The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Eagles Title: Hotel California Label: Asylum Format: LP Catalog Number: 6E-103 Year of Release:  1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Specialty Pressing Sell Price: $7.69 Sell Date: 3/23/24 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold  3/26/24 VG+/VG+ $15.40 Low: $4.00 G+/VG Median: $12.50 Average: $19.91 High: $135.00 M/M with poster Current  low price:  $4.30 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 59 Have/Want:  7058/760 Where Sold: Charleston, SC Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester, MA early 80's 50 cent album with inner sleeve at yard sale on Howe St., then got cover in a box of records for $5 without the record Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No The "serious" group that was the Eagles sold 26 million copies of Hotel California in the United States alone. Amazingly enough the compilation of hits prior to this was an even bigger seller to the tune of all time proportions.  Considering the hits are top loaded with the first

  Artist: Rush Title: Archives Rush / Fly By Night / Caress Of Steel Label: Mercury Format: 3XLP Catalog Number: SRM-3-9200 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1978 Sell Price: $13.42 Sell Date: 3/22/24 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold  2/18/24 VG+/VG+ $25.00 Low: $4.87 Median: $17.50 Average: $18.93 High: $45.00 Current low price:  not available Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want:  182/40 Where Sold: Charleston, SC Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester, MA Al Bums used early 80's ca 1983 or 4 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Archives was released in early '78 after the exponential increase in popularity for 1977's A Farewell To Kings and 1976's 2112.  This triple album 2 pocket job houses the first three: Rush from the Pertless 1974 debut with drummer John Rutsey.  Then the 1975 pair,  Fly By Night and Caress of Steel.  All of these albums are B+ or possibly A- range on their own.  For some

    Artist: Scruffy The Cat/Young Fresh Fellows Title:  Love Song #9 b/w My Boyfriend Is In Killdozer Label: Cruddy Record Dealership Format: 7" Catalog Number: SIZZ1089 Year of Release:  1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1989 Sell Price: $4.25 Sell Date: 3/20/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  2/25/24  VG/VG+  Low: $1.09 Median: $4.25 Average: $4.67 High: $15.00 Current low price:  $4.99      Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want:  187/48 Where Sold:  Sewickley, PA Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Newbury Comics or In Your Ear Boston late 80's  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Classic pairing of two mid-tier bands of the era: Boston's Scruffy The Cat and Seattle's Young Fresh Fellows who recently announced tour dates.  Perhaps that is why this single sold after sitting for nearly a decade in storage. Anyway, the YFF side was a big radio hit on WMBR and now is one of a ever shrinking released song list that se

  Artist: The Penetrators Title: Kings Of Basement Rock Label: Fred Records Format: LP Catalog Number: FRED 0 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $19.24 Sell Date: 3/11/24 Condition: VG+/VG water stain bottom right corner Discogs Last Sold  1/3/24  NM/NM $21.74 Low: $6.49 9/5/23 VG+/NM Median: $27.98 Average: $31.88 High: 75.00 10/13/16 $79.99 M/M sealed from label Current low price:  $27.17 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 138/128 Where Sold:  Lexington, KY Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Nuggets Boston late 80's new for $1.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No This compilation of late 70's Garage Punk sub garage rock was an exciting discovery for me in the late 80's.  I somehow heard the bands theme song on WMBR despite the repeated line "we're the Penetrators! We don't FUCK around! We're the number one band in this town!".  I thought the band name in the lyri

  Artist: The Beatles Title: Beatles VI Label: Apple Format: LP Catalog Number: ST-2258 Year of Release:  1965 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1971 Reissue Sell Price: $9.30 Sell Date: 3/13/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold : 12/16/21 M/NM $75.00 sealed Low: $3.00 VG+/VG Median: $12.00 Average: $15.00 High:  $75.00 Current low price:  $20.65 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 143/120 Where Sold:  White Cloud, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester Albums used $3.99 1980 or 1981 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No Although it another US Frankenstein culled from butchered albums and recent singles sides, Beatles VI, the 6th Capitol album released in the US (including Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles Second Album, Something New, Beatles '65 and Help! but excluding Introducing The Beatles on Vee Jay, A Hard Days Night Soundtrack on United Artists and The Beatles Story the spoken word album on Capitol). Musically it stands wi

  Artist: Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra Title: What's New Label: Asylum Format: LP Catalog Number: 9 60260 Year of Release:  1983 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 Sell Price: $3.11 Sell Date: 3/13/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  3/11/24 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.70 Average: $2.94 High:  $10.00 Current low price:  $0.74 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 564 Have/Want: 6239/82 Where Sold:  White Cloud, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Linda Thermostat, as my Dad referred to her in the 70's, decided she needed a radical reworking in the 80's.  She was a long way from when my father brought home her Don't Cry Now album lent to him by a co-worker about a decade before.  That was an "alt-country" record before the genre existed and it got heavy household airplay by my mom.  I don't think the loaner was ever given back. Anyw

  Artist: The Doobie Brothers Title: Minute By Minute Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BSK-1393 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1978 Winchester Pressing Sell Price: $3.95 Sell Date: 3/13/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  3/11/24 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $0.99 VG/VG 3/5/24 Median: $3.98 Average: $4.05 High:  $9.77 1/7/24 VG+/VG+ Current low price:  $2.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 66 Have/Want: 1636/120 Where Sold:  White Cloud, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester Albums used $3.99 1980  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See  It Go: No Although this is one of the first used albums I've ever bought when Al Bums in Worcester was on Park Ave. and put a massive 3" x 3" square sales sticker slapped on the covers that often tore them if the paper wasn't glossy.  Glossy like the Doobie Brothers themselves on this album.  That sticker came off, but I see the ever so slight sign of glue remna