The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Black Sabbath Title: Greatest Hits 1970-1978 Label: Warner Bros./Rhino Format: CD Cat #:  R2 73365 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG Music Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/23/25 Sell Price: $3.59 Discogs Last Sold: 7/23/25 VG/VG+ $4.00   Low: $1.99 Median: $4.99 Average: $6.31 High: $21.28 Current low price: $1.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 33 Have/Want: 1463/60 Where: Geneva, IL Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No While all the music on Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits 1970-1978 is A level and beyond, even though this is the only compilation to cover the entire Ozzy years in the 70's in one 75-minute CD, it falls flat in numerous ways.  You get all the obvious hits like "Paranoid," "Iron Man," "War Pigs," "Black Sabbath" hell even "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," but it tapers off when ...

  Artist: Big Black Title: The Incredibly Corporate Whorish Big Black Interview Album Side One     Side Two Label: Touch 'n' Go Format: LP Cat #:  TG-LP-INT-1 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Promo only Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 7/18/25 Sell Price: $15.57 Discogs Last Sold: 5/17/25 NM/NM $23.26   Low: $14.95 NM/NM 1/14/20 Median: $25.00 Average: $26.78 High: $40.00 NM/NM like new Current low price: $17.44 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 128/147 Where: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No One of those collection crown jewels that somehow dropped to 15 bucks over the years.  I'm sure I opened up at 40 many years ago, but a dreaded 2" seam split in my notes made other people that actually wanted the record opt for "NM/NM" copies in the 25-40 range. This was a promo that came before the "He's A Whore" si...

  Artist: Jefferson Airplane Title: Surrealistic Pillow Label: RCA Victor Format: LP Cat #: LPM-3766 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1967 Mono Hollywood Pressing Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 7/18/25 Sell Price: $29.08 Discogs Last Sold: 7/20/25 VG+/VG $24.00 Low: $1.73 G/G 5/7/25 Median: $11.47 Average: $26.07 High: $91.86 VG+/VG+ 11/4/24 Current low price: $4.99 G/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 2969/1291 Where: Seattle, WA Time it took to sell:   3years Where and When Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Surrealistic Pillow is notable for being Grace Slick's debut in the established band and containing the megahits "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit."  "White Rabbit" is so seared on rock consciousness that my own band nicked the dah-dah-da-da-da ad infinitum for our decidedly non-hit song "Changing My Tune."  But that is neither here nor there. I neve...

  Artist: DM Bob and the Deficits Title: Mexico Americano b/w Bandito Mexicano Label: Crypt Format: 7" Cat #: CRYPT-054 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 7/26/24 VG+/VG+ $3.09 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.49 Average: $3.66 High: $8.05 Current low price: $2.33 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 147/20 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Shrewsbury MA 99 cent singles bin late 90's or so Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I remember some girl on the garage rock scene that hung out at Marz Bar and was talking about "Dim Bob!" with such enthusiasm I bought their CD Bad With Wimmin.  I still have that CD sitting in storage, but this single I saw a few years later with the A-side from the album was sitting in the 99 cent bin at Newbury Comics when my friend John worked there briefly and took ...

  Artist: The Banned Title: Little Girl b/w C. P. G. J.'s Label: Harvest Format: 7" Cat #: HAR 5145 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1977 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $3.05 Discogs Last Sold: 7/18/25 VG+/Generic $0.13 Low: $0.13 Median: $2.21 Average: $2.41 High: $9.45 Current low price: $0.13 UK Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 196 Have/Want: 685/28 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Intoxica London UK 3 pound sticker still on it early 2000's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Just another punk band from Croyden. I bought this single in a stack at Intoxica on a visit to London back in 2000 or so.  No hard reason, I knew nothing about the band except they were on Harvest and the record looked cool and reasonably priced in a white sleeve.  That price seems to be worth pennies now in the UK but we still have to pay for shipping here, so the buy that got this got ...

  Artist: The Cynics Title:  No Way b/w Dancing On The Wall Label: Get Hip Format: 7" Cat #: GH 101 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $4.71 Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.81 Average: $5.92 High: $9.88 Current low price: $5.07 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 277/28 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Blacklist Mailorder late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Classic early single that came initially to advance the Blue Train Station album in 1987 with an unreleased B-side.  I liked the song so much from that album without knowing this was an advance single until I saw in Blacklist Mailorder in 1989 when I was stuck in Worcester for a summer.  There was a little confusion when I saw the date listed as 1993, but I think that was the year the record was reissued with a color cover ...