The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Blur Title: Bustin' + Dronin' Label: Food/Parlophone/EMI Format: 2CD Cat:  TOCP-50444-5 Year of Release:1998 Country and Year of Edition: Japan 1998 Sell Price: $5.99 10/23/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:9/21/22 M/M $7.00 Low:$2.29 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.38 High: $11.48 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 59 Have/Want: 1348/133 Where Sold:  Wheaton, IL Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: old roommate cd toss Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Left to me by a moving roommate ten years ago in a pile of 90's Brit pop, Bustin' + Dronin' was a double CD Japanese import remix and live companion to the first Blur that I cared enough to buy, the eponymous one.  Blur were in their "Pavement" phase, and were venturing toward a more US influenced indie rock sound and away from the UK tabloid guitar pop I generally ignored in the first half of the 90's.  Now I still ignore it, but I'll toler

  Artist: HALO Title: Body of Light Label: Relapse Format: CD Cat:  RR 6573-2 Year of Release:2003 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $3.99 10/15/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:10/10/22 M/M $9.99 Low:$1.96 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.97 High: $9.99 Current low price: $2.94 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 212/35 Where Sold:   MIlford, CT Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: internet mid aughts used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Last night as I was listening to this in headphones falling asleep, I was convinced this was better than the other HALO album I wrote about yesterday.  Listening in the open air was a different story.  Damn thee, full consciousness. I didn't go to the keyboard until I heard it start to finish after a couple attempts sleep took over mid listen. HALO were 5 albums in at this point, a veteran band.    I initially though Body of Light sounded "fuller" and 'heavier."  Now I just t

  Artist: HALO Title:  Guattari (From The West Flows Grey Ash and Pestilence) Label: Relapse Format: CD Cat:  RR 6492-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition: US 2001 Sell Price: $2.99 10/19/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:3/22/22 NM/VG+ $1.25 Low:$1.00 Median: $2.49 Average: $2.81 High: $4.90 Current low price: $1.96 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 254/26 Where Sold:   MIlford, CT Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: internet early aughts used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No I first heard of London via Melbourne's Halo by way of Paul Simmons (Alchemysts, Bevis Frond, The Cravats, WMBR ...) as something to check out sometime in the mid aughts.  That led to this 3rd LP purchase with the 5th, Body of Light.  An Australian label called Embryo Recordings issued the first 4 albums and this one was reissued in the US by Relapse in 2001. Guattari is a fruit of multiple generations of sludge, with Swans as a root and Godflesh a

  Artist: Mono Title: You Are There Label: Temporary Residence Format: CD Cat:  TRR 98 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition: US 2006 slipcase Sell Price: $9.99 10/22/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:10/7/22 VG+/VG $4.00 Low:$0.15 M/M ships from Germany Median: $7.84 Average: $7.17 High: $9.99 Current low price: $3.92 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 40 Have/Want: 869/72 Where Sold:   Glen Allen, MS Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No The 4th album from Tokyo's MONO was engineered by Steve Albini back in 2005 in Chicago at the expected Electrical Audio Studios.  This is the "post-rock" wing of Albini's world, one that encompasses Slint, Mogwai and many many others.  MONO is on the next tier, and I hadn't seen them live until recently at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last April.    Since a band like this I consider "atmospheric" music, my brain automatically shuffles it to the background and I never bother to learn the material.  When

  Artist: The Creation Title:  Lay The Ghost Label: Cohesion Format: CD Cat:  COCRD 1 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1993 Sell Price: $7.99 10/15/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:8/28/22 VG+/VG $4.84 Low:$4.84 Median: $6.79 Average: $7.91 High: $14.54 M/M Current low price: $5.73 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 27/10 Where Sold:   Cincinnati, OH Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: NYC Rocket Science on Carmine Street mid 90's $5 bin got for $1 or $3 with about 5 repricing tags on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B  Sad To See It Go: No This 1993 release of The Creation recorded live around the quarter century mark is not the place to start.  There are plenty of compilations and original 60's releases to track down that serve this band better justice.  However as a bargain bin find digging through the $5 and under bin, this was a great deal.  I'm pretty sure I got it for a dollar. Lay The Ghost finds the band before they ful

  Artist: Loudspeaker Title: Rubberneckers vs. Tailgaters Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry Format: CD Cat:  SFTRI 285 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $5.99 10/6/22 used Very Good (Amazon) Discogs Last Sold:10/2/22 VG+/VG $2.74 Low:$1.12 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.85 High: $8.73 Current low price: $3.88 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 44/14 Where Sold:   Cattaraugus, NY Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: Sounds NYC used mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B  Sad To See It Go: No Coming from the hardcore legends Crucifix , Matt Borruso led Loudspeaker, one of the great NYC downtown bands.  This sophomore effort (minus singles of course) is produced by the legendary Martin Bisi. Fairly classic in it's approach, I often thought of Kurt Wolf as the foremost member of Loudspeaker, but he was only one of a set of rotating characters for this band.  1994 is in full effect: Jesus Lizard, Laughing Hyenas, G

  Artist: The Gore Hounds Title:  Halloween Everywhere Label: Alien Cactus Records Format: LP Cat:  ACR THORN-03 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Sell Price: $6.99 10/7/22 VG+/G peel off bottom right corner Discogs Last Sold:10/9/22 VG+/VG $6.80 Low:$4.76 VG+/VG+ Median: $8.74 Average: $9.37 High: $29.99 M/NM Current low price: $6.79 VG+/VG+,  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 129/33 Where Sold:   Portland, ME Time it took to sell:  7  years Where and When Purchased: Boston Nuggets used early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B  Sad To See It Go: No Sold garage rock (decidedly not thrash as Discogs would have you believe) with a horror theme.  If there is a singular influence among Nuggets and Pebbles and Crypt it would be the 13th Floor Elevators.  Why?  The regular use of the jug. I enjoyed this record when it came out in 1987 and it made many a radio show around that time.  I think I found this used for a couple bucks at Nuggets a few years lat

Artist: Steve Winwood Title: Arc of a Diver Label: Island Format: LP Cat:  ILPS 9576 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Jacksonville Pressing Sell Price: $2.99 9/27/22 VG+/G+ writing on cover, spine wear  Discogs Last Sold:10/6/22 VG+/VG+ $2.44 Low: $0.96 Median: $2.15 Average: $4.15 High: $24.25 Current low price: $0.97 VG+/F, $0.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 205 Have/Want: 5029/112 Where Sold:   Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell:  7  years Where and When Purchased: Worcester early 80's That's Entertainment $2.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Rock artists of the 60's and 70's going "pop" created a disconcerting turn of events for me.  This record may have ushered in what was to become of Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel.  Arc of a Diver I somehow considered Rock enough to buy used in the early 80's, but upon further review it captures an area mapped out by Steely Dan's Aja, which I also had a c

  Artist: The Ben Webster Quintet Title: Soulville Label: Verve Format: CD Cat:  833 551-2 Year of Release: 1958 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 BMG Music Club Reissue Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ 9/24/22  Discogs Last Sold:7/25/22 NM/NM $5.73 Low: $2.50 VG/VG+ 6/11/22 Median: $4.25 Average: $4.59 High: $9.98  NM/VG+  1/19/16 Current low price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 88/29 Where Sold:   Loveland, CO Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: 90's BMG Music Club Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No One of those classic jazz albums on Verve I knew very little about even though I've had it over 20 years.  Ben Webster is a tenor saxophonist who played with Cab Calloway and Count Basie in the 30's, Duke Ellington in the 40's and began leading his own group in the early 50's.  He passed in 1973 due to stroke after performing in Copenhagen. Pianist Oscar Peterson, who is part of this quintet, is the name I kno

  Artist: Deep Purple Title: Deep Purple Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP Cat:  T 119 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition: US 80's reissue Sell Price: $12.99 VG+/VG 9/27/22  Discogs Last Sold:9/30/22 VG+/VG+ $13.50 Low: $10.99 Median: $14.00 Average: $14.89 High: $29.99 Current low price: $10.06 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 604/187 Where Sold:   Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester new Strawberries cut out bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No In the 80's the 3rd Deep Purple had a regular appearance in the cut out bin.  Since every rock fan had to have a complete Deep Purple collection at least through the Ian Gillan years, this was on the shelf of almost any serious rock fan. Oddly enough, whether every serious rock fan actually PLAYED this more than once after purchasing it from the cutout bin before it was filed away is another story.  I was surprised how the opener, "Chasing Shadow

Artist: Various Artists (Teen Idles, Untouchables, State of Alert, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Youth Brigade, Red C, Void, Iron Cross, Artificial Peace, Deadline) Title: Flex Your Head Label:  Dischord Format: LP Cat:  No. 7 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 blurry cover, 4th edition after Violin, XXX & Wheat editions Sell Price: $13.99 VG+/G+ 9/30/22 spine wear upper third Discogs Last Sold:6/15/22 VG+/NM $16.83 Low: $4.90 Median: $14.80 Average: $14.90 High: $22.06 Current low price: $14.85 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 1348/194 Where Sold:  Columbus, OH Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester mid 80's Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The first edition was an early radio show favorite of mine and I picked up this reissue somewhere in that time period in the mid-80's.  The original cover was a stock classical cover, this reissue was white with a blurry image  (Ian MacKaye?) on

    Artist: The Who Title: Hooligans Label:  MCA Format: 2LP Cat:  MCA2-12001 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition: US 1981 Columbia Record Club Edition Sell Price: $7.99 VG+/G+ 9/30/22 spine damage, otherwise VG Discogs Last Sold: 8/11/22 VG+/VG $7.99 Low: $5.50 NM/NM Median: $8.50 Average: $10.24 High: $25.00 M/M sealed Current low price: $4.00 VG+/VG missing 1 inner sleeve Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 248/15 Where Sold:  Wichita Falls, TX Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: new 1982 Columbia House 7 for a penny in 6th grade Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Sitting in my 6th grade class waiting for the box of records from Terre Haute, Indiana to show up made the clock tick negative .  One of the titles was this Who compilation which I was psyched to get because my copies of Who's Next and Quadrophenia were dollar bin copies.  Side 2 of this is all Who's Next.  A chunk of hits on new vinyl made me not feel gipp

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: Cheap Trick At Budokan Label:  Epic Format: LP Cat:  FE 35795 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979  Terre Haute Pressing Gatefold Sell Price: $5.99 VG+/VG 9/30/22 spine wear, insert included, inner sleeve missing Discogs Last Sold: 9/30/22 VG+/VG+ $5.99 Low: $2.00   G+/VG Median: $5.99 Average: $9.21 High: $28.99 NM/NM Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 840/78 Where Sold:  Wichita Falls, TX Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: used  That' Entertainment early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Since Cheap Trick At Budokan sold in tandem with yesterday's One on One, I figured I'd spend a little time on this classic.  Bob Dylan used Budokan to shoot for reimagining himself as Neil Diamond.  Cheap Trick made it a serious-joke all the way to the upper end of the charts. I never played Budokan as much as Heaven Tonight or Dream Police or later on the f

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: One On One Label:  Epic Format: LP Cat:  FE 38021 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US 1982 Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG 9/30/22 Discogs Last Sold: 9/18/22 VG+/VG+ $6.79  Low: $2.00   VG/VG Median: $6.00 Average: $6.91 High: $15.00 VG+/NM Current low price: $3.33 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 3808/71 Where Sold:  Wichita Falls, TX Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: used Worcester Albums $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No One On One was the Cheap Trick "comeback" of sorts with a couple mega-hits.  The first was a loveable ELO-Beatlesque number "If You Want My Love."  The other was a stone-cold classic: "She's Tight."    Coming home from work and going through the 'sold' stack this started going through my head.  I knew of the 5 albums to play before packing this had the top priority.  Now I'm playing it again. For an early 80's AOR

  Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Title:  Axis: Bold As Love Label:  Reprise Format: LP Cat:  RS 6281 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Winchester Pressing Sell Price: $14.99 VG/VG 9/27/22 Discogs Last Sold: 10/2/22 VG+/NM  $34.31 Low: $9.99 VG/VG+ Median: $17.50 Average: $19.20 High: $50.00 NM/NM Current low price: $17.16 VG/VG  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 49 Have/Want: 2485/74 Where Sold:  Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: used Worcester That's Entertainment $1.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This was my very first Hendrix album that I bought at a local yard sale for $0.50, traded and rebought this copy for $1.99 at my local used store.  Of the "big 3," Experience albums, I rank this one in the middle.  All three of these are different and excellent in their own way.  In the end, for me, nothing tops the first. That said, Axis is a great understated album.  Although it