The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Cream Title:  Cream Label: Polydor Format:  LP Cat  2384 067 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK reissue Polydor Standard series Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/27/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/30/22 VG+/VG+ $9.00 Low: $3.69 VG/VG Median: $8.08 Average: $8.03 High:$15.05 Current low price:$5.06 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:49 Have/Want: 690/203 Where Sold: New Matamoras, OH Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No A 70's midline reissue of the 1966 debut Fresh Cream adding on the " Wrapping Paper "/" Cat's Squirrel " single for good measure.  Not really much to complain about here. For me the best are "Sweet Wine," the Skip James cover “ I'm So Glad ," Baker's closing workout, "Toad"  and the opener, "N.S.U."  So that leaves everything else to make me realiz

  Artist: Flipper Title: Gone Fishin' Label: Subterranean Format:  LP Cat  SUB 42 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1984 original with inner sleeve, peel off water damage bottom right corner Listed Condition: VG+/F Sell Date: 5/26/22 Sell Price: $24.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/16/22 NM/VG+ $32.99 Low: $9.99 VG/VG+ 7/11/19 Median: $28.00 Average: $29.39 High:$48.92 NM/NM 8/7/21 Current low price:$29.11 NM/no cover, $30.00 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:12 Have/Want: 1043/457 Where Sold: Stoney Beach, MD Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester used $3.99 1985 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I actually found a used copy of this before getting a new copy of the Generic Album the same year, having mail ordered the Subterranean singles shortly after getting the life altering Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation that opened with "Ha Ha Ha."  When I bought this is was a very nice clean copy but sadly stor

  Artist: Hendrix Title:  Band of Gypsys Label: Capitol Format:  LP Cat  STAO-472 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1971 gatefold with Gold Record logo on cover Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/26/22 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/28/22 VG/VG $9.50 Low: $5.99 G/Not Graded Median: $11.99 Average: $15.69 High:$34.00 VG+/VG Current low price:$8.00 VG/generic, $10.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:8 Have/Want: 1142/383 Where Sold: Stoney Beach, MD Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: That's Entertainment used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Originally intended as a contract fulfillment release for a pre-Experience contract, Band of Gypsys became the final album Jimi released in his lifetime.  This live band replaced the Experience with Buddy Miles on drums and busy co-vocals along Billy Cox on bass.  This was from a turn of the decade January 1970 performance at the esteemed Fillmore East

  Artist: Stephen Malkmus Title: Stephen Malkmus Label: Matador Format:  CD Cat  OLE 444-2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2001 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/22 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/22 VG+/NM $2.99 Low: $1.84 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.67 High:$7.99 Current low price:$2.77 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:25 Have/Want: 690/46 Where Sold: Redland, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: Tower or Kims or Sounds on St. Marks new when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No It just dawned on me that I've NEVER seen Malkmus play solo or with the Jicks.  This CD was in the Marz Bar jukebox for a long stretch along with Pavement's Terror Twilight.  This made me think over the years that "Spit On A Stranger" was on this, when it wasn't.  After a decade of caring about Stephen's every  utterance, this and Pig's Lib marked the time in an artists career where I would buy on

  Artist: TV On The Radio Title: Return To Cookie Mountain Label: Interscope Format:  CD Cat #   B0007466-02 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2006 hole punch in UPC Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/21/22 $2.00 Low: $0.84 Median: $2.25 Average: $2.74 High:$6.99 Current low price:$1.23 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:49 Have/Want: 998/78 Where Sold: Redlands, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: internet end of 2006 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No TV on the Radio were one of those "critic bands" of the mid-aughts where friends of mine would also sing their praises.   Since they started on Touch n' Go, this meant I bought their releases out of the gate but I never formed a concrete opinion of any of their stuff including ever seeing the band live.  I guess it's a bucket list band whose time was altered with bass player Gerard Smith's passing in 2011, tho

  Artist: Wilco Title: A Ghost Is Born Label: Nonesuch Format:  CD Cat #  79809-2 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 slipcase Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/22 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.99 Average: $2.93 High:$6.84 Current low price:$1.57 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:55 Have/Want: 1755/99 Where Sold: Redland, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: mail order new late 04 or 05 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I saw Wilco recently for free at the United Palace uptown near where I used to live in Washington Heights for a couple years.   For whatever reason there were no shows I wanted to see there those couple years, but it was interesting to take that long A train ride for the first time in a long while.  They were doing Yankee Foxtrot Hotel that night, but threw in "Hummingbird" from this album that I seriously had no memory of whatsoever even thou

  Artist: Eric Clapton Title: 461 Ocean Boulevard Label: RSO Format:  LP Cat #  RS-1-3023 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 80's gatefold silver label reissue Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/6/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/22 $12.98 Low: $3.75 Median: $9.00 Average: $9.88 High:$19.99 Current low price:$6.87 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:15 Have/Want: 708/111 Where Sold: Cummings, GA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Strawberries New mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No When I was completing my Clapton collection in the mid 80's, this was one of the final holes so I broke down and bought it brand new at Strawberries at full retail price right before the CD era.  This was somewhere around me seeing him on the Behind The Sun tour and when the Crossroads box came out.  At the time I thought this was a lesser Clapton record, but looking back it may very well have been my first exposure to h

  Artist: The Who Title: Tommy Label: Decca Format: 2LP Cat #  DXSW-7205 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1972 Pickneyville Pressing with booklet Listed Condition: VG/G+ Sell Date: 5/6/22 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/1/22 NM/VG $20.00 Low: $1.50 G/G+ Median: $7.50 Average: $7.12 High:$40.00 NM/NM Current low price:$3.00 G+/Gen , $5.00 G+/G+, $10.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:22 Have/Want: 1773/374 Where Sold: Cumming, GA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: used Worcester early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Tommy tends to be maligned by the sort of people who wish it could be 1965 again.  Some of those people might like Live At Leads but certainly not anything after.  Since I'm not one of those people, I'm fine with Tommy and it's uncanny ability to have each and every note of the album rouse memory cells despite neither buying a CD reissue of it or even having an urge to play it star

  Artist: Sebadoh Title: Rebound Rebound / Social Medicine / On Fire (Acoustic)/ Magnet's Coil (Acoustic) / Rebound (Acoustic) Label: Sub Pop Format: CD EP Cat #  SP-284b Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/22 NM/NM $1.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $2.65 Average: $2.93 High:$6.00 Current low price:$1.55 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:32 Have/Want: 338/39 Where Sold: Redlands, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: used somewhere in NYC when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No For the Sebadoh completist, this EP is the definition of detritus.  Lou Barlow was in his peak period his Sub Pop years, and Bakesale, where the acoustic numbers exist in their proper form, are all classics. I not saying Lou isn't an able acoustic performer.  I'm certain I saw him at Maxwells in this format around this time period and enjoyed the night.

  Artist: Afghan Whigs Title:  Sister Brother b/w Hey Cuz Label: Sub Pop Format:  7" Cat #  SP 84 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 2,000 pressing Red Translucent vinyl Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/13/22 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/11/22 NM/NM $8.00 Low: $4.99 Median: $7.84 Average: $7.92 High:$11.50 Current low price:$6.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:15 Have/Want: 301/77 Where Sold: Lubbock, TX Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Well as you can plainly see from the cover combined with the two title, this single only has a incest theme on the surface.  Dig a little deeper and watch the video to "Sister Brother."  There's some deep seeded interracial lust going on in the video and the suitor is in Blackface for his grand statement of solidarity.  I never witnessed this mini-play until today.  Love and seducti

  Artist: The Cramps Title: Gravest Hits Label: Illegal/IRS Format: 12" EP Cat #  SP-501 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 gold stamp promo, Terre Haute pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 5/12/22 Sell Price: $29.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/7/22 VG+/VG+ $27.22 Low: $19.48 VG+/VG Median: $29.99 Average: $32.81 High:$50.64 NM/VG+ Current low price:$24.00 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:11 Have/Want: 1000/322 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester Used $3.99 mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Undeniable 5 song EP, every song a classic hit.  They compile the bands first two singles on the Vengence label and recorded by Alex Chilton in 1977 at Ardent Studios in Memphis. " Lonesome Town , " best known by Ricky Nelson, is added at the end for good measure. The meat of this record, "Surfin' BIrd" and "The Way I Walk" are probably

  Artist: The Kinks Title:  Preservation Act 1 Label: RCA Victor Format: LP Cat #  LPL1-5002 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 reissue Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/6/22 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/27/22 NM/G+ $6.50 Low: $2.34 Median: $10.00 Average: $12.19 High:$37.50 Current low price:$3.99 G+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:53 Have/Want: 2441/172 Where Sold: Cumming, GA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester Used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When I first heard this album in the early 80's, I thought it was bad "theatre music."  Except the reality is it wasn't so bad.  In fact, there are some standards and excellent material. "Sitting In The Midday Sun" is probably the biggest "hit" here.  "Daylight" and "Sweet Lady  Genevieve " are excellent tracks as well in the early part of the record. Johnny Thunde

  Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Title: Hard Promises Label: Backstreet Format: LP Cat #  BSR 5160 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Listed Condition: VG+/VG with insert Sell Date: 5/5/22 Sell Price: $10.99  Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/22 VG/VG+ $10.54 Low: $8.00 Median: $14.22 Average: $15.12 High:$25.85 Current low price:$5.99 G+/F, $9.99 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:143 Have/Want: 12100/787 Where Sold: Bronx, NY Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester Used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Although I disliked "The Waiting" while it was an active hit, I've warmed to it over time.  As kids we used to mimic his chorus line "the waiting is the hardest part."  I don't know why we found it parody  worthy, even with the cocksure confessional line "well yeah, I might've chased a couple women around" which always makes me chuckle. The rest

  Artist: Various Artists (Blackjack Records: Brownies & Bluegrass/Aluminum Queen/Carly Mansite/Cardinal Sin/Liquorball/Icky Boyfriends/Bulb Records: Bullet In The Head/Math/Cornelius Gomez/Galen/Mr. Velocity Hopkins/The Many Moods of Martin Magas) Title: Welcome To The World of Blackjack/ Enjoy Bulb Today Label: Blackjack/Bulb Format: 7" Cat #  JACK 019/BLB 026.5 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/9 Sell Price: $3.99  Discogs Last Sold: 12/1/21  VG+/VG+ $3.950 Low: $2.47 Median: $3.95 Average: $3.96 High:$6.32 Current low price:$4.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:7 Have/Want: 62/34 Where Sold: Arlington, MA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Kims Underground NYC 1994 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Lo fi, crude fi, industrial noise, ambient voices, it's all there in this split label 7" compilation.  Blackjack of course is the label that originally brought Bra

  Artist: Deep Purple Title:  M ade In Japan Label: Warner Bros. Format: 2LP Cat #  2WS-2701 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 gatefold Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/7/22 Sell Price: $8.99  Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/22 G+/VG $8.50 Low: $6.90 Median: $11.43 Average: $12.96 High:$28.00 Current low price:$10.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:10 Have/Want: 732/159 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester early 80's used $7.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I'm saying the same thing about Made In Japan as Bursting Out, yesterday's double live write up.  I tend not to gravitate to live records.   However, Made In Japan captures the band at the end of it's peak period so you really can't go wrong with any of these 7 performances.  Putting in a vinyl listen and another stream as I write this, I'm upgrading my rating to the A tier.    It was the sort of thing t

Artist: Jethro Tull Title: Live-Bursting Out Label: Chrysalis Format: 2LP Cat # CH2-1201 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978 embossed gatefold Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/7/22 Sell Price: $4.99 small name writing in pen on cover (name), original inner sleeves Discogs Last Sold: 4/6/22 VG+/VG+ $7.59 Low: $2.00 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.12 High:$15.17 Current low price:$3.50 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:65 Have/Want: 1273/62 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester early 80's used $6.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No "Now to finally lay to rest any ugly rumors that John Glascock is a kinky bastard who likes being thrashed severely across the bum, we'll do it only very slightly in the next song..." --Ian Anderson uncensored  intro to "Hunting Girl," bleeping 'bastard' in the digital age, but keeping the bum thrashing unscathed. Tull

  Artist: John Lennon/Yoko Ono Title:  Mother b/w Why ? Label: Apple Format: 7" Cat # AR-2734 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Japan Reissue early 80's Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/6/22 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/22 VG/NM $4.49 Low: $4.44 Median: $8.76 Average: $8.91 High:$15.00 Current low price:$3.92 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want: 112/37 Where Sold: Pasadena, CA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Beatles fair or Al Bums Worcester early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No We are a day after Mother's Day when this will go up, so let's not get maudlin. I had my funny Mother's Day memory in the Phil Ochs write up just under the wire.   Save that for John's Janov infused masterpiece from his A+ album I wrote about last year. I have another funny story about the Yoko B-side, which is my favorite Yoko track.  The blood curdling "Why?"  I actually got to m