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Bruce Springsteen-Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)

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  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...

The Mothers-Just Another Band From L. A. (1972)

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  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...

Boss Hog-Boss Hog (1995)

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  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...

Other Star People-Diamonds In The Belly Of The Dog (1999)

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  Artist: Other Star People Title:   Diamonds In The Belly Of The Dog Label: A&M Format: CD Catalog Number: 069 490 384-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition: US 1999 Sell Price: $2.84 Sell Date: 7/24/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/19/26 M/M $5.51 Low: $0.95 Median: $2.84 Average: $3.86 High: $10.98 Current low price: $1.99 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 75/24 Where Sold: Rio de Janiero, Brazil Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: roommate's discarded CD collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No Despite having Jennifer Finch from some L7 downtime and my old schoolmate Todd Phillips drumming a decade after Bullet LaVolta and more famously Julianna Hatfield's band, I initially found this late 90's commercial alternative album as unappealing as much of what came out in that time period.  I almost gave it a D minus after the first listen, but the unit clearly has some song sensibi...

Kingfish-Kingfish (1976)

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  Artist: Kingfish Title: K ingfish Label: Round Records Format: LP Catalog Number: RX-108 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $5.92 Sell Date: 7/18/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/21/26 NM/VG+ $21.58 Low: $2.00 VG/VG 2/18/26 Median: $9.97 Average: $14.33 High: $49.99 M/M Current low price: $1.19 VG/no cover, $1.99 VG/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 97 Have/Want: 2868/169 Where Sold: Waterloo, IL Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: whatnot lot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Bob Weir's mid 70's side band Kingfish subseqently is credited to Bob in his digital catalog.   I found this used for $5.99 in the mid-80's, sold it at some point and got this one in an auction lot a couple years ago.  I don't how I let it go so low below median price since this was a nice shape copy, but there may have been an overall run after Weir passed raising the median with high end...

Fatboy Slim-You've Come A Long Way Baby (1998)

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  Artist: Fatboy Slim Title:   You've Come A Long Way Baby Label: Astrawerks/Skint Format: CD Catalog Number: ASW 66247-2 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition: US 1998 Sell Price: $3.34 Sell Date: 7/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/22/26 VG+/VG+ $1.75 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.15 Average: $3.56 High: $10.00 Current low price: $0.99 G/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 86 Have/Want: 3531/270 Where Sold: Robertsdale, AL Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: used Rocket Science NYC $8.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Fatboy Slim's second album took a niche genre and made it extremely popular in 1998.  This was primarily on the strength of the videos that delivered the repetitive electronic DJ music from indistinguishable club music to comedy laden hits. Without the British cover of a morbidly obese character in a "I'm #1 So Why Try Harder" t-shirt exchanged for a wall jammed wooden shelf, something wa...

Supergrass-In It For The Money (1997)

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  Artist: Supergrass Title: In It For The Money Label: Capitol Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 7243  855228 2 6 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 7/10/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  6/14/26 G/VG $1.33 Low: $0.30 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.10 High: $6.00 Current low price: $0.90 NM/NM Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 32 Have/Want: 1047/55 Where Sold: Bethel Park, PA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: roommate CD giveaway  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No  There wasn't a sophomore slump on Supergrass' In It For The Money.  Every track is good or great.  I liked the band ever since I heard "Caught By The Fuzz" before the first record came out.  I think WFDU had an import CD single.  This album I got in the last 90's as a record club close out that sold some time ago.  This copy was a drill cut promo given from an old roommates sprin...