The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Gary Lucas Title: Improve The Shining Hour Label: Knitting Factory Works Format: CD Catalog Number:  KFW-265 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2000 Sell Price: $4.82 Sell Date: 3/1/25 Condition: M/M sealed Discogs Last Sold:10/20/24 NN/VG+ $1.00 Low:  $1.00 Median: $5.26 Average: $4.90 High: $7.39 Current Low Price: $3.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 103/10 Where Sold:  MIneola, NY Time It Took  To Sell:  14 years Where and When  Bought: free copy  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No 20-year career retrospective of previously unreleased material from later period Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas.  Gary came in on French Horn for Ice Cream For Crow and all kinds of Doc At Radar Station guitar.  He had to switch gears when Beefheart quit music to paint.  Gary is still around and did a show recently with his long running band Gods & Monsters t...

  Artist: Randy Newman Title: Ragtime (Music From The Motion Picture Plus Additional Music) Label: Elektra/Rhino Format: CD Catalog Number:  R2 78245 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2002 Sell Price: $8.46 Sell Date: 2/27/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/27/25 NM/VG+ $10.76 Low:  $2.81 VG+/VG+ 5/31/22 Median: $8.37 Average: $8.63 High: $15.45 VG+/VG+ 2/2/25 Current Low Price: $19.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 68/20 Where Sold:  Alexandria, VA Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Even though I purchased this a little over a year ago, I had no recollection of buying Ragtime in a CD lot.  I guess I was looking at 1-2 dollar titles and got anything I didn't have with Randy Newman's name.  A fair enough assessment.  Anything Newman has released is worth hearing. That said, this is first ...