The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Hellride Title: Shitfaced and Pissed Off b/w Darkness Label: Radio Blast Recordings Format: 7" Cat #: RBR 027 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Germany 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $4.00 Discogs Last Sold: 4/5/25 M/M $3.00 Low: $2.91 NM/VG 5/19/17 Median: $4.44 Average: $4.86 High: $10.00 NM/VG+ 1/31/11 Current low price: $2.24 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 174/17 Where Sold: Salem, MA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  London UK Intoxica 2001 3.75 sticker in pounds still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This was a random 7" purchase found in the Intoxica bin on Portobello Road in London during an early aughts visit there.  I probably bought it strictly for the title "Shitfaced and Pissed Off."  Why wouldn't that be a good record? Turns out although this was a German pressing, Hellride were a Norwegian speedrock band who happened ...

  Artist: Quasi Title: Unto Itself b/w Kiss The Snowman Label: Kill Rock Stars Format: 7" Cat #: KRS 309 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US Mailorder Freak 7" Singles Club 1998 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/15/25 Sell Price: $4.08 Discogs Last Sold: 3/21/25 NM/VG+ $5.53 Low: $1.00 VG+/VG+ 2/27/18 Median: $4.04 Average: $4.36 High: $9.33 M/M 7/2/22 Current low price: $4.00 VG+/NM  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 254/63 Where Sold: Oak Ridge, TN Time it took to sell: 9 years  Where and When Bought: Other Music $3.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Kill Rock Starts had a mail order singles club from April 1998 to December 1999 long after it was passee.  Until I sold this record, I never realized the club existed.  I was a big fan of Quasi Featuring "Birds" from the same year, so at that time everything the band released was an automatic "buy."  This continued for exactly one ...

  Artist: Dura-Delinquent Title: Sick On You b/w Head Over High-Heels/All Lushed Up Label: All City Soulsville Format: 7" Cat #: n/a Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $3.24 Discogs Last Sold: 1/25/25 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $1.12 VG+/VG  11/9/17 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.21 High: $3.50 NM/NM 7/15/12 Current low price: $2.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 51/6 Where Sold: Salem, MA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  New York, NY Other Music $1.49 sticker on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Hailing originally from Santa Cruz this single was released probably by the band on an imprint called All City Soulsville.  This record isn't up for streaming. They also issued another  single  and and an  album  that year as well as a couple more full-lengths the end of the 90's, finally winding up on K Records in 1999. T...

  Artist: The J Geils Band Title:  The J Geils Band Label: Atlantic Format: LP Cat #: SD 8275 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US reissue Richmond Pressing, Green/Red label Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 12/5/24 VG+/VG+ $8.40 Low: $2.00 G+/VG 7/14/23 Median: $5.87 Average: $6.25 High: $16.00 NM/VG+ 8/4/22 Current low price: $3.50 F/VG, $4.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 122/30 Where Sold: Lyons, OR Time it took to sell: 2 years  Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Straight outta Wormtown, the woofa goofa mama tuffa's 1970 debut hard drives it's way into your heart and mind.  Wait.  Stop a minute!  Don't!  Go too far! The kick-off to the record, "Wait" is a great one and sets the stage for a whole career. Covers are the name of the game: The Contours " First I Look At The Purse " from 1965, the title t...

  Artist: Black Sabbath Title: Heaven & Hell Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 3372-2 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 80's CD  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/14/25 Sell Price: $9.14 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/25 NM/NM $11.99 Low: $4.00 Median: $8.00 Average: $8.94 High: $15.00 Current low price: $9.98 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 99/149 Where Sold: Wood River, IL Time it took to sell: 1 year 3 months Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No With Dio's passing 15 years ago on the 16th, somebody wanted to get the original CD masters of Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules together.  Both sounded great cranked up and I had a Rhino remaster laying around that I cranked also and didn't really notice that much difference.  I thought I heard some bothersome synthy chimes in "Children Of The Sea" in the Rhino version but I heard them again in the early master and on the s...

  Artist: Pat Metheny Title:  Trio 99→00 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 9 47632-2 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000 with slipcover Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $7.69 Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/25 VG+/VG+ $2.50 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.95 High: $10.11 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 494/33 Where Sold: Kapolei, HI Time it took to sell: 9 months Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Top shelf trio from fusion legend Pat Metheny.  At some point in the 90's or so his albums took a left turn from a slicker sounding era.  Here, the band are roughly a dozen years younger than Pat.  Double bass player Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart were both born in 1966.  Long enough to be established players with other musicians, but young enough for Pat to be in the elder statesman role on the edge of h...

  Artist: Black Sabbath Title: Mob Rules Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 3605-2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 80's master Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/14/25 Sell Price: $6.56 Discogs Last Sold: 11/4/24 NM/NM $8.00 Low: $4.00 Median: $6.28 Average: $6.28 High: $8.95 Current low price: $6.66 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 88/95 Where Sold: Wood River, IL Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The second Black Sabbath album with Dio came in 1981.  For many years I liked this one ever so a bit more than Heaven & Hell, but the end of side two tails off for me ever so slightly.  I mean, you can't argue with perfection, and these are two great albums.   Side One of Mob Rules is a thing of beauty.  Harking back to the intros of yore, E5150 meanders in an F/X sort of way with a "modern keyboard" approach that disintegra...

  Artist: Queen Title:  Greatest Hits Label: EMI/Parlophone Format: CD Cat #: CDP 7 46033 2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/14/25 Sell Price: $5.30 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/25 VG/VG+ $11.10 Low: $2.21 Median: $4.33 Average: $3.94 High: $11.10 Current low price: $2.17 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 176/250 Where Sold: Leander, TX Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've had a long history with this Queen Greatest Hits album.  I won the album from WBCN in 1984 or so and had to pick it up all the way at a Chain store in Quincy.  I think it was called Coconuts.  I convinced my Dad to go on the hour trip to the store for a $5 new album.  I got a weird coupon that was sent to me.  Of course, when we finally found the store, the record was not there, so I had to pick up a record of equ...

  Artist: Steve Miller Band Title: The Joker Label: Capitol Format: LP Cat #: SMAS 11235 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 gatefold Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/11/25 Sell Price: $5.00 (whatnot auction)) Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $6.88 Average: $10.96 High: $79.98 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 4766/322 Where Sold: San Diego, CA Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No This is one of those "common" records I've had for many years and this one I got in a lot.  This copy actually had the original gatefold.  Since I always had a single pocket copy as far back as the early 80's, I never looked at other copies to see that the original had this configuration.  Although I had it up for close to $20, I had a rando flip thru auction and somebody took it for $5.  Chalk it up t...

  Artist: Elvis Presley Title:  Elvis' Golden Records Label: RCA  Format: LP Cat #: LSP 1707 (e) Year of Release: 1958 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/11/25 Sell Price: $5.00 (whatnot auction)) Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $4.95 Average: $5.86 High: $13.36 Current low price: $3.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 966/79 Where Sold: San Diego, CA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No For me this is the best Elvis compilation you could possibly have.  All Killer, no filler, compiled of singles close to the time they came out and went Gold.  Nothing post army, nothing Sun, nothing Vegas, just the King and the stuff that made him "The King." This particular copy was a late 70's RCA Stereo reissue.  On interesting thing I noted is how all the images are from the 50's copy or the 80's ...

  Artist: Heart Title: Dog & Butterfly Label: Portrait Format: LP Cat #: FR 35555 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/10/25 Sell Price: $3.00 Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/25 VG/NM $8.00 Low: $1.90 Median: $6.00 Average: $10.58 High: $34.99 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 225 Have/Want: 10649/274 Where Sold: Knightsbridge, TN Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Heart's 4th studio album, Dog & Butterfly, was a hit album with "Straight On" (#15 Billboard) and the title track (#34) as the most popular hits.   It went Platinum in 1978 and added a second million certified in 1992.   The more "rock" songs are on the Dog side and the ballads are on the Butterfly side.   I always thought this album should be a little better than it actually is.  Side one grew on me particularly...

  Artist: Steppenwolf Title: Steppenwolf Gold (Their Great Hits) Label: Dunhill/ABC Format: LP Cat #: DSX-50099 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1972  True Sound Press Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/10/25 Sell Price: $3.00 Whatnot Auction Discogs Last Sold: 4/18/25 VG+/VG  $4.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.41 Average: $5.33 High: $21.91 Current low price: $1.12 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 3280/40 Where Sold: Knightsbridge, TN Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No For those who feel one Steppenwolf compilation is all you need, if you come across this one in the used bin, it will do.  It seems to have been replaced by 16 Greatest Hits, but if you aren't going to dig deep you get "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride" as well as "Sookie Sookie" and "The Pusher." This album takes the listener all the way up to Steppenw...

  Artist: Green Day Title: Insomniac Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 46046-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $3.28 Discogs Last Sold: 5/7/25 VG/VG+  $3.55 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.39 Average: $4.19 High: $12.99 Current low price: $0.96 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 70 Have/Want: 3747/287 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club late 90's/early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No First things first.  What is the song "Stuck About You" is nicking?  It is driving me nuts...I can hear the "oh-oh-OH OH" refrain, and I can't think of the song or who does it.  The Clash? Buzzcocks? Late 70's British punk single compiled somewhere?  What the hell is it?  I'm sure it isn't even remotely obscure and when I find out, I'm gonna let out a big DUH. Speaking of big DUH's, yet another Green D...

  Artist: Pearl Jam Title:  Yield Label: Epic Format: CD Cat #: EK 68164 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 tri-fold digipak Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $2.98 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/25 VG+/VG+  $2.00 Low: $0.38 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.61 High: $10.33 Current low price: $1.02 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 101 Have/Want: 4346/243 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club late 90's/early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I spent many years ignoring Pearl Jam after deciding early on they were not for me, being on the wrong side of the Green River/Mudhoney dividing line.    I saw Pearl Jam on a five-band bill very early on before "Alive" rescued 10 from the clearout bins everywhere.  The rest is history, written by someone not me. Yield, their 5th album, was the only one I ever bought.  Maybe it was a record club curi...

  Artist: Green Day Title: Dookie Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 45529-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/25 VG+ $6.19 Low: $1.78 Median: $4.77 Average: $5.30 High: $14.99 Current low price: $1.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 72 Have/Want: 7668/812 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No At the time of release, I could never have imagined Dookie would go on to sell 20 million copies in the US alone (certified 10 in it's first five years and certified another 10 million to date last year).  "When I Come Around" was a gold record and many of these tracks were inescapable, but on this 15 track blitz many weren't even memorable or interesting.  At least for me. I got this for completist purposes through a record club in the mid-90's...