The Reverse Collector

    Artist: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Title:  Fever To Tell Label: Interscope Format: CD Cat: B0000349--02 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $3.49 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/11/23 VG+/VG+ $8.99 Low:$0.99 3/27/19 G/VG Median: $2.99 Average: $3.43 High: $9.05 12/27/19 M/M Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 40 Have/Want: 1808/214 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  bought a few weeks after release new on internet Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No "I kinda liked that Karen O" said co-WFDU cohort Kevin Wyzzard as I told him I had a Yeah Yeah Yeah's writeup pending.  I did too.  The first time I heard of them they were opening for the Heroine Sheiks at Mercury Lounge.   I didn't think they were anything particularly interesting and they were still in the  “playing to 30 people that weren't there for them” phase.   Then their song "Art Star" was a re

  Artist: Tiger Army Title:  Tiger Army Label: Hellcat Format: CD Cat: 80421-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition: US 1999 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/19/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/20/23 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low:$0.99 12/1/20 VG/VG Median: $3.99 Average: $4.61 High: $13.83 1/6/23 M/M Current low price: $2.98 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 520/53 Where Sold: Palmdale, CA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When  given in discarded cd collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No Tiger Army are one of those Warped Tour bands I completely ignored their entire quarter century plus existence.  They are still going today I assume,  with their last album in 2019.  That I knew absolutely nothing about this band on first listen made two thoughts come to mind while listening.  The first is there was active slap bass.  The second was there were lots of Misfits style moaning and groaning. Given they were on Hellcat, the label I associated with Rancid (it was a

  Artist: Radiohead Title: Pablo Honey Label: Capitol Format: CD Cat:  CDP 0777 7 81409 2 4 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/20/23 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low:$1.22 Median: $2.96 Average: $2.88 High: $5.50 Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 1083/201 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  either given in discarded cd pile or discount from a record club sometime in the aughts  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Radiohead were one of those bands that I thought were crappy mainstream "major label grunge" when Pablo Honey came out.  When OK Computer became the 90's Alt-Rock version of Dire Straits "Brother In Arms" or Steely Dan's Aja you hear in local hi fi shops record and recording engineers pinnacle of modern music I started to reconsider.  Personally, I thought that one was a bit overrated. Hearing a f

  Artist: Metallica Title: Load Label: Elektra Format: CD Cat: 61923-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/13/23 NM/NM $3.00 Low:$0.95 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.15 High: $8.00 Current low price: $1.05 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 115 Have/Want: 3573/263 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Load was the first Metallica album that seemed, er, uh, boring at times. They had been deviating from thrash purity since Ride The Lightning with things like "Fade To Black" and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" that gave them arena standards.   The Black Album was it's own thing, their most commercial record and excellent on it's own terms, even if it was a drop below Justice which was a drop below Puppets which was a drop below Ride and you know.  KIll 'Em All.  They were all A level records

  Artist: Ozzy Osbourne Title:  Ozzmosis Label: Epic Format: CD Cat: EK 67091 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/25/23 NM/VG+ $4.99 Low:$0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $7.53 High: $69.00 autographed Current low price: $1.64 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 56 Have/Want: 1462/92 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  used mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Ozzmosis was the first Ozzy record I bought since Bark At The Moon more than a decade before and it held up pretty well coming off  the heels of grunge.  The production was by Michael Beinhorn of Bill Laswell's Material. He plays keyboards on here and Rick Wakeman plays Mellotron on the opening "Perry Mason" and "I Still Want You. The bass playing was Geezer Butler, so perhaps more Black Sabbath than Black Sabbath in 2002, unless, like me, you think Tony Iommi is the most importan

  Artist: Dio Title: Holy Diver Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat: 9 23836-2 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US remaster early 90's Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 1/29/23 NM/NM $4.50 Low:$3.00 Median: $4.85 Average: $5.12 High: $8.28 Current low price: $3.22 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 1159/186 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  90's record club  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Coming off Black Sabbath's two masterpieces: Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules, and all that 70's Rainbow history, there was nothing left for Ronnie James Dio to do but front his own band.  Like Ozzy and his first 2, Dio would come out of the gates with his strongest solo album and have enough in the tank for a just-as-good second before sharp decline.   Dio would remind you, this was a BAND, not a MAN, but we all know different.  It's not like Dio could swap out a singer and sti

  Artist: Various Artists  A1 Jonathan Briley – Nightmare For Hanas A2 Mahcanik – Stereotactic Device A3 Coup De Grace – Use Humans Instead A4 Noizeclot – Sound For Slaughter A5 Cult Ov The Womb – For People Like YOU B1 7 From Life – Necklace Ov Tears B2 Sleep Chamber – Eyes Ov Torture B3 Women Of The SS – The Last Breath Title: Slaughter Ov The Innocent Label: Inner-X-Musick Format: LP Cat: LP-04 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 second pressing packaged in full picture sleeve (black & white) Sell Price: $22.99 VG+/VG 3/11/23 Discogs Last Sold: 12/17/22 NM/VG+ $25.00 Low:$5.00 Median: $22.00 Average: $20.07 High: $33.44 Current low price: $28.71 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 93/95 Where Sold: Westerville, OH Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester Al Bums used mid 80s $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The extreme industrial movement spawned by Throbbing Gristle was still going strong in the mid-80's

  Artist: Mary Lou Lord Title: Got No Shadow Label:  Work Format: CD Cat: OK 67574 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition: US 1998 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/10/23 Discogs Last Sold: 12/30/22 NM/VG+ $1.49 L0w: $0.79 Median:$2.44 Average: $3.43 High: $12.97 Current low price: $0.79 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 45 Have/Want: 365/17 Where Sold: Freeland, MD Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: Yes Hard for me to believe this album has hit the quarter century mark, but there you have it.  Mary Lou at the peak of her commercial powers produced a pretty damn good major label effort with the likes of her established friends like Nick Saloman, Elliott Smith and Shawn Colvin playing on the record as well as Nels Cline, Money Mark and Roger McGuinn.  A credible and diverse cast of characters emerge throughout the 13 songs. Nick's songwriting is half the album including the single from the Bevis Frond album Triptych,

  Artist: Unsane NYC Title:  T his Town b/w Urge To Kill Label: Treehouse Format: 7" Cat: TR 020 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 orange sleeve, 800 pressing Sell Price: $17.99 VG+/VG+ 3/11/23 Discogs Last Sold: 7/20/22 NM/NM $17.02 Low:$10.00 Median: $15.00 Average: $14.47 High: $17.99 Current low price: none  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 48/99 Where Sold: Westerville, OH Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Boston Newbury Comics new late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: Yes Classic punishment rock from Unsane when they were Unsane NYC acknowledging another Thrash Metal band from Levittown, NY called The Unsane.  Even though this one started as low pressing and lo fi, with the help of a fledgling Matador Records, they became the best known band with that name in the metal world.  They dropped the 'NYC' tag pretty damn fast. In this era,with the original drummer Charlie Ondras, I took a trip to see

  Artist: The Clash Title:  Black Market Clash Label: Epic Format: LP Cat: PE 38540 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 12" reissue Sell Price: $19.99 VG+/VG 3/7/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/6/23  VG+/VG $21.69 Low:$6.99 VG+/VG  2/13/21 Median: $23.08 Average: $22.93 High: $37.23 M/NM 6/2/22 Current low price: $18.35 Japan, $22.09 US Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 1874/208 Where Sold: Green Brook, NJ Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester Strawberries new mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This B-sides release was originally released in 1980 as part of the Epic Nu-Disk 10" series.  The Clash and Cheap Trick were the marquee stars of the series along with lesser selling lights like The Continentals, New Musik and Shakin' Stevens as well as established acts of yore like Ricky Nelson and Gary Glitter.  Black Market Clash and Cheap Trick's Found All The Parts were the only ones to my knowledge t

Artist: The Unband Title: The Unband Label: Moonpig Records Format: CD Cat: none Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $29.99 VG+/VG+ 2/28/23 Discogs Last Sold: 9/19/21 VG/VG+ $20.00 Low:$18.00 Median: $26.59 Average: $25.19 High: $29.99 Current low price: none  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 8/6 Where Sold: Oakland, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  Kims dollar cd wall St Marks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Sometime in the 90's a drunk patron yelled in the Marz Bar that the Unband were playing around the corner at Continental and we would really suck if we didn't go.  So having nothing better to do at 1 in morning on a weekend, I went to and liked the show, particularly one song "We Like To Drink, We Like To Play Rock n Roll."  Some point between this and their one big shot years later on TVT Records in 2000, I found this on the closeout dollar shelf at Kim's, so I bought it.  Cle

Artist: John Lee Hooker Title: The Best of John Lee Hooker 1965-1974 Label: MCA Format: CD Cat: MCAD-10539 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: US BMG club edition reissue Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 2/26/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/3/23 NM/NM $15.23 Low:$0.99 Median: $2.24 Average: $2.44 High: $4.00 Current low price: $0.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 22 Have/Want: 104/5 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When BMG record club mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Some artists are compiled ad infinitum, and this CD was a $3 add on in a much larger vinyl order.  In the 90's it was a state of the art compilation of the ABC years plus one on Impulse and one on Chess.  The people that complain about this era are the same sort of purist that would tell you Muddy Waters Electric Mud is bad or would think Hooker 'n Heat is some sort of unholy union. The comp kicks off with a song covered to great Rock radio popularity

  Artist: Bette Midler Title: Songs For The New Depression Label: Atlantic Format: CD Cat: 82784-2 Year of Release:1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 reissue Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 2/25/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/5/23 NM/NM $18.06 Low:$6.75 Median: $8.99 Average: $11.06 High: $18.06 Current low price: $7.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want:  70/15 Where Sold: Morrison, IL Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: internet early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No One tends to forget from the Divine Miss M's commercial peak of insufferable MOR soundtrack hits that kicked off with "The Rose" in 1979 started as an anomaly, when she was a "Rock" artist playing a loose Janis.  "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "From A Distance" were something else entirely in 1989-90.  Inescapable and offensive to anyone with a heart or heart issue that would take them to a drug store counter, where these monstrosi

  Artist: Lucinda Williams Title: Sweet Old World Label: Chameleon/Elektra Format: CD Cat: 61342-2 Year of Release:2001 Country and Year of Edition: US 1992 Sell Price: $3.99 VG+/VG+ 2/22/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/3/23 NM/NM $15.23 Low:$1.95 Median: $4.00 Average: $5.27 High: $19.15  M/M sealed Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 908/51 Where Sold: Lake Grove, NY Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Sounds NYC St Marks used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I managed to ignore Sweet Old World until I heard Emmylou Harris playing on a record store stereo covering the title track on her Wrecking Ball album.  The song blew me away enough to send me down an Emmylou rabbit hole around that time.  Oddly enough, I was well familiar with Lucinda's earlier "Passionate Kisses" and Car Wheels On The Gravel Road was still a delayed rumor in the media. I'm further shocked that I wasn't alerted by my old radio partner i

  Artist: Joni Mitchell Title: Court and Spark Label: Asylum Format: LP  Cat: 7E-1001 Year of Release:1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Santa Maria pressing  Sell Price: $19.99 VG/vG "Same Situation" label, "The Same Situation" sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 2/27/23 G/G $3.00 Low:$2.00 Median: $6;00 Average: $9.73 High: $99.33 NM/VG+ 2/3/23 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 66 Have/Want: 9570/938 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell:  1 year Where and When Purchased: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've had copies of this album along with Blue since the early 80's, and I always thought the canonizers considered these two her twin towers over For The Roses and Ladies of the Canyon.  I always liked Blue a little more than this, but I guess I never really gave Court and Spark it's due.  I bought a couple copies in small lots last year with the suspicion that at least one would flip.  I was cor