The Reverse Collector

Artist: Traffic Title: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Label: Island Format: LP Cat: 90026-1 Year of Release:1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 reissue Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 2/26/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/4/23 NM/VG+ $11.92 Low:$4.50 Median: $7.89 Average: $9.23 High: $24.99 Current low price: $5.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 960/73 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell:  1 year Where and When Purchased: Facebook market lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I got a second copy of The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys last year in a small record lot, forgetting I still had one sitting in my storage space.  This reissue from 1986 still had the die cut cover with the corners cut off.  Steve Winwood was at his solo commercial peak and would stand for no less.  The Island label was a totally 80's purple, having done away with the cool 70's labels for a more "modern" approach. The lone hit on the record is the 12 minute plus

  Artist: Joni Mitchell Title: Hejira Label: Asylum Format: LP Cat: 7E 1087 Year of Release:1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Specialty Pressing Gatefold Sell Price: $19.99 VG/VG+ 2/26/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/14/23 NM/VG $20.00 Low:$2.37 G+/VG Median: $9.95 Average: $12.03 High: $39.80 NM/VG+ Current low price: $7.00 VG/generic, $8.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 50 Have/Want: 2267/359 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell:  1 year Where and When Purchased: Facebook market lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No "Which do you prefer, JG's Run For The Roses or For The Roses?" asked the Pinch Point editor via text shortly after my write up the other day.  I had For The Roses by default.  "I bet she was a lousy lay!" he scoffed, extolling the virtues of post-Terrapin solo Jerry. Well, this morning Hejira sold a couple hours before I woke up wide awake on 4AM Sunday.  This was a record I bought in a Facebook lot of 5 for 20 la

Artist: Head East Title: Flat As A Pancake Label: A&M Format: LP Cat: SP 4745 Year of Release:1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $7.99 VG/VG+ 2/26/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/21/23 VG+/VG $4.00 Low:$1.25 Median: $4.25 Average: $6.63 High: $39.10 Current low price: $2.99 G+/G+, $3.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 37 Have/Want: 3066/126 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell:  1 year Where and When Purchased: Facebook market lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No What better record to write about Sunday than one with a breakfast/brunch motif?  Not only that, but one of the better songs on the record, "Jefftown Creek" had a Sunday morning in the lyric.  What better way to find something to write about last minute?  Head East were midwestern AOR rock from Central Illinois.  The opening track, "Never Been Any Reason" was inescapable on my Worcester rock local, WAAF in the late 70's into the early 80's.  The chorus

  Artist: The Shadows Title: The Shadows Label: EMI Format: CD Cat:  7243 5 28239 2 5 Year of Release:1961 Country and Year of Edition: Europe 1999 stereo and mono remaster Sell Price: $14.99 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: NM/NM $4.74 Low:$4.74 Median: $13.45 Average: $12.71 High: $20.00 Current low price: $5.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 28/30 Where Sold: Lake Grove, NY Time it took to sell:  11  years Where and When Purchased: mail order mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I grew up with a father whose guitar playing was weened on Duane Eddy and The Ventures.  Somehow The Shadows didn't make it across the pond commercially in the US outside of their vocalist Cliff Richard who went on to have hits over 4 decades here. The debut album, presented here in both Mono and Stereo remasters from 1999, sheds Cliff and really is flawless start to finish.  A few vocal love-themed tracks ("Baby My Heart," "All My Sorrows" and "Th

  Artist: Joni Mitchell Title: For The Roses Label: Asylum Format: LP Cat: SD 5057 Year of Release:1972 Country and Year of Edition: US early 70's gatefold Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 111/23 VG+/VG+ $13.00 Low:$3.90 Median: $8.76 Average: $10.24 High: $39.00 M/NM still sealed Current low price: $2.13 P/VG+, $6.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 1313/123 Where Sold: Brashear, MO Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: giveaway Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Joni Mitchell is alway tough for me to write about.  There’s a contingent out there that thinks everything she does is unassailable.  While she is a “cut above,” you’ve got to put in the work, something I barely did with Blue, Court and Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns let alone this one. Those I had 15 or so years before For The Roses. In fact, the person that gave me this album about 20 years ago was so shocked I hadn’t heard it he gave me his spare co

  Artist: God Bullies Title: Mama Womb Womb Label:  Amphetamine Reptile Format: LP Cat: ARR 89157-1 Year of Release:1989 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 Sell Price: $16.99 2/18/23 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 2/12/23 VG/VG $12.00 Low:$9.57 Median: $17.01 Average: $18.28 High: $28.00 Current low price: $17.02 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 309/140 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: Boston Newbury Comics new when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Who was Art Linkletter, the name repeated incessantly in the opening track of this album, “Act of Desire”?  He was a famous radio and tv host from the 40’s through 60’s whose daughter Diane committed suicide in 1969 at the age of 20.  Urban legend was she jumped out of a window trying to fly while high on LSD, but this was a false rumor. Art was still alive when this came out and passed in 2010 at the age of 97. With the recent passing of guitarist David B. L

  Artist: Godfathers Title: Hit By Hit Label: Link Format: LP Cat: Link 009 Year of Release:1986 Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 12/26/22 VG+/VG+ $5.95 Low:$1.99 VG/VG Median: $5.00 Average: $7.56 High: $25.00 M/M Current low price: $1.99 VG/G+,, $4.00 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 369/31 Where Sold: Brashear, MO Time it took to sell:   8 years Where and When Purchased: promo  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This uniformly excellent compilation of 1985-6 EP's from the British band Godfathers is consistently a joy to listen to. Hit By Hit came out in the US in 1986 and one notable thing is the drums have a "normal" mix not commonly found even on the indie level.  The other thing is the guitars are up front loud and grimy, despite the band having some level of "commercial alternative" chops (they moved on to Epic for their 1988 debut full length Birth School Work Death). These

  Artist: Pernice Brothers Title: Overcome By Happiness Label: Sub Pop Format: CD Cat: SP CD 427 Year of Release:1998 Country and Year of Edition: US 1998 Sell Price: $3.99 VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 1/21/23 NM/VG+ $4.95 Low:$1.50 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.84 High: $15.96 NM/NM Current low price: $2.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 449/42 Where Sold: Milwaukee, WI Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: internet used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No There is a catchphrase that gets thrown around, "white people problems."  The crux of it is problems of the upper middle class, be it wearing a "Monkey Suit" or pushing buttons all day long.  Joe Pernice seems to specialize in these sort of ruminations, late 90's style.  The internet as a mass communication media had just begun. Back in 1998 this was a big critics record and I remember an female engineer telling me she liked them quite a bit.  Maybe even worked

  Artist: Various Artists (Rhino 39, The Vandals, Red Beret, The Crewd, Falling Idols, Secret Hate, Nip Drivers, Target of Demand) Title: When Men Were Men...And Sheep Were Scared Label: Bemisbrain Format: LP Cat: 72027-1 Year of Release:1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 Sell Price: $22.99 VG+/VG cutout 2/8/23 Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/23 VG+/VG+ $19.27 Low:$9.99 Median: $20.00 Average: $20.09 High: $30.00 Current low price: $17.01 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 382/156 Where Sold: Alhambra, CA Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester That's Entertainment $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No From the Long Beach, CA label that brought you the Hell Comes To Your House series came this classic compilation from the mid-80's when men were men...and sheep were scared.   The standout track by far was perhaps the greatest song in the Vandals catalog "Dachau Cabana."  Offensive for offensiveness sake, this parod

  Artist: Various Artists (The Blasters, Gun Club, Rank and File, Violent Femmes, X, Fear, Germs, The Dream Syndicate) Title: Slash: The Early Sessions Label: Slash Format: LP Cat:  1-12937 Year of Release:1983 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Sell Price: $9.99 VG+/VG  2/8/23 initials markered on cover approx 1" x 1" Discogs Last Sold: 12/14/22 NM/NM $12.95 Low:$7.49 12/11/20 NM/VG+ Median: $10.00 Average: $10.05 High: $15.00 NM/VG+    like new condition, has hype sticker on cover, price sticker Current low price: $12.05 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 109/22 Where Sold: Alhambra, CA Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester That's Entertainment $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Excellent compilation of crucial music that came out on Slash in the early 80's.  The only complaint for me is that I'd never listen to this album if the urge struck to hear any of these bands.  I personally would go s