The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Who Title: The Who By Numbers Label: MCA Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MCAT-2161 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/23 VG+/generic $3.51 Low: $2.99 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.25 High: $3.51 Current  low price:  $4.18 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 63/44 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No The Who By Numbers was deemed to be slight and less-commercial along the lines of Zep's Presence or Springsteen's Nebraska.  It went Gold in the US out of the gate but didn't hit the Platinum mark until 1993 after years of being a "super saver" in the midline bin.  Like those steady sellers, a cutout, but perpetually on sale.  This 8-track that sold radically reshuffles the track or...

Artist: Opeth Title:  Blackwater Park Label: Koch Format: CD Catalog Number: KOC-CD-8237 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year  of Edition: US repress Sell Price: $7.11 Sell Date: 4/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/28/26 M/M $15.00 Low: $4.00 Median: $6.49 Average: $6.84 High: $15.00 Current  low price:  $4.75 VG/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 137/119 Where Sold: Winnetka, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Buught: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No Blackwater Park is album number 5, roughly 6 years after their debut for Swedish prog metal band Opeth.  The album is now a quarter of a century on and 5 years after a 20th anniversary edition.  However metal in all it's editions general sell, particularly something like this. Opeth is one of those bands I've liked when I first heard them a few albums after this one,  Basically I liked the ep...

  Artist: Billy Joel Title:  52nd Street Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: FCA-35609 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1978 Dolby Sell Price: $3.09 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 5/22/25 VG+/no cover $3.11 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.64 High: $3.11 Current  low price:  $1.99  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 511 Have/Want: 115/49 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A- Sad To See  It Go: No I always thought 52nd Street was a bit of a tail-off from The Stranger strictly in terms of start to finish listenability.  As a kid that was because I thought side two flagged a little bit.  The 8-track shuffles the deck, and doubles up on the side 1 closer "Zanzibar" to eat up some space on a couple tracks, cleverly edited in the middle to open up track 2 with the instrument...

  Artist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive Title:  Not Fragile Label: Mercury Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MC8-1-1004 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  Low: $2.57 Median: $2.77 Average: $2.77 High: $2.98 Current  low price:  $4.00 VG/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 10/13 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Despite the sneers of the people commonly refering to the band as Bachman Turner Overweight, I have to say BTO's Not Fragile album is a solid album.  The album is lean and mean and not bloated with overlong tracks despite only having 9 of them.  I always thought it was #1 Billboard because of  the massive "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and nothing else.  This despite the fact that "Roll...

  Artist: Pavement Title: Slanted and Enchanted Label: Matador Format: CD Catalog Number: OLE 038-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year  of Edition: US SRC Reissue Sell Price: $5.14 Sell Date: 3/30/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/26 VG+/G+ $7.22 Low: $0.77 Median: $4.77 Average: $4.85 High: $15.00 Current  low price:  $4.80 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 279/197 Where Sold: Westerville, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No I guess I was bound to get around to writing about this copy of Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted that just sold.  I plucked it out of a CD lot a couple years ago remembering I sold the last one long after the Redux reissue was bought new and sold.  Including Redux I think this is the 4th copy of this I've had over the years including the one I bought when it came out th...

  Artist: Electric Light Orchestra Title: Eldorado: A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra Label: United Artists Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: UA EA-399G Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/26 VG+/VG+ $4.99 Low: $2.30 Median: $4.98 Average: $4.25 High: $5.99 Current  low price:  $3.86 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 47/60 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Eldorado was one of those solid ELO's records I never had until sort've recently.  Now I've got it several times over on vinyl and 8-track from different lot purchases.  I was fine to have "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" on the greatest hits album with the medal that skipped the Discovery album entirely to focus on the prior records up until Out...