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Rush-Chronicles (1990)

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Artist: Rush Title: Chronicles Label: Mercury Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 838 936-2 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: US  1990 Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 9/19/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/18/26 G/VG $3.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.78 Average: $5.03 High:$14.00 Current low price: $3.97 (UK), $8.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 261/28 Where Sold: Wood Cross, UT Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Rush were such an album band when I bought their records that I never really acknowledged their CD-era compilation Chronicles, despite it selling it's million copies (double platinum US due to two discs).  I stopped at Power Windows 5 years before this came out and never replaced Rush vinyl on CD in the 80's.   As far as compilations go, this is a pretty good sampler of their key tracks up through 1990.   Helpfu...

Bob Dylan-Desire (1976)

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  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Desire Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33893 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US  1976 Black shell Sell Price: $8.11 Sell Date: 10/9/26 Condition: VG+/G Pro refurbish tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 6/14/26 G+/no cover $2.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.15 High:$6.15 Current low price: $4.99 VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 61/127 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  Ebay auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No The time has finally come where I get to write about my absolute favorite Bob Dylan album Desire.  I first heard and got the "Hurricane" 45 in late 1975 around of for Christmas, before the album came out in early '76 while I was still in Kindergarden.  I had all the 60's stuff passed down and Blood On The Tracks was heavily played by my mother throughout 1975 after my friends mother h...

Soundtrack-Performance (1970)

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  Artist: Soundtrack (Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Bernard Krause, Ry Cooder, Buffy Saint-Marie, Mick Jagger, The Last Poets) Title: Performance Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BS 2554 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US  1970 Santa Maria Pressing Sell Price: $14.99 Sell Date: 9/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/15/26 VG/VG $8.00 Low: $2.81 VG/G+ 7/23/26 Median: $7.00 Average: $12.78 High:$69.99 5/20/26 M/NM Factory Sealed Current low price: $3.42 G/G, $10.99 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 1472/193 Where Sold: Freedom, PA Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Like most soundtracks, the start-to-finish listenability of Performance fades one you give it the obigatory spin.  Of course peak period Mick Jagger's "Memo From Turner" is the one everybody buys the record for.  That's a great song but don't sleep...

Jimmy Buffett-Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (1977)

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  Artist: Jimmy Buffett Title: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Label: ABC Records/GRT  Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 80220 AB 990 H Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US  1977 Sell Price: $9.54 Sell Date: 9/3/26 Condition: VG/VG untested with GRT slipcover Discogs Last Sold: 2/28/26 VG+/VG+ $10.76 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.98 Average: $8.35 High:$18.00 Current low price: $8.95 VG/rebuilt Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 34/20 Where Sold: Moraine, OH Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No I never was or wanted to be a Parrothead.  Jimmy Buffett has legions of followers, but my initial exposure was probably "Livingstone Saturday Night" on the FM Soundtrack in 1978.  That one was a little more rock than his mean, so I took this album out of the library at some point in the 70's.  The title track, the minor top 40 hit "Changes In Latitu...

Monster Magnet-5 Reasons To Testify (2001)

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  Artist: Monster Magnet Title:  5 Reasons To Testify Label: A&M Records Format: CD Catalog Number: AMRR 10316-2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year of Edition: US  2001 Promo Sell Price: $4.74 Sell Date: 9/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/3/26 NM/VG+ $2.50 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.37 Average: $3.58 High:$7.00 Current low price: $1.94 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 73/19 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No As a quick promo overview of Monter Magnet then recent hit tracks, 5 Reasons To Testify does the job pretty admirably in, what? 20 minutes??  It kicks of with the song that broke them from Powertrip, " Space Lord "  then has the title track from that 1998 album.  Then it goes to the more recent God Says No from 2000 for "Silver Future" before wrapping with a couple from 1995's Dopes To Infini...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Henry's Dream (1992)

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  Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Title:  Henry's Dream Label: Mute/Elektra Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 61323-2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US  1993 SRC Pressing Sell Price: $4.89 Sell Date: 9/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/13/26 NM/NM $13.99 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.80 High:$15.00 Current low price: $4.00 VG+/VG+  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 623/159 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time It Took To Sell: 3  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Nick Cave was 7 albums into his first solo decade when Henry's Dream came out in 1992.  The live standard bearer is the opener, "Papa Won't Leave You Henry" above and beyond everything else here.   Nick co-produced this album with Mick Harvey, and it sounds like a Nick Cave record.  Poetic and grumpy .  Established, assured and world weary.  Th...

Paul McCartney-Pipes of Peace (1983)

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  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Pipes of Peace Label: Columbia/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: QCT 39149 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US  1983 Sell Price: $2.84 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/26 VG+/NM $2.84 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.12 Average: $2.77 High:$5.99 Current low price: $1.98 VG/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 249/36 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No I don't think I've ever been more disappointed with an album than I had with Pipes of Peace when it came out.  There were 2 records that were brand new that week that I was equally excited about.  The other one was Motley Crue's Shout At The Devil after their debut became a mainstay out of the bargain bin.   Pipes of Peace, however, had been a follow-up to Tug of War, whic...