The Reverse Collector

  Artist:The Beatles Title: Yesterday A: Yesterday / It's Only Love B: You Like Me Too Much / Dizzy Miss Lizzy Label: Parlophone Format: 7" EP Cat: GEPO 70026 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition: Australia 1966 Sell Price: $19.94 VG+/VG ringwear, fold in upper right hand corner Discogs Last Sold: 3/4/22 VG/VG $12.42 Low:$3.27 VG/no cover Median: $19.61 Average: $16.57 High: $30.86 NM/NM Current low price: $17.20 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want:  124/52 Where Sold:  Haddon Heights, NJ Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Beatles Record Fair early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This 4-song Beatles EP was one of those 7" I had no idea why I bought.  Probably thought it looked neat and the price was right at a Beatles record fair I went to in the early 80's.  I wasn't a big 7" collector, but I'd get one here and there.  Maybe I didn't have Help! at the time.  I bought a Japane

  Artist:The Beatles Title: Beatles '65 Label: Apple Format: LP Cat: ST 2228 Year of Release: 1964 Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 Reissue Winchester Pressing Sell Price: $8.54 G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/19/23  $6.00  G+/G Low:$5.00 G+/G+ Median: $12.00 Average: $13.60 High: $30.00 M/NM Current low price: $5.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 31 Have/Want:  709/111 Where Sold:  Poplar Grove, IL Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Early 80's used Al Bums $5.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "I wish it could be 1965 again"-The Barracudas The end of 1964 meant new Christmas product was for a new year, 1965.  The US truncated editions are often held in a lesser light since "they are not as God intended."  As for Beatles '65 there may very well be a superior version within.  Although Revolver and Abbey Road are my 1-2, Beatles For Sale has always been up there for me. Why?  Well Beatles '65 side 1 r

Artist:Chavez Title: Pentagram Ring  Pentagram Ring / The Nerve / You Faded / Hack The Sides Away / Repeat The Ending Label: Matador Format: CD EP Cat: OLE 146-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $4.49 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/23  $9.11  NM/NM Low:$2.16 Median: $3.27 Average: $3.76 High: $9.11 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want:  146/37 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: NYC mid 90's Venus $3.00 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Well above par NYC indie rock from the mid 90's.  They reformed in 2006 and Matador put out a 12" called Cockfighters in 2017 that I didn't even know existed until this very second.     My favorite track by the band was the closer from the 1994 A-side 7". It's flip "Hack The Sides Away" is almost as good.  I might have been happy to just have that single having heard i

  Artist:Cell Title: China Latina Label: David Geffen Company Format: 7" flexi single sided Cat: none Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 free in Flipside Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ 5/12/23 Discogs Last Sold: 1/27/19 NM/not graded $1.50 Low:$1.50 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.25 High: $4.99 Current low price: $2.85 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want:  48/12 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: came with Flipside zine 1993 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Flipside threw in this B-side of the "Cross The River" single imported by City Slang.  It was redone on their album Living Room .  I was a huge fan of the Slo Blo album that came out in 1992.  In fact, it was probably up there with Circa Now! by Rocket From The Crypt as my households heavy playlist that year.  That album could be found in every possible cut out bin, but this one somehow never graced my fingertips even only two years l

  Artist:Lee Renaldo/Something To Burns Title: A Perfect Day /Instrumental #2 Label: Musical Tragedies Format: 6"  saw cut edges, green vinyl Cat: MT 192,  Saw Blades #2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: Germany first edition opaque mint green vinyl Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/23 NM/generic Test Pressing only 8 were done $57.61 Low:$3.75 NM/NM 1/23/20 Median: $7.61 Average: $10.53 High: $57.61 Current low price: $6.67 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want:  209/88 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Kim's Underground 92 or 93 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Yet another Lee Renaldo release with a cool vinyl design and "abstract" industrial contents within.  I wrote about From Here To Infinity a while back.  That was the one with the locked grooves on every minute long track of noise.  This was part of the Saw Cut series with the vinyl designed to look

  Artist: David Bowie Title:  Y oung Americans Label: RCA Format: LP Cat: APL1-0998 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Indianapolis Pressing Sell Price: $11.99 VG/VG 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/11/23 NM/VG+ $46.00 Low:$4.00 VG/G+ 1/5/22 Median: $15.94 Average: $18.21 High: $46.00 Current low price: $6.99 G/F, $12.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 103 Have/Want:  8731/1122 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester That's Entertainment $2.99 used early to mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Young Americans is such a weird record of Bowie's peak era (the RCA years, duh).  For starters it closes with his biggest hit "Fame" with sly John Lennon co-vocals.  He's famous ya know, wink wink.  Beatles references abound in an actual cover of "Across The Universe" which I would've linked to Pin Up.  The opening title track outros with the ladies refraining

  Artist: Berlin Title: Pleasure Victim Format: LP Cat: GHS 2036 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 reissue Sell Price: $5.99 VG+/VG+ 4/29/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/23 VG+/NM $6.00 Low:$1.00 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.79 High: $15.00 Current low price: $4.39 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want:  1265/101 Where Sold:  Garden City, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: dollar bin in Boston early 90s Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No My first exposure to this was around 1983 or 4 on WCHC.  I remember discovering the Holy Cross station in Worcester that only broadcast in mono at 10 watts during the Spring and Fall semesters.  It was an oddity for an FM station not to have the stereo light go off on those all in one receivers.  "Sex (I'm A..)" was a bizarre one for my 13 year old brain to handle.  Soft core porn call-and-response music from rumored ex-porn star Terri Nunn emanating from a Catholic college station

  Artist: Eagles Title: The Long Run Label: Asylum Format: LP Cat: 5E 508 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979 Sell Price: $3.49 VG/G+ 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/23 VG/G+ $1.99 Low:$1.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.18 High: $19.29 Current low price: $2.94 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 168 Have/Want:  9535/366 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Store 24 Worcester brand new $5.99 late 79 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I got this in late '79 when my Billboard #1 album collection was recently underway.  This one had debuted at #2, an uncharacteristically high entry pre-Soundscan and hit the top a week after from my 9 year old recollection.  I would say I was a fan of the band at the time, having "Life In The Fast Lane" on the FM soundtrack, but this was my first whole album by them although I soon got a 50 cent copy of Hotel California at a yard sale sans cover (that was to be paired late

  Artist: Eagles Title: On The Border Label: Asylum Format: LP Cat: 7E 1004 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 CTH Pressing Sell Price:  $3.99 G+/G  Discogs Last Sold: 3/7/23 VG/G $4.99 Low:$2.00 VG/G+ Median: $8.00 Average: $8.87 High: $33.00 NM/NM Current low price:  $3.06 G/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 44 Have/Want: 1487/159 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time it Took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester That's Entertainment early 80's dollar bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No It's so easy to bag on the Eagles.  Like Sting, Don Henley falls in to a "so serious he seems a bit pompous and his solo career is shit" sort of thing.  In it's day, however I took the Eagles seriously, particularly the Joe Walsh era which will be represented in the next write-up.  I always thought a little less of the era that got compiled on the mega-selling anthology Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975.   It was easy to come by a compl

  Artist: Ricky Nelson Title: Legendary Masters A1 Be Bop Baby 2:00 A2 If You Can't Rock Me 1:55 A3 Stood Up 1:57 A4 Tryin' To Get To You 2:14 A5 My Babe 2:30 A6 Milkcow Blues 2:13 B1 Poor Little Fool 2:29 B2 Waitin' In Schoo l 2:00 B3 Believe What You Say 2:04 B4 Shirley Lee 1:57 B5 Down The Line 2:30 B6 I Can't Help It 2:16 B7 I'm In Love Again 2:19 C1 It's Late 1:57 C2 Old Enough To Love 2:16 C3 Restless Kid 1:56 C4 Just A Little Too Much 2:10 C5 A Long Vacation 2:07 C6 Lonesome Town 2:15 D1 Travelin' Man 2:20 D2 Teenage Idol 2:27 D3 Young Emotions 2:33 D4 Never Be Anyone Else But You 2:12 D5 My One Desire 2:14 D6 Hello Mary Lou 2:17 D7 That's All 2:01   Label: Liberty Format: 2LP Cat: LWB 9960 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979 Sell Price:  $2.99 G+/VG+  disc 1 vinyl looks weird unsure if affects play (it didn't) Discogs Last Sold: 1/13/23 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low:$1.00 Median: $2.97 Average: $3.44 High: $11.99 Current low price:

    Artist: Simon & Garfunkel Title:  Bridge Over Troubled Water 2:50 Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat: KCS 9914 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1970 Sell Price:  $4.99 G+/G+ 4" square peel on cover 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/23 VG+/NM $50.23 Low:$0.99 Median: $6.99 Average: $17,94 High: $77.94 M/NM Current low price:  $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 140 Have/Want: 26990/3357 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time it Took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester Al Bums early 80's mother bought it used to replaced beat up copy Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "...and he carries the reminders/of every glove that laid him down/or cut him/til he cried out in his anger and his shame/"I am leaving"/"I am leaving"/but the fighter still remains..." My first two albums of memory were this and the previous S&G album Bookends.  I'm pretty sure this was the first I remember even though I've always giv

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Hot Rocks 1964-1971 2:50 Label: London Format: 2LP Cat: 2PS 606/7 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1981 Sell Price:  $14.99 VG+/VG with insert  5/4/23 Discogs Last Sold: 4/11/23 VG+/VG+ $11.95 Low:$6.99 Median: $18.45 Average: $17,68 High: $36.67 Current low price:  $22.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 248/100 Where Sold:  Valley City, OH Time it Took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester Al Bums early 80's brand new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Perhaps with the exception of The Who's Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, this is my favorite compilation album of all time.  I got it around age 10, a few years after my Mom gave me Some Girls and maybe a half year after getting Emotional Rescure for my number one album collection.  My third Stones album! It must be noted my mother HATED "Under My Thumb."  So much she'd make me take it off if the record played in the background.  L

  Artist: Santana Title:  Santana 2:50 Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat: CS 9781 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition: US 1969 Sell Price: $6.99 G+/VG 5/6/23  Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/23 G+/G+ $7.50 Low:$3.00 G+/G+ 11/16/21 Median: $9.97 Average: $19.24 High: $129.99 NM/VG+ 5/3/21 Current low price: $3.00 VG/no cover, G+/VG $6.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 128 Have/Want:  18026/2376 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time it Took to sell: 8 years Where and When  dollar bin Boston late 80s early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Santana's first before Woodstock made him a household name.  "Evil Ways" peaked at #9  on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1970.  This album came out August 1969, the same month as the festival. "Evil Ways" was originally done by percussionist  Willie Bobo .  The other big cover on the record would be "Jingo" (or "Jin-go-lo-ba") by Olatunji . It's coupling with  " Savor " was a live mainstay.  The

Artist: Oasis Title: Standing On The Shoulder of Giants 2:50 Label: Epic Format: CD+CD single Cat: EK 63586 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition: US 2000 limited edition with bonus single Sell Price: $3.49 VG+/VG+  4/27/23   Discogs Last Sold: 4/27/23 $3.99 G+/NM Low:$2.00 Median: $3.62 Average: $3.57 High: $3.99 Current low price: $2.62 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want:  550/68 Where Sold:  Delaware, OH Time it Took to sell: 11 years Where and When  internet early to mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sometime in the mid aughts I convinced myself that a complete Oasis discography on CD was the thing to have after having nothing and basic dislike for the band from their commercial inception.  Had a change of heart I guess, as did many people who bought their cd's, as I'm pretty certain they were all in the 75 cent range on half.com.  I  remember this being a new album I played once in the last hour of my radio shift toward the end of my WFDU overni

  Artist: Neil Diamond Title: Shilo A1 Shilo 3:23 A2 Kentucky Woman 2:34 A3 Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon 2:48 A4 You Got To Me 2:45 A5 Monday, Monday 3:03 A6 Cherry, Cherry 2:42 B1 Solitary Man 2:43 B2 I'm A Believer 2:43 B3 Red Red Wine 2:42 B4 Thank The Lord For The Nighttime 2:55 B5 I'll Come Running 2:50 B6 Oh, No, No 2:50 Label: Bang Format: LP Cat: BANG 221 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1970  Specialty Pressing Sell Price: $3.99 VG+/VG  4/29/23   Discogs Last Sold: 10/25/21 $1.50 VG/VG Low:$1.12 Median: $1.50 Average: $2.20 High: $3.99 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want:  102/1 Where Sold:  Garden City, MI Time it Took to sell: 1 year 3 months Where and When  internet Feb 2022 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 60's Bang hits of Neil Diamond were compiled here in 1970 when Neil had a label change to MCA.  He was cranking enough hits that people wanted to buy this set to the tune  of #53 on