The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Morphine Title:  Yes Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10320 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/2/25 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/27/25 VG/VG+ $3.47 Low: $1.67 Median: $4,46 Average: $5.04 High: $12.93 Current low price: $2.37 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 2445/195 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet used late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No 1999 was a good time to die.  At the time it seemed shocking that Mark Sandman would pass at 46 of a heart attack at a gig in Italy only 4 years after his biggest mainstream success.  When you look at all the crap that has transpired since, Morphine was born and lived in a truly different world.  Tranquility and "all it's blessed privacy" the jazz poem interlude "The Jury" concludes isn't even a topic for consideration these days. I'v...

  Artist: Morphine Title: Cure For Pain Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10262 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US Columbia House Version Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/2/25 Sell Price: $5.71 Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/25 NM/NM $4.95 Low: $1.48 Median: $4,50 Average: $4.51 High: $9.98 Current low price: $4.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 85/69 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Mark Sandman's voice was already known to me from the late 80's radio (at least in Boston) hit "I Think She Likes Me" from his band Treat Her Right.  I saw an early show at the Middle East in 1990  when I was there for some other band.  I didn't think much of them at the time thinking what Sandman the sort of sub-blues with horns that Treat Her Right did.  A dreaded Berklee bar band.  Then a few years later my Dad out of ...

  Artist: Public Enemy Title:  How Do You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Sold??? Label:  Slam Jamz Format: CD + DVD Cat #: SJR1015CV Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2007  Listed Condition: F/VG+ missing DVD Sell Date: 6/30/25 Sell Price: $10.00 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/25 VG/VG $42.00 Low: $9.41 Median: $18.37 Average: $19.65 High: $41.16 Current low price: $13.07 VG+/VG+ (Australia)  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 640/301 Where Sold: Yelm, WA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No 30 or so years in Public Enemy can't make a truly bad album.  Maybe cycling around old refrains with some new ones in 2007.  In the aughts they were cranking out independent titles.  This one I'm just hearing now, but I've had other ones from the same period.  Everything stays the same...but a little different as we hear in "Am...

  Artist: The Beach Boys Title:   Smiley Smile Label:  Brother Format: LP Cat #: ST-9001 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1967 Scranton Pressing Listed Condition: G+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/30/25 Sell Price: $26.28 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/25 VG/VG $42.00 Low: $9.49 VG/G+ 12/27/24 Median: $27.13 Average: $31.91 High: $82.19 M/NM 2/10/25 Current low price: $30.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 3319/1198 Where Sold: Reno, NV Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook vinyl $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No If you see a copy of Smiley Smile like this on Brother for under $5, there is probably a reason.  I rolled the dice and this one was actually a playable G+ with a very nice cover.  I had requests about it before this finally sold.   How many times with this blog do I have to say death sells?   Most people were going to hold out for a better copy.  So I...

  Artist: The Decemberists Title:  The Hazards Of Love Label:  Capitol Format: CD Cat #: 50999 2 14710 2 5 Year of Release: 2009 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2009 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/27/25 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/7/25 VG+/NM $3.95 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.74 Average: $3.71 High: $7.47 Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 1100/67 Where Sold: Baltimore, MD Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Portland, OR's The Decemberists 5th album The Hazards of Love was a song cycle rock opera of sorts.  At some point the title track reared up yet again and I wondered if I accidentally hit the repeat button.  No, it was the same song. With the Decemberists you know you are going to get Colin Malloy's folky lilt, that goes without saying.  Some might say he is affected faux-British others say he is mining a tradition ...

  Artist: Male Slut Title: The Church Should Be For The Outcast, Not A Church That Casts People Out b/w Thoodblirsty Thesbians Label:  Stomach Ache Records Format: 7" Cat #: SA-57 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Mexico 1995 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 6/26/25 Sell Price: $4.33 Discogs Last Sold: 6/2/24 NM/NM $19.48 Low: $2.70 2/2/16 NM/NM Median: $5.58 Average: $6.57 High: $19.48 NM/NM 6/2/24 Current low price: $4.33 NM/VG+ UK Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 82/90 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: mid 90's Etheria Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No A little bit of wankery from Thurston Moore with Steve Shelley and Tim Foljahn under the moniker Male Slut.  These tracks got issued on the vinyl reissue of 1995's Psychic Heart.  Somebody ordered this a few years ago but didn't pay for it, so it has sat in a box with some albums pulled from storage that had the same fat...