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EBERHARD SCHOENER (STING / ANDY SUMMERS) - VIDEO MAGIC - VINILO ORIGINAL 1978 HARVEST ALEMANIA EBERHARD SCHOENER (STING / ANDY SUMMERS) - VIDEO MAGIC - VINILO ORIGINAL 1978 HARVEST ALEMANIA A raíz de su colaboración con Jon Lord, más conocido por ser el teclista de los Deep Purple, Andy Summers entró en contacto con Eberhard – quien se encargaba por aquel entonces de orquestar algunos temas del álbum de Lord “Sarabande” (1976) – quien le ofreció la oportunidad de grabar en Munich varias pistas de guitarra para el proyecto que preparaba, “The book” (1977). Schoener quedó tan contento con el resultado que contrató a Andy para “Trance-formation” (1977), en donde tuvo absoluta libertad para grabar en los huecos que le dejaba la banda a la que acababa de vincularse, The Police.El numeroso y bien remunerado trabajo que ofrece Schoener pronto alcanza a los tres miembros de la banda – el conductor alemán no necesitaba un bajista pero cambió de opinión cuando escuchó cantar a Sting, decidiendo incluir también su voz en sus recargados espectáculos -, quienes aprovechan la estancia en Munich – en noviembre del 77 – para grabar un álbum, “Flashback” (1978) y dar alguna comparecencia en vivo. Después de que Police completara la grabación de su disco de debut, “ Outlandos d’amour ” (1978) y probara sus nuevas canciones aún como teloneros de grupos como Spirit o Steel Pulse, son requeridos nuevamente por Schoener para una gira que durante la segunda mitad de mayo del 78 les llevará por Munich, Ofenbach, Köln o Düsseldorf.  La actividad del grupo vuelve a ser interrumpida por los requerimientos de Schoener – quien en esta ocasión ya no cuenta con Stewart debido a que su hermano Miles le convence de que estas escapadas no son lo más adecuado para The Police – que les tiene preparado una gira por toda Alemania en enero del 79 en la que visitaran Berlín, Hamburgo, Bremen, Frankfurt o Hannover. Entre la maratoniana gira se saca tiempo para grabar un nuevo álbum, “ Video magic ” (1978) en la que se incluyen temas tan destacables como “ Speech behind speech ”, “ Natural high ” o “ Codeword Elvis ”. Sería la última vez que Eberhard contara con Sting y Andy como parte de su “Rock group” porque a su vuelta a Londres comprobaron que las reediciones de “ Can’t stand losing you ” y “ So lonely ” les había puesto en boca de todos. Su ascenso a partir de ahí fue imparable y meteórico. STING SOBRE EBERHARD SCHOENER “Él es un hombre con melena gris y con un rostro interesantemente lúgubre. Su rostro parece el de un aristócrata del siglo XVIII que de algún modo ha sido desplazado al siglo XX. Fue Andy Summers, el guitarrista de The Police quien nos presentó a todos hace muchos años. Andy nos llevó a Stewart y a mí a Munich en 1977 para trabajar con este director tan inusual. Eberhard Schoener necesitaba una banda de músicos versátiles para formar parte del show que estaba creando.Nosotros acabábamos de formar The Police y necesitábamos desesperadamente fondos para mantener con vida nuestros sueños de estrellato. tracks: •octogon •speech behind speech •natural high •code-word elvis •video-magic •night bound city •san francisco waitress •koan Featuring Sting (Police), Andy Summers (Police), Evert Fraterman and Olaf Kubler.  Eberhard Schoener is a German composer, conductor, arranger, and keyboard player.   Now let it be known that I am reviewing the original German print of Eberhard Schoener's Video Magic on the Harvest label, rather than a compilation called Video Magic released in 1979 that consisted of material from both Video Magic and Flashback (1978) (often called Video Flashback, especially later on to avoid confusion). Now this has got to be the most unusual thing on the face of the planet: to hear The Police do prog rock. On Schoener's previous album, Flashback, he had all three members, Sting, Andy Summers play on that album. I have to say I hadn't heard that one. With Video Magic, Stewart Copeland sat this one out, with Evert Fraterman in his place. I have to let you know that Schoener had Andy Summers play on many of his albums even way before The Police ever existed. The album opens with " Octagon ", which is an instrumental piece, dominated by Andy Summers guitar playing. Here, I get reminded so much more of Pink Floyd than anything The Police would ever do. Sting here is sticking to bass duty. " Speech Behind Speech " is a real trip: totally drenched with Mellotron, and Sting here is doing the singing. You know right away that Sting's voice is perfect for the usual music you expect the Police to do, but in a prog setting, it sounds really peculiar. " Natural High ", again has Sting doing vocals, it's about as close to The Police sound you're gonna get here, but it's still packed with Mellotron, and is actually an excellent song. All this Mellotron work came from Schoener himself. " Code Word Elvis " is largely an orchestral piece, no surprise, given that Eberhard Schoener had spent his time conducting orchestras. " Night Bound City " is a purely electronic piece that you know none of the dudes from The Police participated in, while " San Francisco Waitress " brings to mind Sting's post-Police solo albums like Dream of the Blue Turtles, especially because of the jazzy feel and sax (although sax here is by Olaf Kübler, who used a tenor sax, unlike Branford Marsalis who tended to soprano sax). The last piece, "Koan" is an instrumental piece that tends to be rather minimalist. Now this isn't going to be the greatest thing you'll ever hear. Police fans might find it a bit unsettling to see their heroes doing prog rock, and neither is it the most cohesive album out there (Schoener couldn't decide whether to do prog rock, electronic, or orchestral music), but if you're a proghead and you wonder what would happen if the Police were a prog rock band, give this album a try (you can also see that The Police would never be anywhere as popular as they were if they were a prog rock band, beside they came during the punk/new wave era and capitalized on that instead, which was to their benefit). But get this album if you can find it for cheap, which is what I did. Don't overspend. File this under: curiosity.  

Supertramp ‎– Crime Of The Century -LP / Spain- Supertramp ‎– Crime Of The Century -LP / Spain-   More images Supertramp  – Crime Of The Century Label: A&M Records  – AMLS-68258 ,  A&M Records  – AMLS 68258 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: Spain Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock,  Art Rock Tracklist A1   School 5:35 A2   Bloody Well Right 4:26 A3   Hide In Your Shell 6:52 A4   Asylum 6:30 B1   Dreamer 3:33 B2   Rudy 7:18 B3   If Everyone Was Listening 4:01 B4   Crime Of The Century 5:30   Companies, etc. Recorded At  –  Ramport Studios Recorded At  –  Scorpio Sound Recorded At  –  Trident Studios Distributed By  –  Discos Epic Printed By  –  Indugraf Madrid, S.A. Manufactured By  –  Discos CBS, S.A., Madrid Phonographic Copyright ℗  –  A&M Inc. Credits Arranged By [Strings]  –  Richard Hewson Art Direction  –  Fabio Nicoli Bass  –  Dougie Thomson Design [Sleeve], Photography  –  Paul Wakefield Drums, Percussion  –  Bob C. Benberg Engineer  –  John Jansen,  Ken Scott Producer  –  Ken Scott,  Supertramp Saxophone, Clarinet, Vocals  –  John AnthonyHelliwell * Vocals, Guitar, Piano  –  Roger Hodgson Vocals, Keyboards, Harmonica  –  Rick Davies Written-By  –  Richard Davies And Roger Hodgson * Notes Close to  Crime Of The Century  but slightly different labels. Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: SGAE Depósito Legal: M-22014-1977 Other (Impuesto de Lujo a Metalico): Permiso nº 7.053 Matrix / Runout (A side runout, etched): Holland Sp - 3697 - H1 MR Δ 21437 Spain eu Matrix / Runout (B side runout, etched): Holland SP 3698 RE-1 B3-4 MR Δ 21437-X Spain e

THE MOVE ST 1st France Press LP Stateside 1968 Roy Wood SSSX 340685 ARCHIVE MINT THE MOVE ST 1st France Press LP Stateside 1968 Roy Wood SSSX 340685 ARCHIVE MINT THE MOVE France Stateside 1968 1st pressing, Stereo, SSSX 340685.  Ultra rare in this condition, Looks Unplayed Archive Copy.  Pressed on 150 grams  Released in a laminated ''flipback'' cover with versindex. The pcitures you see are real photos of the item   MATRIX INFORMATION: Side 1: SSSX 685 A21 M6 259123 Side 2: SSSX 685 B21 M6 259124   CONDITION: COVER: NEAR MINT-.  Slight Wear SPINE: MINT. Fully readable in Perfect Condition. RECORD: MINT.   Pre ssed on 150 grams.  Vinyl shining like NEW. Under Strong Light no signs of use. PLAYBACK: MINT.  The sounds quality is superb -  nice rich stereo LABELS: MINT.  Perfect Labels. No visible spindle marks   The Move ‎– Move Label: Stateside ‎– SSSX 340685 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo  Country: France Released: 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock   Tracklist A1 Yellow Rainbow A2 Kilroy Was Here A3 (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree A4 Weekend A5 Walk Upon The Water A6 Flowers In The Rain A7 Hey Grandma B1 Useless Information B2 Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart B3 The Girl Outside B4 Fire Brigade B5 Mist On A Monday Morning B6 Cherry Blossom Clinic   Credits Distributed By – Pathé Marconi Design – The Fool Photography By – Bobby Davidson (2) Producer – Denny Cordell Strings, Woodwind, Brass – Tony Visconti Written-By – Don Stevenson (tracks: A7), Jerry Miller (tracks: A7), Roy Wood (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 to B6)   GRADING GUIDE: We treat grading very seriously and use the UK Record Collector grading scale with the addition of a (+) or (–) to denote a slight increase or decrease in condition.    MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklets etc are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.   NEAR MINT: Very close to Mint with only the slightest signs of play and the very lightest paper chaffing only to the surfaces of the record. The cover shows only the very slightest wear   EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.   VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.   POSTAGE & PAYMENTS  Payment: Only Paypal is accepted.  Payment must be received within 5 days of the auction ends.   Shipping & packaging: We dispatch all items within 4 working days by UPS/TNT. We will send you the Tracking Number that you will be able to use to track the progress of your order. We take great care packaging every item to ensure safe shipment to you.    Approximate Delivery Times: Europe: 4-8 working days. USA, Canada & Rest Of The World: 5-10 working days.   Please don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have.

CASETE CINTA CASSETTE (CARPENTERS - TREASURES) 1992 A&M RECORDS - Rock, Pop CASETE CINTA CASSETTE (CARPENTERS - TREASURES) 1992 A&M RECORDS - Rock, Pop A1   Baby It's You 2:52 A2   Look To Your Dreams 5:10 A3   Bless The Beasts And The Children 3:15 A4   I Just Fall In Love Again 4:02 A5   Desperado 3:36 A6   Eve 2:52 A7   Make Believe It's Your First Time 4:08 A8   Because We Are In Love 5:01 B1   Don't Cry For Me Argentina 5:45 B2   Let Me Be The One 2:23 B3   Road Ode 3:52 B4   I Need To Be In Love 3:47 B5   Now 3:49 B6   Reason To Believe 3:03 B7   Help 3:04 B8   Close To You 3:43    

Greatest Hits es un álbum recopilatorio de The Police, lanzado en 1992, alcanzando el puesto n° 10 en las listas de ventas del Reino Unido. La lista de canciones es similar a Every Breath You Take: The Singles de 1986, excepto por la versión de Don t Stand So Close to Me de aquel año. Además, incluye The Bed s too Big Without You , Synchronicity II , So Lonely, Tea in the Sahara , Roxanne. total 16 canciones. 1978-1983 Ideal para regalar o para ti. música pop rock, post punk, reggae fusion. Ideal para regalar o para ti.

YES - TOPOGRAPHIC DRAMA LIVE ACROSS YES - TOPOGRAPHIC DRAMA LIVE ACROSS TOPOGRAPHIC DRAMA – LIVE ACROSS AMERICA highlights the best performances from the 2017 leg of the 28-show tour and mirrors the set list from those concerts. Each night, Yes opened with all six songs from Drama (1980), the band’s tenth studio album, which peaked at #2 on the U.K. album chart. Standouts include “Machine Messiah,” “Tempus Fugit” and the album’s only single “Into The Lens.” After Drama, the band shifted gears for songs from two of its best-selling albums: “And You And I” from 1972’s Close To The Edge (RIAA platinum) and “Heart Of The Sunrise” from 1971’s Fragile (RIAA double-platinum). Next, the group played the opening and closing tracks of its concept album, Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973). Howe’s exceptional guitar work on “The Revealing Science Of God” and White’s propulsive drumming on “Ritual” have always been regarded as ground-breaking. The album concludes with two live staples: “Roundabout” from Fragile (1971) and “Starship Trooper” from The Yes Album (1971). Among the world’s most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands, Yes was founded in 1968. The Grammy-Award® winning recording artistshave sold more than 50 million records in a career that has so far spanned six decades.

YAK - PURSUIT OF MOMENTARY HAPPINESS YAK - PURSUIT OF MOMENTARY HAPPINESS Discográfica:   Third Man Records Few albums in rock 'n' roll history have seen its creator's obsession veer so close to self-destruction, as Yak's The Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness. For singer, guitarist and driving force Oli Burslem, making his band's second album became about pursuing his artistic vision at the expense of all else, including his own financial security, and mental health. Who else these days invests every single penny available to them into recording, to the point where they become homeless If you've ever asked yourself, ''Where have all the guitar rockstars gone,'' we have an answer: they are sleeping in the back of an old Citroen in a London alleyway awaiting the release of their hard-earned masterpiece. Listening to The Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness, you frequently feel the white-knuckle monomania of Yak's mission. It's one of those once-in-a-decade records, whose sheer sense of belief and commitment pulsates through every nanosecond of boundary-breaking sound - like Spiritualized's Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Tame Impala's Innerspeaker, both of whose creators had a part to play in its genesis. Guitar music is alive and well on The Pursuit of Momentary Happiness, and with Yak on the scene, we expect it's not going anywhere.

MC5 - HIGH TIME MC5 - HIGH TIME Discográfica:   Rhino High Time is the second studio album (and third album overall) by the American rock band MC5, originally released in 1971 byAtlantic Records. This album will be released on 180 gram black vinyl. Lenny Kaye, writing for Rolling Stone, called the album the first record that comes close to telling the tale of their legendary reputation and attendant charisma. In his retrospective review, Mark Deming of AllMusic called it [MC5's] most accessible album, but still highly idiosyncratic and full of well-written, solidly played tunes. [...] while less stridently political than their other work, musically it's as uncompromising as anything they ever put to wax and would have given them much greater opportunities to subvert America's youth if the kids had ever had the chance to hear it. (via Wikipedia)

The Police Every Breath You Take (The Singles) PolyGram LPR-73009, A&M Records 393 902 1 Mexico - 1986 Vinilo VG+ / Portada VG+ Pop Rock A1 Roxanne A2 Can't Stand Losing You A3 Message In A Bottle A4 Walking On The Moon A5 Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 A6 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da B1 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic B2 Invisible Sun B3 Spirits In The Material World B4 Every Breath You Take B5 King Of Pain B6 Wrapped Around Your Finger Drums Stewart Copeland Guitar, Backing Vocals Andy Summers Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar Sting Producer Hugh Padgham, Nigel Gray, The Police

La mejor música independiente del momento, increíbles efectos de voz, rock and roll con tintes de hip hop Canciones: WRITER, volveremos,sin saber, Quizás,the missile across the Sky again,never hide so close to me, positive energy.,el precio es para comunidad de Madrid;para el resto de España 2.50 euros más por gastos de envío.

Polydor / 1991 / España Género: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Estilo: Country Estado: vg close to vg Formato: Vinyl, LP, Album Precio: 10

disco 2xlp Vinilo. Various – The Marquee - 30 Legendary Years disco 2xlp Vinilo. Various – The Marquee - 30 Legendary Years U2 Pride (In The Name Of Love) 3:46 – Dire Straits Solid Rock 3:34 – Genesis Turn It On Again 3:45 – Bryan Adams Run To You 3:52 – Billy Idol White Wedding 3:30 – Simple Minds Love Song 3:54 – The Police Don't Stand So Close To Me 4:03 – The Jam Going Underground 2:54 – The Stranglers No More Heroes 3:27 – The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap 5:09 – Cat Stevens Matthew And Son 2:46 – Jethro Tull Living In The Past 3:18 – Supertramp Dreamer 3:30 – Pink Floyd Another Brick In The Wall 3:10 – Marillion Kayleigh 3:35 – Queen Killer Queen 3:00 – Elton John Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) 4:52 – T. Rex Get It On 4:23 – Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes 3:31 – Rod Stewart You Wear It Well 4:08 – Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town 3:11 – Status Quo Caroline 3:46 – Derek & The Dominos Layla 2:52 – The Who Substitute 3:47 – Free All Right Now 4:11 – Cream (2) Badge 2:43 – The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin' 2:55 – Fleetwood Mac Need Your Love So Bad 3:55 – The Yardbirds For Your Love 2:28 – The Small Faces * Sha La La La Lee 2:55 – Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze 2:45 – David Bowie Space Oddity 3:4

Jethro tull A passion play LP Edicion España Jethro tull A passion play LP Edicion España Muy buen estadoOtros grupos en venta. Steven wilson porcupine tree katatonia pink floyd genesis rock progresivo genesis eloy jethro tull king crimson steve hackett peter gabriel yes close to the edge roger dean angra helloween gamma ray Led Zeppelin blind Faith who Rolling Stones Beatles

Tool FEAR INOCULUM Edicion LIMITADA USA Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones Maynard James Tool FEAR INOCULUM Edicion LIMITADA USA Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones Maynard James Abierto para ver su contenido. Todo perfecto y nuevo! Importado de USA. DESCATALOGADO Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones  y Maynard James Keenan  Publicado como una edición especial espectacular con el álbum encontraras un pack completo que incluye una pantalla HD recargable de 4 "con material de video exclusivo, un cable de carga USB, un altavoz de 2 vatios, un libro de 36 páginas y una tarjeta de descarga de MP3 (3 pistas extra incluidas). Steven wilson porcupine tree katatonia pink floyd genesis rock progresivo genesis eloy jethro tull king crimson steve hackett peter gabriel yes close to the edge roger dean angra helloween gamma ray Led Zeppelin blind Faith who Rolling Stones Beatles muse, Tocadiscos pletina plato giradis cos

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SIMPLE MINDS: CELEBRATION [ESP 1982] LP/COMP SIMPLE MINDS: CELEBRATION [ESP 1982] LP/COMP Simple Minds   "Celebration"  LP (Arista)  1982  made in Spain cat. num.   I-204 521 #new wave  #pop rock  #synth pop   Life In A Day   Chelsea Girl   Premonition   Factory   Calling Your Name   I Travel   Changeling   Celebrate   Thirty Frames A Second   Kaleidoscope   Originally released in 1982 by Arista in the U.K. and reissued on CD by the Dutch Disky imprint in 2001,  Celebration  serviceably culls some of the better moments from  Simple Minds ' first three albums: 1979's  Life in a Day  and  Reel to Real Cacophony  and 1980's  Empires and Dance. Given the sadly neglected status of the band's early catalog -- meaning anything that was released prior to 1982's breakthrough  New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)  -- through the early 2000s, it is doubly unfortunate that a compilation like this remained out of print for an extended period of time. And though the studio albums remained in print in the U.K.,  Simple Minds ' early years hardly received the red carpet compilation treatment that their later works did. While nothing here came close to approaching the stadium-pleasing popularity of later smashes like "Don't You (Forget About Me)," "Alive and Kicking," or even "Promised You a Miracle,"  Celebration  might provide a little shock to an initiated someone who snaps up a copy. It's a near-definite that plenty of people who own  New Gold Dream  and/or the  Glittering Prize 81/92 compilation remain oblivious to the fact that  Simple Minds  released five albums that ranged from good to spectacular between 1979 and 1981, before  New Gold Dream  came along with its perfect balance of art and pop to connect with a mass audience. Not only was 1979-1981 a prolific period for the band, but it was a period that witnessed them blossoming from a decent guitar-based post-punk band to a far more rhythmic and experimental entity that gradually shed their influences while ambitiously building on them. And as the few brave souls who have remained devout  Simple Minds  fans from day one might tell you,  Celebration  has stood the test of time better than  Glittering Prize  track-for-track.