The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Beatles Title:  Hear The Beatles Tell All Label: Vee Jay Format: LP Cat:  VJLP 202 PRO Year of Release: 1964 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979  Rainbow label. Brackets logo. Interview information below the center hole. "STEREO" on cover. Reissue of the 1964 release. Contents are not in stereo. Sell Price: $4.69 Sell Date: 12/27/23 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold 12/29/23 NM/NM $10.98 Low: $2.96 VG+/VG+  10/28/22 Median: $7.75 Average: $9.01 High:  $21.53  VG+/VG Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 138 Have/Want: 1540/75 Where Sold: West Lawn, PA Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: That's Entertainment Worcester early 80's $2.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No Vee Jay was gonna milk that cash cow for all it was worth.  They had repackaged the Introducing The Beatles tracks to the hilt and released this interview album at the end of 1964....

  Artist: The Kings Title: Are Here Label: Elektra Format: LP Cat:  X6E-274 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: Canada 1980 Sell Price: $9.62 Sell Date: 12/21/23 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold 12/14/23 VG+/VG+ $5.15 Low: $2.14 VG+/VG Median: $5.08  Average: $5.66 High:  $11.95 Current low price: $5.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 1236/52 Where Sold: Grove City, OH Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: internet lot a couple years ago around $4 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No The Bob Ezrin produced band The Kings formed in Vancouver and had a major AOR hit with the two track segue way "The Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" that opens up the album.  My friend Kenny had raved about the track a good 25 years ago but I somehow never heard it in my AOR listening Worcester youth even though they made it all the way to American Bandstand in 1980.  I got a CD reissue of this around then...

  Artist: Fuck Emos Title: Can Kill You Label: Rise Records Format: CD Cat:  RR 123 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Kozik cover Sell Price: $9.62 Sell Date: 12/19/23 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:8/26/22 M/M $9.55 Low: $9.00 Median: $9.99 Average: $10.79 High:  $16.99 Current low price: $5.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 22/34 Where Sold: Austin, TX Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: mid-90's Kim's Underground dollar shelf Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No Classic mid-90's Austin band.  I knew a guy named Harry that played bass for them but I don't know if that is on this album.  Bass here is credited to Chance The Lost One.  See what I mean?  I just don't know. Anyway this album is uniformly excellent sort of like the God Bullies of the South.  This version sold is the now changed cover by Frank Kozik, who passed last year.   Mildly pornograp...

Artist: Band 19 Title:  Dictate Label: Modern Method Records Format: 12" EP Cat:  MM 025 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 Sell Price: $4.32 Sell Date: 12/20/23 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:7/12/23 NM/VG+  $2.21 Low: $0.97 Median: $4.66 Average: $5.53 High:  $16.48 Current low price: $2.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 91/34 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: early 90's Boston Nuggets $1.99 sticker still on it used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Uniformly excellent mid-80's band with a uniquely Boston straight revved up rock sound brought forth in the clubs there with bands like John Felice/Real Kids or the Outlets, who Band 19 remind me of.  No frills, straight guitar-bass-drums doing 3-4 minute songs. You get mostly dour lyrics on this ep delivered without great emotion except a rocking sense of defiance.  This debut was issue...

  Artist: Debbie Harry Title: Rush Rush Label: Chrysalis Format: 7" Cat:  VS4 42745 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Promo double A-side both with identical 3:33 Stereo versions, sleeve lists "Dance, Dance, Dance" by Beth Andersen as the B-side Sell Price: $4.32 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/8/23 VG+/VG+  $3..50 Low: $2.00 NM/not graded Median: $4.32 Average: $6.31 High:  $16.99  NM/NM Current low price: $9.22 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 38/28 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: early 80's Worcester at WCUW street fair on Highland St. Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No This was a reunion of Debbie Harry with Giorgio Moroder who produced the Blondie #1 hit "Call Me" back in 1980 for the American Gigolo Soundtrack.  "Rush, Rush" was much more enjoyable than Harry's previous solo album from 1981, KooKoo, as well as the universall...

  8:54 Artist: The Kinks Title: Greatest Hits! Label: Reprise Format: LP Cat: RS 6217 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition: US 1966 Yellow Boat Reprise Sell Price: $8.93 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/12/23 G+/VG $4.00 Low: $1.00 P/Not Graded, Median: $8.46 Average: $11.35 High:  $45.00 NM/NM Current low price: $2.91 G/G+, $10.50 VG/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 53 Have/Want: 4286/230 Where Sold: Annapolis, MD Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: early 80's Worcester Al Bums off the wall $15.00 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go: No One of those albums that shocked me when it sold for a low price.  I bought this off the wall behind the counter at Al Bums in Worcester in the early 80's for $15 in 80's money.  In that time period, despite 5 stars from the Rolling Stone Record Guide and all of the early hits, the record went out of print in the pre-CD era.  For most of the 80's this material issued ...

  Artist: David Alvarado Title: Blue A1 Blue 8:48 A2 Blue You 5:35 B Blue Dub 8:54 Label: Ultra Format: 12" Cat: ULT X 003 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $5.68 11/29/28 Condition: M/M sealed Discogs Last Sold: 10/2/23 VG+/VG+ $6.32 Low: $2.17 Median: $4.94 Average: $5.08 High:  $16.20 Current low price: $4.50 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 187/215 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time It Took To Sell:  13 years Where and When Bought: street find Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See It Go: No I've told this story many times throughout this blog when something sells from the stack of techno records I found left on the street on Ave C sitting up against a corner trash can after rolling out of Sunny and Annie's to get a sandwich after rolling out of somewhere and jumping into a cab home.  Mostly these were techno records from the label Ultra.  Maybe it was a drunken DJ from a nearby club or drunken employee ...