The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: All Shook Up Label: Epic Format: LP Cat #: FE 36498 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980 Listed Condition: VG+/VG  Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/24/25 VG+/VG $6.00 Low: $1.67 Median: $6.30 Average: $6.26 High: $12.00 Current low price: $2.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 54 Have/Want: 4230/170 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used $3.99 at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No All Shook Up was an album I had high expectations for with production by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick.  Around the time of this release, John Lennon himself had the band back him for Double Fantasy demos. When I heard the electronic voice sound of the second side opener, "High Priest of Rhythmic Love," I wondered to myself how Lennon might have been impressed by this production.  Then I thought of "Cleanup ...

  Artist: Kris Kristofferson Title: Surreal Thing Label: Monument Format: LP Cat #: PZ 34254 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 Listed Condition: VG+/VG  Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $2.89 Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/24 VG+/VG $2.50 Low: $1.11 Median: $2.25 Average: $2.17 High: $3.00 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 32/10 Where Sold: Springvale, ME 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 Surreal Thing is a fairly middling to good Kris Kristofferson album bookended by two great songs.  The opener "You'll Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine)" is instantly memorable and "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" you can kiss his ass.  Why sugar coat it? The rest of the album is loaded with characters.  Eddie The Eunuch, The Prisoner, The Golden Idol and someone Killing Time.  The one who has a life of his own lost in ...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Spooked Label: Yep Rock Format: CD Cat #: YEP 2086 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/29/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/25 NM/VG+ $4.88 Low: $3.51 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.80 High: $11.54 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 608/33 Where Sold: Grand Junction, CO Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used online mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Spooked is a pretty solid album start to finish.  There really isn't a weak track on it.  Sometimes when you give something an A-, it sounds like an underhanded compliment but in this case my feeling was that grade was an upgrade not a downgrade to reflect what I felt about the album as a whole. 10 of the 12 tracks have made his live set some time or another.  He plays "Full Moon In My Soul" the most and "Sometimes A Blonde,"...

  Artist: The Records Title: The Records Label: Virgin Format: LP Cat #: VA 13130 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ original inner sleeve, no single Sell Date: 3/30/25 Sell Price: $8.73 Discogs Last Sold: 3/27/25 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $1.08 4/1/24 NM/VG+ Media: $8.87 Average: $10.79 High: $25.24 12/25/23 NM/NM Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 46 Have/Want: 1352/120 Where Sold: Marietta, GA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $3 LP lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No From the ashes of Kursaal Flyers who had a British hit in 1976 with " Little Does She Know ," formed The Records with Rhythm Guitarist/Vocalist John Wicks joining the Kursaals drummer/vocalist Will Birch along with Huw Gowar (guitarist of Magic Muscle, Dragons), Phil Brown (bass later of The Hurt) and session keyboardist Ian Gibbons (The Kinks, The Sweet). This was "faceless" British po...

  Artist: Eagles Title: Long Road Out Of Eden Label: Eagles Recording Company Format: 2XCD Cat #: 98268-4500-2 Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2007 Digisleeve Walmart Exclusive Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 3/25/25 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/21/25 M/VG+ $5.00 Low: $.0.25 Media: $2.16 Average: $2.91 High: $7.00 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 64 Have/Want: 846/62 Where Sold: Fresh Meadows, NY Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $2 CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No The last Eagles studio album, 2007's double CD Long Road Out Of Eden was a curio of mine.  I got a copy a year or so back in a lot of CD's but it was sealed and the shrink wrap never came off.  I had to rely on streaming to get up to date on this.   Long Road Out Of Eden was The Eagles first full studio release (Hell Freezes Over had 4 studio tracks mixed with a live record) since T...