The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Carpenters Title:  Passage Label: A&M Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8T-4703 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 gray shell Sell Price:$3.32 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG/VG+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 6/25/25 VG/generic $3.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $3.32 Average: $3.43 High: $3.98 Current low price: $1.99 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 30/18 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  Passage is where the Carpenters go to create a new form of avant-muzak.  Sure, the type of MOR ballad they were known for, "I Just Fall In Love Again" is on it but they didn't have a hit with it.  Anne Murray did the following year it came out. There were three minor hits, but they weren't enough to make this a Gold record.  "Sweet Sweet Smile" barely missed the US top 40 peaking at #44.  That ...

 

  Artist: Mott The Hoople Title: Live Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33282 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US gray shell Sell Price:$3.78 --- credited Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: leader broke on testing Discogs Last Sold: 5/11/20 VG/not graded $2.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $3.38 Average: $3.38 High: $3.78 Current low price:  $1.25 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 19/10 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  Mott The Hoople are one of those bands I'd rather hear the studio versions of these songs than the Live ones.  I'm sure they were a "great band Live" in their day, but great songs sound less than monumental here.  Even the great opener "All The Way From Memphis" sounds a little flat.  Still I'm kicking myself for missing their return to the stage at the Beacon back in 2019....

  Artist: Todd Rundgren Title: Initiation Label: Bearsville Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 6957 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $3.52 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG/F untested Discogs Last Sold: 3/17/26 NM/VG+ $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.50 Average: $3.52 High: $5.00 Current low price:  n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 11/14 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No  Todd's 4th solo album, around when Utopia began running concurrently, I somehow never heard.  It is famous for being one of the most singularly long releases on two sided vinyl, clocking in well over an hour.  Last year a Record Store Day version expanded it over 4 sides.  The 8-track stuck to the track listing order.  The Prana intro of A Treatise of Open Fire which encompasses the second half of the record s...

  Artist: Nirvana Title: MTV Unplugged In New York Label: DGC Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD-24727 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 DADC Sell Price: $6.95 Sell Date: 7/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/26 VG/NM $4.23 Low: $1.48 Median: $5.00 Average: $4.79 High: $8.25 Current low price: $2.00 VG/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 448/352 Where Sold: Saco, ME 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  Nirvana's live MTV Unplugged record, like Meat Puppets II which has three songs the band covers here in a row, is something I never want to actually listen to compared to the rest of the catalog.  I feel like giving this a B- is a bit of bullshit, it probably is an A record objectively on some standard and Kurt certainly made the Vaseline's "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" and Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World"...

  Artist: Ted Nugent Title:  Cat Scratch Fever Label: Epic Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: JEA 34700 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 Sell Price: $2.94 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG/G label tear on spine, untested Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/25 VG+/no cover $1.50 Low: $1.50 Median: $2.85 Average: $2.70 High: $4.00 Current low price: $0.40 (Canada), $4.07 (US) Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 128/27 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No  Just in time for the 4th of July, I got a new 8-track order with the Nuge's commercial and arguably artistic apex of his golden decade that started with the Amboy Dukes. The song "Cat Scratch Fever" is probably the first one I remember from the 70's when I was around 7 or 8.  You couldn't escape that one, it was everywhere.  I bought my first copy of this used sometime...