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Paul McCartney-The McCartney Interview (1980)

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  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: The McCartney Interview Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: PC 36987 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 10/18/26 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.92 Average: $4.68 High: $10.79 Current low price: $2.59 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 74 Have/Want: 1067/40 Where Sold: Villaneuve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This May 1980 interview for Musician magazine was issued in December 1980, a week before John Lennon was murdered.  Particularly bizarre timing wise, but Paul had reasserted himself with a number 1 record earlier in the year with the live version of "Coming Up."  This probably got more sales than anticipated with everything Beatles flying out of stores at the wake of news events.  Originally this was a double vi...
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Bob Dylan-Street-Legal (1978)

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  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Street-Legal Label: Columbia Format: Cassette Catalog Number: PCT 35453 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US 1978 Sell Price: $7.99 Sell Date: 10/9/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/31/26 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $3.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.88 High: $20.00 Current low price: $4.48 (Ireland) $6.00 US Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 49/57 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada 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 "16 years!" Bob opens Street-Legal.  Coincidentally, this was the amount of time he was a professional recording artist.  I wouldn't pin Bob on railing about his place in the marketplace, but I wouldn't put it past him to sneak it in either.  However, in my fantasy world,  Bob isn't bound by these earthly pursuits lyrically.  He can get paid and hash out issues with management and the help on his own ...
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Ministry-Filth Pig (1996)

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  Artist: Ministry Title: Filth Pig Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 45838-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 BMG Music Club edition Sell Price: $3.32 Sell Date:  10/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/23/26 NM/M $7.95 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.49 High: $9.50 Current low price: $5.99 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 132/57 Where Sold: Colton, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No End-of-peak period Ministry.  Filth Pig wasn't monumental like The Land of Rape And Honey/The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, and it didn't sell like Psalm 69 but it still rocked hard and peaked at #19 on Billboard bettering Psalm out of the gate although that one was a Platinum tour driven slow burn as were the two 80's Gold records.  The two memorable tracks for me back when it was released were the Bob Dylan cover, "Lay ...
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Romeo Void-Instincts (1984)

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  Artist: Romeo Void Title: Instincts Label: Columbia/415 Records Format: LP Catalog Number: BFC 39155 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984 with inner sleeve Sell Price: $7.99 Sell Date:  9/18/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 10/19/26  VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $2.99 Median: $5.25 Average: $5.78 High: $10.00 Current low price: $5.56 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 24 Have/Want: 587/81 Where Sold: Reidsville, NC Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Sax laden herky jerky new wavers fronted by Deborah Iyall were some years into their career when Instincts came out in 1984.  The radio hit (and video) came to mind right away: "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)."  That is one of those songs I forgot about until I saw the title.  Even after over 40 years, it still went through my head on sight. The song that really broke this band was before th...
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Dire Straits-Brothers In Arms (1985)

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  Artist: Dire Straits Title: Brothers In Arms Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: W2 25264 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US Columbia House edition Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date:  10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 10/18/26 VG+/VG+ $1.99 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.48 Average: $2.82 High: $7.20 Current low price: $1.99 VG/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 257/335 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No With the 40th anniversary come and gone, I guess it is finally time to assess Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms.  This was a band I liked in the first half of the 80's.  Heck, Communique was played relentlessly by my parents in the early part of the 80's. British but Dylanesque, what was not to love for all eternity.  Well, a synth bank and overexposure changed all that.  The opening three tracks ...
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Kate Bush-The Whole Story (1986)

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  Artist: Kate Bush Title:  The Whole Story Label: EMI-America Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 546414 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition: US Columbia House edition Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date:  10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/15/26 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.99 Average: $3.74 High: $10.00 Current low price: $5.00 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 132/51 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 1986 compilation from Kate Bush, The Whole Story, of course is no longer the whole story.  She did move on to Columbia and had her biggest selling album, The Sensual World, right after this.  However, her biggest hit remains "Running Up That Hill" from Hounds of Love included here.  The new exclusive here was the vocal redo of " Wuthering Heights " to kick off the album. For an overview of th...
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Neil Young-On The Beach (1974)

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  Artist: Neil Young Title:  On The Beach Label: Reprise Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: L8R-2180 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $11.60 Sell Date:  10/9/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ tested start to finish, sounds great! Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/26 VG+/VG+ $5.70 Low: $2.99 Median: $8.00 Average: $9.77 High: $22.00 Current low price: $7.99 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 80/287 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It took until 2003 for On The Beach to get an official CD reissue.  The vinyl was hard enough to find in the 90's that I got a bootleg CD with bonus tracks that got issued.  This seems odd, because it was a Gold record in the US in it's year of release.  There were a cluster of 70's titles that Neil was holding back for reissue due to audio issues that he felt HDCD improved enough to go fo...
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