The Reverse Collector

Artist: Don Caballero Title: Chunk Side: Waltor b/w Let Side: Shuman Center : Free Single with Chunklet 11 Label: Chunklet Magazine   Format: 7" Cat #: CHUNKLET 11 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Blue Label Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/28/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:1/18/21 $8.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.50 Average: $5.23 High: $8.00 Current low price: $8.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 40/34 Where Sold: Caledonia, MI Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: came with Chunklet zine Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go:   No Freebee single that came in the 11th Chunklet fanzine back in the heady days where I had a whole room dedicated to fanzines and a mattress for guests to crash on in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I, as everyone, was a fan of the DonCab debut For Respect, featuring the high held guitar of Ian Willams.  Williams was the live focal point but he

  Artist: Z Z Top Title: Tres Hombres Label: Warner Bros Format: CD Cat #: R2 78966 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2006 BMG Music Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date:3/4/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/8/20 $4.98 Low: $4.98 Median: $4.99 Average: $4.99 High: $4.99 Current low price:$5.60 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 59/83 Where Sold:Vancouver, WA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I bought the vinyl of this in the early 80's used, perhaps my first or second Top album I owned.  Who could resist the opening trifecta of "Waiting For The Bus," "Jesus Just Left Chicago," and "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers." I never replaced this on CD personally, due partially catching wind of the remixes that came out in the 80's.  This CD left for me to sell on consignment

  Artist: Lydia Lunch/13.13 Title: 13.13 Label: Ruby Records Format: LP Cat #: JRR 806 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/3/21 Sell Price: $24.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/19/21 NM/NM $30.00 includes custom inner bag Low: $12.00 Median: $21.26 Average: $21.86 High: $30.12 Current low price: $15.00 VG/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 661/304 Where Sold: Ontario, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Boston, Nuggets new under $5 in early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No A caterwaul that is pleasant to me in short spurts.  A little taxing at 40 minutes but the bookends of  "Stares To Nowhere" and "Afraid of Your Company" mean that you come in and go out on a high note. "Snakepit Breakdown" is classic no wave dirge I'm sure is in a Kern soundtrack somewhere. "Lock Your Door" gives u

  Artist: Bob Dylan/The Band Title: Before The Flood Label: Asylum Format: 2LP Cat #: AB-201 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 gatefold Listed Condition: G/G Sell Date: 4/4/21 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/30/21 VG+/F $14.25 Low: $5.00 VG/VG Median: $14.99 Average: $16.84 High: $69.00 M/VG+ sealed Current low price: $9.64 VG/G Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 37 Have/Want: 5427/577 Where Sold: Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: my grandmother bought it new for me in Norwich CT around 1975 or 6 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No  When I was writing about Real Live, it seemed like I dismissed Before The Flood with a high hand due to  newfound arena vocal bombast in early '74.  I couldn't even get the name right, conflating it with the Steeleye Span album Below The Salt my parents had in their small collection.   I did this despite this having my own copy since the mid 70's, long before Columbi

  Artist: Various Artists ( Melissa Manchester , Ray Parker Jr. , Billy Idol , Genesis , Van Halen , A Flock of Seagulls , Steel Breeze , 38 Special , Kansas , Tane Cain , Haircut One Hundred , Joan Jett & The Blackhearts , John Cougar ) Title: Blast Off Label: K-Tel Format: LP Cat #: TU-2960 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/21 $9.99 NM/NM Low: $1.00 Median: $3.50 Average: $4.30 High: $9.99 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 633/22 Where Sold: Walnutport, PA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: given in a stack of discarded albums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: F Sad To See It Go: No "You can tell it's Y-Tel.  It'll Never Sell."-Firesign Theater I didn't bother to listen to this when it sold before it went out.  I didn't have to, I know all these song

  Artist: Various Artists (Freddy King, Dennis McMillon, Harmonia Frank, Jessie Belvin, Tommy McLennan, Albert & Charles, Clifford King, J & J Deuces, Jesse Pipkin & Band, Clear Waters, Emright, Morris Pejoe, Country Paul, Richard Brothers, Elmon Mickle). Title: Stompin' The Country Blues, Volume 22 Label: Stomp Format: LP Cat #: Stomp 122 Year of Release: Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK Unofficial Release per Discogs Listed Condition: NM/VG+ Sell Date: 4/13/21 Sell Price: $12.99 Discogs Last Sold: 10/2/20 $8.33 VG+/VG+ Low: $8.33 Median: $11.96 Average: $12.25 High: $19.99 Current low price: $6.88 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 84/21 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: given in discarded stack of records Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: Yes An excellent Folk-Blues compilation of dubious legality, from the massive Stompin' series on the UK Stomp label.  I could find all but one

  Artist: June of 44 Title: Four Great Points Label: Quarterstick Format: CD Cat #: QS54CD Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ hole punch in upc Sell Date: 4/11/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/21 $6.99 NM/VG+ Low: $2.92 Median: $4.92 Average: $5.51 High: $11.11 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 455/61 Where Sold: Bangor, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: NYC used somewhere on St. Marks probably Sounds near release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No US math rock collective from the late 90's featuring guitarist Jeff Mueller who also could be heard earlier in the 90's in Rodan before and also later with Shipping News (and perhaps simultaneously).  I bought all his bands religiously but really they were because of the Rodan album Rusty which I played relentlessly and home and on air in 1993. June of

  Artist: Rocket From The Crypt Title: Live From Camp X-Ray Label: Vagrant Records Format: CD Cat #: VR377 Year of Release: 2002 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2002 Digipak Listed Condition: VG+/VG mark over barcode Sell Date: 4/13/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/9/21 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.30 Average: $3.53 High: $9.00 Current low price: $2.90 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 252/22 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: half.com used early aughts around the time it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No When this came out I thought it was a bit of a comeback for RFTC.  Circa: Now was their A record for me, everything else was either too slick, like their major label output or too raw like the Hot Charity comp and the surrounding singles.  I prefer John Reis straight up the middle. The two standout tracks then and now are "Dumb, Blind and Horny" and "Too Many Balls.&qu

  Artist: Pavement Title: Brighten The Corners Label: Matador/Capitol Format: CD Cat #: OLE 197-2 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1997 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/2/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 2/7/21 $1.29 VG/VG Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.83 High: $4.99 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 767/92 Where Sold: Cincinnati, OH Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: given in a stack of discarded cds Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No This album was on the East Village Marz Bar jukebox in the late 90's only to be replaced by the first Malkmus solo album.  At the time I deemed it "return to form" over Wowie Zowie but probably gave it less listens at home.  Marz,  or the corresponding EP's I bought, made "Stereo" and "Shady Lane" hits for me.  I noted that the rest of the album was unfamiliar before it kicked into my favorite "W

  Artist: Jaguar Love Title: Jaguar Love Label: Matador Format: CD EP Cat #: OLE 824-2 Year of Release: 2008 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2008 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ with promo one sheet in digipak, marker cross out barcode Sell Date: 4/11/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/23/21 $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $1.06 Average: $1.62 High: $3.60 Current low price: $0.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 61/11 Where Sold: Bangor, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Kim's Underground NYC dollar rack Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No Perky indie with commercial production.  A nice scream here and there, but overall annoying.  I bought this in Kim’s dollar used cd rack out of curiosity for a Matador Records band I never heard sometime in the late aughts. The level of annoying is atmospheric.  One member was from Pretty Girls Make Graves earlier in the decade, a band whose only recollect

  Artist: The Motards Title: Kings of Blues Label: Rip Off Records Format: 7" Cat #: RO  Rec #011 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 single side 45, Texas Hick Series #2 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date:4/12/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/12/21 $7.14 Low: $3.25 Median: $4.40 Average: $4.63 High: $7.14 Current low price:$4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:14 Have/Want: 251/36 Where Sold: Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Etheria on Ave. A NYC 99 cent close out bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I was big on their Empty Records release  The Motards Rock Kids when I was on WFDU.  At some point in the late 90's or early aughts I saw this $2.99 single with a big 99 cent sticker in the dollar bin at Etheria on Ave A and picked it up. It's a pretty standard garage lo-fi punk rock experience from Austin.  "Yo (Heart) Mexico" is th

Artist: Various Artists (The Birdhouse, Bored!, Les Thugs, The Subway Surfers, Green River, Blood Circus, The Surfin' Dead, Submentals, Mudhoney, Broken Jug, Loveslug, The Fluid, Miracle Workers, Boys From Nowhere, Der Beat from Bagdad) Title: This House Is Not A Motel Label: Glitterhouse Format: CD Cat #: GR 0046 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Germany 1989 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/21 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/14/20 VG+/VG+ $6.02 Low: $6.02 Median: $10.24 Average: $11.13 High: $20.40 M/NM 5/30/16 Current low price: $10.24 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 82/18 Where Sold: Lancaster, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: mailorder late 80's new around $15 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Glitterhouse was primarily known in the US for licensing Amphetamine Reptile and Sub Pop in the late 80's for the German/European market.  Often this that to exclusive tracks and compilat