The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Milkmine Title: Braille 1 Breathe 2:15 2 Big Bart 4:06 3 Earl Campbell 4:17 4 Leather Breakfest 4:10 5 Split Tail 4:00 6 In From The Beefhole 3:52 7 Snapshot 2:43 8 Ode To Joe Descendings 2:22 9 Snotboy 2:48 10 Janus 1:12 11 Loddy 3:35 12 Ambeys Dog 2:59 13 An Evening Gown 7:28 Label: Choke Format: CD Cat: chk004 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ drill cut in barcode Sell Date: 8/27/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold:6/40/22 M/M $12.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.99 Average: $5.16 High: $14.00 Current low price: $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 47/8 Where Sold:  Dripping Springs, TX Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When somewhere used bargain bin in NYC, guessing Venus Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No In 1994 Milkmine were on the lips of every discerning noise rock fan.  Not much of this classic one-off album by the band in the world of streaming, but you can watch a live gig from th

  Artist: Speedking Title: Sway b/w Spider Veloce Label: Merry Dogger Format: 7" Cat: SK3 NO. 002 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/27/22 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold:3/6/22 NM/NM $7.49 Low: $5.00 Median: $7.99 Average: $7.89 High: $12.00 Current low price:$8.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 46/32 Where Sold:  Dripping Springs, TX Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought:  NYC Adult Crash mid 90's, $2.98 sticker still on it, assuming bought new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Six Finger Satellite were one of those bands I had to have everything associated with. Before James Murphy became James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, he was the engineer for Six Finger and perhaps this is how I learned of his band Speedking though I never made an active connection.   This single was recorded with Bob Weston of WMBR and Shellac fame, as well as Electrical Audio's famed number

  Artist: The Beach Boys Title:  California Girls Label: Capitol Format: CD Cat: CDP 7 48046 2 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/22/22 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold:6/26/22 M/NM $1.20 Low: $0.60 Median: $2.97 Average: $3.79 High: $8.90 Current low price:$1.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 177/77 Where Sold:  Lynnfield, MA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: record club early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Summer Days (And Summer Nights) from 1965 endured a couple decades of truncation starting in 1970 when Capitol issued California Girls.  This release took out the second cut "Amusement Parks USA" and second to last "I'm Bugged At My Old Man."   The history of Capitol butchering the Beatles by holding off tracks through Revolver is one thing.  This is different.  Maybe Brian Wilson or the rest of the band hated the tracks.  Maybe Cap

  Artist: Rush Title: Test For Echo Label: Atlantic/Anthem Format: CD Cat: 82925 2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/23/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/23/22 VG+/VG+ $6.50 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.25 Average: $5.00 High: $12.99 Current low price:$2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 46 Have/Want: 1563/73 Where Sold:  Mill Creek, WV Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: web mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No "Test For Echo definite B+, Never liked Roll The Boner...Counterparts was an A-,. You SAVAGED it (frowny emoticon )"-Pinch Point Editor 8/25/22 texting upon leaving a gig at his local bar.  He was the one who implored me to get a 75 cent web copy of this album in the early to mid aughts (not "Roll The Boner" which I bought around the same time for roughly the same price). I was going to upgrade this to a B+ as well, but the "Monster Mash" samp

  Artist: Rush Title: Counterparts Label: Atlantic/Anthem Format: CD Cat: 82528 2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/23/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/7/22 VG+/VG+ $2.75 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.86 Average: $4.35 High: $9.98 Current low price:$1.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 46 Have/Want: 1325/61 Where Sold:  Mill Creek, WV Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B-  Sad To See It Go: No Rush for the grunge era sounds a little bit like a cross between mid-80's Rush on the Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows tours minus the synths.  When this came out, a friend of mine had a gig at Atlantic and sent me this promo and let me know that the new effort was "good."  In the grunge era that meant guitars up and synths down. I don't remember getting past one listen of this, if I even went through that exercise.  I was pretty broke and living with a nurs

  Artist: Alice Cooper Title: Billion Dollar Babies Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Cat: BS 2685 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition: US 1973 Gatefold with original inner sleeve but not dollar bill Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 8/15/22 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/14/22 VG/VG $8.99 Low: $2.95 G+/G+ Median: $12.49 Average: $16.18 High: $50.00 VG/VG includes dollar bill Current low price:$2.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 169/29 Where Sold:  Jupiter, FL Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No 1973, the final year of Alice Cooper's powers,  i.e. the band, Billion Dollar Babies is excellent with some of the best songs of his catalog.  This one made it to Number One on the Billboard 200 and was international top 10 or better almost everywhere else with a chart. For me it's about the title track, the guitar line crushes all.  Of course "shock

  Artist: Sonic Boom Title:  Angel Label: Silvertone Format: CD EP Cat: ORE CD 11 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1989 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/17/22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/1/22 VG+/VG+ $4.99 Low: $2.94 Median: $4.99 Average: $5.10 High: $9.40 Current low price:$2.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 169/29 Where Sold:  Chino Hills, CA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Spacemen 3 were an acquired taste for me.  In fact, I initially thought my introduction to them, The Perfect Prescription,  sucked.  It took Mudhoney covering "Revolution" from Playing With Fire for me to come around and give them another chance, and by that point I had changed my mind and was on board with everything. This 1989 ep  I bought new as a UK import before the Spectrum album and "Angel" is one of my favorite things Sonic Boom eve

  Artist:The Evolution Control Committee Title: Rocked By Rape A / B Label: Eerie Materials Format: 7" Cat: Eerie Materials 14 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition: US 1998 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/16/22 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/16/22 M/NM $9.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $9.50 Average: $8.90 High: $13.00 Current low price:$4.65 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 162/90 Where Sold:  Carlsbad, CA Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston 1998 $3.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Excellent sample based electronic splice and dice unit founded by Mark Gunderson in the 80's.  ECC first came to my attention in 1996 with a crazy mix of Herb Alpert Whipped Cream meets Public Enemy.  This one is a Dan Rather meets AC/DC hybrid with a B-side of the Rather word samples only.  It reminds me of the type of thing that got Negativland in legal trouble and sure enough they were r

  Artist:The Attack Title: Magic In The Air Label: Aftermath Format: CD Cat: AFT 1001 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/11/22 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/3//22 VG+/VG+ $6.02 Low: $3.85 Median: $7.79 Average: $7.60 High: $10.10 Current low price:$5.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 111/47 Where Sold:  Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 6 year Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Excellent compilation of singles from 1967-8 from London's The Attack.  This was part of a consignment collection and I never really focused on this band.  I don't think they were even on the 4-CD British Nuggets UK comp but they were on the Mojo Psych Out comp I reviewed a while ago.  Time has not been kind to the early 90's computer artwork meets Yellow Submarine-influenced cover.  Later compilations of these Decca singles didn't replicate the psychede

  Artist: Anastasia Screamed Title: Electric Liz Sun Celebration/Now/ I Am (A Horse You Are) / Augusta Furnace /D.A. Label: Killing Floor Format: 12' EP Cat: KFR 01 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/9/22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/28/21 NM/NM $4.82 Low: $2.00 Median: $4.99 Average: $5.20 High: $10.19 Current low price:$3.83 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 107/13 Where Sold:  Lexington, KY Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston new 1988 $7.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: Yes Anastasia Screamed was a Boston band I liked quite a bit, discovering them off college radio early on in my time in Boston.  I was looking up whatever happened to the singer since Anastasia Screamed fell off the face of the earth fairly fast though I bought the next CD and they had another after that.  Little did I know that not only did I see his next band Scarce r

  Artist: REO Speedwagon Title: Hi Infidelity Label: Epic Format: LP Cat: FE 36844 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980  Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/14/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/13//22 VG+/VG+ $6.50 Low: $1.49 VG/G Median: $5.92 Average: $7.47 High: $29.99 M/M Current low price:$2.99 G+/G+, $3.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 71 Have/Want: 3719/88 Where Sold:  American Fork, UT Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No "REO Pahtyo"-some kid in my junior high class "What kind of man doesn't like REO Speedwagon?"-random fan on YouTube The turn of the decade into the 80's made a ten time Platinum act out of a band that had a platinum live album and a couple studio albums that were Gold Records until Hi Infidelity got the back catalogue moving. For me, I got this collecting number one Billboard albums, but I pr

  Artist: Fleetwood Mac Title: Fleetwood Mac Label: Reprise Format: LP Cat: MSK 2281 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 Pinckneyville Repressing Listed Condition: F/F Sell Date: 8/11/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/11//22 G+/no cover $8.05 Low: $2.99 Median: $15.99 Average: $15.97 High: $30.00 NM/VG+ Current low price:$4.99 F/F Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 31 Have/Want: 1355/503 Where Sold:  Louisville, KY Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: That's Entertainment Worcester 29 cents early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This was in my household by 1976 when my mother got a copy.  This beat-up copy I found in my local used store dollar bin for 29 cents, the bottom of the bottom in their pricing.  About 15 years ago I listened to it and it actually played through better than I remembered but I still sold it for my bottom $2.99.  To add insult to injury this was in a box that got hit with flood water.  Some

  Artist: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Title: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Label: RCA Victor Format: LP Cat: AYL1-3767 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Best Buy Midline Series  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 8/12/22 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/30/22 VG+/VG+ $3.96 Low: $1.95 Median: $3.25 Average: $5.23 High: $12.41 M/NM Current low price:$3.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 154/216 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 1/2 year Where and When Bought: Facebook Budget Lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No One of those DIsco albums worshiped by the Dean of Music Criticism although even in his legacy  review he admitted to initially disliking it as much as the Hard Rock of the day he sniffed at.  Since this was on the 'A' list in the 70's book, I've had a CD copy for over 25 years.  This "Best Buy" 80's vinyl copy came from a lot of $3 or $4 record

  Artist: Arcade Fire Title: The Suburbs Label: Merge Format: CD Cat: MRG 385 Year of Release: 2010 Country and Year of Edition: US 2010 cream cover version Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 5/16//22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/29/22 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.70 High: $9.99 Current low price:$3.35 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 632/216 Where Sold: Redlands, CA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: The Fountain Collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No We are in the dog days of Summer where sales have been at a crawl, so I'm going back to titles that I skipped for one reason or another over recent months.  The third Arcade Fire album sold in a group of newish indie rock titles last May.  This particular release was given to me by Fountain, purging some CD's the local store wouldn't take before leaving NYC for NC. Merge territory that issued this band from Montreal. I didn't know Arca

  Artist: Crayon Title: Matchbox b/w Another King Of The World / Green Stamp Label:  Harriet Format: 7" Cat: Harriet 009 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/24/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/18/22 NM/NM $6.12 Low: $1.25 Median: $6.12 Average: $6.14 High: $11.00 Current low price:$3.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 133/43 Where Sold:  Maplewood, NJ Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics new $3.99 early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: Yes Twee-pop band from Bellingham, WA put out a handful of singles and a full length in the first half of the 90's on the Cambridge, MA label Harriet.  Harriet specialized in lo-fi twee pop bands of which Fertile Virgin, Scarlet Drops and Mecca Normal were the ones I bought.  This was a debut single, and the only Crayon release I would ever buy, although I liked itt. For whatever reason the A-side is the one