Various Artists-Happiness Is Dry Pants (1987)


 

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 net well below $5-10.  A picture sleeve copy went for $45.00, the high without the accompanying magazine.

I was about 5 Shiner Bocks in, watching a Boston Celtics improbable comeback when the paypal notification arrived that this had sold Friday night.  I was so moved that I would be parting with the Kilslug track "Warlocks Witches and Demons" I almost sent Curtis from Taang $150 plus shipping to get one of the two original singles he had up from his legendary stash.  Almost.  Remember, I am The Reverse Collector, as painful as it is sometimes.  Defeat, as the Celtics discovered one last time last Sunday, must be swallowed again and again, and sometimes as the result of ones own making.  I must accept Reverse Collecting even if I'd much rather send that large amount of cash and possess that fucking record.

"Warlocks Witches and Demons" is the track the late bass player Cheese would call from West Boylston to WICN in Worcester during my overnight show at 5 in the morning to hear it at 33 RPM which we dutifully complied.  He was oblivious that I was 15 and demanding we come over to his place after the show for beers, weed and coke!  "I'll call my dealer!" he emphasized to make sure there was enough weed and coke in case the beers ran out.  Never made it to West Boylston, probably wouldn't have been good optics to ask my dad to drop me off there early Saturday morning instead of our weekly post radio show pancake breakfast at some local diner or Friendly's or whatnot.  

The rest of this 7" is uniformly great.  The stop and start rush of Big Black's "Burning Indian Wife" pulses like NIN or Drill beats never happened, because they thankfully hadn't yet.  Yo La Tengo feedbacks away with Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".  And Boston Taang legends Moving Targets "Squares and Circles" concludes the EP.  This vinyl was around the days that I had a 3rd generation dub of Brave Noise, the follow up to Burning In Water a year before it came out.  Speaking of the Targets, the new album Humbucker is one the Reverse Collector may have a relapse and mail order.  It's been on my mind.  


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bob Dylan-Blood On The Tracks (1975)

Image
  Artist:  Bob Dylan Title: Blood On The Tracks Label: Columbia Format: SACD Cat: CH 90323 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 SACD Promo sticker over barcode Sell Price: $12.20 VG+/VG+ 7/15/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/7/24 NM/VG+ $8.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $11.63 Average: $12.38 High: $27.00 Current low price: $1.99 F/G+, $9.98 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 334/242 Where Sold: Ypsilanti, MI Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Purchased: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form..." "And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn..." Bob's public precursor to his own divorce has taken a strange turn in the public narrative over the years, whether reflecting domestic tranquility or turbulence.   Beyonc é  might tell you she flips pancakes or boils an egg to Blood On The Tracks on a Sunday morning.  Jakob Dylan might rail that ...
Read more

The Byrds-Live At The Fillmore-February 1969 (2000)

Image
  Artist: The Byrds Title: Live At The Fillmore February 1969 Label: Columbia/Legacy Format: CD Cat #: CK 65910 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000 Listed Condition VG+/VG+: hole punch in UPC Sell Date: 5/6/24 Sell Price:$3.75 Discogs Last Sold: 4/25/24 $7.87 VG/VG Low: $1.75 Median: $4.24 Average: $4.28 High: $7.87 Current low price: $2.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 524/45 Where Sold:Charlotte, NC Time it took to sell: 12 years Where and When Bought: early aughts not sure where in NYC Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No One of those releases that looks great on a shelf, but it took me 24 years after buying it to get around to paying any attention to this excellent live recording.  I guess that means I should force myself to read David Fricke's liner notes as well.  Sweetheart Of The Rodeo came out August 30, 1968 only 8 months after The Notorious Byrd Brothers and Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde came out a week before ...
Read more

Bob Dylan-Bob Dylan (1962)

Image
  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Bob Dylan Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat #: PC 8579 Year of Release: 1962 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1970's reissue Listed Condition VG/VG+ Sell Date: 5/2/24 Sell Price:$8.93 Discogs Last Sold: 3/5/24 NM/VG+ $9.00 Low: $3.98 M/VG+ Median: $12.49 Average: $12.81 High: $24.99 M/NM Current low price: $12.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 285/176 Where Sold: Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: Worcester used That's Entertainment mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No "You're No Good!" the 3 year old Reverse Collector proclaimed to his mother.  "David! That's an awful thing to say!  Go to your room!"  I was just saying what was on the cover of the Bob Dylan song list on the album I had.  I was a fluent reader by age 3, as opposed to simply memorizing text my parents read to me when I was 2.  I understood the concept of "Good" and "Ba...
Read more