The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Scorpions Title: Blackout Label: Mercury Format: CD Catalog Number: 314 534 786-2 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $7.34 Sell Date: 8/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/25/26 NM/NM $5.99 Low: $4.00 Median: $7.49 Average: $8.02 High: $12.89 Current low price: $8.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 397/99 Where Sold: Houston, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Certainly the best album of the Scorpions Mercury years, Blackout the album is a teutonic titanic 80's metal album, on par with anything put out in 1982 in that realm. Up there with Screaming For Vengence and The Number of The Beast for sure as career defining albums.   The first side however captures the whole breadth of style within their rockers and ballad format that made them so popular.  Everybody loves Klaus Meine and his voice which c...

  Artist: Dropkick Murphys Title:  The Warrior's Code Label: Hellcat Format: CD Catalog Number: 80472-2 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition: US 2005 Sell Price: $3.68 Sell Date: 8/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  8/1/26 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $1.48 Median: $3.53 Average: $3.86 High: $8.99 Current low price: $2.12 (Belgium ex-library CD), $5.00 (US VG+/VG+) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 352/42 Where Sold: Ocean Isle, NC Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This is the album where the Rancid meets Pogues template somehow made an unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyric a Jock Jam.  "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" made it to Boston sports arenas the way "Blitzkreig Bop" came to NYC.  It seems odd in a way for a band that came up through the Rat and so forth but this polished bagpipe infused Irish Boston Punk Rock sounds like an original and enjoyable take...

  Artist: Michael Jackson Title: Got To Be There Label: Motown Format: LP Catalog Number: M 747L Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 Sell Price: $7.63 Sell Date: 7/31/26 Condition: F/F Discogs Last Sold:  7/2/26 G+/VG $6.99 Low: $4.22 Median: $15.49 Average: $20.22 High: $65.00 Current low price: $4.61 (Germany) F/VG, $11,00 G+/F (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 656/366 Where Sold: Omaha, NE Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No With Motown's heavy hitters Stevie, Marvin and Smokey moving on to Tamala and taking a less communal approach to artistry, Motown needed some new solo stars in 1972.  Enter 12 year old Michael Jackson, who already had a Greatest Hits album under his belt as child leader of the Jackson Five.  Got To Be There was Michael's solo debut dated 1971 on the cover and issued in January 1972.  It peaked at #14 Billboard a...

  Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title:   Darkness On The Edge Of Town Label: Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 35318 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: Canada reissue likely post 2005 Sell Price: $9.49 Sell Date: 7/31/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/24/26 NM/NM $4.50 Low: $2.00 Median: $4.25 Average: $9.66 High: $34.95 Current low price: $3.50 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 283/108 Where Sold: Paoli, 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 "Poor man want to be rich, rich man want to be King, and a King ain't satisfied until he rules everything. "-Badlands "Mister. I ain't a boy. No. I'm a man. And I believe in a Promised Land. "-The Promised Land This is the first Springsteen album I ever heard and remains my absolute favorite.  I bought the record for my Dad, so since it came out June '78, I'm going to guess...

  Artist: The Mothers Title:   Just Another Band From L. A. Label: Reprise Format: LP Catalog Number: MS 2075 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US reissue 70's Sell Price: $5.46 Sell Date: 7/29/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold:  3/21/26 VG+/VG+ $12.00 Low: $2.99 Median: $11.49 Average: $15.15 High: $43.79 Current low price: $5.00 P/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 631/100 Where Sold: San Rafael, CA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: Worcester early to mid 80's $3.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See It Go: No The early 70's Mothers (in this case 1971 Mothers) is the least listenable period of Zappa.  Flo & Eddie are here joining Ian Underwood on winds, keyboards and vocals, Don Preston on keyboards & MIniMoog, Jim Pons on bass & vocals, Aynsley Dunbar on drums and of course Zappa at the front man for the whole thing. More theatre than music, we get a side l...

  Artist: Boss Hog Title:   Boss Hog Label: DGC Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD 24811 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $3.67 Sell Date: 7/28/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/15/26 NM/NM $11.48 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.18 Average: $4.99 High: $13.77 Current low price: $3.67 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 339/37 Where Sold: Tacoma, WA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: used Venus NYC $10 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Boss Hog's major label shot was one of those records that didn't really affect the bands trajectory in terms of listenability or commercial success.  The cute single " I Dig You " spawned an EP that had a great cover of "12XU," which was a bigger highlight live and on record circa mid-90's than anything on the record.  The lineup had Hollis Queens drumming and Jens Jergensen on bass.  This was an established unit that...