The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Various Artists ( The Brogues , Chosen Few , Au Go-Go's , Chris Morgan & The Togas , The Knickerbocker s, The Tigi's , Mark and the Escorts , The Other Half , The Jefferson Handkerchief , The Peanut Butter Conspirac y, The Seeds , Fire Escape , The Lyrics , Fenwyck ) Title: Mindrocker, Vol. 1 Label: Line Format: LP Cat #: LLP 5115 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Germany  Listed Condition: VG+/G+ Sell Date: 4/26/22 Sell Price: $14.99 Discogs Last Sold:  11/22/21 VG+/VG $10.00 Low: $7.37 Median: $12.99 Average: $13.15 High:$21.04 Current low price:$10.53 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want: 222/79 Where Sold: Almeda, CA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, Al Bums, New mid 80's around $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Mindrocker, named after the Fenwyck track, was a 13 Volume German compilation of independent 60's psych singles conceived for Line  Records by Hans Hermann Pohle

  Artist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Title:  T he Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Write A Song / I.E.V ./ Explode r/ Rachel / Chicken Walk / White Tail /' 78 Style / Changed / What To Do / Eye To Eye / Eliza Jane / History of Sex / Comeback / Support-A-Man / Maynard Ave ./ Feeling of Love / Vacuum of Lonlines s/ Intro A / Biological/ Water Main Label: Caroline Format: CD Cat #: CAROL CD 1719 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/18/22 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold:  3/30/22 NM/NM $3.00 Low: $1.98 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.18 High:$5.28 Current low price:$3.35 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:18 Have/Want: 490/60 Where Sold: Grottoes, VA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comic Boston new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No While the opening salvo from JSBX has it's time proven classics, upon release I thought it was a bit of a disappointment coming out of

  Artist: Mudhoney Title:  My Brother The Cow Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 45840-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/18/22 Sell Price: $3..99 Discogs Last Sold:  3/31/22 $3.00 Low: $1.97 Median: $3.98 Average: $3.67 High:$6.00 Current low price:$1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:23 Have/Want: 525/85 Where Sold: Grottoes, VA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: Sounds NYC $8.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No This Mudhoney album I liked in it's day, but it leans heavily to "scene criticism" that dates badly.  You wonder why anyone cared least of all me of topics like "Generation Spokesmodel" and "Into Yer Shtik."  Now someone else is the Spokesmodel and it's someone new that has an inflated public personae. That said, "Into Yer Shtik" was a single for a reason.  The king of grunge that took the crown from Mar

  Artist: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Title: I Love Rock 'n Roll b/w You Don't Know What You've Got Label: Boardwalk Format: 7" Cat #: NB7-11-135 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 4/22/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/23/22 VG/Gen $0.75 Low: $0.75 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.16 High:$6.99 Current low price:$0.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 47 Have/Want: 1193/141 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Strawberries new 1982 before my birthday in May when I got the album Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Joan Jett (or Jo-Anne Jett, as my friend John would emphatically pronounce) was a pre-teen fave of mine.  In fact, I got the album that spawned this hit as a 12th birthday gift.  Not quite knee-deep in paper route money, I bought this 7" even though the album was out;  I'm glad I did. The B-side, a live rendition of Bad

  Artist: Frank Zappa Title:  Apostrophe' / Overnight Sensation Label: Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #:RCD 40025 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG Cllub Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/18/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/6/22 $4.18 Low: $3.00 Median: $4.75 Average: $5.02 High:$12.99 Current low price:$4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 155/19 Where Sold: Grottoes, VA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This 2-fer early Ryko remaster combined Zappa's 1974 Apostrophe' with The Mothers' 1973 Over-Nite Sensation.  This was among the first wave of Zappa CD reissues and as the newness of CD reissues wore off they were split up to their original releases. Although this came from a consignment collection, I also bought this in the late 80's.   I had Apostrophe' on vinyl and was happy to finally get "Dinah-Moe Humm&

  Artist:  Redd Kross Title: Born Innocent Label: Frontier Format: CD Cat #: 4609-2-: Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 reissue Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/18/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/4/22 $6.00 Low: $4.98 Median: $6.97 Average: $6.87 High:$9.41 Current low price:$4.89 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 140/49 Where Sold: Grottoes, VA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: guessing 90's used at Sounds on St. Marks NYC  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No One of the greatest LA punk records ever made, the Macdonald brothers were 17 and 13 when this came out and the band was already a few years old.  Not even their first band, that was The Tourists.  Big enough for the real Red Cross to make them change their name. Mostly originals, save for the Stu Phillips composed soundtrack song from Beyond The Valley of the Dolls, " Look On Up At The Bottom ."  and Charlie Manson's &qu

  Artist:  Rush Title: All The World's A Stage Label: Mercury Format: CD Cat #: 822 552 M-1 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 single CD leaving off "What You're Doing" Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/18/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/16/22 VG+/G+ $5.17 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.58 Average: $6.50 High:$12.99 Current low price:$6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 183/48 Where Sold: Grottoes, VA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: guessing 90's used at Sounds on St. Marks NYC  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The live set from the "heaviest" era of Rush.  When I bought this on vinyl it didn't really have much impact on me beyond completing the collection.  That doesn't mean I didn't like the studio versions of the tracks or think they were among the best the band had to offer.  It just didn't seem to add anything crucial on some level outside of dou

  Artist: Various (Frankie Valli, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Frankie Avalon, Stockard Channing, Cindy Bullens, Sha Na Na, Louis St. Louis) Title:  Grease Label: RSO Format: 2XLP Cat #: RS-2-4002 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978 Terre Haute Gatefold Pressing Listed Condition: G+/F Sell Date: 4/14/22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/17/22 VG+/VG+ $10.99 Low: $3.00 G/F Median: $10.00 Average: $12.18 High:$45.00 NM/NM Beautiful Copy Current low price:$3.00 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 92 Have/Want: 20667/1682 Where Sold: Macomb, MI Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: 1978 birthday gift Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No More enduring 44 years on than I'd like to admit.  My beat up copy I got new for my 8th birthday went 1/2 median price for $5.   I remember a mother at a job telling me how her daughters favorite movie was Grease and all kids liked Grease.  That was 25 years ago.  As a newly turned 8

  Artist: X Ambassadors Title:  Love Songs Drug Songs Label: KIDinaCORNER/Interscope Format: CD EP Cat #: BOO18440-02 Year of Release: 2013 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2013 Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 4/2/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/16/19 $6.99 Low: $6.99 Median: $6.99 Average: $6.99 High:$6.99 Current low price:$5.18 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 40/11 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: given away at practice space in Bushwick Brooklyn Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: F Leaving practice I noticed a case of these cd's left for the taking on top of flyers and free music mags in the hall of my rehearsal space.  I threw one in my pocket, but the shrinkwrap never came off before I moved and it found it's way onto my storage cd shelf.  I had to stream to listen. This is the kind of stuff I don't acknowledge as music much the way I detest Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons.  Anthemic pop of the last dec

  Artist: Poi Dog Pondering Title: Wishing Like A Mountain And Thinking Like The Sea Label: CBS/Texas Hotel Format: LP Cat #: C 45403 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 4/11/22 Sell Price: $19.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/27/22 $17.99 VG+/VG+ Low: $4.00 M/NM with drill hole 9/8/20 Median: $9.50 Average: $11.96 High:$19.99 Current low price:$5.73 NM/VG+ cutout hole Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 206/31 Where Sold: Memphis, TN Time it took to sell: 2 weeks Where and When Bought: facebook budget vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No You may be noticing less write-ups lately.  Sales on my collection have slowed in recent weeks, so I often don't have enough content for a daily post.  In the heady days of stimulus payments I'd have a month of topics in front of me to pick and choose.   This has led to the reversecollector methodically collect

  Artist: Big Country Title:  Peace In Our TIme Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 25787-2 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/6/22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/3/22 M/VG+ $8.09 Low: $1.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.22 High: $8.09 Current low price: $3.23 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want:  133/7 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: D+ Sad To See It Go: No I was looking forward to hearing this after a recent barroom conversation about the band with the consignee a month or few ago, I'm really only familiar with "In A Big Country" and ignored the band all these years otherwise.  Guitarist/Vocalist Stuart Adamson had genuine punk pedigree in the Skids before this band.  Stuart sadly had depression issues and hung himself in a state of extreme drunkenness

Artist: Mary Lou Lord Title: Mind The Gap  His Indie World / I Figured You Out / Some Jingle Jangle Morning (Album Version) / Subway Label: Work Format: CD EP Cat #: OSK 2917 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1997 Promo Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/10/22 $1.50 Low: $1.50 Median: $2.97 Average: $2.69 High: $3.79 Current low price: $2.17 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 46/12 Where Sold: Towson, MD Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: given by Mary Lou/Kevin or her people? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It always blows my mind when Mary Lou promo detritus  sells, which happens from time to time since I had it all at one point.  I can’t remember if I got this free from her or her people or if I bought in a cd bin before Got No Shadow came out.  I do remember buying an advance promo of Got No Shadow that was slightly dif

  Artist: Kate Bush Title: The Sensual World Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat #:CK 44164 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/6/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/24/22 $3.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.29 Average: $2.47 High: $5.00 Current low price: $1.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 58 Have/Want: 1048/89 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: half.com late aughts used  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I liked the EMI years of Kate Bush in the 80's but dropped off during the Columbia years.  For whatever reason, I decided to catch up on her discography around the time Aerial came out in 2007 and got all her prior CD catalog for dirt cheap on half.com. This was merely a move toward completion, and the records themselves maybe got a single play.  So now I focus on Kate's commercially successful Gold in the US a

Artist: Nico Title: The Marble Index Label: Elektra Format: LP Cat #: EKS-74029 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Allentown Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/G+   Cover a few inches unglued at bottom some damage on upper third of cover, vinyl very clean Sell Date: 4/12/22 Sell Price: $79.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/13/22 $97.83  VG+/VG+ Low: $29.99 G+/VG Median: $75.00 Average: $78.13 High: $119.57 NM/VG+ Current low price:$76.09 VG/VG+  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 472/904 Where Sold: Bellevue, WA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester late 80's or early 90's $12 RARE sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No A nice find in the late 80's before the 1991 CD reissue.  Recommended by everyone in "the know" i.e. my friend/DJ John and Mark at the record store.  I think it was Mark that plucked it off the wall for me to buy. Oddly enoug

  Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Title: Long After Dark Label: Backstreet Records Format: LP Cat #: BSR-5360 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Promo Limited Edition Premium Pickneyville Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/6/22 Sell Price: $12.99 Discogs Last Sold: NM/VG+ $11.95 Low: $3.00 VG/F Median: $11.00 Average: $11.67 High: $29.99  NM/NM Current low price: VG/VG $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 89 Have/Want: 7478/541 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: flea market Worcester end of 1982 $3.00  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Chock full of hits this one, yet it doesn't feel played out the way some Petty Greatest Hits do.  I bought Long After Dark used at a flea market with records at the end of 1982 and was quite happy to find such a new album at the time.  I'm trying to think of a Tom Petty record I had before this

  Artist: Pixies /Sex Clark Five/When People Were Shorter and Lived Near The Water Title: The Bob No. 38 Label: The Bob Magazine/Eva-Tone Soundsheets Format: 7" flexi Cat #:  106193-1ABS Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 with #38 issue of The Bob magazine Listed Condition: VG/no cover Sell Date: 3/24/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/22 $3.31 NM/NM Low: $1.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.92 High: $10.00 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 24 Have/Want: 202/79 Where Sold: Taunton, MA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: in magazine when it came out probably Newbury Comics in Boston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Nothing like a flexi that comes in a magazine to file amongst the singles.   Although I kept large stacks of magazine back issues into the aughts, once I lost a 2 1/2 bedroom apartment for the cheap, I had to do some serious consolidation. 

Artist: Drunk Tank Title: Hayride b/w Mary Worth Label: Radial Records Format: 7" Cat #: RDL-02 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/24/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/24/21 $6.00 M/NM Low: $2.19 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.00 High: $6.00 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 51/16 Where Sold: Taunton, MA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: guessing Newbury Comics Boston late 80's/early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go:  No Chicago's Drunk Tank we among one of those faceless great sounding bands of the midwest.  This 1989 debut preceded a series of singles and a full length that rolled out into the mid 90's. Bass heavy, to the fringe of Albini territory.  Indecipherable, not particularly memorable, but always sounding great when you hear 'em.  That about sums up Drunk Tank and this de