The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Tom Jones Title:  T om Jones' Greatest Hits A1 It's Not Unusual A2 Green, Green Grass Of Home A3 Delilah (Beg.) B1 Delilah (Concl.) B2 I'll Never Fall In Love Again B3 Help Yourself C1 What's New Pussycat? C2 Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings C3 Daughter Of Darkness (Beg.) D1 Daughter Of Darkness (Concl.) D2 Love Me Tonight D3 She's A Lady Label: Parrot Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M 79862 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1973 RCA Music Club Edition Sell Price: $3.79 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG/VG+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 7/13/21 VG/no cover $2.98 Low: $2.98 Median: $3.79 Average: $3.59 High: $3.99 Current  low price:  $3.29 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 32/10 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell: 1 month Where and When  Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No The core 60's singles of Tom Jones rank up there with the Bang Nei...

  Artist: The Cars Title: Candy-O Label: Elektra Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 5T-8507 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1979 Sell Price: $5.69 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ pro refurbish, tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/24 G/Generic $4.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.22 Average: $4.63 High: $7.00 Current  low price:  $4.98 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 102/75 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell: 1 month Where and When  Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No The second Cars album may not have the "fire power" of hit quantity the debut has, but I prefer it ever so slightly.  I bought my first copy of this in the early 80's used, sold it in 2019 and got another vinyl copy a few years back.  This 8-track came in a recent lot and ended up in the refurbish pile due to a faulty foil.  It came back a few weeks ago fixed and fi...

  Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title: Born To Run Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33795 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $5.60 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG+/VG tested start to finish sounds great Discogs Last Sold: 4/10/24 VG+/not graded $6.00 Low: $5.44 Median: $5.60 Average: $5.68 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $3.98 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 15/28 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell: 2 months Where and When  Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No I got a 14-piece order of low-end CD's and 8-tracks, some things I've written about before and some not, so this will keep the blog content going steady for the foreseeable future whether or not a few days go by without any sales.  I'll start with the easiest one, my third favorite Springsteen album and the first of his triad of peak-period A+ albums, Born T...

  Artist: Various Artists (Palace Brothers, Red Red Meat, Pavement, Desert Storm, Smog, Gastr Del Sol, Silver Jews, Fruitcake, Royal Trux, Alastair Galbraith, Burnout, Red Krayola, Mantis, King Kong, Vokokesh) Title:  Hey Drag City Label: Drag City Format: CD Catalog Number: DC20CD Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $3.71 Sell Date: 1/9/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/3/25 M/M $13.00 Low: $1.20 Median: $3.59 Average: $4.15 High: $13.77 Current  low price:  $1.44 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 317/39 Where Sold: Portland, OR Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Sounds NYC St. Marks new $9.99 when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No Hipgnosis, the famous prog-rock designer of the 70's did this artwork.  Mojo did an interview with Roger Waters reminiscing that after viewing Po's concepts, describing dead ducks nailed to t...

  Artist: The Beatles Title: Abbey Road Label: Apple Format: LP Catalog Number: SO-383 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1971 Winchester Sell Price: $8.74 Sell Date: 1/8/25 Condition: G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 12/30/24 VG/VG+ $12.00 Low: $3.00 F/P Median: $10.00 Average: $12.55 High: $61.22 NM/M Current  low price:  $8.99 G+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 33 Have/Want: 1383/1031 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  10 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester MA early 80's That's Entertainment used $2.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No Somewhere on my tops of all time, Abbey Road may have risen to be my favorite Beatles studio album after many years claiming it was Revolver.  I'm going to say, as the decades go by, I never really tire of hearing it to the extent that every track in the catalog I've heard beyond memory. This was always what I'd describe as my ultimate Sunday morni...