The Reverse Collector

  Artist:  Canibus Title:   Can-I-Bus Label:  Universal Records Format:  CD Cat #:  UD 35136 Year of Release:  1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1998 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/19/21 Sell Price: $3.00 Discogs Last Sold:  12/8/20 $5.93 NM/VG Low:  $1.03 VG/VG+ Median:  $4.74 High:   $7.99 Current low price:  $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  21 Have/Want:  350/43 Where Sold:   Plainfield, NJ Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought:  internet late 90's used whoever was cheapest maybe half.com, paid 8-10 bucks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See It Go: No "I came to see that hip hop is NEVER 'tarded!"  After laughing to myself I realized that like many many times before I misheard the lyrics and realized the word was tarnished.  A toss off line I would never bother to mention when discussing "Get Retarded."  He isn't talking about getting drunk, he's talking about the inferior minds of others in compariso

  Artist:  Julian Cope Title:  5 O'Clock World Label:  Island Format:  CD Maxi-Single Cat #:  CIDP 399 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  UK 1988 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/23/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold:  11/18/20 NM/NM $3.41 Low:  $1.37 Median:  $3.00 High:   $4.11 Current low price:  $2.73 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  11 Have/Want:  127/8 Where Sold: San Jose, CA Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: internet early 00's  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See It Go: No At some point in the early aughts I got into completist mode with Julian Cope.  My friend Kevin Wyzzard was big fan, and I had recently got turned onto You've Got A Problem With Me, which was an indie release nothing like his Island years. " 5 O'Clock World " was the opening track of My Nation Underground, which was hot of the heels of Julian's biggest commercial success "World Shut Your Mouth" the yea

  Artist:  Drunks With Guns Title:   Headgiver Label:  Orphanage Records Format:  7" Cat #:  ORP-015 Year of Release:  1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1992, Blue Translucent Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/10/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/2 /20 $4.00 VG+/VG+ Low:  $2.98 Median:  $4.47 High:   $8.21 Current low price:  $7.23 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  3 Have/Want:  68/43 Where Sold:   Portland, OR Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Newbury Comics Boston new '92 around $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See It Go: No The divorce of Mike Doskocil and Stan Seitrich happened before the height of Drunks With Guns popularity in the punk underground.  Seitrich went on to international guitar acclaim with the Strangulated Beatoffs, whereas the voice of DWG continued as well.  At some point Stan had the name and used a 12 year old girl named Melissa to front the band while Doskocil did his band Bullets For Pussy. 

  Artist:  Raging Slab Title:  Assmaster Label:  Buy Our Records Format:  LP Cat #:  BOR-12-011 Year of Release:  1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1987 Promo Lis ted Condition:  VG+/G+  deleted radio copy with station airplay and catalog stickering on cover, spine wear Sell Date:  1/26/21 Sell Price: $14.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/21/20 $26.82 NM/NM Low:  $12.00 Median:  $19.99 High:   $26.82 Current low price:  $29.27 VG+/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  5 Have/Want:  157/116 Where Sold:   Statesboro, GA Time it took to sell:  4 years Where and When Bought:  WERS 1990 record purge Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No For some reason I hated this record when it came out as a teenage DJ at WICN.  It was from the Buy Our Record label from New Jersey that brought you Pussy Galore and Children In Adult Jails, both of whom I was a big fan of.  Clearly I wanted to give this another chance in the grunge years when WERS had a purge of records to make room on their she

  Artist:  Rake Title: Cow Song b/w My Fish Died Label:  L Records/VHF Records Format:  7" Cat #:  none Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1990 Yellow Translucent Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+,  Sell Date:  1/7/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold:  3/26/20 NM/NM $1.37 Low:  $1.00 Median:  $1.87 High: $3.00 Current low price: $2.40 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  18 Have/Want:  91/18 Where Sold:   Brooklyn NY Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Allston MA In Your Ear new early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No Fans of Lightning Bolt should check out this extreme noise rock from a decade before.  The leader was Bill Kellum, founder of VHF Records.  Paint peeling punishment.  This is one of those records that I gave plenty of radio play in it's day so these two songs are classic hits to me.  Don't know what pedal they are using to get that high end squall, maybe a RAT and an octave divider of so

  Artist:  Levi Title: The Fun Sessions Label:  PVC Records Format:  12" EP Cat #:  PVC 5905 Year of Release:  1983 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1983 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+,  Sell Date:  1/12/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold:  9/16/20 NM/VG+ $6.50 Low:  $3.75 NM/VG+  ("Bite" out of upper right corner: Jem records promo copy sticker on back.) Median:  $9.50 High:   $24.99 NM/NM  Superb like new copy in shrink with vintage Tower Records $4.44 price sticker. No cut-out marks, sharp corners. Current low price: $7.00 NM/VG+ top right corner cut Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  7 Have/Want:  47/34 Where Sold:   Wilimette, IL Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  used NYC early 90's somewhere Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No British Rockabilly revivalist Levi (Dexter) issued this 5-song ep back in 1983 having been playing since the later part of the 70's.  This happened right before guitarist Danny B Harvey recorded

Artist:  Clint Ruin & Lydia Lunch Title:   Stinkfist Label:  Widowspeak Productions Format:  12" EP Cat #:  WSP 14 $6.85 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1988 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/14/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/23/20 VG+/VG Low:  $5.67 Median:  $9.76 High:   $13.97 Current low price:  $5.00 VG+/GEN, $6.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  41 Have/Want:  751/163 Where Sold:   Santa Rosa, CA Time it took to sell:  4 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA Al Bums New 1988 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No When this came out I was pretty psyched to get it being a recent convert to everything Foetus related.  I remember this wasn't serviced to my radio station, and it would take the mile trek to WICN over hills and snow with ripped sneakers in the cold Worcester night for the first month or two it came out, only to be filed away and forgotten as soon as the next Wiseblood or Scraping F

  Artist:   Phil Spector Title:   Back To Mono (1958-1969) Label:  ABKCO Format:  4CD Box Set Cat #:  7118-2 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1991 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/18/21 Sell Price: $29.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/17/21 NM/NM $29.99 Low:  $6.39 VG/VG Median:  $26.77 High:   $42.68 Current low price:  $35 NM/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  36 Have/Want:  1442/211 Where Sold:   Northville, MI Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  internet late 90's early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go: Yes "Ben Spector.  Father. Husband.  To Know him was to love him."-Ben Spector's tombstone 4/49 "As I said many times while he was alive, he was a brilliant producer,  but a lousy husband"-Ronnie Spector 1/17/21 One can only imagine the impact on Spector looking at his father's tombstone at the age of 9.  His father was an ironworker who committed suicide.  These chiseled words bec

  Artist:  Captain Condoms Title:  Kinda Kool Label:  Public Bath Format:  7" Cat #:  PB 8 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1991 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  1/20/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold:  10/26/20 NM/VG+ Low:  $1.00 Median:  $3.50 High:   $5.00 Current low price:  $2.44 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  17 Have/Want:  72/32 Where Sold:   Omaha, NE Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  In Your Ear, Allston MA ca. 1991 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: Yes "You gotta get the Capain Condoms!" said Carreiro, the Red Bliss frontman who worked at the Framingham Newbury Comics when this was released.  Captain Condoms were on the infamous Public Bath US label of Japanese noise .  You cannot find hide or hair of this band online. Playing it 30 years later made me think this was a Japanese Big Black/Albini style pummel.  One song even sounded like "Pete, King of All Detectives.&quo

  Artist:  Grateful Dead Title:   Shakedown Street Label:  Arista Format:  LP Cat #:  AB 4198 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US Terre Haute Press, Black Arista Listed Condition:  G+/G+ Sell Date:  1/12/21 Sell Price: $19.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/4/21 VG/VG+ $15.00 Low:  $7.00 VG+/P Median:  $17.25 High:   $42.68 M/M Current low price:  $17.77 VG/G Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  7 Have/Want:  194/72 Where Sold:   Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $5 box of records Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No "The world doesn't need another Jimmy Buffett sounding frat rock record" railed label proprietor cum fledgling hard rock DJ Kenny .  Well you maybe that was a paraphrase as we were having some hot toddies at Parkside with Morgan and Viking and I didn't jot down his exact quote.  The funny part is he was already referencing Shakedown Street and I was cons