Lot 12BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-NEW BLOOD-1972-FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT

ALICE COOPER-LACE AND WHISKEY -1977-FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-K56365. Matrix A-1/B-1 is a rare British original of the cult album. Lace and Whiskey is the third solo and tenth studio album by American singer Alice Cooper, released on April 29, 1977 by Warner Bros.The album reached number 42 in the US and number 33 in the UK Albums chart ...more

ABBA-GREATEST HITS -1975-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS266. A very rare original collection of the cult group. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on November 17, 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably in the UK on April 10 and September 18 in the USA and Canada. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the beginning of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK in the second half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number one albums for the band. It spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the best-selling album of 1976 and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. As of July 2016, it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, with sales of over 2.6 million Greatest Hits was released in the USA and Canada in September 1976, but record sales peaked only in April 1977, when the song "Dancing Queen" took first place in both countries. "Dancing Queen" was not included in the Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival, and it aroused interest in the ABBA back catalog. Greatest Hits has been certified platinum in the USA and five times platinum in Canada. ...more

COLTRANE, JOHN -AFRICA  BRASS  -1961-ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЙ ПРЕСС 1976 UK- IMPULSE-IMPL8015. Редкое британское издание культового альбома. Africa/Brass — студийный альбом джазового саксофониста и композитора Джона Колтрейна. Он был выпущен 1 сентября 1961 года на лейбле Impulse! Records. Рабочий квартет Колтрейна дополнен большим ансамблем, в котором играют 21 музыкант. Его биг-бэнд с необычными инструментами валторнами и эуфониумом исполнял музыку, сильно отличавшуюся от всего, что до сих пор ассоциировалось с Колтрейном. Несмотря на то, что поначалу критики невысоко оценили этот альбом, современные джазовые обозреватели называют его «потрясающим» и «ключевой работой для понимания того, в каком направлении развивалась музыка Джона Колтрейна на последних этапах его творчества». Это первый релиз Колтрейна на лейбле Impulse!. ...more

STITT, SONNY-STORM OFF LET'S GO-1976-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС USA-FLYING DUTCHMAN-BDL1-1538. Редкий американский оригинал культового джазмэна. Stomp Off Let's Go — альбом американского джазового саксофониста Сонни Ститта, в который вошли композиции, записанные в 1976 году для лейбла Flying Dutchman. В своей рецензии для AllMusic Скотт Яноу написал: «Это посредственная, хотя и приятная, пластинка Сонни Ститта». ...more

GUNS N' ROSES - USE YOUR ILLUSION -1 - 1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GEFFEN-GEF24415. Very rare original cult album. Use Your Illusion I is the third Studio album by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released in 1991. Drive the first of two albums released in conjunction with the tour Use Your Illusion Tour. The second album titled Use Your Illusion II. The disc climbed to the second place of the Billboard. For the first week, it sold 685, 000 copies, Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more successful (770 000 for the first week). Use Your Illusion I in the United States has sold 5 502 000, says Nielsen SoundScan..Each of the albums Use Your Illusion became seven-times platinum (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 ...more