The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Billy Bragg Title: William Bloke Label: Elektra Format: CD Cat #: 61935-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Sold Price: $2.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/26/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/7/20 $1.75 VG+/VG+ Low: $0.99 Median: $2.00 High: $5.18 Current low price: $1.11 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  18 Have/Want: 241/12 Where Sold: Gaithersburg, MD Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: online maybe half.com, under $5 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No Every once in a while there is some artist I liked and fell off the radar with that someone is excited to see, so I rediscover them.  Billy Bragg is someone I’ve seen 3 times with decade plus stretches between them,  the last time about 10 years ago in Austin by chance at a daytime South by Southwest showcase in a bar.  I was a huge fan in the late 80's when Billy was just one man with an electric guitar and fell off when he started to back himself wit

  Artist: Interpol Title: The Heinrich Maneuver b/w Mammoth (Instrumental) Label: Capitol Format: 7" Cat #: 7PRO 50999 5 02004 7 4 Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2007 Promo Sold Price: $2.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/23/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/10/20 $2.00 VG+/VG Low: $1.00 Median: $2.75 High: $11.65 Current low price: $3.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 607/75 Where Sold: Brighton, MA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go?: No Oddly enough, I was excited to hear Interpol when they came out.  My friend Kenny from Boston said there was a new Matador band that sounded like a goth Joy Division.  I bought a copy of Turn On The Bright Lights on compact disc,  brand new, soon after it was released, played it once and filed it away, forgotten for all eternity except for this story (and not the music), until I sold it or lost it.   I don

  Artist: Loudspeaker      Title: Pray b/w Pulp Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry Format: 7" Cat #: SFTRI 105 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Blue Vinyl Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/17/17 $3.00 VG+/VG+ Low: $3.00 Median: $5.10 High: $9.41 Current low price: $3.00 NM/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 45/12 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics New around $4.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No There was a time where children sang the praises of NYC scenesters just because they were in the Pussy Galore family.  Pronouncing names like Kurt VOLF or Jen JOOOOORGENSEN with reckless abandon.  Kurt and Jens were joined by the guitarist and drummer of hardcore legend Crucifix,  Matt Borruso and Chris Douglas.  This was as unexpected a partnership as one could hope, a rare coupling of the hardcore and art

  Artist: Howlin' Wolf Title: The Real Folk Blues Label: Chess Format: LP Cat #: CH-9273 Year of Release: 1965 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Gold Stamp Promo, The Original Chess Masters Series Sold Price: $19.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG (spine wear) Sell Date: 10/25/20 Discogs Last Sold: 7/22/20 VG/VG $15.22 Low: $12.00 Median: $18.00 High: $32.62 Current low price: $18.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 341/174 Where Sold: Little Rock, AR Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester or Boston late 80's used guessing 4 bucks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go?: No "This is where the soul of man never dies."-Sam Phillips Why not beef up thin text with an obligatory quote?  And a LAZY Wiki gleaned quote at that (though a perfect one).  Tough to comment on this compilation, which encompasses classic recordings from 1956-1965.  So good, it was reissued as is for the Original Chess Masters Series, right at the

  Artist: Boredoms Title: Michidai b/w Fuanteidai   Label: Public Bath  Format: 7" Cat #: PB 3 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Hand Number 135 Sold Price: $19.99 Listed Condition: NM/NM Sell Date: 8/29/20 Discogs Last Sold: 7/8/20 VG+/VG $14.99 Low: $6.49 Median: $18.99 High: $41.38 Current low price: $17.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 166/224 Where Sold: Nyack, NY Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: In Your Ear Allston, MA New 1990 around 4 or 5 bucks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No A classic piece of noise from the Boredoms before they got all jam-bandy.  Public Bath introduced the Japanese noise scene of the early 90's via their great Japan Bashing 7" compilation series.  There was never any indication when I bought this release that the Boredoms would be fit for major label status.  I seem to recollect seeing them (Middle East Cambridge?) before Shimmy Disc issued the Soul Discharge

  Artist: The Kinks Title: Celluloid Heroes-The Kinks Greatest Label: RCA Victor Format: LP Cat #: APL1 1743 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 Indianapolis Pressing Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG drill cut in upper right corner Sell Date: 10/25/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/6/20 VG/VG $3.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $4.75 High: $11.00 Current low price: $3.97 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want: 879/27 Where Sold: Little Rock, AR Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Worcester MA Al Bums Used 1983-4 $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No The result of my goal to get entire discographies of every artist I saw live,  The Kinks, my second arena show on the 1983 State of Confusion tour, were a challenge.  Many of their albums were out of print at the time.  This one was pretty easy, having been reissued as a "best buy" RCA mid-line title.  I found my copy as a used cutout. The RCA years of the Kinks lo

  Artist: The Doors Title: Strange Days Label: Elektra Format: LP Cat #: EKS-74014 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US Allentown Record Co. variant of original press Sold Price: $12.99 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 10/16/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/31/20 VG+/VG+ $40.00 Low: $3.75 Median: $12.00 High: $125.00 VG+/VG with detailed notes Current low price: $1.00 F/F, $10.50 VG/G,  $19.00 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 32 Have/Want: 1458/660 Where Sold: Cambridge, MA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA Al Bums $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No This is a weird sell with prices all over the place with all sorts of conditions.  Someone got $125.00 for as VG/VG+ this with a heavily detailed description.  My copy did contain the inner sleeve with a tear on the photo and the lyrics so I think my buyer got a deal at $12.99, but this had been put up for bigger money (I can't fully remember I might of had it a

I like to keep these posts fresh, and a stream of sales aids this blog. My main goal of this blog is more to force daily writing on myself to compile and edit for a book.  Goosing sales is secondary. So here is the link to my Discogs store.   https://www.discogs.com/seller/gwizdave/profile Obviously I’m limited to one title a day so if I sell 20 pieces and someone buys 18 of a similar genre, you can see in real time what happens: this week was a journey of noise rock, a couple weeks ago it was classic rock.  Since this stuff was stored in 2010, there are no “modern titles.”   This week I only sold one title (!) which happens from time to time, so I cut some flagged prices up for a year.  That one title was from a couple hundred piece collection given to me to sell on consignment in 2016, so if you want to get rid of some titles, I’ll consider grading and storing and selling reasonable quantities for a gentleman's 50% net agreement.  I’m talking a couple hundred sellable pieces here

  Artist: Urge Overkill Title: Strange, I Label: Ruthless Records Format: 12" EP Cat #: RRU013 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Sold Price: $19.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/15/20 NM/VG+ $20.00 Low: $10.93 Median: $20.00 High: $36.36 Current low price: $19.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 113/78 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: In Your Ear Alston, MA late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No Before Jaguar, Urge Overkill originally started as part of the Big Black family.  Original drummer Pat Byrne played actual drums on Big Black's Bulldozer EP before Roland the drum machine took over.  Although Strange, I was promoed in it's day (I definitely played it from the WICN library when it was new), the memory of this early release was buried by the time of Saturation, if not before in the Touch 'n Go years. One o

  Artist: The Left Title: Last Train To Hagerstown Label: Bona Fide Records/Greenworld Records Format: LP Cat #: BFX-4503/GWD-90517 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985 Sold Price: $12.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: VG+/NM $18.00 Low: $5.95 Median: $11.88 High: $30.00 Current low price: VG+/G $9.41, VG+/VG+ $15.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 150/45 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: guessing Nuggets, Boston MA early 90's used for a few bucks maybe even $1.99! Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes The Viet Cong live next door/We don't want them around anymore At first blush, the politics of The Left are somewhere left of the Mentors, Skewdriver or GG Allin.   The reality is the described train rider is not coming from a go-go party in DC.  He is probably coming from a bar a few stops away, where he sat alone for a few hours after work.  This

  Artist: Tad Title: Loser b/w Cooking With Gas Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Cat #: SP55 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Black Vinyl Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/18/20 NM/NM $9.39 Low: $3.81 Median: $5.99 High: $10.39 Current low price: NM/VG+ $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 468/82 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Somewhere in Boston new, probably Newbury Comics Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes If Mudhoney was the heart of Sub Pop, Tad was the soul of it's defining period...ugly, loud, impervious to anything but it's own rocking mission.  The peak of their run from 1989-1992 was about as great as any "grunge" juggernaut.  Smack dab in the middle were the Albini recordings, coming right after God's Balls dominated the earth like the Behemoth motherfuckers they were.   Right before the Salt Lick

  Artist: Bastards Title: Loser b/w Frank Label: Treehouse Format: 7" Cat #: 014 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: 1988 US Black Vinyl Sold Price: $3.49 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 1/21/20 NM/NM $1.30 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 High: $9.41 Current low price: $1.62 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 94/21 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY  Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston New $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes "I can't believe you got so little for the Bastards!" said the same guy that queried if I sold the Bench single from this weeks big Noise-Rock Liquidation Sale.  True, somebody once got $9.41 for a unplayed copy of "Loser" last year, but that was an UNPLAYED copy.  Some must experience Bastards in as perfect condition as humanly possible. One could argue that the Bastards don't have a Spanking Machine or a Dirty Mind,

  Artist: Bench  Title: Backseat Lover b/w Nightmares Label: Noiseville Format: 7" Cat #: 007 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989, Red Vinyl Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: NM/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/19 NM/NM $0.99 Low: $0.65 Median: $1.50 High: $5.18 Current low price: $1.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 66/3 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston new 1989/90 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes "Someone just bought 18 noise rock records!" I noted in conversation with the editor of Pinch Point, a long defunct 80's literary zine.  "Did you sell Bench?" he asked.  Amazingly, the answer was yes.  I don't think he even realized Noiseville label owner Jim Gibson (Unholy Swill) had passed recently.  After AmRep and Treehouse, Noiseville was one of the crucial labels of that important Noise Rock genre of t

Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Saved Label: Columbia Format: LP  Cat #: FC-36553 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980, Original Cover Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG (with inner sleeve, spine, ring wear) Sell Date: 10/15/20 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/20 VG+/VG $8.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.50 High: $8.99  Current low price: $5.50 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 515/47 Where Sold: Andelanto, CA Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester $3.99 around 1983 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes 1980 was a weird time for Dylan, with Saved being the second and most "Christian" of this period.  This was the first Dylan album my parents didn't buy in the time of release in many many years--maybe since Planet Waves.  Street Legal & Slow Train Coming were played in my household relentlessly in the late 70's.  I was used to Bob with background singers from this period, though it wa

Artist: The Cult Title: Sonic Temple Label: Sire Format: CD Cat #: W2 25871 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Columbia House Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/8/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/5/20 $3.06 VG+/VG+ Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 High: $4.09 Current low price:  $2.50 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 250/42 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: given away Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go?: No "You look like you need a hug" said Ian Astbury to The Reverse Collector (TM) in the backstage area of the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ.  I had won tickets and my photographer friend I went to the show with had a backstage pass, and perhaps backstage at The Cult was the last place I wanted to be.  In 2016, this was the first and only time I've ever seen The Cult.  They were a curio in my mind since my friend Kenny went in Brooklyn the year before and

Artist: The Beatles Title: Rarities Label: Capitol Format: LP Cat #: SHAL-12060 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980, didn't realized there was a raised embossed edition with a typo as well as an edition not raised and embossed, but this was a raised embossed edition that went slightly below median Sold Price: $11.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 10/9/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/8/20 $20.00 NM/NM Low: $8.00 Median: $14.68 High: $24.82 Current low price: G+/VG+ $5.99, VG/VG $11.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 52 Have/Want: 2883/145 Where Sold: Sunset Beach, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester MA for $3.99 or That's Entertainment for $2.99 early 80's used unsure exactly guessing '83 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No The Reverse Collector (TM) had a bit of a quandary.  I had initially passed on writing about this title but with the 1-a-day deadline here this Saturday morning, the cds I