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Frank Sinatra-Frank Sinatra (1967)

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  Artist: Frank Sinatra Title: Frank Sinatra (The World We Knew) Label: Reprise Format: LP Cat #:  FS 1022 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1967 Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 11/26/25 Sell Price: $20.88 Discogs Last Sold 10/29/25 VG/VG $8.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.00 Average: $7.37 High: $20.88 Current low price: $10.99 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 134/54 Where Sold: Lafayette, IN Time it took to sell: 6 months Where and When Bought: Whatnot vinyl auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've been on a bit of a Reprise-era Sinatra kick of late.  Somehow, of the dozen or so ones I got dirt cheap on auction and mostly played, I hadn't got around to hearing this one until now.    Rock critic land always preferred the Capitol years and even the Columbia ones.  Reprise albums always got a bit of the short shrift except for maybe Strangers In The Night.  This one is th...

Kiss-Rock And Roll Over (1976)

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  Artist: Kiss Title:  Rock and Roll Over Label: Casablanca Format: 8-Track Cat #:   NBLP-87037 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 Listed Condition: G/G+ Sell Date: 11/18/25 Sell Price: $6.98 pro-refurbish tested start to finish splice edit Discogs Last Sold 8/31/24 VG+/No Cover $31.40 Low: $5.62 Median: $21.42 Average: $25.86 High: $74.19 Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 126/81 Where Sold: Rancho Cordova, CA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No When I got my copy of Rock 'n Roll Over at an early 80's flea market for a quarter, I had Alive II for years.  I thought the familiar songs: "I Want You," "Makin' Love" and "Ladies Room" didn't sound as good.  "Calling Dr. Love" and "Hard Luck Woman" were Bonafide top 20 hits so they sounded more "normal."  This was a Paul ...

Boris Midney-The Boris Midney Anthology (1999)

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  Artist: Boris Midney Title: The Boris Midney Anthology Label: OZ Records Format: CD Cat #:   OZ 5098-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 11/16/25 Sell Price: $25.84 Discogs Last Sold 5/17/25 M/M $20.00 Low: $11.00 Median: $23.24 Average: $22.51 High: $34.87 Current low price: $35.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 20/9 Where Sold: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Time it took to sell:  4 months Where and When Bought: street find in bag of abandoned cds Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The found bag of CD's I lugged home on a rainy day from Greenpoint over the summer has produced a second sale.  There was quite a bit of dance music in the bag and this one is a compilation of Russian-born Disco orchestrator Boris Midney. That I got over $25 for this double was a surprise.  As a casual listener it is more than you'll ever want to hear: 2 1/2 hours over 2 CD's. Boris w...

The Bats-Silverbeet (1993)

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  Artist: The Bats Title: Silverbeet Label: Mammoth Format: Cassette Cat #:   MR 0051-4 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 11/15/25 Sell Price: $13.58 Discogs Last Sold:12/12/22 VG/VG$10.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $9.77 Average: $8.67 High: $13.58 Current low price: $25.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 19/29 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook Marketplace  dollar cassette lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No I picked up the 4th Bats albums on cassette a couple years ago in a lot of dollar cassettes.  I suspect this single tape paid for that whole lot or close to it.  US label Mammoth licensed this one from the New Zealand stalwart Flying Nun, so it could be found in closeout bins for all eternity instead of $25 import scarcity.  Except time has passed and to get this on Cassette now costs $25 as someone not me ...

John Lennon-Off The Walls (1984, unofficial)

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  Artist: John Lennon Title:  Off The Walls Label: Suma Format: LP Cat #:   JKF 71174-1 Year of Release: 1984 (unofficial) Country and Year of Edition Issue: US late 80's Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 11/11/25 Sell Price: $27.13 Discogs Last Sold: 12/27/23 NM/NM $29.19 Low: $20.00 Median: $27.13 Average: $25.44 High: $29.19 Current low price: $28.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 20/3 Where Sold: Saco, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: new Worcester late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Most Beatle/related boots are unsellable on Discogs.  Why this one makes the cut one can only theorize.   The Suma label issued some other quality boots including a version of Get Back that was an early version of Let It Be cut on acetate that made it to radio stations.   The legendary Trademark of Quality also had a prior issue of this.  This material was recorded July 21, 1974 at the Reco...

EC8OR-All Of Us Can Be Rich... (1997)

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  Artist: EC8OR Title:  All Of Us Can Be Rich... Label: Grand Royal Format: CD Cat #:   GR 047 CD Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1997 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 11/8/25 Sell Price: $4.47 Discogs Last Sold: 7/23/25 VG+/NM $5.00 Low: $2.93 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.75 High: $11.63 Current low price: $1.16 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 175/38 Where Sold: Richmond Hill, GA Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought: used Sounds $5.99 sticker still on it late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No For whatever reason 3 out of 4 EC8OR CD's on my shelf in storage have sold in the past few weeks.  This particular one is Grand Royal's compilation of material previously released in Germany and imported.  I already had everything on this and I didn't pay much attention to that fact when I bought it used.  I just thought it was a new album until I actually listened to it. Now that I'v...

EC8OR-EC8OR (1995)

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  Artist: EC8OR Title: EC8OR Label: Digital Hardcore Recordings/Intercord Record Service Format: CD Cat #:   DHR CD 3/IHR 995 003 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Germany 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/27/25 Sell Price: $4.91 Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/25 VG+/VG+ $4.07 Low: $2.31 Median: $5.80 Average: $6.22 High: $12.26 Current low price: $5.16 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 231/86 Where Sold: St. Louis, MO Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought: new guessing Kims or Adult Crash NYC mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No There has been a run on EC8OR CD's that have been sitting in storage 15 years lately.  This is the debut album which features "Cocaine Ducks,"  the single that Grand Royal put out in 1996 in a 7" series of Digital Hardcore release.  I liked that record enough to track this down at import price. While I have been sitting on this release 2 weeks after writing...