regent Sound Studios продюсером Роджером Бэйномruen и вышедший в 1970 году. 10 октября 1970 года альбом поднялся на вершину UK Albums Chart, вытеснив с первого места Bridge Over Troubled Water Саймона и Гарфанкла; в США он достиг 12-го места. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-FIRST PRESS USA (CUT RL)-ATLANTIC-SD7255 matrices ST-A-732783-C AT STERLING RL / ST-A-732784-F AT STERLING RL .Richmond Press. A mega rare American original. Mastering was done by Robert Ludwig (label RL) 1st edition in the USA (with the Broadway address of 1841 on the labels), with Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. The first copies went on sale and began to be recalled for production, because the high bass led to poor quality cartridges (heads) malfunctioning, which forced people to return the album, believing that it was defective. Then another sound engineer was hired to redo a much less "hot" version of the album, and this is a common version..Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 28, 1973 on Atlantic Records. Page described the idea of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, an expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the promised heaven." Six-year-old Samantha Gates and her four-year-old brother Stefan posed. The cover photo is a collage of more than thirty images. The album cover did not contain any information about the artists or the title. In the USA, the headline was written on ribbons that were taped over children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the record was banned in many states of the "Bible Belt". "They wouldn't let us do anything like that today, they would immediately accuse us of pedophilia propaganda," says Powell. "But we were hippies, walking around naked was completely commonplace for us." In 2011, the album cover was ranked 28th in the list of the best album covers of all time by the online publication Music Radar. In the music ranking, the album immediately took from 1 to 10 places in the charts of countries on all continents, immediately becoming multi-platinum.  ...more

BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND-EAST-WEST-1966-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС (STEREO) UK-ELEKTRA-EKS-7315. Очень редкий стерео оригинал культового альбома. East-West — второй альбом американской блюз-рок группы The Butterfield Blues Band, выпущенный в 1966 году на лейбле Elektra Он занял 65-е место в чарте поп-альбомов Billboard и считается очень влиятельным среди историков рок- и блюз-музыки. ...more

ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-SECOND PRESS 1976 SWEDEN-POLAR--POLS252. A rare Swedish second press of the iconic album, after which ABBA became famous all over the world. Waterloo is the second studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, the first to be released internationally. It was originally released on March 4, 1974 in Sweden on the Polar Music label. The album's title track won ABBA the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and became a worldwide hit, launching the band's career. "Waterloo" won the Swedish qualifying round, and the band represented Sweden in Brighton at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. ABBA won the competition, and "Waterloo" became a hit not only in Europe, but also around the world (for example, taking 6th place in the USA). The album has already been released in Sweden and topped the Swedish charts for 12 weeks, becoming one of the best-selling Swedish albums at that time. In the UK, the album peaked at number 28, becoming the first album by a foreign artist to chart, and performed well in the rest of Europe. ...more

INXS-WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE-1992-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-512507-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on August 3, 1992.Taking a course on the grunge and alternative rock that was relevant in the first half of the 90s, INXS tried to find a new direction for themselves, a la U2 (Achtung Baby), the use of a sitar, a 60-string orchestra and a much more "raw" sound. Producer Mark Opitz described the writing process as follows: "There's a lot of Michael, Andrew and me on the album. The opinion of everyone and everyone is not present here, because some of them were busy with significant changes in their personal lives." The mixing was handled by Bob Klimauntin.While working on the album, INXS performed at the Concert for Life in March 1992, performing some of the songs to the accompaniment of the orchestra[8] and presenting two new songs - "Taste It" and "All Around".The CD took 1st place in the UK chart, 16th place in the US Billboard 200 chart and was among the top ten albums of the year according to Q and The Independent magazines. However, due to insufficient promotion of the album by the record company and the lack of a tour in support of the album (after successful tours in support of Kick and X, the band took a vacation with the intention of returning with a tour in support of two albums), the album sold worse than its predecessors - gold in Britain in 1992, platinum in the USA in 1997. The band performed at the 1993 Australian Record Industry Awards (nominated for "Best Band"), performing "Heaven Sent" to the soundtrack of instruments, but with live vocals. ...more