The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Various Artists (Lydia Lunch, Matt Heckert, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Manson, Mr. V.O. Real, Jello Biafra, Allen Ginsberg, Anton LaVey, Henry Rollins, Whipping Boy) Title: The Birth of Tragedy Magazine's Fear-Power-God Label: CFY Records Format: LP Cat #: CFY 004 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 8/21/21 Sell Price: $12.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/19/21 $12.50 Low: $8.00 VG+/VG Median: $11.75 Average: $11.57 High: $16.50 NM/VG+ Current low price: $9.84 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:17 Have/Want: 151/58 Where Sold: Los Angeles Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums New $7.99 when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No An amazing assembly of poets, punkers, industrial wastelanders and psychopaths.  The best cut by far is Anton LaVey reading Book IV with authority.  Lawrence Ferlinghetti delivers The Lor...

Artist: Drunks With Guns Title: Alter Human Industrial Fetishisms Zombie b/w Leprosy / Enemy Label: Dental Records Format: 7" Cat #: Dental Records 02 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 500 pressed Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  8/22/21 Sell Price: $29.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/2/21 $21.18 NM/VG+ Low: $7.50 G/G+ Median: $32.00 Average: $28.08 High: $40.00 Current low price: $29.41 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 86/153 Where Sold: San Jose, CA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: In Your Ear Alston, trade for Dope Guns and Fucking In The Streets Vol II 2X7" in 1990 after the cd came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: Yes The classic third single, I believe final  of the Doskocil/Seitrich era, was a classic B-side. "Culture is my enemy! Music Is My Enemy!" rails the closing track of the side.   Drunks With Guns first wave of singles were perhaps among t...

  Artist: Santana Title: Moonflower Label: Columbia/Legacy Format: 2XCD Cat #:C2K 63594 Year of Release:1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2003 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/19/21 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/21 Low: $1.96 Median: $6.85 Average: $6.51 High: $11.00 Current low price: $6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 182/60 Where Sold: Baltimore, MD Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This Santana album I managed to ignore completely despite it being a #10 platinum album, the biggest until the Clive Davis comeback era.  This double was a mix of 1977 studio tracks and a Greatest Hits Live approach since 1974's live Lotus was deemed to be uncommercial for the US market until it was issued in 1991.  A shocking story, since you'd think Carlos Santana was big enough to do what he wanted to and was putt...

  Artist: Tad Title: 8 Way Santa Label: Sub Pop Format:CD Cat #: SP 89b Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 original cover Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/16/12 Sell Price: $24.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/1/21 $27.99 Low: $9.98 Median: $21.00 Average: $20.80 High: $35.00 Current low price: $23.21 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 177/112 Where Sold: Union, SC Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The last great Tad album and the last one on Sub Pop before graduating to the majors.  This was released with a found photo that was subsequently pulled from distribution by legal threat from the unhappy cover models.  The image remains for eternity throughout the interwebs by record collectors worldwide.  I long considered this a crown jewel of my collection, holding out for $100 and $50...

  Artist: Jack Tragic Title: White Nigger Rising Label: Old Nick Productions Format: CD Cat #: 68 IOU 1 Year of Release: 1989  Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/2/21 Sell Price: $14.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/13/21 Low: $10.45 Median: $14.64 Average: $14.99 High: $19.00 Current low price: $11.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 10/6 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: NYC St Marks Venus Records $1.00 sticker on it early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No "He who feels it, knows it"-Bunny Wailer "You gotta hear the Jack Tragic.  It's fuckin' relentless" said someone I knew coming home from a 12 hour minimum wage record store shift.  At some point a couple years later, I found a dollar copy in the cheap bin, the stickers of price reduction mounting.  I had to hear it to see how relentless it was. ...

Artist: Zappa/Mothers Title: Roxy & Elsewhere Label: Barking Pumpkin Format: CD Cat #: D2 74241 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 BMG Music Club edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/14/21 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/30/21 Low: $1.99 Median: $8.43 Average: $8.00 High: $13.98 Current low price: $5.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 195/76 Where Sold: Hazlet, NJ Time it took to sell: 6 yeaars Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No One of those Zappa albums I never bought or listened to that was part of a consignment collection given to me to sell 6 years ago.  Finally it sold, so now I'm giving Zappa's Roxy & Elsewhere a little attention.  I was surprised that when his son Dweezil had the opportunity, he did a 40th anniversary tribute show back in 2013-4. These tracks are part of the continuing evolution of live Zapp...

  Artist: Oasis Title: Definitely Maybe Label: Epic Format: CD Cat #:  EK 66431 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/14/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/26/21 $1.50 VG/VG+ Low: $1.17 Median: $2.87 Average: $2.72 High: $4.00 Current low price: $2.40 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 468/192 Where Sold: Hazlet, NJ Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet 90's for 75 cents on half.com Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Oasis are one of those bands I initially wanted nothing to do with, even when my friend John deemed Morning Glory excellent back when it was new.  There was something about it that just sounded too commercial and boring to me.  For whatever reason, I decided I needed to get their discography at some point in the mid aughts, when every title in the catalog could be had for under a dollar (plu...

  Artist: Children's Crusade Title: Scorpio Moon Label: Scat Format: 7" Cat #: SCAT 12 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Cleveland Archive Series Vol. 1459/500 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/14/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 5/9/21 Low: $1.76 Median: $3.50 Average: $4.10 High: $7.64 Current low price:$2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:18 Have/Want: 115/25 Where Sold: Hazlet, NJ Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston early 90's new $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No 1985 recordings from Doug Gilliard of Guided By Voices, Death of Samantha and Cobra Verde fame with vocalist Frasier Sims also of Starvation Army.  The A-side "Blue Venus Aflame" can't be found online in this lo-fi form, but you can hear it on youtube live .  This was a favorite of mine to play on the radio and I bought it long before I really knew GB...

  Artist: Int'l Shades Title: Hash Wednesday Label: Cass Format: CD Cat #: MAMA-018 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue:US 2005 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/27/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/7/21 Low: $1.99 Median: $2.00 Average:$2.00 High: $2.00 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 16/8 Where Sold: Dunkirk, NY Time it took to sell:10 years Where and When Bought: promo by band for booking Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Int'l Shades were a super group in the early aughts consisting of Mark C. from Live Skull, Tim Foljahn from a bunch of "downtown" affiliated things including the Cat Power story I wrote last week and the guy that I set up a gig with, Bob Bert of early Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore fame.  I I was booking the Heroine Sheiks the time this came out and set up a show at Trash Bar in Brooklyn with them, my band Saint Bastard ...

  Artist: Iowa Beef Experience Title: Personalien Label: Rave Format: CD Cat #: RAVE 031 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/2/21 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/12/21 $11.99 M/M Low: $6.00 Median: $11.76 Average: $12.64 High: $26.99 Current low price: $7.06 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 18/16 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: 1992 In Your Ear Alston new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Noise rock from Iowa City.  I want to say I missed my only shot to see them when they opened an early gig for Antiseen that I arrived too late to even see Antiseen.  At least that is how I remember it. Still, I have multiple singles and this, their second full length from 1992. As I listen a second time after dozing off to the first one in headphones the other night, I can tell you that this is pre...

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title:  Cheap Trick Label: Epic Format: LP Cat #: PE 34400 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 reissue, Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG spine damage Sell Date: 8/8/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/4/21 $16.46 VG+/VG+ Low: $6.99 VG/G+ Median: $11.00 Average: $11.21 High: $16.46 Current low price: $7.18 VG/G Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 435/85 Where Sold: Saint Paul, MN Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Al  Bums early 80's used $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No For some reason I always thought Side 1 was Side One over Side A, the comic labeling of the two sides.  What tricksters!  The back cover say no, "Hot Love" is the album opener, not "Elo Kiddies."  The internet has other ideas. Shouldn't 'Elo say hello? I had this album well before Big Black made a hit out of "He's A Whore...

  Artist: Led Zeppelin Title: The Soundtrack From The Film The Song Remains The Same Label: Swan Song Format: 2LP Cat #: SS-2-201 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 SRC Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/G+ hole punch through cover and inner sleeves, 3" tear on cover Sell Date: 8/6/21 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/21 Low: $8.00 VG/VG Median: $17.99 Average: $20.74 High: $45.90 NM/NM Current low price: $6.59 VG/No Cover $12.50 G+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 55 Have/Want: 6359/288 Where Sold: Yorktown Heights, NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester sealed with hole punch early 80's around '82 guessing Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:A Sad To See It Go: No "Does anyone remember laughter?"-Robert Plant vamp, Stairway.. For many years I couldn't listen or worse yet watch The Song Remains The Same .  Why?  I saw it one too many time as it was always ...

  Artist: Led Zeppelin Title:  In Through The Out Door Label: Swan Song Format: LP Cat #: SS 16002 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 "F" Sleeve Variant Monarch Pressing Listed Condition: VG+G+ bag a bit beat up Sell Date: 8/6/21 Sell Price: $10.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/3/21 Low: $5.99 G+/G+ Median: $14.99 Average: $23.99 High: $58.82 NM/NM Current low price: $10.00 VG/VG no bag, VG/VG+ $12,99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 314/197 Where Sold: Yorktown Heights, NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Strawberries Worcester MA $5.99 new October 1979 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: no My first Zep purchase, the second of my number one album collection right after Get The Knack.  I wondered, with only "Fool In The Rain" hovering in the 20's on the Billboard singles chart why this was so popular.  I soon learned why. Since I was 9 when this came out,...

  Artist: Oneida Title:  Come On Everybody Let's Rock Label: Jagjaguar Format: CD Cat #:JAG27 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ hole punch in upc Sell Date: 7/27/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:3/19/21 Low: $0.99 Median: $5.74 Average: $5.89 High: $10.00 Current low price: $5.22 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 176/31 Where Sold:Dunkirk, NY Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Kims on St Marks used or half.com Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Solid Brooklyn noise rock band I liked quite a bit in the late 90's/early aughts.  I can pinpoint when I dropped off.  2001's Anthem of the Sun was the last release I bought, and they've been cranking them out after that as soon as 2002 and as recently as 2018 to the best of my knowledge.  They still are doing gigs a couple decades later, but I probably haven't seen them in 20 years or so.  Maybe I will see th...

  Artist: The Rezillos Title: Can't Stand The Rezillos: The (Almost) Complete Rezillos Label: Sire/Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #:9 26942-2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/2/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold:3/11/21 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.56 High: $8.99 Current low price: $4.12 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 335/30 Where Sold:Falls Church, VA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet mail order early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Generally all you really need from The Rezillos on one compact disc.  Scottish 70's punk rock, the 1978 debut Can't Stand The Rezillos came back to back with 1979's live Mission Accomplished...But The Beat Goes On, which they tacked on as much as they could fit on one cd. The big hit is the rework of Peter Greene era Fleetwood Mac's "Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight...

  Artist: Billie Holiday Title: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 1 (1933-1935) Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat #:CK 40646 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Columbia Jazz Masters series Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/2/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:4/8/21 Low: $1.00 Median: $2.00 Average: $3.00 High: $7.65 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 116/8 Where Sold:Falls Church, VA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Smash on St Marks NYC early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No The first volume of stellar Columbia recordings by Billie Holiday is unimpeachable.  The track from these years that always stuck with me was "Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town."  If there was any better Black indictment of white history books, I'd like to know about it.  He didn't even have a pony! With a premature passing in 1959...