The Reverse Collector

Artist: John Lennon Title: Mind Games Label: Apple Format: LP Cat #: SW-3414 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 (Winchester Pressing) Sold Price:  $8.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG (hole punch in upper right corner) Sell Date: 9/22/20 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/20 $6.00 VG+/VG+ Low: $4.99 Median: $7.00 High: $36.00. M/VG+ Factory Sealed with hole punch Current low price: $5.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 397/88 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: That's Entertainment in Worcester $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: Yes In 1981 my new record buddy John McKeag got a green label Capitol of Mind Games brand new.  It was probably one of the first 20 albums he owned, and I believe his second Lennon solo album after a 50 cent extremely warped copy of Imagine.  This was the aftermath of Lennon's murder and dawn of our subsequent Beatles completist mentality.  I got the Al...

  Artist: The Knack Title: Get The Knack Label: SO-11948 Format: LP Cat #: SO-11948 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Winchester Pressing (Steve Hall lacquer cut version) Sold Price: $3.49 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ Sell Date: 9/22/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/13/20 $4.17 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.99 High: $12.80 Current low price: $1.10 G+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 116 Have/Want: 930/48 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: mall store in Worcester, MA in fall 1979 new for $4.49 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go? Yes What made a balding late 20's power-pop cum sorta-new-wave-by-default the voice of sexually frustrated teenage males and the girls who loved them in 1979?  The star "girl," Sharona , doesn't seem to mind being "THE Sharona" decades later.  That hit was inescapable in the Summer of 1979, but the follow-up, "Good Girls Don't" best embodies the proto-feminist...

  Artist: Various (Yo La Tengo/Big Black/Kilslug/Moving Targets) Title: Happiness Is Dry Pants Label: Chemical Imbalance Format: 7" EP Cat #: CI 002A Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1987 Sold Price: $4.99 Listed Condition: VG+/GEN Sell Date: 9/25/20 Discogs Last Sold: 7/28/20 $8.97 M/GEN Low: $3.83 Median: $5.76 High: $45.00 (with color sleeve) Current low price: $2.49 VG/GEN Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 272/75 Where Sold: Parish, FL Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Allston, MA at In Your Ear for $5.99 used late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go?  Yes I considered this 7" one of the crown jewels of my collection and was saddened and shocked that the value had dropped to $4.99 before it sold, a dollar less than I got it for used in the late 80's or so (the  In Your Ear sticker was still on the generic sleeve).  However this is the caveat.  There are a ton of low end copies on the ne...

  Artist: Jethro Tull Title: Thick As A Brick Label: Reprise Format: LP  Cat #: MS 2072 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1972 Tan Reprise with 12 page foldout newspaper Sold Price: $4.99 Listed Condition: G+/VG Sell Date: 9/22/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/3/20 $99.00 NM/VG+ Low: $1.00 Median: $6.37 High: $99.00 Current low price: $0.99 G+/VG, $3.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 128 Have/Want: 6342/397 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: AlBums, Worcester Used, around $3.99 in the early 80's. Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes This is absolutely a formative album for me in many ways.  It was my introduction to the Album Rock format.  I had albums passed down from my parents--Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, folk and classical stuff.  I had some Beatles.  I had some top 40 singles from the Disco era and hit juggernauts like Saturday Night Fever, but I had no conduit to prog albu...

  Artist: Sentridoh Title: The Mysterious Sentridoh EP Label: Little Brother Records Format: 7" Cat #: LB-001 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Sold Price: $6.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/1/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/7/20 $5.52 VG+/VG+ Low: $3.83 Median: $6.19 High: $7.66 Current low price: $7.02 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 233/62 Where Sold: Albuquerque, NM Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Somewhere in NYC 1993 The singles bin in the Venus basement on St. Marks? Kim's?  I'm starting to think Kim's before it was on St. Marks. Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:B Sad To See It Go?:No Lou Barlow was one of those guys at some point decided I had to have every tape fart and utterance of from about 1990 until the disappointing Sire Records Sebadoh album (yes I was monitoring The Folk Implosion, the Kids soundtrack tracks were favorites as were the run of great Sub Pop Sebadoh releases). It wasn't...

  Artist: The Julianna Experience/Holy Rollers Title: Wheel Label: Simple Machines Format: 7" Cat #: SMR-002 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/3/20 Discogs Last Sold: 6/27/20 $4.42 VG+/VG+ Low: $1.50 Median: $3.99 High: $5.99 Current low price: $2.25 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: Have/Want: 90/35 Where Sold: Sunnyvale, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: either Newbury Comics in Boston or In Your Ear in Allston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No This is one of those records I probably bought as a random single buy (probably in a nice $40 stack).  I know Holy Rollers were on Dischord and somehow never knew The Julianna Experience did a Kill Rock Stars release later.  I think my influence in purchasing this, if any, was Mark Erdody of Kudgel extolling the virtues of Simple Machine records.  I also bought the Pulley single which was part of...

  Artist: Ciccone Youth Title: The Whitey Album Label: Enigma/Blast First Format: CD Cat #: 7=75402-2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  8/28/20 Discogs Last Sold: 10/31/19 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.99 High: $14.99 Current low price: $6.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 233/66 Where Sold: Bethesda, MD Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Tower Records in Boston when released brand new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No Sonic Youth were one of those bands at some point I had to have everything including side projects, whatever.  I'd say this period was 1986 until some point in the late 90's I started to fall off.  I also kept up on their releases and at least a gig or two per release until their breakup.  The album that really got me into them was Evol, even though I got yelled at from a music director for unwittingly playing an un...

  Artist: The Beatles Title: Reel Music Label: Capitol  Format: LP Cat #: SV-12199 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Promo, Yellow Vinyl Sold Price: $49.99 Listed Condition: VG+/NM Sell Date: 8/27/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/27/20 Low: $30.00 Median: $47.48 High: $81.71 Current low price: $49.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 178/38 Where Sold: Anaheim, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: 1982 or 3 at a Beatles convention in Central MA brand new, probably under $10 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go?: No After John Lennon was murdered I became a Beatles completist as best as my paper route money would allow.  This meant the world of original Apples, bootlegs and conventions.  I would say this dominated my pre and early teen collection mentality from 1981-1984, but would get whatever was interesting well into the 90's.   Reel Music continued the thematic compilations that began after th...

  Artist: Smashing Pumpkins Title: Gish Label: Caroline Format: CD Cat #: CAROL 1705-2 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/14/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/13/20 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.00 High: $10.00 Current low price: $2.00 G+/No Cover, $3.25 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 1045/213 Where Sold: New Haven, CT Time it took to sell: 8-10 years Where and When Bought: used for $8 or $10 at Nuggets in Boston--the tell tale sticker residue on the cover confirms this Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No This is one of those bands I liked initially that got caught up in the commercial grunge wave making them somewhat less relevant in my mind.  With Smashing Pumpkins, you could not go on a road trip on the East coast in the mid-90's and not hear them on rock radio just as much as Led Zeppelin.  And then, they fell back to earth by the late 90's. I thought this was a gr...

  Artist: Fairport Convention Title: House Full: Fairport Convention Live in LA 1970 Label: Hannibal Format: CD Cat #: HNCD 1319 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/15/20 Discogs Last Sold: 3/15/20 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.11 High: $7.14 Current low price: $3.44 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 52/14 Where Sold: West Springfield, MA Time it took to sell: 8-10 years Where and When Bought: pretty sure I got it as a promo when I interned at Ryko Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go?: Yes This is one of those releases this exercise was made for.  I interned at Rykodisc in 1991-2 and got some promos including this one.  I had bought Unhalfbricking and What We Did On Our Holidays before the internship so I got some of the Hannibal titles at the time to flesh out my collection.  This particular one I probably listened to once and filed away.   I hadn't really f...

Artist: The Wedding Present Title: Go-Go Dancer b/w Don't Cry No Tears Label: 1992 Format: 7" Cat #: PB45183 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1992 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/4/20 Discogs Last Sold: 7/26/20 Low: $1.95 Median: $3.78 High: $9.52 Current low price: $2.92 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 800/63 Where Sold: Denver, CO Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston, new $4.99 import Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No I got into the Wedding Present around the time the Albini remixes came out after Bizarro.  Sea Monsters, which Albini recorded came out after that and I bought it as a $20+ CD import.  They had Wedded themselves to the American Independent Revolution, "Box Elder Mo" by Pavement was the other part of it.   Prior to  Bizarro I had lumped them in with import Brit-pop that I didn't want to shell out $15 an import for on vin...

  Artist: Jeff Dahl and Poison Idea Title: Dead Boy Label: Triple X Records Format: CD Cat #: 51137-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Sold Price: $4.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/4/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/14/20 Low: $3.00 Median: $4.88 High: $9.98 Current low price: $4.17 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 212/51 Where Sold: Trevor, WI Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Smash on St. Marks NYC in the dollar CD crate Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go?: No If there ever was a name I would see constantly in Maximum Rock 'n Roll, it was Jeff Dahl.  Angry Samoans are only a blip on his radar in a discography that spans over 2 dozen releases.  1991 saw him team up with Portland stalwarts Poison Idea for Dead Boy, a 7" Stiv Bators tribute that evolved into this 8-track EP released in 1992.  Side A of the original single was a cover of Lords of the New Church " Open Your Eyes. "  S...

  Artist: Blue Öyster Cult Title: The Revölution By Night Label: Columbia  Format: LP  Cat #: FC-38947 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1983 Gold Stamp Promo Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/5/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/20/20 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.00 High: $9.47 Current low price: $8.00 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 38 Have/Want: 1701/157 Where Sold: Canandiagua, NY Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums, Worcester, MA sealed for $4.49 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go?: Yes I saw this tour in March 1984 at the Worcester Centrum (two days after Judas Priest , both brought on motorcycles onstage for encores).  The arena was entirely empty on the upper tier, and BÖC were then forever relegated to theatre status at least in New England.  It was the 6th arena concert I ever saw (Ozzy, Kinks, Sabbath, AC/DC in '83, plus the aforementioned Priest).  Not bad for my 13th year ...

  Artist: Frank Zappa  Title: Läther Label: Rykodisc Format: 3XCD Cat #: VACK-9003 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Japan 2004 Sold Price: $79.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/7/20 Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/20 Low: $15.00 Median: $80.57 High: $169.99 Current low price: $125.00 M/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 43/35 Where Sold: Ottawa, ON, Canada Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Consigned from 3rd Party Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No About 4 years of mine a friend gave me a box of records and CD's he wanted to sell.  Every half year or so I update the spreadsheet and every once in a blue moon we meet up to settle up.  This one will beef up his payout.  It had been up for over $100 for years and I recently cut the price.  A Zappa collector was eagerly waiting in the wings to snap it up about 6 hours after my weekly storage run to get orders.  A week later when I posted...