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Yes-Close To The Edge (1972)

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  Artist: Yes Title: Close To The Edge Label: Atlantic Format: CD Catalog Number: A2 19133 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1987  Columbia House edition Sell Price: $6.95 Sell Date: 3/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/16/26 VG/VG+ $1.88 Low: $1.88 Median: $6.95 Average: $6.87 High: $11.99 Current  low price:  $2.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:8 Have/Want:118/191 Where Sold: Burnsville, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No Close To The Edge is one of those titles that I have on vinyl, 8-track and CD, sometimes multiples in those formats.  This is to the point that I almost pulled the wrong one that was ordered, which was an 80's mastered record club version instead of a later remaster I also had.  This was in part because the buyer also got a more recent remastering of Floyd's Wish You Were Here....
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Arthur Prysock-Coast To Coast (1963)

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  Artist: Arthur Prysock Title: Coast To Coast Label: Old Town Format: LP Catalog Number: LP 2005 Year of Release: 1963 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1963 Sell Price: $4.45 Sell Date: 2/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/2/25 VG+/generic $3.5 Low: $0.71 Median: $2.35 Average: $2.86 High: $8.99 Current  low price:  $0.50 F/F,  $2.25 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:35 Have/Want:106/6 Where Sold: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No I've been told on more than a few occasions by different people that the BUSINESS of selling records is about volume not about getting best price.  Volume collecting is also a different beast, because when you do it on a budget you are looking to buy a bunch of different titles that aren't moving and get them at the cheapest price point possible.  I was engaging in the addic...
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The Holy Modal Rounders-The Holy Modal Rounders I & II (1999)

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  Artist: The Holy Modal Rounders Title:  The Holy Modal Rounders I & II Label: Fantasy Format: CD Catalog Number: FCD 24711-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1999 Sell Price: $7.10 Sell Date: 2/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/2/25 VG+/VG+ $9.98 Low: $1.85 Median: $6.00 Average: $6.31 High: $12.41 Current  low price:  $5.65 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:14 Have/Want:202/26 Where Sold: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No The first 2 albums from Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber's folk group issued  on Prestige in 1964 and 1965 were compiled together on this 1999 reissue CD on Fantasy Records.  These two albums have been compiled together since 1972 when Fantasy issued Stempfel and Weber as a double album.  Peter still plays around small places Otto's Shrunken Head In NYC to th...
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Various Artists-Artist's Choice: The Rolling Stones: Music That Matters To Them (2003)

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  Artist: Various Artists (James Brown, Al Green, Otis Redding, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Eddie Cochran, Little Ricard, Earl Bostic, Andre Williams, Sly & The Family Stone, The Itals, Sade, Aretha Franklin, The Isley Brothers, The Beach Boys) Title: Artist's Choice: The Rolling Stones: Music That Matters To Them Label: Hear Music/EMI Special Music Markets Format: CD Catalog Number: 72435-81055-2-0 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $3.86 Sell Date: 2/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/11/25 M/M $4.05 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.49 High: $9.99 Current  low price:  $2.14 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:27 Have/Want:251/11 Where Sold: Palm Beach Gardens, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No Starbucks had a decent concept circa 2003 when this came out.  Take some of the premier living songw...
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Dropkick Murphys-Signed and Sealed In Blood (2013)

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  Artist: Dropkick Murpnys Title:  Signed and Sealed In Blood Label: Born & Bred Records Format: CD Catalog Number:DKM2-532420 Year of Release: 2013 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2013 Sell Price: $7.73 Sell Date: 2/25/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/24/26 NM/VG+ $9.99 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.00 Average: $7.13 High: $15.00 Current  low price:  $5.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:3 Have/Want: 708/135 Where Sold: Maplewood, NJ Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Dropkick Murphys were one of those bands that were recommended to me early in their history ever since they had a split single with the Ducky Boys as the next wave of Boston Oi somewhere in the mid-90's when the Rat was still around in Kenmore Square shortly after I moved to NYC.  Funny I just checked and that same friend recently was talking abou a new band Haywire while we...
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Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson-Y U I Orta (1989)

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  Artist: Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson Title: Y U I Orta Label: Lemon Recordings Format: CD Catalog Number:CD LEM 6 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 1989 Sell Price: $9.42 Sell Date: 2/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/26 M/M $13.50 Low: $3.98 Median: $10.00 Average: $9.93 High: $15.66 Current  low price:  $9.44 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:25 Have/Want: 202/36 Where Sold: Hixon, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See  It Go: No I was going to say this was an album of decenct songs ruined by the 80's production.  Bernard Edwards of Chic was the culprit.  When old British guys want some R&B bonafides there is none more credible than Chic alum but this ain't Let's Dance and Y U I Orata didn't really set the world ablaze.  Hunter & Ronson knew this and tacked on  two Mick Ronson tracks.  "How Much More Can...
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Ian Hunter-Rant (2001)

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  Artist: Ian Hunter Title: Rant Label: Fuel 2000 Format: CD Catalog Number: 302 061 116 2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year  of Edition: US2 2001 Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 2/17/26 Condition: M/M Discogs Last Sold: 12/19/25 VG+/VG+ $6.76 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.77 Average: $4.02 High: $7.00 Current  low price:  $3.51 NM/NM Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want: 301/13 Where Sold: Hixon, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Ian Hunter had a big stretch of albums I never paid attention to between "All Of The Good Ones Are Taken" and Shrunken Heads from 2007, which I would have ignored if it wasn't recommended to me.  I saw him around that time as well at a free outdoor gig on one of Manhattan's Pier stages.  I pulled this out of somebody's $2 liquidation lot a couple year ago.  The shrink wrap never came of and I've been acquaint...
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