The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: McCartney Label: Apple Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8XT 3363 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1970 Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 7/3/25 VG/not graded $4.00 Low: $0.87 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.69 High: $14.00 Current low price: $3.00 VG/ no cover Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 110/114 Where Sold:Villanueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: eBay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I have a friend from Sweden named Linda and she told me she liked her theme song "The Lovely Linda."  I'm sure many Linda's have taken that as their theme song, but she is the only Linda I know that mentioned it.  McCartney's first solo record is like that in a way, homey and personal.  Full of "secret" discoveries on a mass scale.   "Junk" and "Teddy Boy" were rescued from the filmed Le...

  Artist: Paul & Linda McCartney Title:  Ram Label: Apple Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8XW 3375 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 black cover slick with no Apple logo on cover Sell Price: $8.14 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/22/24 NM/NM $10.00 Low: $5.98 Median: $8.00 Average: $7.73 High: $10.00 Current low price: $1.99 G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 129/162 Where Sold:Villanueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: eBay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No I've thought this was the best McCartney solo record for such a long time that there is a bit of calcified entrenchment to the music.  With some McCartney albums, there are a group of songs on them that I don't remember no matter how many times I hear them.  With Ram, every last bit is ingrained whether the hit "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" or the song going through my head this mor...

  Artist: Leonard Cohen Title:  Death Of A Ladies' Man Label: Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: WCK 44286 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: Canada 2008 remaster Sell Price: $4.22 Sell Date: 9/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 3/28/26 VG+/VG+ $2.86 Low: $2.86 Median: $4.18 Average: $4.58 High: $7.14 Current low price: $2.86 (Canada)  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 59/82 Where Sold: Lakewood, WA 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 The big deal about Leonard Cohen's Death Of A Ladies' Man was that there was a Bob Dylan cameo with Allen Ginsburg.  It wasn't the best song on the album, in fact one might think of it as a bit of a joke.   It wasn't a joke to Producer Phil Spector.   "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On" had Dylan & Ginsburg in off the street to sing in the background at Phil's behest.  Phil's gun...

  Artist: Wings Title: Wings At The Speed of Sound Label: Capitol Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8XW 11525 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $3.49 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 7/11/24 VG/no cover $2.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.08 High: $4.98 Current low price: $2.39 G+/no cover Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 47/39 Where Sold:Villanueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: eBay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Label: Capitol Format: Cassette Catalog Number: 4XW 11525 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $7.99 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/13/26 NM/NM $7.50 Low: $1.12 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.77 High: $17.99 Current low price: $6.25 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 79/57 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where ...

  Artist: AC/DC Title: Back In Black Label: Atlantic Format: CD Catalog Number: 16018-2 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 80's repress BMG Music Club Sell Price: $4.74 Sell Date: 9/10/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/10/26 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.77 Average: $3.94 High: $10.00 Current low price: $2.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 155/327 Where Sold: San Diego, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "Have you heard "Hell's Bells?"  It was a question posed to me circa Christmas 1980.  I somehow had not even though I knew the top 40 hits "Back In Black" and "You Shook Me All Night Long."  We'll the neighbor George that was a little older than me got the record for Christmas and brought it over to my friend John's house to play it.  Soon all would change.  I would hear "Hell's Bell...