The Reverse Collector

  Artist:   Cactus Title:   Cactus Label:  Atlantic Format:  CD Cat #:  7562-80290-2 Year of Release:  1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  Germany 90's reissue Listed Condition:  VG+/No Cover Sell Date:  2/24/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:   Low:  $6.02 Median:  $8.19 High:   $15.38 Current low price:  $7.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  9 Have/Want:  175/49 Where Sold:   Annapolis, MD Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought:  internet 90's for like $20 something dollars Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No Long Island's Cactus were borne out of Jeff Beck being waylaid 18 months in a motorcycle crash. Instead they got Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and Buddy Miles Express to round out Cactus.   Although Beck, Bogert & Appice finally happened in 1973, Cactus were able to crank out 4 albums, from 1970-1972 each slightly less popular than the last.  This eponymous debut peaked at #5

  Artist:  Emmylou Harris Title:   Luxury Liner Label:  Warner Bros Format:  LP Cat #:  BSK 3115 Year of Release:  1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1977 Jacksonville pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ water damage to sleeve Sell Date:  2/6/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:  9/6/20 VG+/VG $4.00 Low:  $1.00 Median:  $4.00 High:   $23.23 Current low price:  $4.66 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   Have/Want:  810/58 Where Sold:   New York, NY Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  Boston, Nuggets 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No Emmylou is probably my favorite harmony vocalist via Dylan's Desire and Gram Parsons "Return of the Grievious Angel."  I got on a completist kick in the mid-90's around Wrecking Ball after hearing the Lucinda Williams cover "Sweet Old World" at Sounds on St. Marks flipping through used cds. Until that point, I didn't really follow her solo record

Artist:  Six Finger Satellite/Green Magnet School Title:   The Declaration of Techno-Colonial Independence Label:  Sub Pop Format:  2X7" Cat #:  SP 172 Year of Release:  1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1992 Red Vinyl/Yellow Vinyl Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/20/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/10/21  Low:  $3.00 Median:  $5.98 High:   $8.80 Current low price:  $4.83 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  14 Have/Want:  232/62 Where Sold:   Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Boston when it came out, not sure where Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: Yes The best bands of their town in their time.  Green Magnet School from Framingham, MA and Six Finger Satellite from Providence.  United together for this regional tribute via Joyce Linehan's East Coast wing of Sub Pop. A funny thing of note: I always assumed Green Magnet School's photo was considered the "front&q

Artist:  Big Chief Title:   Get Down And Double Check b/w Built Like An Ordeal Label:  Get Hip Format:  7" Cat #:  GH-125 Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1990 Green Marble Vinyl, Promo Listed Condition:  NM/NM Sell Date:  2/16/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:  11/19/20 VG+ VG+ $4.00 Low:  $0.67 Median:  $3.00 High:   $5.63 Current low price:  $2.95 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  11 Have/Want:  52/14 Where Sold:   Rochester Hills, MI Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  guessing Boston, Nuggets Kenmore Square? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No  The peak period of Ann Arbor, MI grunge band was their singles period compiled on 1991's Drive It Off.  This was a promo single issued in 1990 that I bought, unaware that it was a "not for sale" promo until looking at it recently.  Or I just forgot.    Last week someone threw down for 4 Big Chief singles and this one was

  Artist:  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Title:   You're Gonna Get It! Label:  Shelter Records/ABC Records Format:  LP Cat #:  DA-52029 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1978 Keel Mfg. Corp. Press Listed Condition:  VG/VG Sell Date:  1/12/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/5/21 $11.00 NM/VG+ Low:  $2.00 VG/G+ Median:  $10.50 High:   $15.00 VG+/VG+ Current low price:  $8.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  8 Have/Want:  330/90 Where Sold:   Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell:   5 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $1.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No Although You're Gonna Get It! features my personal favorite Petty hit "Listen To Her Heart," I've always thought of this album as two hits plus a ton of filler. But that song!  A Byrds chime and modern day heartache.  Taken away by "money and cocaine."  She's gonna listen

  Artist:  Ray Charles Title:   Genius + Soul = Jazz Label:  Impulse Format:  LP Cat #:  A-2 Year of Release:  1961 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1961 Gatefold Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ Sell Date:  2/6/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/29/21 $2.00 G+/G+ Low:  $2.00 Median:  $23.75 High:   $56.75 NM/NM Current low price:  $3.00 G+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  27 Have/Want:  555/162 Where Sold:   New York, NY Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester indoor flea market early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Quincy Jones big band arrangement with Ralph Burns was punctuated by Charles Hammond B-3.  This produced a big hits in "One Mint Julep" and a #4 Billboard album in the US.  Charles had a couple sessions and fleshed out his band with members from Count Basie's Orchestra. This is an awkward hybrid in some ways.  The Atlantic years were over and Modern Sounds In Country an

  Artist:  Scrawl Title:   Misery (Someone Is Winning) b/w Just Plain Bad Label:  Singles Only Label Format:  7" Cat #:  SOL-224-7 Year of Release:  1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1992 Red Vinyl Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/16/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/1/21 $2.78 NM/NM Low:  $2.00 Median:  $3.00 High:   $3.99 Current low price:  $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  14 Have/Want:  114/24 Where Sold:   Rochester Hills, MI Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Newbury Comics Boston new 1992 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, these rough and tumble ladies were in the autumn of their career before they had their post-Nirvana major label two-shot in the mid-90's.  Bob Mould put this single out on his Singles Only Label in 1992.  I was interning at Ryko this year and Bob came into the office where telling him I was from Worcester jarred his memory of

Artist: Brain Donor Title:  Brain Donor Label:  Mister E Format:  CD Cat #:  MRE06 Year of Release:  2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 2005 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/4/21 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold:  11/22/20 $20.23 M/M Low:  $3.95 VG+/NM 4/12/19 Median:  $11.84 High:   $20.23 Current low price:  $11.65 M/M Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  7 Have/Want:  58/16 Where Sold: Decatur, GA   Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought:  internet mid to late aughts  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No Another artifact from my Julian Cope completist phase. Cope's power trio with two Spiritualized members, Doggen Foster on Guitar and Kevin Bales on Drums.  This eponymous US CD came out mid-decade in 2005.  It tried to make some order out of the Brain Donor full-lengths and EP's from the first half of the aughts.   This release was a kinder, gentler and shorter version of the UK double CD Too Freud To R

  Artist:   Wig Title:  Just Obscene b/w All The Love In The World Label: Nocturnal Records Format:  7" Cat #:  NOT 6 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1991 White Vinyl Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/16/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/11/21 $4.00 Low:  $3.00 Median:  $4.99 High:   $5.00 Current low price:  $2.40 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  6 Have/Want:  35/14 Where Sold:   Rochester Hills, MI Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Nuggets or Newbury Comics Boston new around release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No Preston Cleveland aka Preston Long aka PW Long came up through the ranks and achieved bigger heights a few years later grabbing the rhythm section of the Laughing Hyenas to create Mule.  Oddly enough Ann Arbor's Wig went on to be signed to Island Records without PW Long in the Nirvana aftermath where anything with a whiff of "cool" ha

  Artist:  The Kinks Title:  Sleepwalker Label:  Arista Format:  LP Cat #:  AL 4106 Year of Release:  1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1977 PRC pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/5/21 $3.61 VG/G+ Low:  $1.00 VG+/VG Median:  $5.50 High:   $15.00 M/M Current low price:  $2.50 VG+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  100 Have/Want:  3599/143 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA Al Bums $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No I'm a bit tired of Kinks Kommentary, but they are a regular seller and the weeks sales have been a little slower except for this 6 album buyer in Mpls, which had a nice variety for writeup.  Sleepwaker ushered in the "arena" era of The Kinks.  The Arista years.    "Juke Box Music" I really liked and remembered being very disappointed taping the radio as a kid when this s

  Artist:  Wiseblood Title:   Moto rs lug Label:  Wax Trax Format:  12" Single Cat #:  WAX 012 Year of Release:  1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1985 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+   Sell Date:  2/6/21 Sell Price: $4.49 Discogs Last Sold:  11/18/20 NM/VG+ $12.75 Low:  $3.00 Median:  $5.50 High:   $15.00 Current low price:  $3.15 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  33 Have/Want:  413/76 Where Sold:   Chicago, IL Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Boston Nuggets, Kenmore Square used $1.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See It Go: No The electronic duo of Foetus and Roli Mosimann, the early Swans drummer produced a radio favorite of mine.  "Death Rape 2000" continues the middling A-side repeating the same orchestral punctuated notes ad infinitum.  For those extreme industrial moments at 4:30am when you are doing a 6 1/2 hour radio show and you want to torture yourself AND the audience. Yes I would indulge in

Artist: Elvis Costello and the Attractions Title: Armed Forces   Label:  Columbia Format:  LP Cat #:  JC 35709 Year of Release:  1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1979 Pitman Pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/24/21 VG+/F $5.00 Low:  $3.00 Median:  $4.50 High:   $18.69 NM/NM with 7" Current low price:  $2.00 G+/VG, $3.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  104 Have/Want:  5760/253 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester Al Bums used $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No One of Costello's peaks of his peak period, Armed Forces was one of those records I bought used, played it once, filed it away for decades and didn't repurchase a reissue in the CD era.  This doesn't mean I didn't like it or appreciate it.  The 3 big hits-"Oliver's Army," the opener "Accidents Will Happen"

  Artist:  Stevie Wonder Title:   Looking Back Label:  Motown Format:  3LP Cat #:   M904-LP3 Year of Release:  1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1977 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG drill cut, spine wear Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/21 NM/VG+ $8.50   Low:  $1.31 Median:  $5.50 High:   $17.00 NM/VG+ Current low price:  $3.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   Have/Want:  6249/193 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester MA That's Entertainment early 80's used around $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go:  No Looking Back came out hot on the heels of Songs In The Key Of Life and around the same time as the Motown Anthology series.  A nod to Stevie's artistry, the LP was given another title besides 'Anthology' for it's jam-packed tri-fold cheap package.  These compilations were great for getting the Motown catalog at a

  Artist:  Siouxsie & The Banshees Title:   Through The Looking Glass Label:  Geffen Format:  LP Cat #:   GHS-24134 Year of Release:  1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1987 Promo Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $17.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/30/20 $19.99 NM/NM Low:  $12.00 Median:  $18.01 High: $24.00 Current low price:  $10.00 G+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  16 Have/Want:  1335/212 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No I was big on Siouxsie up until about this release, her "Pin-Ups" style covers record of influences.  The first single was Danko & Dylans' "This Wheels On Fire."  Later there was "The Passenger" which was from Iggy Pop's Lust For Life. Like Bowie with Pin-Ups of Lennon with Rock and Roll, Siouxsie rolls out her influences: John Cale, Kraftwerk, Televisi

  Artist:   Muddy Waters Title:   Electric Mud Label:  Chess Format:  CD Cat #:  CHD-9364  Year of Release:  1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1996 The Original Chess Masters series Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/28/20 $7.50 NM/NM Low:  $2.79 Median:  $5.50 High:   $14.99 Current low price:  $4.49 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  15 Have/Want:  299/106 Where Sold: Jonesboro, AR    Time it took to sell:   10 years Where and When Bought:  internet early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go:  No "What Is This Shit?-Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone "That  Electric Mud  record was dogshit. But when it came out, it started selling like wild, but then they started sending them back. They said, 'This can't be Muddy Waters with all this shit going on, all this wha-wha and fuzztone.'"-Muddy Waters Square, the rating for unlistenable-Rolling Stone Record Gu

  Artist:   Bunny Wailer Title:   Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers Label:  Mango Format:  LP Cat #:  MLPS 9629 Year of Release:  1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  Canada 1980 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold:  8/11/20 $27.78 NM/NM Low:  $3.00 G+/G+ Median:  $12.60 High:   $27.78 Current low price:  $14.50 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  3 Have/Want:  48/29 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester MA Al Bums used $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No A fully enjoyable 1980 modernization of 60's Wailers tracks by the last man standing of Bob-Peter-Bunny triumvirate.  Sly & Robbie are here so this is quality down the line.  I can't really tell you if this is the best place to start now that his solo discography has grown huge.   I only know this one.   His solo debut from 1976, Blackheart Man is noted in my brain to check out since it seems to h

  Artist:   The Jimi Hendrix Experience Title:   Are You Experienced Label:  Reprise Format:  LP Cat #:  RS 6261 Year of Release:  1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1968 second pressing, without the question mark in the title Listed Condition:  V G/VG+  1968 manufactured by Warner/Seven Arts, a couple scratches Sell Date:  2/6/21 Sell Price: $17.99 Discogs Last Sold:  $12/21/20 $30.00 VG+/VG  Low:  $6.77 VG/VG+ Median:  $7.91 High:   $133.60 NM/VG Current low price:  $10.25 G/G, $14.99 VG/G,  $15.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  12 Have/Want:  1107/747 Where Sold:   Silver Spring, MD Time it took to sell:  4 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester early 80's either Al Bums or That's Entertainment $2.99 or $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go:  No I've got to get a tooth yanked due to root canal gone awry tomorrow, so I'm writing this at the midpoint of 2 consecutive 5:30am alarms.  Thus I picked the easiest thing in the last couple wee

  Artist:  Z Z Top Title:   Afterburner Label:  Warner Bros. Format:  LP Cat #:  9 25342-1E Year of Release:  1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1985 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/14/21 $7.87 VG+/VG+ Low:  $3.00 Median:  $7.91 High:   $15.79 NM/VG+ Current low price:   $2.00 P/G, $3.95 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  88 Have/Want:  7417/297 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester MA used within month of release, That's Entertainment $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   C- Sad To See It Go:  No I hated this record when it came out.   Figures this would be the tour I got to see them on, but I did think the show was excellent.  I was so happy to find this in the used bin within a couple weeks of release, clearly by someone who bought it that was disgusted as I was.  An "everybody sucked in the 80's productions" opens where the worst track on Eliminat