The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Black Sabbath Title: Dehumanizer Label:  Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 26965-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/19/25 Sell Price: $7.42 Discogs Last Sold: 9/24/24 VG+/NM $8.50 Low: $1.50 NM/NM 9/7/22 Median: $6.82 Average: $6.87 High: $11.49 NM/NM 11/14/24 Current low price: $6.63 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 325/87 Where Sold: 325/87 Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I've had to come to terms with something after a third of a century.  Dehumanizer isn't that good.  I always thought that this might be a buried classic if only I put in the time beyond a spin here and there.  Today I am facing the facts.  The Heaven & Hell album may be up for further review and I'm withholding final judgement on that, but today is the day I formally declare Dehumanizer as middli...

  Artist: Stone Temple Pilots Title: Core Label: Atlantic Format: CD  Cat #: 7 82418-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 SRC  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/19/25 Sell Price: $4.85 iscogs Last Sold: 6/20/25 VG+/VG+ $2.79 Low: $0.25 G/no cover 4/8/25 Median: $2.95 Average: $3.41 High: $12.00 M/M 5/26/25 Current low price: $0.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 71 Have/Want: 4785/575 Where Sold: Northport, AL Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When Core came out, I thought the band was somewhat fraudulent.  I hated the first hit I heard,  "Sex Type Thing" and was disgusted that the Butthole Surfers were opening for them already on seemingly their first tour.  MTV product, I sniffed with 22-year-old certitude. 33 years later, I've finally got around to hearing the actual album start to finish.  It does have all the signpost...

  Artist: Nick Drake Title: Five Leaves Left Label:  Island Records/Chronicles/Ume Format: CD  Cat #: 422 842 915-2 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US circa 2003-13 Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 6/14/25 Sell Price: $6.56 iscogs Last Sold: 5/25/25 NM/NM $6.22 Low: $1.62 NM/NM 1/2/25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.24 High: $10.00 NM/NM 1/2/22 Current low price: $5.59 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 152/183 Where Sold: Tucson, AZ Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake's first album from 1969, has an interesting history in terms of how it was issued.  Originally it came out on Island in the UK.  It didn't come out in the US until after his 1974 death on the Antilles label in 1976.  In 1979 there was a 3-LP UK compilation issued called Fruit Tree-The Complete Recorded Works that was artwork revised, reissue...

    Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title:  Born To Run : 30th Anniversary Edition Hammersmith Odeon, London '75   Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born To Run  Pt. 1 Pt.2  Pt. 3 Pt. 4 Live At The Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles, 1973 : Spirit In The Night Wild Billy's Circus Story Thundercrack Label:  Columbia Format: CD + 2XDVD Cat #: 82796 94175 2 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2005 30th Anniversary Box Set Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/2/25 Sell Price: $5.45 iscogs Last Sold: 6/9/25 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $4.50  VG+/VG+ 5/15/25 Median: $8.95 Average: $9.54 High: $20.00 M/M 1/15/24 Current low price: $1.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 90 Have/Want: 1513/240 Where Sold: Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet around when it was released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 30th Anniversary issue of Born To Run is a fancy box with 2 DVD's that I n...

  Artist: David Bowie Title: Station To Station Word On A Wing (Live, Nassau '76)     Stay (Live, Nassau, 76) Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10141 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 BMG Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/7/25 Sell Price: $10.85 iscogs Last Sold:6/1/25 NM/NM $6.0 Low: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 6/3/25 Median: $9.95 Average: $10.05 High: $20.27 NM/VG+ 2/26/21 Current low price: $10.99 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 274/367 Where Sold: Tuckahoe, NY Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Station To Station might be taking a crown for me as pound for pound my favorite Bowie album.  I always sort've had Ziggy by default in my mind, but I've been so burnt on that one for so long that I'll take any other 70's albums over it if someone gave me a choice to listen.  I orginally had a $1.49 vinyl copy I b...

  Artist: Sonic Youth Title: Dirty Label:  DGC Format: CD Cat #: DGCD-24485 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 BMG Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/4/25 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/19/25 VG+/VG+ $4.53 Low: $1.77 VG/not graded 1/10/21 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.92 High: $10.00 M/M 12/17/22 Current low price: $4.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 314/191 Where Sold: Madison Heights, MI Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Dirty was a heavily played album by me in 1992.  It made it's way into the bedroom and casual living in a way the others didn't.  That said, listening to it for the first time in god knows how long, I was surprised there was a big chunk of it I sort of ignored.  Songs stand out all over the place.  My favorite was "Sugar Kane" but I love you I love you I love you what's your song title was ...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Another Side Of Bob Dylan Label:  Columbia Format: LP Cat #: PC 8993 Year of Release: 1964 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 70's reissue Listed Condition: VG+/VG 4" spine damage Sell Date: 5/30/25 Sell Price: $6.96 Discogs Last Sold: 6/1/25 NM/VG+ $10.00 Low: $4.99 F/G+ Median: $10.00 Average: $9.99 High: $17.05  Current low price: $11.98 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 784/239 Where Sold: South Williamsport, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Worcester MA That's Entertainment $2.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "Everything passes. Everything changes...just do what you think you should do..."-To Ramona So here we have Another Side Of Bob Dylan, arguably the best of Bob's acoustic years if you want relationship songs and not political ones.    It seems trite to say that since maybe that means this is the most political album of the first 4.  The real p...

Artist: Bill Direen & The Builders Title: Alien b/w Skulls Label:  Hecuba Format: 7" Cat #: HEX 03 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/22/25 Sell Price: $6.96 iscogs Last Sold:6/1/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $5.00 7/26/21 NM/NM Median: $10.00 Average: $9.99 High: $17.05 3/11/25 NM/VG+ Current low price: $9.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 116/54 Where Sold: St. Clare Shores, MI Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Allston, MA In Your Ear $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Bill Direeen from New Zealand was important enough to have a documentary Bill Direen: A Memory of Others back in 2017.  Someday all musicians will have documentaries, and I haven't seen this one or even knew of its existence until today.  I probably bought this single back around 1991 at In Your Ear because there was some sort of Flying Nun affiliation or perhaps even a sticker o...

  Artist: Darkness & Jive Title: Hooked On You b/w Tarzan Label:  Red Rhino Records Format: 7" Cat #: RED 21 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/31/25 Sell Price: $4.33 Discogs Last Sold: 5/10/25 VG+/VG+ $3.40 Low: $1.14 11/30/19 VG+/VG+ Median: $4.86 Average: $4.99 High: $9.09 6/15/21 VG+/NM Current low price: $2.69 VG+/generic Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 63/31 Where Sold: Lincoln City, OR Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: consigned collection from the late Kevin Wyzzard Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I have a handful of 45's left from my friend Kevin Wyzzard consigned to me after he passed last year.  He had some hard times and gave me some cherry picked records to sell.  This one didn't go that much but I think he thought it had some US value being an import.  Sadly, over time it dropped to under $5. This is a fairly obscure post-pun...

  Artist: Siouxsie & The Banshees Title: The Tinderbox Interview with Siouxsie Label:  Warner Bros.89 Format: LP Cat #: WBMS 138 Year of Release: 1986 Promo Radio Transcription Record Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 The Warner Bros. Music Show series Listed Condition: VG+/VG peel off on upper right hand corner several <1" spots Sell Date: 5/31/25 Sell Price: $11.06 Discogs Last Sold: 2/19/25 VG+/VG+ $17.00 Low: $11.06 Median: $20.89 Average: $24.27 High: $54.95 1/24/25 NM/NM Current low price: $22.73 NM/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 181/136 Where Sold: St. Lincoln City, OR Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C  Sad To See It Go: No The TINDERBOX Interview with Siouxsie was a radio only interview record I got a promo of.  This was the only tour to date I've ever seen Siouxsie in the flesh, at the Orpheum in Boston .  It was also the last Siouxsie & The Banshees album I...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Dylan Label:  Columbia Format: LP Cat # PC 32747 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 Terre Haute Pressing Listed Condition: VG/G spine damage Sell Date: 5/30/25 Sell Price: $4.49 Discogs Last Sold: 5/28/25 VG+/VG+ $6.00 Low: $2.00 1/1/25 VG/VG Median: $5.34 Average: $6.98 High: $22.73 M/M 10/30/24 Current low price: $2.00 VG/no cover $2.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 116 Have/Want: 5239/328 Where Sold: South Williamsport, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No When Dylan jumped ship to Asylum, Columbia cleaned out their closet of Self Portrait and New Morning outtakes.  The result was 1973's Dylan.  Consisting mostly of covers, it was ignored for CD reissue until 2013 on the Complete Album Collection.  However, it did ok for an outtake record, hitting Gold certification in its day and peaking in ...