Lot 1VISSOTSKI VLADIMIR (ВЫСОЦКИЙ ВЛАДИМИР) -VISSOTSKI VLADIMIR -1977-FIRST PRESS FRANCE- LE CHANT DU MONDE-NMINT/NMINT

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

JOHN, ELTON- A SINGLE MAN-1978-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС UK-ROCKET-TRAIN1. Матрицы A-2/B-2. Редкий британский оригинал . A Single Man — двенадцатый студийный альбом английского музыканта Элтона Джона. Выпущенный в 1978 году, это первый альбом, в котором Гэри Осборн заменил Берни Топина в качестве автора текстов. Это также первый из двух (второй — Victim of Love) альбомов Элтона Джона, на оригинальной версии которых нет треков, написанных в соавторстве с Берни Топином. В США A Single Man получил золотой сертификат RIAA в октябре 1978 года и платиновый в ноябре того же года. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-SOMEWHERE IN AFRIKA-1983-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС USA-ARISTA-AL8-8194.Somewhere in Afrika — одиннадцатый студийный альбом рок-группы Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, выпущенный 18 февраля 1983 года лейблом Bronze Records в Великобритании и лейблом Arista в США. Альбом посвящён Южной Африке, родине основателя и руководителя группы Манфреда Манна. Группа демонстрирует новое звучание: привычные хард-роковые мотивы сочетаются с африканскими ритмами. Альбом поднялся до #40 в Billboard 200 и был положительно оценен критикой ...more

BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND-KEEP ON MOVING-1969-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС GERMANY-ELEKTRA-EKS74053. Матрицы A-2 CP RL /B-CP RL . Матрица использовалась американская  и резал ее Роберт Людвиг. Редкий германский оригинал блюзового мэтра. Keep On Moving-это пятый альбом группы The Butterfield Blues, который был выпущен в 1969 году. Он продолжается в том же направлении R and B / soul-influenced horn-driven, что и альбом группы 1968 года в My Own Dream . Поднялся , достигнув цифры 102 в верхней части графика Billboard LPs. ...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