The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Various Artists (Butthole Surfers, BIg Boys, Personality Crisis, MInutemen, JFA, Tales of Terror, Fang, MDC, Dicks, DRI, The White Lie) Title: Rat Music For Rat People, Vol. 2 Label: CD Presents Format: LP Cat #: CD-009 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1984 Listed Condition: VG+/VG lyrics, insert included, spine damage Sell Date: 5/28/21 Sell Price: $19.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/21 $25.71 M/VG+ Low: $11.99 Median: $18.15 Average: $19.38 High: $30.49 Current low price: $19.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 680/199 Where Sold: Bellaire, TX Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester That Entertaiment used $3.99 range mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Generally listenable legends hardcore record with some classics.  It opens with a live version of the Butthole Surfers Theme Song and Fang's "They Sent Me To Hell C.O.D." was a big favor

  Artist: Various Artists ( The Perfect Disaster , Mega City Four ,, Cerebral Fix, Killdozer , Pussy Galore ) Title: Sounds Blast! EP3 Label: Sounds Format: 7" Cat #: Sounds Blast! 3 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1989 Listed Condition:VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/4/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/21 Low: $0.70 Median: $1.61 Average: $1.81 High: $3.66 Current low price: $.0.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 148 Have/Want: 943/53 Where Sold: Franklin Sq., NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: came with issue of Sounds, guessing Newbury Comics or Tower Boston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No In looking for the most recent sales to write about on for my birthday edition, I chose this because of the Killdozer/Pussy Galore side.  I witnessed one of the final Pussy Galore gigs at a short lived lesbian bar called Ground Zero on Mass Ave in Central Square Cambridge.  The band a

Artist: Various Artists (Jesus Lizard/Thinking Fellers Union Local 282/Velocity Girl) Title: WMBR Presents: Clear The Room! (Live Performances) Label: No Life Records Format: 7" Cat #: NL 01 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 2,000 pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/13/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 2/8/21 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.44 High: $4.98 Current low price:$2.44 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 202/21 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: somewhere in Boston 1992 or possibly Kims Underground NYC Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go:  No "You want some hummus?  Well HUM ON THIS!"-David Yow, 1991, Cambridge, MA, Middle East Cafe, over dinner The legendary WMBR sessions I had taped off the radio back in 1991 as it aired.  The were making a name for themselves as a great live band after the first EP, Pure, wa

  Artist: Johnny Cash Title:  Unchained Label: American Recordings Format: CD Cat #: 9 43097-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Listed Condition:VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/18/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 4/25/21 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.73 Average: $3.96 High: $8.55 Current low price:$3.66 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 753/130 Where Sold: Leland, NC Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Sounds NYC used promo $8.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The second release in the American series overseen by Rick Rubin in the final decade of Cash's life.  These releases were uniformly strong although something like a rework of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" doesn't quite hold up the way Tom Petty's "Southern Accents" does. One thing I found striking about this one was how familiar I was with this particular album, but how I couldn't quite date

  Artist: Adrenalin O.D./Bedlam Title: Caught In The Act Adrenalin O.D.: Master Peace / We Will Rock You / Traffic Jam Bedlam: Creepy Fuckin Hitchcock/ Lost In Space /Live A.I.D.S. Label: Buy Our Records Format: 7" Cat #: BOR-7-004 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985 white label 1,000 pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ with folded instert Sell Date: 5/19/21 Sell Price: $24.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/30/21 $24.95 VG+/generic Low: $15.00 Median: $24.97 Average: $25.96 High: $42.68 Current low price:$24.95 VG+/GEN Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 123/113 Where Sold: Seattle, WA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Originally meant to be a flexi disc but Eva Tone put the kibosh on it due to bad language stage banter.  This was the humor wing of Buy Our Records.It came out on a white label with generic sleeve and a folde

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: Heaven  Tonight Label: Epic Format: LP Cat #: JE 35312 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978  Santa Maria Pressing Listed Condition: VG/VG with inner sleeve Sell Date: 5/21/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/29/21 Low: $2.00 G+/G+ Median: $6.49 Average: $8.39 High: $29.99 NM/NM Current low price: $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 346/94 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 6 years   Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Day two of my Cheap Trick double shot  comes courtesy of the same Chicago buyer. I always thought this to be a perfect album start to finish, but I admittedly haven't heard this start to finish since my early teens.  "Surrender," "Top of the World," and  "California Man" stood out on Side One "Taking Me Back" and the ti

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: In Color Label: Epic Format: LP Cat #: PE 34884 Year of Release:1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US mid 80s Terre Haute Gatefold Listed Condition: VG+/G+ spine damage Sell Date: 5/21/21 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/29/21 VG+/VG $9.85 Low: $0.99 G+/F Median: $9.88 Average: $12.07 High: $26.95/NM/NM Current low price: $8.00 G+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 932/118 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums mid 80's new $4.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Of the classic Cheap Trick run in the 70's, In Color was the one I always thought was the weakest.  That is a solid album, left of Heaven Tonight and Dream Police, but a bridge between the first and the hit making period of those 2 and Budokan.  The transition was a spritely, embryonic "I Want You To Want Me" which became the live hit we all kn

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Nashville Skyline Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat #: KCS 9825 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1969 Stereo Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG/G+ Sell Date:3/6/21 Sell Price: $10.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/5/21 VG+/VG+ $12.00 Low: $3.00 G+/G Median: $8.53 Average: $9.55 High: $49.95 NM/NM     OPEN SHRINK WRAP COPY with "Featuring Lay Lady Lay" HYPE STICKER!! Vinyl surfaces present as full, deep gloss with no visible wear or blemish. Labels are flat and clean with zero spindle marks. Jacket is inside mostly intact, crystal clear shrink. No dings, cuts, clips or holes. Own a TOP COPY Buy 4 or $100 and receive free shipping! Current low price: $4.00 F/VG Low condiion, $5.29 G+/G+, $8.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 43 Have/Want: 1187/268 Where Sold: Kyoto, Japan Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: passed down by aunt around '76 or 7 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:

Artist Ed Kuepper Title: Rooms of the Magnificent Label: Hot Records Format: LP Cat #:HOT 1027 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1986 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ deleted radio copy, stickers on cover Sell Date: 5/9/21 Sell Price:$9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/8/21 NM/VG+ $19.99 Low: $3.00 VG/VG+ 10/20/19 Median: $6.53 Average: $9.55 High: $19.99 Current low price: $4.97 VG/G+  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 307/37 Where Sold:Riner, VA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: WERS purge pile Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The aural highway is littered with albums that reveal themselves excellent if you just give them time and a chance to sink into your brain.  This purged album from the WERS library by the Saints co-founder is one fine example.  If I remember, damn near the whole Kuepper library was unjustly relegated to the dustbin to make room for some lesser, newer talent.  5

Artist: Tar Babies/Distorted Levels Title: Rejected At The High School Dance b/w Hey Mister/Red Swirls Label: Bona Fide Records Format: 7" Cat #: #2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Bona Fide Punk Rock Series Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/13/21 Sell Price: $7.49 Discogs Last Sold: 4/22/21 Low: $6.00 Median: $7.31 Average: $7.83 High: $10.00 Current low price: $7.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 122/42 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics new $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Not to be confused with the funkier Tar Babies from Madison on SST, this archival  reissue from 1978  is from Rochester, NY.  Distorted Levels and Tar Babies contained within are the late 70's bands that would evolve into the more established (and polished) Chesterfield Kings. These bands were gritty and raw.  Greg Provo

Artist:  The Bartlebees Title:  Urban Folk Legends Hollywood Holiday /Comin' Out Stayin' In/ Nightlife Diplomacy / She Loves Monsters /Never Found A Woman Worth To Die For/ And Then Suddenly /Deceitful You/What You See/ Safety Pin Stuck In My Hear t/Nobody's Lonesome For Me Label:  Little Teddy Recordings Format:  CD Cat #:  BiTe030 Year of Release:  1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  Germany 1997 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  5/15/21 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold:  4/9/21 Low:  $0.99 Median:  $8.52 Average:   $7.35 High:   $9.94 Current low price:  $8.53 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  1 Have/Want:  51/11 Where Sold:   Central Point, OR Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought:  at NYC show at Under Acme 1997 or so Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Excellent German twee-pop reminiscent of the Wedding Present and Eugenius.  "Hollywood Holiday" kicks this off with my historical favorite, but upon a couple relistens there are other grea

  Artist:  Tad Title:   Jack Pepsi b/w Plague Years Label:  Sub Pop Format:  7" Cat #:  SP 1000 Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1990 Limited Edition 3000 pressing promo Listed Condition:  VG+/Generic Sell Date:  5/11/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold:  9/19/20 $5.69 NM/Generic Low:  $2.25 Median:  $3.25 Average:  $3.53 High: $5.69 Current low price:  $3.66 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  10 Have/Want:  293/70 Where Sold:   N Chesterfield, VA Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  came with Sub Pop singles club as a bonus Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A This promo 7” came out before the 8 Way Santa release with the unsuspecting models on the cover.  For me this album represented a softening of Tad the band.  In some respects it was their last great stand and this single was a classic.  I already had the A-side from the CD EP with the banned Pepsi cover.  Something about that era where Tad could offend individuals and corporations wi

  Artist: Children In Adult Jails Title: Man Overcome By Waffle Iro n Label: Buy Our Records Format: LP Cat #: BOR 12-004 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ Sell Date: 5/13/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/1/21 $4.99 M/M Low: $1.91 Median: $4.99 Average: $7.02 High: $15.85 Current low price: $3.65 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 161/71 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Boston Nuggets early 90's used under $5 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No While Buy Or Records alums Pussy Galore and Raging Slab went on to fame and fortune, the excellent Children In Adult Jails languished in obscurity except for me who discovered this record in the new release bin my very first week of WICN DJing.   "Reptiles On Parade" was the one that got me.  Essentially a Dinosaur movie play by play with vocals laying wast

Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Band Title: Gold and Platinum Label: MCA Records Format: 2XLP Cat #:MCA2-11008 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Embossed Gatefold Listed Condition: VG/VG+ Sell Date:5/11/21 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/24/21 $12.00 Low: $8.40 Median: $12.00 Average: $12.99 High: $22.50 Current low price: $4.75 F/G+, $4.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 5197/150 Where Sold: Marrero, LA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums used early 80s around $6.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No As far as compilations go, this one plays well as a fine tribute put together by the surviving members.  Better aesthetically than a rehash of hits, since the live versions from One For The Road are included even with hits like "Free Bird" as well as "Gimmie Three Steps".  My 10 or 11 year old self was a little disappointed not to have th