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The Kinks-Did Ya (1991)

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  Artist: The Kinks Title: Did Ya Label: Columbia Format: CD EP Catalog Number: 44K 74050 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991  Sell Price: $7.59 Sell Date: 5/13/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/96 NM/NM $9.99 Low: $2.70 2/23/23 VG+/VG+ Median: $5.00 Average: $6.15 High: $19.95 9/16/22 NM/NM Current  low price:  $5.86 VG/VG+ (Israel), $15.95 M/NM (US) Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 190/22 Where Sold: Austin, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No A new label, a new EP for The Kinks.  This 5-song EP opens with it's namesake "Did Ya."  Makes you think of the Jeff Lynne produced Traveling Willbury meets "Sunny Afternoon."  The Sunny refrain "in the summertime" reoccurs and of course Lynne had "Do Ya" with the Move & ELO.  Ray Davies himself produced this an...

Nirvana-Nevermind (1991)

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  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Nevermind Label: DGC/Sub Pop Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD 24425 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991 Columbia Record Club edition Sell Price: $6.85 Sell Date: 5/8/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/25 NM/NM $14.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $5.75 Average: $7.03 High: $28.54 NM/NM Current  low price:  $4.50 VG/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 861/831 Where Sold: Austin, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No My first copy of Nevermind I bought right when it came out but I had this record club copy from a CD lot I got a few years back.  I'm trying to remember the last time I voluntarily had the urge to listen to this start to finish and my guess is somewhere around 1992.  Other people might've played it after that circa 1993 and bars with a CD jukebo...

The Phantom Pregnancies-Special Child EP (1996)

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  Artist: The Phantom Pregnancies Title:  Special Child EP Label: Troubleman Unlimited Format: 7" Catalog Number: TMU 010 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1996 Sell Price: $3.54 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 7/31/20 VG+/VG+ $2.94 Low: $2.94 Median: $3.54 Average: $3.49 High: $4.00 Current  low price:  $3.03 NM/NM Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 30/17 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought:  somewhere new in the mid 90's guessing Nuggets Boston Gwiz-gau Grade:  C Sad To See  It Go: No London garage punk band fronted by screamer Delia Sparrow.  Interestingly, she contributed liner notes on a Raincoats album called Moving a couple years prior.  She has also managed to be in a litany of bands like Baby Birkin, Mambo Taxi, Manic Cough, Punjab Rovers,  Reverend Pike, The A-Lines, Action Time, The Schla L...

Various Artists-Footprints of God (1988)

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  Artist: Variuos Artists (Master of the Obvious, Woodchipper, Eclectic Bitch, Isolation Farm, A Dying Gymnast) Title: Footprints of God Label: Tulpa Productions Format: 7" Catalog Number: TP001 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $4.42 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/13/26 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $4.46 Average: $5.82 High: $17.44 Current  low price:  $4.70 (Euro),  $4.99 (US) Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want:86/30 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought:  Second Coming Cambridge MA late 80's Gwiz-gau Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This 7" comp  came from the Connecticut label Tulpa Productions.  Willamantic to be exact where the Populous Pudding venue sprung up a year or two after.  I bought this record because I had a great Masters of the Obvious single, so seeing that name...

GBH-Midnight Madness and Beyond... (1986)

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  Artist: GBH Title:  Midnight Madness and Beyond ... Label: Combat Core Format: LP Cat #: CC 8067 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Camouflage Label Listed Condition: VG+/G 2" x 4" cover peeled off water damage vinyl great Sell Date: 5/3/26 Sell Price: $14.16 Discogs Last Sold: 11/13/25 NM/NM $25.00 Low: $9.99 Median: $22.03 Average: $21.83 High: $40.00 Current low price: $19.95 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 873/148 Where Sold: Stevensville, MT Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: used Worcester 87 ish $3.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go:  No This 1986 GBH album is in that sweet spot, sort've like Flick Of The Switch by AC/DC where the band has created their masterpieces, are still close to the peak of their powers as a live touring band, and have seemingly tossed off an album of less significance with many more to go.  The difference between a band in it's first decade and a...

Unholy Swill-Hellgoat b/w Bad Yams (1992)

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  Artist: Unholy Swill Title: Hellgoat b/w Bad Yams Label: Noiseville Overthere Format: 7" Catalog Number: #35 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 1992 Orange Vinyl Noiseville Monthly Singles Series Sell Price: $3.54 Sell Date: 4/2126 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/24/26 VG+/VG+ $2.33 Low: $0.68 Median: $3.49 Average: $3.77 High: $7.56 Current  low price:  $2.72 (UK), $3.00 (US) Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want:87/19 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought:  somewhere in the 90's Gwiz-gau Grade:  C Sad To See  It Go: No The 6th Unholy Swill single was getting to be too much of a good thing.  An endless procession of dirty noise rock in short bursts.  This one was issued in the UK as part of a short lived monthly series, jumping on the Sub Pop bandwagon a bit after the fact.  Noiseville was one of the primier labels of the ge...

King Krab-Shapous Head b/w Ran From My Grave (1990)

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  Artist: King Krab Title: Shapous Head b/w Ran From My Grave Label: Horton/Reflex Format: 7" Catalog Number: HR-007 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $3.55 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/22/26 NM/NM $3.25 Low: $0.97 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.63 High: $7.76 Current  low price:  $1.33 VG+/VG+  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 77/12 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought: Boston Nuggets $3.50 early 90's sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No This was one of those singles I picked up on a whim from the Nuggets singles bin knowing nothing about it.  I liked it when I head it but didn't have any recollection of either side.  The A-side kicks off with a "Journey To The Center Of Your Mind" feel before settling into more garage rock fare.  The B-side sounded to me like an early...