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Various Artists-Milk For Pussy-A Compilation (1993)

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  Artist: Various Artists ( Cows , Babes In Toyland , Eleventh Dream Day , Pogo The Clown, House of Large Sizes , Love Battery, Niggerology 2000, Shining Path, God's Acre , Nerve , Kevin Finegan, Steel Pole Bath Tub , Teenage Larvae ) Title: Milk For Pussy-A Compilation Label: Mad Queen Records Format: CD Catalog Number: MQR 931-01 Year of Release:  1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1993 Sell Price: $3.65 Sell Date: 9/2/24 Condition: VG+/VG marker writing on back of booklet Discogs Last Sold  4/12/24 VG+/VG+ $4.74 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.49 Average: $5.51 High: $17.42 Current  low price:  $3.26 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 94/42 Where Sold:  Chicago, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No "Liner Notes We Never Finished Reading From a Record We Won't Ever Play: "No theme. No geographical basis. No common label affiliation....

Miles Davis-Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956 (1987)

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  Artist: Miles Davis Title: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956 Label: Prestige Format: 8 CD Box Set Catalog Number: PCD-012-2 Year of Release:  1987 Country and Year  of Edition: US BMG Record Club Reissue Sell Price: $35.80 Sell Date: 9/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold  8/28//24 NM/VG+ $50.00 Low: $25.00 Median: $50.00 Average: $43.52 High: $53.00 Current  low price:  $40.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 44/19 Where Sold:  Cheverly, MD Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: record club late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No As the era of the compact disc evolved, a market began to emerge for exhaustive box sets.  This was an early one released in the artist's lifetime.  4 double cds in a record sized box with a fat booklet.  Sprawling. I'm listening again to this material on September 28th, the day of his passing in 1991....

Pulp-Separations (1991)

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  Artist: Pulp Title: Separations Label: Fire Records Format: CD Catalog Number: SFIRE025CD Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 2002 Sell Price: $4.13 Sell Date: 8/29/24 Condition: VG+/VG booklet water damaged Discogs Last Sold  2/28//24 VG+/VG+ $4.75 Low: $4.13 Median: $6.33 Average: $7.38 High: $16.85 Current  low price:  $7.75 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 106/37 Where Sold:  Seminole, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: web used mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No When I first heard Separations, I was annoyed by the seemingly endless house music track "This House Is Condemned" which seemed to come up more than a few times on the 100-CD carousel randomizer.  Although Pulp had been around over a decade when this third album was released in 1991, they were still a work in progress before the mid-90's albums, particularly Different...

Rita Mitsouko-Rita Mitsouko (1984)

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  Artist: Rita Mitsouko Title: Rita Mitsouko Label: Virgin Format: CD Catalog Number:  07777 869072 6 Year of Release:  1984 Country and Year  of Edition: France 1987 Sell Price: $5.51 Sell Date: 9/17/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold 5/16/24 NM/NM $5.99 Low: $1.11 Median: $6.08 Average: $6.89 High: $16.67 Current  low price:  $2.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 259 Have/Want: 4067/1997 Where Sold:  Ann Arbor, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  4 years Where and When  Bought:: from discarded CD collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No When this sold last week, I didn't even remember ever having it.  That is because I got it in a bag of CD's that my roommate was throwing out.  This one was actually a good discovery.  Rita Mitsouko is actually a  French BAND, not a person.  With later releases they became later known as Les Rita Mitsouko so as not to confuse people li...

Brickbat/Red Bliss-Axis: Bold As Noise (1991)

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  Artist: Brickbat/Red Bliss Title: Axis: Bold As Noise  A1 Red Bliss – Black 3:37 A2 Red Bliss – Number 9 2:05 B1 Brickbat (3) – Thrushing Cup 4:00 B2 Brickbat (3) – Holiday Written-By –  B. Gibb * ,  R. Gibb * Written-By –  B. Gibb * ,  R. Gibb * 2:42 Label: Axis Format: 7" Catalog Number: AXS 011 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991 Purple Vinyl Sell Price: $3.01 Sell Date: 9/11/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  5/28//24 VG+/VG+ $1.30 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.82 High: $5.28 Current  low price:  $2.22 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 56/13 Where Sold:  Portland, OR Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Nuggets Boston 1991 $3.50 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No As a preview to Gateway To Joy, Red Bliss used their Rough Trade distributed Axis label to bring along Wilmington, No...

Liz Phair-Whip-Smart (1994)

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  Artist: Liz Phair Title: Whip-Smart Label: Matador/Atlantic Format: CD Catalog 25Number: OLE 107-2/92429-2 Year of Release:  1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $3.11 Sell Date: 9/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  8/6//24 NM/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.49 Median: $2.24 Average: $2.73 High: $6.25 Current  low price:  $0.98 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 88 Have/Want: 1475/82 Where Sold:  Cheverly, MD Time It Took  To Sell:  14 years Where and When  Bought: new when it came out at Sounds on St. Mars Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No I gave a cursory glance to a Facebook poster about a Gen X parent telling whoever would listen that her Gen Z daughter said her mom's generation was emotionally unavailable.  While listening to Whip-Smart, LIz Phair's excellent know-it-all-soph-o-more release, I thought about the post and the knowing chuckle I gave. I forgot how much I loved this ...