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Dolomite-Venus (1991)

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  Artist: Dolomite Title: Venus Label: Fiasco Format: 7" Catalog Number: n/a Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Yellow Vinyl Sell Price: $3.32 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/23 NM/VG+ NM/NM $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.74 Average: $3.65 High: $4.99 Current low price: $1.45 NM/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 68/9 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: early 90's In Your Ear Allston, MA Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Dolomite were one of those complete non-descript Chrome/Big Black inspired bands from Chicago that I loved so much in it's era.  They actually evolved into putting out a full lenght on the Thrill Jockey label around the time Neil Rosario joined Red Red Meat on guitar.  Drummer Rian Murphy was a bit more prolific being a manager at Drag City and having a hand in many of that labels releases in the 90's, even a co-bill releas...
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David Bowie-David Live (1974)

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  Artist: David Bowie Title:  David Live Label: RCA Victor Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: CPL2-0771 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $6.51 Sell Date: 8/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 6/16/26   VG+/VG+ $5.77 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.38 Average: $5.10 High: $7.95 Current low price: $4.99 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 87/83 Where Sold: Canadaigua, NY Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It seems that David Live got a bit of the short shift critically and for the life of me, I can't understand why.  The arrangement are different enough to be worth hearing.  The band sounds great.  The song selection is peak Bowie on the Diamond Dogs tour featuring a half dozen tracks from there, 4 from Aladdin Sane, a few from Ziggy, old hit "Changes" from Hunky Dory and "The Width of A Circle" from The Man Who Sold The Wo...
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Crush-Squeaky b/w Taller Than Jesus (1990)

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  Artist: Crush Title: Squeaky b/w Taller Than Jesus Label: Time To Develop Format: 7" Catalog Number: T5 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/15/26 VG+/VG+ $1.67 Low: $1.52 Median: $3.19 Average: $3.59 High: $7.56 Current low price: $2.00  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 22 Have/Want: 96/43 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: new early 90's probably In Your Ear in Allston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The second of 3 Crush singles, like the first, has a B-side not on the otherwise exhaustive compilation The Clown Sessions CD from the mid-90's that also sold in this order.  Of course, since the band only had three singles, I assumed the compilation was exhaustive, but I should have put two and two together since the buyer bought the first two with the comp, but not the third. I did play the single to t...
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Voyage-The Best of Voyage (1991)

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  Artist: Voyage Title:  The Best of Voyage Label: Sirocco/Hot Productions Format: CD Catalog Number: HTCD 12 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Sell Price: $8.99 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 11/27/25 NM/VG+ $6.20 Low: $3.60 Median: $6.95 Average: $7.53 High: $14.99 Current low price: $6.29 (Japan), $13.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 40/21 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took To Sell:  1 year Where and When Bought: found in discarded CD bag on street Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No My outdoor bag of abandoned CD's last year continues to bear selling fruit.  This time it's the French disco group Voyage.  This 1991 compilation has since been recompiled, but the material is roughly the same.  The first two albums were US Billboard hits on the top 200 LP and even #1 on the dance chart.  The self titled debut peaked at #40, the follow up Fly Away in 1978 peak...
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Teen Angels-Teen Dream b/w Julie's Jazz Odyssey (1995)

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  Artist: Teen Angels Title: Teen Dream b/w Julie's Jazz Odyssey Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Catalog Number: SP 305 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/6/26 NM/VG+ $1.60 Low: $0.75 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.50 High: $13.51 Current low price: $2.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 235/36 Where Sold: Rancho MIllbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: new mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Kind of redundant grunge featuring standout vocalist Kelly Canary who knocked it out of the park for Sub Pop a few years before covering the Supersuckers' "Saddle Tramp."   Teen Angels were her one shot at a full length and this single was a pre-release to the album Daddy (so far as I remember). Canary went on to who knows God what in Earth.  This artifact signaled that having Kelly's voice in your life was fun b...
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Scrawl-Travel On, Rider (1996)

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  Artist: Scrawl Title: Travel On, Rider Label: Elektra Format: CD Catalog Number: 61934-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 Gold stamp promo Sell Price: $3.49 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 7/31/26 NM/VG+ $3.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.75 High: $5.81 Current low price: $3.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 39/6 Where Sold: Rancho MIllbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: used guessing Sounds NYC circa 1996 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Wholly excellent later Scrawl record.  The band was at least ten years in at this point and and finally reached the majors for their 5th album.  Some of it (approximately have) was recorded by Steve Albini.  There is a bit of a roar on the record overall, they didn't try to sound like a "major label" production and they got a follow-up a couple years later before calling it a day until recent reunion shows...
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Black Sabbath-Paranoid (1970)

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  Artist: Black Sabbath Title:  Paranoid Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Quadrophonic Catalog Number: WB L9W 1887 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $110.00 Sell Date: 8/13/26 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/7/25 VG+/no cover $39.00 Low: $36.00 Median: $39.00 Average: $61.67 High: $110.00 Current low price: n/a Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 8/163 Where Sold: Rancho Cordova, CA 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: Yes I'm keeping with the Saturday tradition, we have a Black Sabbath sale to discuss.  When I got this Paranoid Quad 8-track in a lot, I was tempted to find a Quad 8-track player, fantasizing that I could get a combo quad turntable/8-track under $100 and get my oversized speakers finally out of Kenny's storage space after all these years, but they all run around $250 for the component plus I'd have to get a quad ...
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