The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Neil Hamburger Title: Great Phone Calls Label: Ipecac Format: CD Catalog Number: IPC-10 Year of Release:  1992 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2000  Sell Price: $3.65 Sell Date: 9/5/24 Condition: VG+/F booklet missing Discogs Last Sold  5/8/24 VG+/VG+ $3.89 Low: $2.22 10/12/16 VG+/VG+  Median: $4.47 Average: $5.45 High: $15.56 7/2/22 M/NM Current  low price:  $4.44 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 129/46 Where Sold:  Greenville, SC Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Great Phone Calls was part of the holy trinity of phone prank albums along with The Tube Bar and The Jerky Boys.  I originally found a vinyl copy on the wall heading into the basement of Venus Records on St. Marks in NYC in late '92 or early '93 and snatched it up.  That copy has since gone MIA--I don't think I ever had it around when I put everything on Discogs ten years ago, but this was sitting on my CD she

  Artist: Suckdog Title: Kill Ralph Records Label: Psychoacoustic Sound Format: 7"  Catalog Number: pa 003 Year of Release:  1990  Country and Year  of Edition: US 1990 single side etched vinyl Sell Price: $5.11 Sell Date: 9/10/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  11/8/23 VG+/Generic $2.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.40 High: $14.50 10/23/11 NM/VG+ Current  low price:  $5.56 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 113/89 Where Sold:  Knoxville, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: new 1991 Newbury Comics Boston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No "I was 3 when I started to see...change is good...for everybodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..."-Lisa Suckdog Ralph Records was already dead by 1990 except of course catalog.  Even the Residents had moved on.  Who would be the next in line? I had 2 copies of this Lisa Suckdog record, one with the printed sleeve and one with only a generic cover.  Some in Greece bought that one an

Artist: Red Bliss Title: Gateway To Joy Label: Axis Format: CD Catalog Number: AXS 012-2 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991 Sell Price: $4.63 Sell Date: 9/11/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  7/17/23 NM/M $8.00 Low: $4.63 Median: $6.04 Average: $6.43 High: $8.79 Current  low price:  $4.70 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 16/10 Where Sold:  Portland, OR Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: new 1991 Newbury Comics Boston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No  "What do I need shit from you for?  I don't want your problems now.  Your clothes, they lie on his floor.  And you're being fucked RIGHT NOW!"-Carreiro, "Slute" The opening track of the Boston noise rock masterpiece sets a bit of a template of love and hate.  Leonard Cohen did this in a much more respectable fashion.  Guinea Bastards Carreiro and Rulli tag team their way into your heart with Rulli providing the love and Carre

  Artist: Alice In Chains Title: Facelift Label: Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 46075 Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $7.21 Sell Date: 9/10/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  9/10/24 NM/VG+ $9.99 Low: $1.25 NM/no cover 7/20/24 Median: $4.49 Average: $4.75 High: $9.99 Current  low price:  $5.52 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 4774/930 Where Sold:  Vanceboro, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  4 months Where and When  Bought: Facebook used $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No My friend Kenny was on the road with Mirror Queen in the Midwest last year and noted something as he played a few dates in Ohio.  Alice In Chains dominated the airwaves and everywhere there.   Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam may have ruled the day, but with the RIAA giving multi-platinum certifications as recently as 2022 for their early 90's releases.  Something is going on here. I bought this copy in a low end Facebook CD

  Artist: The London Suede Title: Coming Up Label: Nude/Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 67911 Year of Release:  1996 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 8/29/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  9/3/24 VG+/VG+ $4.01 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.87 High: $14.98 Current  low price:  $1.11 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 473/66 Where Sold:  Seminole, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No On the other hand, maybe Brett Anderson was right.  He wanted to make a solid 10-song pop record with T. Rex as his guide.  Who needs that Bernard Butler when you can swap him out for a 17 year old and be just as good if not better? For that, Coming Up is pretty darn good.  Even on the second listen these songs were starting to sink in and that really can't be said for the first Suede album or Bernard's solo.  Maybe "Stay Together&quo

  Artist: The Mars Volta Title: Frances The Mute Label: Universal/Strummer/Gold Standard Recordings Format: CD Catalog Number: B0004129-02 Year of Release:  2005 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2005 Sell Price: $3.38 Sell Date: 8/31/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  8/19/24 VG/VG $6.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.29 Average: $4.40 High: $9.05 Current  low price:  $2.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 52 Have/Want: 2243/288 Where Sold: Los Angeles, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: used online the year it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No Like Xiu Xiu, which sold to the same buyer, the Mars Volta tread the path where talent merge with a level that borders on unlistenable.  Some, even myself, would call it merely "difficult" listening that just requires more time.  I didn't give it much if any time the year it came out, although I bought it in the year of release.  In fact, I don't remember giving the album a sing

  Artist: Red Aunts Title: Saltbox Label: Epitaph Format: CD Catalog Number: 86473-2 Year of Release:  1996 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1996 Sell Price: $3.01 Sell Date: 8/31/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  8/24/24 NM/NM $3.33 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.77 High: $15.77 Current  low price:  $1.17 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 259/41 Where Sold:  Falls Church, VA Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Used $5 from Venus Records NYC year it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See  It Go: No I liked the previous years album #1 Chicken by Red Aunts to go back to the well with their fourth full length Saltbox.  After giving this a few listens, there is a bit of a question "why?"  I did have over a half dozen other things that sold recently to write about.  Why did I want to go over this today above everything else? There is a bit of asking why does anything exist.  This album has one great song, the 52 second &quo