The Reverse Collector

  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. No unifying musical style. No `concept'. No re

  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.  There are about 7 hours of music here, according to the playlists. 

  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 Class, that defined the band as top tier. I was dreadi

  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 like me. There seems to be very little to connect Les Rita Mitsouko to an American audience. 

  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, North Carolina's Brickbat.  The single was used as a lynchpin for tour dates from Boston to

  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 album and the prior one.  Liz Phair connected in a way that was em