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Soundtrack-Performance (1970)

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  Artist: Soundtrack (Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Bernard Krause, Ry Cooder, Buffy Saint-Marie, Mick Jagger, The Last Poets) Title: Performance Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BS 2554 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US  1970 Santa Maria Pressing Sell Price: $14.99 Sell Date: 9/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/15/26 VG/VG $8.00 Low: $2.81 VG/G+ 7/23/26 Median: $7.00 Average: $12.78 High:$69.99 5/20/26 M/NM Factory Sealed Current low price: $3.42 G/G, $10.99 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 1472/193 Where Sold: Freedom, PA Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Like most soundtracks, the start-to-finish listenability of Performance fades one you give it the obigatory spin.  Of course peak period Mick Jagger's "Memo From Turner" is the one everybody buys the record for.  That's a great song but don't sleep...
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Jimmy Buffett-Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes (1977)

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  Artist: Jimmy Buffett Title: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Label: ABC Records/GRT  Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 80220 AB 990 H Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US  1977 Sell Price: $9.54 Sell Date: 9/3/26 Condition: VG/VG untested with GRT slipcover Discogs Last Sold: 2/28/26 VG+/VG+ $10.76 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.98 Average: $8.35 High:$18.00 Current low price: $8.95 VG/rebuilt Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 34/20 Where Sold: Moraine, OH Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No I never was or wanted to be a Parrothead.  Jimmy Buffett has legions of followers, but my initial exposure was probably "Livingstone Saturday Night" on the FM Soundtrack in 1978.  That one was a little more rock than his mean, so I took this album out of the library at some point in the 70's.  The title track, the minor top 40 hit "Changes In Latitu...
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Monster Magnet-5 Reasons To Testify (2001)

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  Artist: Monster Magnet Title:  5 Reasons To Testify Label: A&M Records Format: CD Catalog Number: AMRR 10316-2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year of Edition: US  2001 Promo Sell Price: $4.74 Sell Date: 9/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/3/26 NM/VG+ $2.50 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.37 Average: $3.58 High:$7.00 Current low price: $1.94 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 73/19 Where Sold: Nashville, TN 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 As a quick promo overview of Monter Magnet then recent hit tracks, 5 Reasons To Testify does the job pretty admirably in, what? 20 minutes??  It kicks of with the song that broke them from Powertrip, " Space Lord "  then has the title track from that 1998 album.  Then it goes to the more recent God Says No from 2000 for "Silver Future" before wrapping with a couple from 1995's Dopes To Infini...
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Henry's Dream (1992)

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  Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Title:  Henry's Dream Label: Mute/Elektra Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 61323-2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US  1993 SRC Pressing Sell Price: $4.89 Sell Date: 9/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/13/26 NM/NM $13.99 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.80 High:$15.00 Current low price: $4.00 VG+/VG+  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 623/159 Where Sold: Nashville, TN 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 Nick Cave was 7 albums into his first solo decade when Henry's Dream came out in 1992.  The live standard bearer is the opener, "Papa Won't Leave You Henry" above and beyond everything else here.   Nick co-produced this album with Mick Harvey, and it sounds like a Nick Cave record.  Poetic and grumpy .  Established, assured and world weary.  Th...
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Paul McCartney-Pipes of Peace (1983)

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  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Pipes of Peace Label: Columbia/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: QCT 39149 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US  1983 Sell Price: $2.84 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/26 VG+/NM $2.84 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.12 Average: $2.77 High:$5.99 Current low price: $1.98 VG/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 249/36 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No I don't think I've ever been more disappointed with an album than I had with Pipes of Peace when it came out.  There were 2 records that were brand new that week that I was equally excited about.  The other one was Motley Crue's Shout At The Devil after their debut became a mainstay out of the bargain bin.   Pipes of Peace, however, had been a follow-up to Tug of War, whic...
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Paul McCartney-Flowers In The Dirt (1989)

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  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Flowers In The Dirt Label: Capitol/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: C4 91653 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: US  1989 Sell Price: $4.49 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 7/23/26 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.62 Average: $2.90 High:$10.00 Current low price: $0.89 VG+/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 341/41 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Paul's big album with Elvis Costello suffers a bit in hindsight from a late 80's production.  This was the tour I saw him for the first time in Worcester . It was a big deal at the time since it was his first US tour since 1976.  In his later years, he plays every few years most major cities even if he doesn't tour, it seems like he appears frequently.  The 11 O'clock new...
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The Decemberists-The Crane Wife (2006)

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  Artist: The Decemberists Title:  The Crane Wife Label: Capitol Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 0946 3 61618 2 0 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition: US  2006 Sell Price: $5.69 Sell Date: 9/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG +  Discogs Last Sold: 7/13/26 NM/NM $5.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.48 High:$15.73 Current low price: $3.51 (Canadian) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 340/90 Where Sold: Grand Rapids, MI Time It Took To Sell: 3  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No With all the 20th anniversary hubbub of the Decemberist's 4th LP The Cranes Wife, I thought I might as well get the write-up out of the way.  I bought this in a CD clearance lot a couple years ago and never heard it in it's day.  It has since been had the reissue expansion treatment.  Funny how you can ignore something so it seems new, but it is already 20 years on with additional bel...
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