The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Tulips Title:  Sweet and Hateful Choco Pig b/w Short/ Empty Place Label: Sonic Bubblegum Format: 7" Catalog Number: GUM007 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: US 1992 Pink Bubblegum Vinyl Sell Price: $2.32 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  2/28/25 NM/NM $0.98 Low: $0.98 Median: $2.29 Average: $2.41 High: $4.05 Current low price: $1.99 NM/NM Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 47/18 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: Either given by band or bought at Nuggets when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I had a 10-piece order of 90's noise rock singles and CD's the other day.  9 out of 10 were in my storage space and had been since 2010.  The lone remaining CD was a Swami records comp owned previously by the guitarist Jimmy Fountain that joined this band after this single was released.  It's always shocking when singles f...

  Artist: Thin Lizzy Title:  'Live and Dangerous' Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: 3213-2 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 Sell Price: $7.59 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  8/9/26 NM/NM $10.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $6.98 Average: $7.57 High: $19.00 Current low price: $5.39 (UK) $6.99 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 688/103 Where Sold: Highland, IN 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 'Live and Dangerous' is one of the best 70's double live albums, fully listenable on it's own and not making one pine for the studio versions the way some live albums do.  I think much of it has to do with much of the bands catalog not being easily available in the US when Jailbreak broke and really only Johnny The Fox and Bad Reputation were commercially successful here in it's wake. This meant the cruci...

  Artist: Crush Title:  Hot Tracks Sexy Fish b/w 30/30 Face Label: Time To Develop Format: 7" Catalog Number: T3 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $3.51 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  4/15/26 VG+/VG+ $1.09 Low: $0.71 Median: $2.80 Average: $2.71 High: $6.90 Current low price: $1.09 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 87/39 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Crush was first presented to me as a side project of Big Dipper's Gary Weleik.  Mark Erdody from Kudgel had a cassette of the band and he was playing it while we were in his car circa 1989 or maybe even 1990.  Mostly what stood out was the Crush theme song, but I bought whatever I could find by the band which at the time was this single. Later on, all this music was compiled and the band was renam...

  Median: $7.00 Artist: Martin Denny Title:   Exotica Label: Liberty Format: LP Catalog Number: LRP 3034 Year of Release: 1957 Country and Year of Edition: US 1959 mono Sell Price: $8.54 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold:  8/6/26 VG/VG+ $7.00 Low: $2.66 Average: $7.15 High: $19.87 Current low price: $5.00 VG/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 617/256 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No This is an odd record to write about or sell for me.  I generally don't go too deep into easy listening or exotica, but Exotia by Martin Denny is the granddaddy of them all hitting number one on Billboard in 1959.  Somehow I knew the back of my head maxim when I got this in auction lot fashion for a buck or two that "Exotica sells."  I guess I was also curious to hear it which often is a dollar bin decider....

  Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Title:  One More From The Road Label: MCA Records Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 068  112 657-2 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 2001 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Sell Price: $9.30 Sell Date: 8/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/20/26 VG+/VG+ $12.00 Low: $4.26 Median: $10.00 Average: $10.49 High: $21.58 Current low price: $8.43 (Japan) $8.99 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 208/39 Where Sold: Middle Village, NY Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The 70's double live album in general was usually something I'd bury as a one-timer.  Occasionally there are exceptions, but this one I never even had this Lynyrd Skynyrd live mainstay until recently.  I still have a vinyl copy of One More From The Road, but the copy that sold was an expanded double CD reissue from 2001.  The way it is broke n up...

  Artist: Scorpions Title: Blackout Label: Mercury Format: CD Catalog Number: 314 534 786-2 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $7.34 Sell Date: 8/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/25/26 NM/NM $5.99 Low: $4.00 Median: $7.49 Average: $8.02 High: $12.89 Current low price: $8.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 397/99 Where Sold: Houston, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Certainly the best album of the Scorpions Mercury years, Blackout the album is a teutonic titanic 80's metal album, on par with anything put out in 1982 in that realm. Up there with Screaming For Vengence and The Number of The Beast for sure as career defining albums.   The first side however captures the whole breadth of style within their rockers and ballad format that made them so popular.  Everybody loves Klaus Meine and his voice which c...