The Reverse Collector

Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Forty Licks Label: Virgin Format: 2XCD Box Limited Edition Special Edition Catalog Number: 7243 8 13398 2 4 Year of Release: 2002 Country and Year  of Edition: US  Sell Price: $13.01 Sell Date: 3/8/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/13/26 VG+/VG+ $14..00 Low: $4.25 Median: $18.99 Average: $22.51 High: $51.72 Current  low price:  $11.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 33 Have/Want: 474/77 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: online upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No Although I ignored it almost as if I never bought it save for maybe a cursory listen, Forty Licks is an undeniably well compiled way to sneak in a EP worth of new songs.  The selling point at the time was the remastering which kicked off a tour and a mid aughts remastering campaign.  The 4 new songs were a bit of an afterthought to the point the...

  Artist: Various Artists (Lou Barlow, Dymaxion, John Davis, Rula Lenska) Title:  Sick & Tired + Dark Beloved Cloud Compilation Label: Sick & Tired/Dark Beloved Cloud Format: 7" Catalog Number: S&T001/DBC029 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1995 came with Escarcot Zine Autumn 1995 Sell Price: $3.54 Sell Date: 3/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/26/26 NM/NM $2.99 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.31 High: $10.00 zine included Current  low price:  $1.83 (from Sweden), $3.99 US Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:11 Have/Want: 248/32 Where Sold: Asheville, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: probably Kim's Underground on St. Marks with zine Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Back when I had an apartment with a zine room I had horded the Escargot zine this 7" came with, but when I moved those zines were mostly bundled and tossed.  The accompanying  ...

  Artist: Julian Cope Title: World Shut Your Mouth Label: Island Format: 12" Catalog Number: 90560-1 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1986, SRC Pressing Sell Price: $3.54 Sell Date: 3/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/18/26 NM/VG+ $3.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.48 Average: $2.55 High: $5.00 Current  low price:  $1.99 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want:309/21 Where Sold: Asheville, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Julian Cope's 5 track 12" EP has since been folded into the expanded CD edition of 1987's Saint Julian.  The bombastic "World Shut Your Mouth" is probably Julian's biggest song and propelled Saint Julian onto the lower regions of the charts and giving him an alternahit.  At the time I didn't like it, but time heals all wounds. As for the rest, there is a Pere Ubu cover of " ...

  Artist: Peter Frampton Title:  Frampton Comes Alive! Label: A&M Format: 2XLP Catalog Number: SP 3703 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Monarch pressing Sell Price: $7.73 Sell Date: 3/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/24/26 NM/VG $14.95 Low: $1.38 Median: $9.49 Average: $11.95 High: $35.00 Current  low price:  $2.00 G+/G+  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:30 Have/Want:1037/147 Where Sold: Danville, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  4 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See  It Go: No When I got my first copy of Frampton Comes Alive! in the early 80's, it was used for 99 cents in excellent condition.  The used market at the time was oversaturated with used copies of this and Worcester was no different.  By 1984 there were 6 million certified sold in the US and the brunt of them were in the 70's although that meant 3 million double rec...

  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....

  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...