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Artist: Birdland Title: Birdland Rock 'n' Roll Nigger b/w Protection / Roller Coaster /Fun Fun Fun Label: Lazy Records Format: 7" EP Catalog Number: LAZY 20 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1990 Sell Price: $3.49 Sell Date: 6/20/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 6/19/26 M/NM $5.00 Low: $0.66 Median: $2.72 Average: $2.66 High: $5.00 Current low price: $0.51 (UK), $2.96 NM/NM (US) Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 133 Have/Want: 874/39 Where Sold: Downers Grove, IL Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: Boston New Newbury Comics around $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No  Short lived late 80's/early 90's Birmingham, UK band with an obligatory, brief, 2010 reformation.  This EP covered the Patti Smith standard on the A-side with three solid originals on the B-side, none of which made the 1991 album.  I forgot why I bought this 7" at an import price way back when.  I'm thinking I saw i...

  Artist: Peter Wolf Title: Lights Out Label: EMI America Format: LP Catalog Number: SJ 17121 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984 Sell Price: $4.49 Sell Date: 6/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/26 VG/VG $2.00 Low: $1.11 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.78 High: $18.00 Current low price: $2.00 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 45 Have/Want: 366/19 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA 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  The solo debut from Peter Wolf after his divorce from the J. Geils Band in it's commercial peak was "modern" and synth laden with plenty of radio hits from production by Michael Jonzun of the Jonzun Crew.  That meant a pop record from the producer that went on to work with New Kids On The Block. Wolf was among singers that cut their teeth on Soul music of the 50's & 60's and were seeking relevence with 80's ...

  Artist: Jackson Browne Title:  Hold Out Label: Asylum Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 5T 8511 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 6/21/26 Condition: VG/VG tested   Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/25 VG+/generic  Low: $2.57 Median: $2.64 Average: $2.64 High: $2.71 Current low price: $2.00 VG+/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 26/10 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Ebay 8 track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No  Jackson Browne's Hold Out was the first album by him that I bought independently of my mother getting it.  This was solely due to having a number one album collection in 1980 and Hold Out made that apex for a week in September of that year.  I remember my mother was working at a Rite Aid when I bought the record at our local 24 hour store that sold new records.  I excitedly called to tell her, since...

Artist: Heart Title: Bebe Le Strange Label: Epic Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: FEA 36371 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $3.42 Sell Date: 6/10/26 Condition: VG/G untested, has bubbling, spine has some tearing  Discogs Last Sold: 3/1/24 VG/no cover $4.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $3.50 Average: $3.58 High: $4.00 Current low price: $3.00 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 32/18 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Ebay 8 track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No  With their syrupy mid-80's MOR hits, you'd forget that Heart earlier 80's records were still firmly rooted in Led Zeppelin inspired territory.  Bebe Le Strange was a big hit in it's day with the hit "Even It Up" but the rest of the album also seems very good overall.  The title track sounds like a Led Zeppelin live instrumental break of "Rock and Roll" (I think---this ha...

  Artist: King Crimson      Title: Red Label: Atlantic Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 18110 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Monarch pressing Sell Price: $26.87 Sell Date: 6/19/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/5/26 VG+/VG $33.33 Low: $10.00 VG/G+ Median: $27.49 Average: $27.35 High: $49.95 NM/VG+ 7/21/24 Current low price: $28.24 (Canadian) VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 1077/882 Where Sold: Quincy, IL 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  Generally flawless 5 track album from peak-period Crimson, Red is perhaps the best of the band or at least very close to In The Court Of The Crimson King.  The album was only issued in the US on Atlantic for a few years before EG took it over in 1977 for a half speed master version and into the CD era.  This was a decent copy that went close to it's median price...

  Artist: Peter Gabriel Title: Peter Gabriel Label: Mercury Format: LP Catalog Number: SRM-1-3848 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $7.06 Sell Date: 6/12/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/23/26 VG+/VG+ $12.12 Low: $1.99 Median: $12.81 Average: $14.91 High: $39.49 Current low price: $14.00 G+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 2576/350 Where Sold: Cordova, 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  I never had the deep affinity for Peter Gabriel's third (AKA "Melt") the way it quickly established itself it the criticsphere.  Friends like Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Paul Weller, Kate Bush and yes Phil Collins are anonymously all over it.  There is the "high art" stamp of the track "Biko" mixed with the air of commercial breakthrough with the radio hit "Games Without Frontiers" that puts the a...