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Halo Of Flies-Headburn (1988)

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  Artist: Halo of Flies Title: Headburn Headburn / Easy Or Hard / Father Paranoia Label: Twin/Tone Format: 12" EP Catalog Number: TTR-88147-1 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $5.13 Sell Date: 10/31/24 Condition: VG+/G+ water damage bottom corner of sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/24 NM/VG+ $15.00 Low: $3.00 VG+/G+ Median: $8.34 Average: $9.21 High: $20.00 Current  low price:  $5.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 304/69 Where Sold: St. Clair Shores, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: 1988 Cambridge, MA Second Coming Records new around $6.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Classic chugging title track, among the best this band had to offer.  One of two 12" inch eps that got compiled into Music For Insect Minds and forgotten as an individual artifact certainly in the digital realm.  This EP clocking in under 10 m...

Booker T & The MG's–The Best Of Booker T & The MG's (1984)

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  Artist:  Booker T & The MG's Title:  The Best of Booker T & The MG's Label: Atlantic Format: CD Catalog Number: 81281-2 Year of Release:  1984 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1984 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 10/20/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 10/16/24 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.50 Average: $2.49 High: $4.02 Current  low price:  $0.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 43 Have/Want: 377/26 Where Sold: Baltimore, MD Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: record club early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No Really the only question I had when listening to this great compilation is the degree of perfection--an A or an A+.  This contains 16 tracks of roughly 3-minute perfection each.   Originally Atlantic released a twelve song 1968 Best of with a better cover and different track order.  At the dawn of the CD era, they got British illu...

Numbers-Numbers Life (2001)

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  Artist: Numbers Title: Numbers Life Label: Tigerbeat 6 Format: CD Catalog Number: MEOW048 Year of Release:  2001 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2001 Sell Price: $3.48 Sell Date: 10/6/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/4/23 NM/VG+ $4.58 Low: $0.25 Median: $2.72 Average: $2.82 High: $5.49 Current  low price:  $1.65 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 190/28 Where Sold:  Minneapolis, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: new on internet year of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Robotic, noisy electroclash dance punk from San Francisco.  This was played in the Knitting Factory office when Rubric was there and caught my ear for the opening track.  I think it was the "gung gung gung" of the instrumental refrain.  Surprisingly for this genre, this record holds up pretty well.  This was the sort of band you'd see in a warehouse loft space with th...

The Righteous Brothers-The Righteous Brothers Greatest Hits (1967)

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  Artist: The Righteous Brothers Title: The Righteous Brothers Greatest Hits A1 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Written-By –  B. Mann - C. Weil * ,  P. Spector * Written-By –  B. Mann - C. Weil * ,  P. Spector * 3:50 A2 The White Cliffs Of Dover Written-By –  Nat Burton ,  Walter Kent Written-By –  Nat Burton ,  Walter Kent 2:19 A3 Georgia On My Mind Written-By –  Hoagy Carmichael ,  Stuart Gorrell Written-By –  Hoagy Carmichael ,  Stuart Gorrell 2:37 A4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Written-By –  Deek Watson ,  William Best Written-By –  Deek Watson ,  William Best 2:49 A5 You'll Never Walk Alone Written-By –  O. Hammerstein II - R. Rodgers * Written-By –  O. Hammerstein II - R. Rodgers * 2:18 A6 Just Once In My Life Written-By –  C. Weil * ,  G. Goffin - C. King * Written-By –  C. Weil * ,  G. Goffin ...

The Allman Brothers Band-Brothers and Sisters (1973)

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  Artist: The Allman Brothers Band Title: Brothers and Sisters Label: Capricorn Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 0111 Year of Release:  1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1973 Sell Price: $11.12 Sell Date: 10/10/24 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold  5/4/22 VG+/no cover $9.99 Low: $9.99 Median: $10.55 Average: $10.55 High: $11.12 Current  low price:  n/a Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 27/33 Where Sold:  Roanoke, VA Time It Took  To Sell: 2 months Where and When  Bought: ebay 8track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Brothers and Sisters was always one of those albums I snobbishly ignored because it didn't have Duane on it.   Irrational in a way, I knew this was their biggest record with their biggest hit.  Not only did it have "Ramblin' Man" but it has the AOR staple "Jessica." "Jessica" on this 8-track is treated with a fade out/fade in over tracks 3 and 4.  It's pret...