The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Utopia Title: Ra Label: Bearsville Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 6965 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 Sell Price: $4.94 Sell Date: 8/23/26 Condition: VG/VG PRO REFURBISH untested Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/24 VG/VG $5..25 Low: $4.94 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.06 High: $5.25 Current low price: $4.94 F/G Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 12/18 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: eBay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Todd Rundgren's Prog with a capital "P" outfit Utopia were alternating releases with his solo albums for the second half of the 70's into the 80's.  In terms of popularity, this one was among the upper middle tier peaking at #79 in the US and having a bit more success in the UK.  Utopia toured the second half of 1977 extensively with a very expensive stage setup that took 18 months to make.  Most of the tracks on here have made ...

  Artist: 3 Inches of Blood Title: Advance and Vanquish Label: Roadrunner Format: CD Catalog Number: 1686 182742 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition: US 2004 BMG Direct Club Edition Sell Price: $7.64 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/31/26 NM/NM $9.95 Low: $7.00  Median: $10.00 Average: $11.36 High: $15.00 Current low price: $7.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 76/27 Where Sold: Mooresboro,  NC Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: half.com late aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Lovable power metal with thrash overtones.  The duel vocals are a bit grating, but that is also part of the charm.  Think primarily a distilled Rob Halford circa Fight with a second shrill screamer.    Anvils and axes are added into the mix.  Who needs a band photo, or cares what they look like, when you can have a cartoon warrior with an axe represent.  It is three inches...

  Artist: Faces Title:  A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BS 2574 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 Sell Price: $10.57 Sell Date: 8/31/26 Condition: VG+/VG  Discogs Last Sold: 8/31/26 VG+/VG $15.00 Low: $1.00 G+/no cover  Median: $10.00 Average: $11.98 High: $44.50 NM/VG+ Current low price: $5.00 F/P $9.00 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 417/104 Where Sold: Long Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: The Thing in Greenpoint $2 a couple years ago Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No 1971 was the year of the Rod.  When this record came out at the end of 1971, Rod Stewart was already a household pop name with "Maggie May" and the album Every Picture Tells A Story.  That he held on to fronting the band all the way to 1975 says something about this unit of Ron Wood and Small Faces core Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan. ...

  Artist: Laura Nyro Title: Smile Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: PC 33912 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Pitman Pressing Sell Price: $9.49 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG/G  Discogs Last Sold: 8/31/26 VG+/G cover has moderate peeling on front and back OG inner $2.09 Low: $0.99 4/15/25 VG+/VG Median: $6.38 Average: $9.55 High: $35.22 M/M 12/14/25 Current low price: $2.00 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 82 Have/Want: 1506/187 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: whatnot vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Although it was often dismissed as bland mid-70's singer-songwriter fare, I sort've prefer Nyro's Joni-Mitchell vocal stylings of this period in comparison with the showtune assault that I wrote about the other day.  Smile seems musically adventurous for that realm, much like Joni, Laura Nyro is such an "artist" and had enough commercial success at ...

  Artist: Bobby Womack Title:  Roads Of Life Label: Arista Format: LP Catalog Number: AB 4222 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979 Santa Maria Pressing Sell Price: $17.65 Sell Date: 8/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG corner clipped Discogs Last Sold: 12/24/25 VG/VG $5.95 Low: $5.95 Median: $16.30 Average: $17.89 High: $34.88 M/VG+ 9/6/25 Current low price: $4.04 G+/G+, $9.99 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 47/85 Where Sold: Southampton, MA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: whatnot vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No When the opening Anthony Willis (of the Detroit Rhythm Group and heard on " Love Shock " by Albert King in 1977)  bass walk-up kicks in on "The Roads of Life,"  you know you are in the Disco era.  For Bobby Womack, roughly 20 years into his career  (remember he wrote the Stones "It's All Over Now" with his sister Shirley and released by his group the Valentinos)...

  Artist: Tulips Title: Jack Mag Label: Sonic Bubblegum Format: CD Catalog Number: GUM012 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 hole punch in booklet Sell Price: $5.46 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/24/25 M/M $10.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $8.01 Average: $7.68 High: $11.51 Current low price: $3.19 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 26/17 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: I think I gave Hibarger $5 for this and something else maybe Bulkhead Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No So here is the Tulips "statement" debut full length Jack Mag.  The whole band was overhauled and the mighty Jimmy Fountain is here on guitar, plus Chris Keene on Drums and Trevor Pratt on Bass.  You had hits from the single redone. You had Tim Shea from Green Magnet School guesting on Zinc to join up with Suzette & Hibarger's grunge vision circa 1993, year of release although it se...