The Reverse Collector

  Artist:  Boston Title: Boston Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: PE 34188 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $9.20 Sell Date: 12/29/24 Condition: G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 12/25/24 VG/VG $8.00 Low: $2.00 F/F Median: $13.22 Average: $34.57 High: $275.00 M/M still sealed Current  low price:  $3.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 60 Have/Want: 18791/1424 Where Sold: Molalla, OR Time It Took  To Sell:  1 and 1/2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $4 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   A Sad To See  It Go: No "Dancin' in the streets of Hyannis/we were gettin' pretty good at the game..."-Rock 'n Roll Band The last time I sold a copy of the first Boston album it was 2019 and I got $3.99 for it.  This one went for $9.20.  I've got a couple 8-tracks of this sitting around but my vinyl is currently sold out.  For now. It always blows my mind how an album like this that was ultra-common...

  Artist:  Rocket From The Crypt Title: Yum Kippered Bad Ninja / Goodbye b/w Kill The Funk (There Will Be No Funk In Outer Space) Label: Helter Skelter Format: 7" Catalog Number:  HS92712 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year  of Edition: Italy 1992 Sell Price: $6.92 Sell Date: 12/23/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/15/21 M/NM $8.99 Low: $3.75 Median: $8.99 Average: $9.61 High: $18.74 Current  low price:  $7.49 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 147/69 Where Sold: Sallisaw, OK Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought:  NYC Kims Underground new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Rocket From The Crypt had a run of singles that were ultimately compiled on the All Systems Go album in 2011.  The opening cut "Bad Ninja" got messed with to become "Bad Sonic Ninja."  I thought it was the best track of this single, maybe the band didn't think so. RFTC were at the...

  Artist:  Elvis Costello & The Imposters Title: The Delivery Man Label: Lost Highway Format: CD Catalog Number: B0002593-02 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2004 promo Sell Price: $3.70 Sell Date: 12/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/24/24 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low: $0.47 Median: $1.89 Average: $2.06 High: $6.24 Current  low price:  $1.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 77 Have/Want: 944/21 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  13  years Where and When  Bought: internet online Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No I had a bit of burst of reinterest in Elvis Costello when Mike Ruffino of the Unband emphatically recommended 2002's When I Was Cruel.  Cruel Smile, also in 2002, was the debut of this backing band which is still going, and The Delivery Man was the Imposters follow-up coming out a couple years later.  Guitarist Steve Nieve and Drummer Pete Thomas...

  Artist:  Stone Temple Pilots Title: Purple Label: Atlantic Format: CD  Catalog Number: 82607-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US BMG Record Club D 124738 Sell Price: $3.71 Sell Date: 12/23/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/14/23 VG+/VG+ $1.50 Low: $1.49 Median: $1.99 Average: $2.24 High: $4.50 Current  low price:  $1.05 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 38/56 Where Sold: Sallisaw, OK Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: Facebook dollar lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No "Purple is their masterpiece"-The Pinch Point editor after some back and forth texting on STP I managed to ignore Stone Temple Pilots save for the insufferable "Sex Type Thing" from their first album Core.  I had a mental note that my friend, the editor of Pinch Point, unexpectedly thought highly of them, so with that in mind I got the first 2 cds last year in a dollar lot....

  Artist:  Elvis Costello Title: North Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD + DVD Catalog Number: B0000996-10 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2003 promo Sell Price: $3.27 Sell Date: 12/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/28/24 VG+/NM $0.58 Low: $0.58 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.22 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $1.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 239/8 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  13 years Where and When  Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No Around the time this album came out I was still working at Tee Pee and Dale was working at the desk behind me.  Dale somehow got a promo of North and asked me if I liked Elvis Costello and gave it to me.  I don't know if this orchestrated album on the old classical stalwart label Deutsche Grammophon ever got played until the other day when this copy sold. This particular promo editio...

  Artist:  Paul Simon Title: Interview Show With Music From His Album Graceland Label: Warner Bros. Format: 2XLP Catalog Number: WBMS 140 Year of Release: 1986 Promo  Country and Year  of Edition: US 1986 Sell Price: $7.84 Sell Date: 12/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 11/25/24 M/VG+ $7.29 Low: $3.89 VG/VG Median: $10.00 Average: $10.82 High: $20.00 NM/VG+ Current  low price:  $12.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 201/81 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  9  years Where and When  Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No These Warner Brothers radio promos from the 80's were part of The Warner Brothers Music Show series that would take albums and intersperse them with artist commentary with an announcer giving an intro and break on each side.  The vinyl was pressed Side One/Side Three and Side Two/Side Four so they could be cued up back to back on the ...

  Artist:  Various Artists (Fad Gadget, Throbbing Gristle, Can, Plastikman, Moby Nitzer Ebb, Add N To (X), Renegade Soundwave, LCD Soundsystem, Photek, Pan Sonic, Daft Punk, DAF, NON) Title: Electricity (A Brief History of Future Sound) Label: Mojo Magazine Format: CD Catalog Number: Mojo #226 September 2012 Year of Release:  2012 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 2012 Sell Price: $3.15 Sell Date: 12/16/24 Condition: M/M shrinkwrapped Discogs Last Sold: 12/9/24 NM/NM $3.99 Low: $0.52 Median: $2.08 Average: $2.15 High: $3.99 Current  low price:  $0.95 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 54 Have/Want: 1219/80 Where Sold: Laguna Niguel, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  13 years Where and When  Bought: came with issue of Mojo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Another one of those Mojo comps that never made it out of the shrinkwrap from an issue purchased 13 years ago.  This one was compiled by Daniel Miller, founder of...

  Artist: The Psychedelic Furs Title:  All Of This And Nothing Label: Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 44377 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $3.04 Sell Date: 12/16/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/1/24 VG+/VG+ $2.85 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.24 High: $8.68 Current  low price:  $0.55 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 613/31 Where Sold: Laguna Niguel, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: half.com aughts a few dollars Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Compilation of the glory years both artistically and commercially for The Psychedelic Furs.  Good for me since I stopped at the first album that I liked quite a bit in the 80's.  The radio singles stayed on the radio and that was good enough. Talk Talk Talk, Forever Now, Mirror Moves and Midnight To Midnight had their hits for sure.  You could even s...