The Reverse Collector

Artist:Les Thugs Title: Frenetic Dancing Label: Gougnaf Mouvement Format: 7"  Cat #: GM 005 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: France 1985 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/24/21 Sell Price: $10.99 Discogs Last Sold: 12/23/20 $17.65 VG+/VG+ Low: $10.59 Median: $13.22 Average: $13.73 High: $17.65 Current low price: $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 238/91 Where Sold: hicago, IL Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics new $5.99 late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No    There was a schism in the America radio pronounciations of Les Thugs.  Did you try to sound French and say Lay Toogs or did you Americanize it as Les Thugs?  Like Les Nessman and Thugs as in criminally minded. This buzzsaw "punk" (by default) band with a melodic undercurrent cranked out many a record.  This was the debut that I backtracked to buy somewhere around the early Sub Pop years.  You'll just

Artist:Suckdog/Smog Title: I'm Going To Be Married b/w My Shell Label: #1 Hits Format: 7" split single Cat #: HIT 001 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/24/21 Sell Price: $14.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/13/21 NM/VG+ $12.00 Low: $10.00 Median: $13.30 Average: $15.01 High: $32.94 NM/NM 2/9/18 Current low price: $14.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 113/171 Where Sold: Durham, NC Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics new $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No     Battle of the lo-fi all stars.  Suckdog vs. Smog.  Of course, Suckdog wins handily.  The spirit of Costes looms over the side, whether he is actually there or not.  I was just having a conversation with a friendly lass who asserted that the French are sexy as fuck.  She exclaimed, "You will get wine and VD and enjoy them both!."  I never thought of it that way, but Costes immedia

Artist: Poison GIrls Title:I'm Not A Real Woman  Label: Xntrix Format: 12" EP Cat #: XN2010 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1984 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ water stain, 2" x 1" peel off on right corner Sell Date: 328/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 9/11/20 $22.97 Low: $9.41 Median: $14.56 Average: $14.61 High: $22.97 Current low price: $6.85 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 124/93 Where Sold: Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA Al-Bums new $7.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No   One of the great things about Punk Rock's first wave was it's incorporation of all ideologies.  Although most new musical movements are youth movements reactions from what was before it, the land of British Anarcho-Punk could put out a band led by a middle age Jewish Russian Immigrant mother of 4.  That would be the Poison Girls, led by Vi Subversa, who passed in 2016.

Artist: Z Z Top Title: El Loco Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Cat #: BSK 3593 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Columbia House edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG cut out on left hand side,original inner sleeve Sell Date: 3/13/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/20/21 $6.99 VG+/VG+ Low: $3.00 Median: $7.50 Average: $7.73 High: $15.00 NM/VG+ Current low price: $2.65 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 2612/279 Where Sold: Doral, FL Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA Al-Bums used $2.99 early-80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This is a ZZ Top record that I underappreciated, played once and filed away in the early 80's. Even when it sold, it didn't make the cut for a spin when 20 records had to go out the door in a timely manner. Even as a kid when a childhood friend got this with Shooting Star's Hang On For Your Life for his birthday, I somehow never heard either of them

  Artist:  Eric Clapton Title:   There's One In Every Crowd Label:  RSO Format:  LP Cat #:  SO 4806 Year of Release:  1975 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1975 Specialty Pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ cut out Sell Date:  3/11/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  2/6/21 $6.00 VG+/VG+ Low:  $3.00 Median:  $5.79 Average:  $6.98 High:   $18.95 1/23/21 NM/NM Current low price:  $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  54 Have/Want:  1491/94 Where Sold:   Owensboro, KY Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA Al-Bums used $3.99 mid-80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See It Go: No Clapton had a run of middling albums and this is one of 'em.  There were a slew of 70’s top 10 albums in the US, but this one stalled at #21 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart in May 1975.  Kicking off with  Traditional Gospel numbers "We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon)" and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" m

  Artist:  The Doors Title:   L. A. Woman Label:  Elektra Format:  LP Cat #:  EKS-75011 Year of Release:  1971 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1976 Santa Monica Pressing Butterfly Elektra Listed Condition:  VG/VG+ Sell Date:  3/21/21 Sell Price: $12.99 Discogs Last Sold:  8/12/20 G+/Generic $10.00 Low:  $6.00 Median:  $11.49 Average:  $11.71 High:   $15.00 Current low price:  $12.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   1 Have/Want:  317/457 Where Sold:   Jonesboro, AR Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, Al-Bums $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   A Sad To See It Go: No Jim Morrison's curtain call, L. A. Woman, is a rocking affair.  Released April 19, 1971,  a month and a half before his untimely passing in Paris on July 3rd of that year. "Been Down So Long" is my favorite of the hits here.  In fact, there are only 3 "deep" cuts of the 10 in my view: "Cars Hiss By My Window," &

  Artist:  Don McLean Title:   American Pie Label:  United Artists Format:  LP Cat #:  UAS 5535 Year of Release:  1971 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1971 The Rainbow Collection Listed Condition: VG/G sleeve totally separated Sell Date:  3/11/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  2/9/21 $3.52  Low:  $2.00 Median:  $4.99 Average: $5.53 High:   $15.00 VG+/VG Current low price:  $1.18 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  42 Have/Want: 4050/320 Where Sold:   Pueblo, CO Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  dollar bin Worcester, MA early 80's That's Entertainment Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  D+ Sad To See It Go: No I sat on this thinking I was going to review this for my mother's birthday, but I decided to hold off for a better tribute.  I do remember my painter mom liked the song "Vincent" quite a bit.  She described the song to me before I ever heard it. Of course the title track ode to Buddy Holly, in it's 8 plus minute, 2 sided splendor,

  Artist:  Bob Dylan Title:   Highway 61 Revisited Label:  Columbia Format:  LP Cat #:   CL 2389 Year of Release:  1965 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1965 Mono Listed Condition:  F/F beat up Mono copy Sell Date: 3/6/21 Sell Price: $19.99  Discogs Last Sold:   3/2/21 $19.99 G+/G+ Low:  $5.00 P/G Median:  $28.71 Average:  $49.08 High:   $199.99 VG+/VG+ Current low price:  $10.00 F/No  Cover; $10.99 F/G Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  24 Have/Want:  3059/2617 Where Sold:  Kyoto, Japan Time it took to sell:   5  years Where and When Bought:  passed down from Mother Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go: Yes Today would've been my Mom's 73rd birthday had she not passed a decade ago, so I wanted to write about one of the albums she passed down to me that recently sold.  This copy was sold to the same Japanese buyer that got the Freewheelin' mono copy that went a couple weeks ago.  This was also 3 year old David battle worn.  I did give it a headphone listen in

  Artist:  Foreigner Title: Double Vision Label:  Atlantic Format: LP Cat #:  SD 19999 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1978 Preswell Pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/G water damage on right corner Sell Price: $2.99  Discogs Last Sold:   1/12/21 $3.33 VG/VG Low:  $2.49 Median:  $3.00 Average:  $3.47 High:   $6.12 Current low price:  $1.99 VG/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  25 Have/Want:  1369/54 Where Sold:  Doral, FL Time it took to sell:   5  years Where and When Bought:  birthday gift 1978 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No May 30th, 1979, my 9th birthday, I received the Blues Brothers-Briefcase Full of Blues and another album on the Atlantic imprint.  That's right, the previous years Foreigner album Double Vision.  I knew the hits "Hot Blooded" and the title track that opened each side as well as "Blue Morning Blue Day."  I quickly memorized the rest. I always thought Double Vision was better start to finish com

  Artist:  Various Artists  (Braid, Dianogah, Gainer, Poonjab, Hitmen, Gila Bend, Bollweevils, Scout, Friction, Lustre Kings, Blue Meanies, Cinco de Gatos, Hubcap, Shellac, The Promise Ring, The Fighters, Orwell, 88 Fingers Louie, The Trigger Quintet, Big'n, C-Clamp, Mineral, Jerkwater, Back of Dave, Apocalypse Hoboken) Title: Ground Rule Double Label:  Divot/Action Boy 300 Records Format: 2  LP Cat #:  DVT 003/ACTBOY 004 Year of Release:  1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1996 Limited Edition 510 Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ 3 1" tears in middle of spine otherwise NM Sell Date:  3/17/21 Sell Price: $29.99  Discogs Last Sold:   1/21/21 $30.00 NM/NM Low:  $20.00 Median:  $27.00 Average:  $26.67 High:   $35.00 Current low price:  $69.44 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  1 Have/Want:  185/174 Where Sold:  PIttsburgh, PA Time it took to sell:   6 years Where and When Bought:  guessing Kims on St. Marks NYC new around time of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To

  Artist:  Grateful Dead Title:   S teal Your Face Label:  Grateful Dead Records Format: 2  LP Cat #:  GD-LA620-J2 Year of Release:  1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1976 Terre Haute Press Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  3/11/21 Sell Price: $29.99 minus $10 refund Discogs Last Sold:   2/27/21 $17.95 G+/G Low:  $9.99 Median:  $26.60 Average:  $28.87 High:   $45.00 Current low price:  $23.26 VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  7 Have/Want:  462/113 Where Sold:  Matthews, NC Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  street vendor in Boston's Back Bay Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: Yes This is one of those albums with a HISTORY behind it.  Not so much for the content, which I think is a bit lagging as far as live Dead goes.  This record is an argument for the studio versions, even with the stripped down electric approach that sounds better in theory than execution. The history is mine.  I found this album by premonition in Boston in the la

Artist:  Soundtrack (Cheech and Chong, War, Search Boys, Yesca, Alice Bowie) Title:   Paramount Pictures Presents Cheech y Chong's Up In Smoke Label:  Warner Bros. Format:  LP Cat #:  BSK 3249 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1978 Gatefold, Goldisc Record Mfg. Listed Condition:  VG/VG Sell Date:  3/15/21 Sell Price: $10.99 Discogs Last Sold:  10/15/20 VG+/VG $9.52 Low:  $4.00 VG+/VG Median:  $10.00 Average:  $11.65 High:   $20.00 Current low price:  $8.93 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  7 Have/Want:  87/27 Where Sold:   Yuma, AZ Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester MA in the Worcester Center bookstore mall as a gift for my mother Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: Yes " You get a goddamn job or I'm shipping you off to military school with the Goddam Finkelstein Shit Kid!  Son of a bitch!!" was how I recited the intro of the Up In Smoke soundtrack excluding the "we" and the

Artist:  The Mothers of Invention Title:   We're Only In It For The Money Label:  Verve Format:  LP Cat #:  V6 5-45X Year of Release:  1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1968 gatefold with insert Listed Condition:  VG/VG  with insert, seam splits on cover 2" & 3" top and bottom Sell Date:  3/14/21 Sell Price: $22.99 Discogs Last Sold:  2/23/21 VG+/VG $28.00 Low:  $3.57 G/F Median:  $25.00 Average:  $32.12 High:   $130.95  Comments:  SLEEVE VG++ (picture on request ) VINYL NM/NM WITH INSERT   Current low price:  $10.00 G+/G, $17.50 Vg/VG no insert, V/VG with insert $26.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   54 Have/Want:  3126/1206 Where Sold:   Kansas City, MO Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used Al Bums used early 80's $20.00 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go: No Some records I was so sure they would increase in value.  This was bought off the wall in the early 80's, hard to find and with insert for $2

  Artist:  Wings Title:   Back To The Egg Label:  Columbia Format:  LP Cat #:  FC 36057 Year of Release:  1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1979 Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ Sell Date:  3/13/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  3/3/21 G+/VG $5.29 Low:  $0.95 Median:  $5.00 Average:  $5.58 High:   $14.99 VG+/VG+ Wings: Back To The Egg 1979 FC 36057 Columbia Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Record has minor scuffs; Includes the original inner photo/song title/lyric/credit liner sleeve VG+/VG+   Current low price:  $1.18 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   82 Have/Want:  4066/231 Where Sold:   Doral, FL Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used That's Entertainment early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No As this week progressed, my decision not to write about any more Beatle related material took a sharp turn toward writing about more Beatle related material.  It helped that somebody bought a bunch of M

  Artist:  WIngs Title:   L ondon Town Label:  Capitol Format:  LP Cat #:  SW 11777 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1978 Winchester Pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/VG Sell Date:  3/13/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold:  3/8/21 G+/VG $5.87 Low:  $0.98 VG+/VG Median:  $4.00 Average:  $6.50 High:   $28.00 M/VG+  Unopened. Original owner. Still sealed in factory shrink wrap. Glossy and immaculate. First U.S. pressing. Has been stored in factory carton since release. Jacket has faint ringwear, sharp corners, no edgewear, a 1/4" soft surface crease at the top right corner, and a clean 1/2" punch hole at the top right corner with a 1" soft surface crease extending from the punch hole to the jacket's edge. Free U.S. shipping. Current low price:  $1.19 G/no cover, $1.50 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   119 Have/Want:  4512/127 Where Sold:   Doral, FL Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA 1981 Gwiz-ga

  Artist:  Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Title:   Jesus Christ Superstar Label:  Decca Format:  2LP Cat #:  DXSA 7206 Year of Release:  1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1970 Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ spine damaged Sell Date:  3/13/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold:  2/28/21 M/NM $75.99 Low:  $1.00 Median:  $8.50 Average:  $15.11 High:   $75.99 Current low price:  $0.83 F/G+, $1.43 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:   143 Have/Want:  7278/174 Where Sold:   Doral, FL Time it took to sell:  5 years Where and When Bought:  dollar bin somewhere late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Since I wasn't raised in a religious household, this double album I heard constantly over an early childhood friends house was an obsession of mine.  Flogging!  Hammering nails into hands and feet on a wooden plank!   It was a world unlike any I could ever see. Ian Gillan made his Deep Purple debut with In Rock this year, but he a