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Led Zeppelin-IV (1971)

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  Artist: Led Zeppelin Title: Led Zeppelin IV Label: Atlantic Format: Cassette Catalog Number: CS 19129 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1977 white shell reissue Sell Price: $7.99 Sell Date: 4/30/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:2/23/26 NM/VG+ $8.11 Low: $1.99 Median: $5.99 Average: $7.02 High: $19.99 Current  low price:  $4.00 G+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 583/669 Where Sold: Denver, CO Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No Whatever you want to call it IV (as YouTube and the RIAA have it) or Zoso or the Ruins Album or Untitled (as Discogs has it), this 1971 Led Zeppelin release is probably the most (over)played Rock album of all time.  With good reason.  I'm sick of it beyond all critical capacity, but on some level there isn't anything on it I don't find consistantly enjoyab...
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V.P.N.-V.P.N. (1992)

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Artist: V. P. N. Title: V. P. N. A: Penny /Bent Metal  B: Hey Bulldog /Counting The Moon Label: Dark Beloved Cloud Format: 7" Catalog Number: dbc005 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1992 yellow vinyl Sell Price: $3.55 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/26/25 M/NM $6.76 Low: $1.18 Median: $2.52 Average: $2.85 High: $6.76 Current  low price:  $2.05 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 76/23 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought: Other Music NYC sale bin $0.25 sticker still on it, bought in early aughts Gwiz-gau Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This early release on Dark Beloved Cloud I got maybe 10-15 years after release in the close out bin at Other Music across from Tower Records where the title was probably never stocked.  That label kept going until 2007.   This band was too early for the current vernacular ...
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The Glands of External Secretion-Demonstrate Congo Bob's Epic Saliva Torture (1992)

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  Artist: The Glands of External Secretion Title: Demonstrate Congo Bob's Epic Saliva Torture Hide Your Love Away /Stupid People Hate Fuck Label: Starlight Furniture Co. Format: 7" Catalog Number: STAR-1 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1992 single sided etched Sell Price: $3.87 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:1/8/26 VG+/VG+ $4.36 Low: $1.00 Median: $5.53 Average: $5.55 High: $6.76 Current  low price:  $2.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 154/59 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought: new NYC Kim's Underground Gwiz-gau Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No The Glands of External Secretion was a collaboration between Barbara Manning and Bananafish zine publisher Seymour Glass.  This means a sweetly sung Beatles cover paired with a poem rant on a one-sided record that can't be streamed.  I did have auditory recollec...
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Crystlzd Mvmnts-The Lowest Step b/w In A Room (1991)

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  Artist: Crystlzd Mvmnts Title: The Lowest Step b/w In A Room Label: No. 6 Format: 7" Catalog Number: KAR 010 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991 red vinyl Sell Price: $4.42 Sell Date: 4/21/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/06 M/NM $7.06 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.71 Average: $5.53 High: $11.76 Current  low price:  $4.50 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 115/40 Where Sold: DeKalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought: new Boston Newbury Comics when released Gwiz-gau Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No I'm not sure why Crystalized Movements issued this single as Crystlzd Mvmnts.  Perhaps it is a truncated version of the band, since this record sounds a little 4-trackish.  The B-side , " In A Room" covers an obscure 60's band of teenagers from Detroit called Mystic Shiva.  When you listen to the full album you are reminded how commercially popula...
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Duran Duran-Duran Duran (1981)

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  Artist: Duran Duran Title: Duran Duran Label: Capitol Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 7 46042-2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 reissue Sell Price: $7.98 Sell Date: 4/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:11/21/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $2.93 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.95 High: $15.14 Current  low price:  $9.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 86/118 Where Sold: Whitestone, NY Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This 1983 reissue of the first Duran Duran album may be the reason I hated this band for many years and didn't give this record a chance to change my mind until now.  This the original one is at least a B+, maybe better, certainly for Brit Pop allegiants.   Reissued after Rio and before Seven and The Ragged Tiger, the bands pop hits were all over the place and seeped into Ro...
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Steely Dan-Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)

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  Artist: Steely Dan Title:  Countdown To Ecstasy Label: MCA Format: CD Catalog Number: MCAD-11887 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1998 remastered Sell Price: $6.95 Sell Date: 4/25/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:3/5/26 NM/NM $8.00 Low: $2.99 VG/no cover Median: $7.03 Average: $7.34 High: $10.90 Current  low price:  $4.99 VG+/VG+ no traycard, $7.00VG/VG+  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 1092/200 Where Sold: Tucson, AZ Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Despite having 4 bonafide AOR hits, at least in New England ("Bohisattvia," "My Old School," "The Boston Rag" and "Show Biz Kids"), Countdown To Ecstacy still somehow hasn't gone Platinum like the rest of the Steely Dan catalog did in one fell swoop in 1993.  In fact, it took 5 years to even go Gold in 1978!  Shocking, but it...
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Ashtabula-Unbearable Lightness b/w Archipelago (Edit) (1996)

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  Artist:  Ashtabula Title: Unbearable Lightness b/w Archipelago (Edit) Label: Siltbreeze Format: 7" Catalog Number:SB-44 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: 11/18/25 NM/VG+ $2.99 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.39 High: $5.00 Current  low price:  $1.50 VG/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 123/14 Where Sold: Dekalb, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years  Where and When  Bought: guessing Kim Underground NYC mid 90's Gwiz-gau Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Ashtabula was a late 90's band whose members did other things that were more known.  I just bought it as something new I was unfamiliar with in the mid-90's to play on the radio.  Being on the Siltbreeze label generally was reason enough for consideration. Vocalist/guitarist Bob Malloy was also in Strapping Field Hands, Richard Frave...
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