The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Electric Light Orchestra Title: The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Label: Epic/Legacy Format: 2XCD Catalog Number: 88697977522RE1 Year of Release: 2011 Country and Year of Edition: US 2011 Sell Price: $8.55 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/26 M/NM $16.17 Low: $3.65 Median: $9.50 Average: $10.60 High: $21.73 Current low price: $8.50 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 376/33 Where Sold: Louisville, OH Time It Took To Sell:  3  years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I was a big fan of the ELO's Greatest Hits compilation that came out in the early 80's.  It didn't have any of the hits from Discovery and I was fine with that for a sampler.  I'm usually not a big fan of these "Essential" Sony series releases, they seem a bit corporate and overkill.  However, in the case of ELO, this one does the job.  All the tracks are in chronological order...

  Artist: Donovan Title: The Hurdy Gurdy Man Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: BN 26420 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Pitman Sell Price: $10.57 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/26 M/NM $65.00 Low: $1.60 G+/VG+ Median: $9.94 Average: $13.37 High: $65.00 Current low price: $5.00 G+/F Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 58 Have/Want: 6209/1470 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Donovan's peak era climaxed around here with Jimmy Page and Allan Holdsworth (!) adding a guitar onslaught to the title track.  John Paul Jones arranged and played bass on the track and Led Zeppelin were formed shortly thereafter.  It's hard to top that and Donovan doesn't.  From 1965-1973 Donovan had a slew of top 30 Billboard album and this was no different peaking at #20 on a 20 week run with "Hurdy.." going to #5 in ...

  Artist: Dolomite Title: Venus Label: Fiasco Format: 7" Catalog Number: n/a Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Yellow Vinyl Sell Price: $3.32 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/23 NM/VG+ NM/NM $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.74 Average: $3.65 High: $4.99 Current low price: $1.45 NM/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 68/9 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: early 90's In Your Ear Allston, MA Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Dolomite were one of those complete non-descript Chrome/Big Black inspired bands from Chicago that I loved so much in it's era.  They actually evolved into putting out a full lenght on the Thrill Jockey label around the time Neil Rosario joined Red Red Meat on guitar.  Drummer Rian Murphy was a bit more prolific being a manager at Drag City and having a hand in many of that labels releases in the 90's, even a co-bill releas...

  Artist: David Bowie Title:  David Live Label: RCA Victor Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: CPL2-0771 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $6.51 Sell Date: 8/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 6/16/26   VG+/VG+ $5.77 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.38 Average: $5.10 High: $7.95 Current low price: $4.99 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 87/83 Where Sold: Canadaigua, NY Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It seems that David Live got a bit of the short shift critically and for the life of me, I can't understand why.  The arrangement are different enough to be worth hearing.  The band sounds great.  The song selection is peak Bowie on the Diamond Dogs tour featuring a half dozen tracks from there, 4 from Aladdin Sane, a few from Ziggy, old hit "Changes" from Hunky Dory and "The Width of A Circle" from The Man Who Sold The Wo...

  Artist: Crush Title: Squeaky b/w Taller Than Jesus Label: Time To Develop Format: 7" Catalog Number: T5 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/15/26 VG+/VG+ $1.67 Low: $1.52 Median: $3.19 Average: $3.59 High: $7.56 Current low price: $2.00  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 22 Have/Want: 96/43 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: new early 90's probably In Your Ear in Allston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The second of 3 Crush singles, like the first, has a B-side not on the otherwise exhaustive compilation The Clown Sessions CD from the mid-90's that also sold in this order.  Of course, since the band only had three singles, I assumed the compilation was exhaustive, but I should have put two and two together since the buyer bought the first two with the comp, but not the third. I did play the single to t...

  Artist: Voyage Title:  The Best of Voyage Label: Sirocco/Hot Productions Format: CD Catalog Number: HTCD 12 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Sell Price: $8.99 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 11/27/25 NM/VG+ $6.20 Low: $3.60 Median: $6.95 Average: $7.53 High: $14.99 Current low price: $6.29 (Japan), $13.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 40/21 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took To Sell:  1 year Where and When Bought: found in discarded CD bag on street Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No My outdoor bag of abandoned CD's last year continues to bear selling fruit.  This time it's the French disco group Voyage.  This 1991 compilation has since been recompiled, but the material is roughly the same.  The first two albums were US Billboard hits on the top 200 LP and even #1 on the dance chart.  The self titled debut peaked at #40, the follow up Fly Away in 1978 peak...