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Robyn Hitchcock-Spooked (2004)

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  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Spooked Label: Yep Rock Format: CD Cat #: YEP 2086 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/29/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/25 NM/VG+ $4.88 Low: $3.51 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.80 High: $11.54 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 608/33 Where Sold: Grand Junction, CO Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used online mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Spooked is a pretty solid album start to finish.  There really isn't a weak track on it.  Sometimes when you give something an A-, it sounds like an underhanded compliment but in this case my feeling was that grade was an upgrade not a downgrade to reflect what I felt about the album as a whole. 10 of the 12 tracks have made his live set some time or another.  He plays "Full Moon In My Soul" the most and "Sometimes A Blonde,"...

The Records-The Records (1979)

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  Artist: The Records Title: The Records Label: Virgin Format: LP Cat #: VA 13130 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ original inner sleeve, no single Sell Date: 3/30/25 Sell Price: $8.73 Discogs Last Sold: 3/27/25 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $1.08 4/1/24 NM/VG+ Media: $8.87 Average: $10.79 High: $25.24 12/25/23 NM/NM Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 46 Have/Want: 1352/120 Where Sold: Marietta, GA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $3 LP lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No From the ashes of Kursaal Flyers who had a British hit in 1976 with " Little Does She Know ," formed The Records with Rhythm Guitarist/Vocalist John Wicks joining the Kursaals drummer/vocalist Will Birch along with Huw Gowar (guitarist of Magic Muscle, Dragons), Phil Brown (bass later of The Hurt) and session keyboardist Ian Gibbons (The Kinks, The Sweet). This was "faceless" British po...

Eagles-Long Road Out Of Eden (2007)

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  Artist: Eagles Title: Long Road Out Of Eden Label: Eagles Recording Company Format: 2XCD Cat #: 98268-4500-2 Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2007 Digisleeve Walmart Exclusive Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 3/25/25 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/21/25 M/VG+ $5.00 Low: $.0.25 Media: $2.16 Average: $2.91 High: $7.00 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 64 Have/Want: 846/62 Where Sold: Fresh Meadows, NY Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $2 CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No The last Eagles studio album, 2007's double CD Long Road Out Of Eden was a curio of mine.  I got a copy a year or so back in a lot of CD's but it was sealed and the shrink wrap never came off.  I had to rely on streaming to get up to date on this.   Long Road Out Of Eden was The Eagles first full studio release (Hell Freezes Over had 4 studio tracks mixed with a live record) since T...

The 2 Live Crew-As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989)

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  Artist: The 2 Live Crew Title: As Nasty As They Wanna Be Label: Luke Records/Atlantic Format: Cassette Cat #: 7 91651-4 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/28/25 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/23 VG+/VG $5.00 Low: $1.75 Media: $6.00 Average: $5.68 High: $9.00 Current low price: n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 26/64 Where Sold: Salem, VA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $1 cassette lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No "Put your lips on my dick/and suck my asshole too..."-Luke Campbell, "Me So Horny" Back in it's day, even rap critics lambasted the 2 Live Crew for being too base, too dumb and all that. There was some NYC vs the South expressed by these proponents of the Miami Bass.   But there was something to it.  First off, "Me So Horny" was an era-defining megahit.  Everybody knew "me love you long time...

Bob Dylan-Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)

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  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat #: CK 65975 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/22/25 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/27/25 VG+/VG+ $1.59 Low: $0.55 Media: $2.00 Average: $2.80 High: $9.99 Current low price: $0.48 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 91 Have/Want: 1064/64 Where Sold: Durham, NC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Bob's first greatest hits album is insanely difficult to review.  Of course, all the material is top tier, but as a start to finish listen, even as a child, I found it lacking something.   Since I had all the albums on the back cover, the only song that wasn't anywhere else of the ten tracks was "Positively 4th Street."  That song was a hit issued between Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.  #7 Billboard Hot 100 in fact!...

Various Artists-Troublemakers (1980)

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  Artist: Various Artists (Sex Pistols, Urban Verbs, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters, Wire, Marianne Faithful, John Cale, Gang Of Four, Modern Lovers, Devo, Public Image Ltd., The Buggles, Pearl Harbor and The Explosions, Nico, Brian Briggs) Title: Troublemakers A1 Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The U.S.A. Written-By –  Matlock * ,  Rotten * ,  Cook * ,  Jones * Written-By –  Matlock * ,  Rotten * ,  Cook * ,  Jones * 3:30 A2 Urban Verbs – Subways Producer [Produced By] –  Mike Thorne Written-By –  Goldstein * ,  Frantz * Producer [Produced By] –  Mike Thorne Written-By –  Goldstein * ,  Frantz * 3:39 A3 Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – Don't Wait Till Tomorrow Producer [Produced By] –  Joe Wissert Written-By –  Radcliffe * ,  Lane * ,  Jackson * Producer [Produced By] –  Joe Wissert Written-By –  Radcliffe * ,  Lane * ,  Jac...