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Steely Dan-A Decade of Steely Dan (1985)

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  Artist: Steely Dan Title:  A Decade of Steely Dan Label: MCA Format: CD Catalog Number: MCAD-5570 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US remaster Sell Price: $3.79 Sell Date:  10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/15/26 VG+/VG+ $1.40 Low: $0.94 Median: $1.97 Average: $2.29 High: $5.19 Current low price: $1.25 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 502/31 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No When I first saw this compilation in a dozen CD order, I thought this was a low priority title to write about with about 30 titles backlogged.  Not only had I written about several pieces of the main catalog of the Dan, but those efforts were fairly recent. This CD was compiled in 1985, the dawn of the repackaged for CD era, where single discs where maxed out with 70 minutes of music and sold for $15.98 list price....
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse-Psychedelic Pill (2012)

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  Artist: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Title: Psychedelic Pill Label: Reprise Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 531980-2 Year of Release: 2012 Country and Year of Edition: US 2012 with booklet Sell Price: $8.54 Sell Date: 10/15/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 10/13/26 VG+/VG+ $6.07 Low: $3.00 Median: $7.50 Average: $7.90 High:$18.33 Current low price: $3.00 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 1010/128 Where Sold: Tunbridge, VT Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Of all the albums Neil Young has cranked out in his later years (say the last 20-25 or so), Psychedelic Pill may very well be my favorite.  At least, of the half dozen or so that I've heard.  At some point he put out so much archival stuff I couldn't keep up even with his new albums.  For whatever reason though, I was able to focus on a download of this title enough even if he ...
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Grateful Dead-American Beauty (1970)

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  Artist: Grateful Dead Title: American Beauty Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: W2 1893 Year of Release: 1970  Country and Year of Edition: US  80's or 90's Columbia House  Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/26/26 NM/VG+ $6.75 Low: $1.62 Median: $3.28 Average: $3.62 High:$7.78 Current low price: $2.65 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 189/249 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No I had one of those nights that I snapped awake at 4:30AM and decided to get up and listen to something before it shipped.  Something not too long and not too punishing.  Why not the comfortable old shoe of American Beauty that was in the shipping pile?  The perfect length where I was hoping I would listen, then go back to bed. Some things with American Beauty stood ou...
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The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers (1971)

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  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Sticky Fingers Label: Rolling Stones Records Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 40488 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US  1990 Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/26 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.36 High:$4.07 Current low price: $8.55 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 34/289 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Sticky Fingers sold in a large sale of mostly 80's/early 90's masterings.  Sticky Fingers made it's debut on CD in 1986 when Sony took over the Rolling Stones Records catalog.  This remaster came in 1990 before Virgin took over the catalog in 1994 for it's own remastering series.  The early years of CD's were, shall we say, low frills.  It was the "magic" of CD quality that enabled ...
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Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio-Customs (2004)

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  Artist: Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio Title: Customs Label: Moneyshot Format: CD Catalog Number: M#6 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition: US  2004 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 9/15/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/11/26 VG/VG+ $2.99 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.64 High:$3.36 Current low price: $2.71 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 15/2 Where Sold: St. Louis, MO Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought:  Etheria dollar bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No I found this album in the used CD close-out bin sometime in the mid-aughts.  I think it was recommended to me by a publicist.  When you want to know what publicists really like, well I don't think she was on the job but maybe she was.  Anyway, Joel RL Phelps prior band Silkworm who he recently graced in it's reformation was loved and lauded by many people I knew for Firewater, but Phelps left by that point to do hi...
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Rush-Chronicles (1990)

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Artist: Rush Title: Chronicles Label: Mercury Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 838 936-2 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: US  1990 Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 9/19/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/18/26 G/VG $3.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.78 Average: $5.03 High:$14.00 Current low price: $3.97 (UK), $8.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 261/28 Where Sold: Wood Cross, UT Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Rush were such an album band when I bought their records that I never really acknowledged their CD-era compilation Chronicles, despite it selling it's million copies (double platinum US due to two discs).  I stopped at Power Windows 5 years before this came out and never replaced Rush vinyl on CD in the 80's.   As far as compilations go, this is a pretty good sampler of their key tracks up through 1990.   Helpfu...
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Bob Dylan-Desire (1976)

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  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Desire Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33893 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US  1976 Black shell Sell Price: $8.11 Sell Date: 10/9/26 Condition: VG+/G Pro refurbish tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 6/14/26 G+/no cover $2.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.15 High:$6.15 Current low price: $4.99 VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 61/127 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  Ebay auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No The time has finally come where I get to write about my absolute favorite Bob Dylan album Desire.  I first heard and got the "Hurricane" 45 in late 1975 around of for Christmas, before the album came out in early '76 while I was still in Kindergarden.  I had all the 60's stuff passed down and Blood On The Tracks was heavily played by my mother throughout 1975 after my friends mother h...
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