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The Doobie Brothers-Best Of The Doobies (1976)

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  Artist: The Doobie Brothers Title: Best of the Doobies Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: WB M8 3112 Year of Release:  1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $5.71 Sell Date: 11/5/24 Condition: VG/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/7/23 VG/no cover $2.98 Low: $2.25 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.63 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $1.50 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 93/21 Where Sold: Eden Prairie, MN 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 I sold this on vinyl a few years back in a large order.  I can't remember if this was before the start of this blog or during a period when I had more orders than days to write about different topics.  In any event, my recent purchasing of 8-track box lots insured that I would get some Doobie Brothers. Sure enough, I got a fresh copy of this used bin stalwart, and it sold quickly. These are the pre-Minute by Minute hits, whic
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Rory Gallagher-Stage Struck (1980)

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  Artist: Rory Gallagher Title: Stage Struck Label: Chrysalis Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8CH 1280 Year of Release:  1980 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $99.99 Sell Date: 11/5/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ sounds great start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 11/5/24 VG+/VG+ $99.99 Low: $99.99 Median: $99.99 Average: $99.99 High: $99.99 Current  low price:  n/a Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 2/7 Where Sold: Chugiak, AK Time It Took  To Sell:  1 day Where and When  Bought: ebay $40 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No I've had many a barroom conversation about Rory Gallagher, so I was pretty happy when this came in a box of classic rock 8-tracks I won an ebay bid on last week.  Stage Struck, recorded in late '79-early '80 and released later that year, apparently is not a common 8-track.  Nobody had it for sale on Discogs so I put it up for $99.99.  This is my standard "not up on Discogs" mid-level price---sometimes
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Eugene Chadbourne – LSDC&W - The History Of The Chadbournes In America (1987)

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  Artist: Eugene Chadbourne Title: LSD C&W- The History of The Chadbournes In America Label: Fundamental  Format: 2XLP Catalog Number: SAVE 19/20 Year of Release:  1987 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 1987 Sell Price: $8.52 Sell Date: 10/31/24 Condition: VG+/VG small 1" tear lower left bottom of cover Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/24 NM/NM $9.00 Low: $5.50 NM/VG Median: $10.93 Average: $12.97 High: $29.35 NM/NM 8/22/23 Current  low price:  $11.03 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 435/116 Where Sold: St. Clair Shores, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: 1987 new Al Bums Worcester about 12.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No I discovered Shockabilly's Eugene Chadbourne via his album Country Protest, which was in the new rotation at the time I did my very first radio show.  How could I resist a cover with a Jesse Helms sticker in the toilet and a cover of the Butthole Surfers "The Shah Sleeps In Lee Harvey's Grave?&quo
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Various Artists – Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2, No. 3 (1993)

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  Artist: Various Artists (Kicking Giant, Faust, Pavement, Sun City Girls, TV Personalities) Title: Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2, No. 3 A1 Kicking Giant – Rapid-C A2 Faust – Live Hamburg 10 • 90 A3 Kicking Giant – Background, Moving Quickly B1 Pavement – My Radio B2 Sun City Girls – Swing Of Kings B3 T.V. Personalities * – Girl On A Motorcycle Label: Chemical Imbalance  Format: 7" enclosed with magazine Catalog Number: Vol. 2 No. 3 Year of Release:  1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1993 Sell Price: $4.21 Sell Date: 10/31/24 Condition: VG+/generic Discogs Last Sold: 9/12/24 VG+/generic $3.95 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.11 Average: $6.47 High: $21.74 complete with Chemical Imbalance magazine Current  low price:  $2.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 527/75 Where Sold: St. Clair Shores, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: 1993 guessing I bought it at See Hear on St. Marks  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No This is the type of zine i
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Halo Of Flies-Headburn (1988)

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  Artist: Halo of Flies Title: Headburn Headburn / Easy Or Hard / Father Paranoia Label: Twin/Tone Format: 12" EP Catalog Number: TTR-88147-1 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $5.13 Sell Date: 10/31/24 Condition: VG+/G+ water damage bottom corner of sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/24 NM/VG+ $15.00 Low: $3.00 VG+/G+ Median: $8.34 Average: $9.21 High: $20.00 Current  low price:  $5.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 304/69 Where Sold: St. Clair Shores, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: 1988 Cambridge, MA Second Coming Records new around $6.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Classic chugging title track, among the best this band had to offer.  One of two 12" inch eps that got compiled into Music For Insect Minds and forgotten as an individual artifact certainly in the digital realm.  This EP clocking in under 10 minutes total sounds better apart from everything else. The other
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Booker T & The MG's–The Best Of Booker T & The MG's (1984)

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  Artist:  Booker T & The MG's Title:  The Best of Booker T & The MG's Label: Atlantic Format: CD Catalog Number: 81281-2 Year of Release:  1984 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1984 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 10/20/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 10/16/24 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.50 Average: $2.49 High: $4.02 Current  low price:  $0.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 43 Have/Want: 377/26 Where Sold: Baltimore, MD Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: record club early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No Really the only question I had when listening to this great compilation is the degree of perfection--an A or an A+.  This contains 16 tracks of roughly 3-minute perfection each.   Originally Atlantic released a twelve song 1968 Best of with a better cover and different track order.  At the dawn of the CD era, they got British illustrator Ian Wright  to do a series of covers for their best of reissue series
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