The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Dire Straits Title: Dire Straits Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: 3266-2 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US BMG club edition, SRC pressing Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 10/13/26 VG+/VG+ $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.57 High: $20.00 M/M 5/23/23 Current low price: $3.99 G+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 174/243 Where Sold:  Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 12 years Where and When Bought: BMG Music Club 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Outside of the inescapable "Sultans of Swing," I never really know the first Dire Straits album all too well.  I always assumed it was good since it wasn't much older than Communique which I've known well since it was released.  Chalk it up to it being one of those albums that was "for further review" even when I finally got a copy on CD in the 90's.  We are talking closer...

  Artist: The Locust Title: New Erections Label: Anti Format: CD Catalog Number: 86748-2 Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition: US 2007 Sell Price: $7.73 Sell Date: 9/25/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/7/26 VG+/VG+ $4.99 Low: $3.00 Median: .$6.00 Average: $6.89 High: $15.99 Current low price: $10.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 425/135 Where Sold:  Steubenville, OH Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Since I just saw the recently reconstituted Flipper last Friday with The Locust's Justin Pearson on co-vocals,  it seemed appropriate I would finally write up The Locust CD that sold last month.   In a heavy order month, I could only play it once before shipping it out and the band isn't up on Spotify to do my usual playlist shuffle acclimation, but it is up on YouTube to watch the 3 video clips and listen start to finish a couple ...

  Artist: The Marshall Tucker Band Title: Searchin' For A Rainbow Label: Capricorn Format: LP Catalog Number: CPN 0161 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US late 70's reissue Sell Price: $5.06 Sell Date: 11/2/26 Condition: VG+/VG slight sticker tear over right side of logo Discogs Last Sold: 11/6/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $1.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.75 High: $11.11 Current low price: $2.00 G+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 101/22 Where Sold:  Hanover, PA 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 70's mainstay southern rock from Spartanburg, South Carolina.  This album had a couple big radio hits: "Fire On The Mountain" and a live redo of "Can't You See." To make things more complicated, "Can't You See" was issued again in 1977 on a single that charted #75 on Billboard after it bubbled under in 1973, but this 1975 a...

  Artist: Walter Carlos Title: Switched-On Bach Label:Columbia Masterworks Format: LP Catalog Number: MS 7194 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Sell Price: $23.74 Sell Date: 11/7/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 11/6/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $7.33 Average: $11.06 High: $71.25 Current low price: $2.99 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 7285/771 Where Sold:  Morzine, Haute Savoy, France 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 In between the time of it's release in 1969 and Platinum certification, Walter Carlos became Wendy Carlos.  I'm not using a "dead name" to make a political point, but since I'm writing about the artifict in question, it is credited to Walter and that is cemented in time. As far as Wendy's accomplishment, this is the album that introduced the synthesizer to the masses with pieces from the Bac...

  Artist: Sandy Denny Title: No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology Label:A&M Records Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 314 542 747-2 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition: US 2000 Sell Price: $9.49 Sell Date: 10/15/26 Condition: VG+VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 7/16/26 VG+/NM $8.88 Low: $2.99 Median: $8.00 Average: $7.73 High: $12.99 Current low price: $8.08 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 172/23 Where Sold: Springfield, IL Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Sandy Denny you would think would be a straight A for a 2-CD retrospective.  The problem is not every album is A-level and to get there you have to chop it down.  For someone that wants to invest a few hours in an overview from Fairport to the end, this certainly does the job.  For an even more expansive overview, the box set compiled by Joe Boyd and her widower Trevor Lucas that Hannibal put out...

  Artist: Rachael Davis Title: Minor League Deities Label: Aunt Farm Productions Format: CD Catalog Number: n/a Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year of Edition: US 2001 Sell Price: $2.53 Sell Date: 9/29/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 1/22/26 VG+/VG+ $1.50 Low: $1.22 Median: $1.50 Average: $1.75 High: $2.23 Current low price: $7.14 (Canada) Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 15/2 Where Sold: Dover, NH Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: mail order from label around 2001 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I mail ordered this CD from Rachael Davis on recommendation from Mary Lou Lord as someone to check out.  Since she wasn't around to see live, I mail ordered the record back when if you really wanted to hear something you still had to buy it.  I didn't hear anything that stood out when I heard it back then, and I guess she has long been in my mind as someone "for further review." Well, 25 years later that day...