The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Oxford Collapse Title: Remember The Night Parties Label: Sub Pop Format: CD Cat: SPCD 727 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition: US 2006 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ hole punch in UPC 6/20/24 Discogs Last Sold:  11/15/23 VG+/VG $1.75 Low: $0.81 Median: $2.15 Average: $2.82 High: $6.00 Current low price: $1.08 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:38 Have/Want: 172/10 Where Sold: Burnaby, Pasadena, CA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Purchased: straight up can't remember guessing NYC used somewhere mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No Every once in a while there is a CD in my collection I can't for the life of me remember buying.  By 2006 when this came out I was long out of buying everything on Sub Pop.  This was a short lived Brooklyn band, maybe somebody recommended them to me.  Maybe I was flipping though a CD bin and felt "adventurous."  This was the sort of driving indie rock I guess I would like in the m...

  Artist: Lou Reed Title:  NYC Man: The Collection Label: RCA Format: 2CD Cat:  82876 50564 2 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $4.08 VG+/VG+ hole punch in barcode 6/24/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/23/24 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.38 Average: $4.68 High: $7.99 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 243/27 Where Sold: Burnaby, Asheville, NC Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Purchased: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No NYC Man was compiled in 2003 with the blessing and assistance of Lou himself.  This was usurped and retitled in 2011 into the more corporate The Essential Lou Reed with the same track listing.  Lou was still alive to see this, not having succumbed to liver disease until 2013. One of the interesting things about NYC Man is that it compiles VU tracks not including Nico (replacing those with Lou solo live versions from Rock 'n Roll ...

  Artist: The Residents Title: The Third Reich 'n' Roll Label: Mute Format: CD Cat:  CDStumm253, 00946 3 32818 0 6, MUT 69302 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 2005 Remastered Hardback Book Sell Price: $7.31 VG+/VG+ mark through UPC 6/21/24 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/24 VG+/VG+ $8.86 Low: $3.76 Median: $9.68 Average: $10.43 High: $19.99 Current low price: $7.86 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:24 Have/Want: 310/106 Where Sold: Burnaby, Mashwawka, IN Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Purchased: used NYC mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The Residents second album release (excluding Not Available which was issued long after recording in 1978) is a statement of what the band perceives to be inherent fascism in Rock 'n Roll.  Over two side long track they use both iconic hits of AM radio and the underground to go with artwork utilizing swastikas and Dick Clark.  Dick Clark they believed to be the ultimate symbol of music...

  Artist: Love As Laughter Title: Destination 2000 Label: Sub Pop Format: CD Cat: SPCD490 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition: US 1999 Sell Price: $2.84 VG+/VG hole punch in barcode Discogs Last Sold: 3/21/24 VG+/VG+ $1.99 hole punch in UPC Low: $0.80 Median: $2.52 Average: $2.83 High: $5.80 Current low price: $0.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:25 Have/Want: 149/19 Where Sold: Burnaby, Pasadena, CA Time it took to sell: 13 years Where and When Purchased: used NYC probably Kim's on St. Marks around time of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No The late Sam Jayne's Love As Laughter I had liked in their K Records, Olympia formed years and picked up this release on Sub Pop when in came out in 1999.  Nowadays it sounds like second rate Drive Like Jehu but I guess that was of it's time.  Jayne it should be noted died in the back seat of his car in NYC in 2020 at the age of 46, a victim of an undiagnosed heart ailment. As for Laughter's t...

  Artist: Barry White Title: Can't Get Enough Label: 20th Century Tapes Format: Cassette Cat: C-444 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $15.81 VG+/VG+ 6/19/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/19/24 VG+/VG $3.98 Low: $3.98 Median: $9.89 Average: $9.89 High: $15.81 Current low price: $5.59  Current Number on Sale at Discogs:2 Have/Want: 6/17 Where Sold: Burnaby, BC, Canada Time it took to sell: 3 months Where and When Purchased: Facebook $2 cassette lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Love Man Barry White's calling card had the inescapable "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" with it's crushing string intro come after a mood setting instrumental intro.  The other megahit opens the second side "I Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe."   I purchased a lot of one or two dollar cassettes recently and this was in the box.  By coincidence I also bought the vinyl in a record lot around the same time so there are...

  Artist: Lionel Hampton Title:  At The Vibes Label: Spin-O-Rama Format: LP Cat: MK 3077 Year of Release: 1962 Country and Year of Edition: US 1962 Mono Sell Price: $2.99 VG/VG+ 6/20/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/20/24 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $0.80 Median: $1.96 Average: $2.16 High: $6.60 Current low price: $1.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:18 Have/Want: 219/9 Where Sold: Farmingdale, NY Time it took to sell:  1 week Where and When Purchased: Facebook lot of $1 records Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've been on a vibes kick lately with some MJQ purchases.  Last week I bought a bunch of dollar albums online, like $40 worth after shipping.  Being on said vibe kick, I played this last week.  I hadn't bought any Lionel Hampton since he died in 2002.  I got a copy of the Hamp compilation at that time and sold it sometime after.  This was the first Hamp I had in the house since and I fully enjoyed this live recording. This wasn't a "value" rec...

  Artist: Big Star Title: A Little Big Star Label: Rykodisc Format: CD Cat: VRCD 0222 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: US 1992 Promo Sampler Sell Price: $6.20 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/2/24 VG/VG $4.99 Low: $3.64 VG/VG 5/31/22 Median: $7.50 Average: $7.64 High:  $22.00 NM/VG+ 5/4/14 Current low price: $6.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:20 Have/Want: 142/12 Where Sold: Ft. Worth, TX Time it took to sell:  9 years Where and When Purchased: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Rykodisc compiled this promo sampler in 1992 when they were releasing three titles.  The first was a reformatting of Third/Sister Lovers back to the intended track order that PVC issued in the late 70's.  I had a copy of that on CD before I interned at Ryko from the cutout bin at Strawberries after their distributor in the US went bankrupt in the late 80's.  The second was the found recordings of too young to die Chris Bell which added tracks to ...

  Artist: Naked Raygun Title: Vanilla Blue b/w Slim (The Second Coming of Christ) Label: Sandpounder Records Format: 7" Cat: SR 001 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Blue/White Marble Vinyl Sell Price: $6.20  VG+/VG record store sticker 2" x 1" on upper right corner Discogs Last Sold: 5/26/24 M/NM $26.79 new and unplayed store stock Low: $5.00 NM/VG 12/30/21 Median: $8.60 Average: $9.65 High: $26.88 8/24/23 M/M Current low price: $5.38 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:26 Have/Want: 1108/146 Where Sold: Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell:  9 years Where and When Purchased: new Al Bums Worcester $2.29 (.50 cents slashed off from coupon) Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Chicago's Naked Raygun were at the peak of their powers, coming off the previous years classic All Rise album in 1987.  This single was on a band released one-off label prior to the band moving from Homestead to the Virgin-distributed Caroline Records....

Artist: John Fogerty Title:  Centerfield Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Cat: 1-25203 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 Allied Pressing Zanz edition Sell Price: $4.81 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 6/1/24 NM/VG+ $6.00 1985, lyric sheet Low: $1.69 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.98 High: $22.34 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:90 Have/Want: 5173/222 Where Sold: Pflugervilee, TX Time it took to sell:  9 years Where and When Purchased: new Al Bums Worcester $7.49 Jan '85 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When Centerfield came out it seemed extremely important.  I was big on Creedence and had his two prior solo albums (Blue Ridge Rangers I found used and miraculously I found the first out of print album from '76 in a Caldors cutout bin unexpectedly in the early '80's.  Caldors also had the brand new Led Zeppelin Coda that just came out and I bought them both for around ten bucks combined.  Fogerty hadn't put anythin...

  Artist: Ian Hunter Title: All Of The Good Ones Are Taken Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat: FC 38628 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983  Sell Price: $3.34 VG+/VG+ 6/11/24 gold promo stamp on the back cover Discogs Last Sold: 5/29/24 VG+/VG+ $3.58 Low: $1.75 VG+/VG 5/24/21 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.93 High: $13.87 NM/NM 1/10/23 Current low price: $1.00 G++/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 625/39 Where Sold: Camden, DE Time it took to sell:  9 years Where and When Purchased: dollar bin Boston early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Blessed with a great radio hit and little else, one is relieved when an alternate version of the title track to All Of The Good Ones Are Taken signals the albums close.  8 years into his post-Mott The Hoople solo career, this album does what every classic rock guy did in 1983.  The result is bland and a bit buried. But that song!  " All Of The Good Ones Are Taken " is a ch...

Artist: Dinosaur Jr. Title: Without A Sound Label: Sire/Reprise/Blanco y Negro Format: CD Cat: 9 45719-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Gold Stamp Promo Sell Price: $3.70  VG+/VG+ 6/9/24 Discogs Last Sold: 4/24/24 VG+/VG+ $7.14 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.35 Average: $4.16 High: $10.99 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 35 Have/Want: 2174/264 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell:  12 years Where and When Purchased: used Sounds NYC $8.99 sticker still on it, bought when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Without A Sound is a weird member of the Dinosaur Jr. catalog.  Mascis plays guitar and drums bringing in Mike Johnson for bass.  The result is a bit flatter than the previous couple albums.  That said, commercially it was his second highest charting record on Billboard debuted and peaked at #44 on an 8 week chart run (in comparison, the previous album from 1993, Where You Been, debuted ...

  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Smells Like Teen Spirit Label: DGC/Sub Pop Format: CD Maxi Single Cat: DGCDS 21673 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Digipak Sell Price: $3.20 VG+/VG 6/7/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/11/24 M/M $9.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.60 Average: $5.51 High: $30.00 Current low price: $0.91 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 76 Have/Want: 2222/203 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell:  12 years Where and When Purchased: new Newbury Comics Boston summer it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I dutifully bought this right when it came out before the release of Nevermind in the summer of 1991.  The hit that made them megastars was a disappointment to me and it is probably the song I never want to hear by the band.  I didn't find the quiet/loud thing that great and never did.  I liked the band for Bleach, not for their pop sensibilities.  This song seems a bit too "Frankenstein" for me.  The mas...

  Artist: The Velvet Underground Title:  White Light/White Heat Label: Verve Format: CD Cat: 825 119-2 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Sell Price: $5.13 VG+/VG+ 6/8/24 Discogs Last Sold: 4/24/24 NM/NM $4.25 Low: $1.17 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.14 High: $16.99 Current low price: $5.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 350/302 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell:  12 years Where and When Purchased: new mall store in Worcester 1987 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No White Light/White Heat was the least "accessible" of the big 4 Velvet Underground Lou Reed studio album releases in their day.  This was the first issue of the CD era, coming a few years after the 1984 vinyl reissue campaign of the 60's Verve era. There was an interesting reissue history before the album became out of print.  In 1974 the album was issued by MGM in the US as Archetypes as well as the UK in 1976 on cassette with an altered track o...

Artist: Various Artists (Johnny Pate & Adam Wade, The Kinks, Quincy Jones, DJ Shadow , Roy Budd, Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra, Jo Armstead , Booker T & The MG's, John Barry, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Henry Mancini, Mongo Santamaria, Vince Guaraldi, David Shire, Isaac Hayes, Wil Malone , Ennio Morricone, The Slickers, Moby, Nick Cave) Title: The Score Label: Mojo Magazine Format: CD Cat: June 2002 Year of Release: 2002 Country and Year of Edition: UK 2002 with June 2002 Magazine Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 6/3/24 Discogs Last Sold: 4/3/24 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low: $0.32 Median: $2.12 Average: $2.45 High: $5.43 Current low price: $1.14 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 76 Have/Want: 1039/51 Where Sold: Germantown, MD Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Purchased: June 2002 or thereabouts when the magazine was on the newsstand, probably a month prior Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Another month and another Mojo CD in a jewel case scattered in my livi...

  Artist: Beatles Title: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Label: Capitol Format: LP Cat: SMAS-2653 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition: US 1967 Los Angeles Pressing/Gatefold/Insert Sell Price: $7.31 G/F  sleeve water damaged but the cutout sheet is intact and in very good shape, 1967 Black Capitol Mft. by Capitol (8:00 position) confirmed, no inner sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 4/8/24 G+/VG $10.99  This is a really nice G+. Steady surface noise throughout, sometimes very loud between tracks, during louder passages barely noticeable. No cut out insert. Low: $5.99 G+/G+ beat Median: $21.48 Average: $40.09 High: $250.00 NM/NM  original 1967 Los Angeles A10/A12 pressing withOUT Maclen/Nems on back cover, and WITH shortened 'A Little Help From My Friends'. Includes custom inner sleeve and cardstock insert. Jacket front, spine and seams are NM, Jacket rear has light rubbing near borders. Top Copy of first pressing. Current low price: $10.20 G/F Current Numbe...