The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Jefferson Airplane Title: Surrealistic Pillow Label: RCA Victor Format: LP Cat #: LPM-3766 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1967 Mono Hollywood Pressing Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 7/18/25 Sell Price: $29.08 Discogs Last Sold: 7/20/25 VG+/VG $24.00 Low: $1.73 G/G 5/7/25 Median: $11.47 Average: $26.07 High: $91.86 VG+/VG+ 11/4/24 Current low price: $4.99 G/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 2969/1291 Where: Seattle, WA Time it took to sell:   3years Where and When Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Surrealistic Pillow is notable for being Grace Slick's debut in the established band and containing the megahits "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit."  "White Rabbit" is so seared on rock consciousness that my own band nicked the dah-dah-da-da-da ad infinitum for our decidedly non-hit song "Changing My Tune."  But that is neither here nor there. I neve...

  Artist: DM Bob and the Deficits Title: Mexico Americano b/w Bandito Mexicano Label: Crypt Format: 7" Cat #: CRYPT-054 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 7/26/24 VG+/VG+ $3.09 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.49 Average: $3.66 High: $8.05 Current low price: $2.33 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 147/20 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Shrewsbury MA 99 cent singles bin late 90's or so Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I remember some girl on the garage rock scene that hung out at Marz Bar and was talking about "Dim Bob!" with such enthusiasm I bought their CD Bad With Wimmin.  I still have that CD sitting in storage, but this single I saw a few years later with the A-side from the album was sitting in the 99 cent bin at Newbury Comics when my friend John worked there briefly and took ...

  Artist: The Banned Title: Little Girl b/w C. P. G. J.'s Label: Harvest Format: 7" Cat #: HAR 5145 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1977 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $3.05 Discogs Last Sold: 7/18/25 VG+/Generic $0.13 Low: $0.13 Median: $2.21 Average: $2.41 High: $9.45 Current low price: $0.13 UK Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 196 Have/Want: 685/28 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Intoxica London UK 3 pound sticker still on it early 2000's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Just another punk band from Croyden. I bought this single in a stack at Intoxica on a visit to London back in 2000 or so.  No hard reason, I knew nothing about the band except they were on Harvest and the record looked cool and reasonably priced in a white sleeve.  That price seems to be worth pennies now in the UK but we still have to pay for shipping here, so the buy that got this got ...

  Artist: The Cynics Title:  No Way b/w Dancing On The Wall Label: Get Hip Format: 7" Cat #: GH 101 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $4.71 Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.81 Average: $5.92 High: $9.88 Current low price: $5.07 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 277/28 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: Blacklist Mailorder late 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Classic early single that came initially to advance the Blue Train Station album in 1987 with an unreleased B-side.  I liked the song so much from that album without knowing this was an advance single until I saw in Blacklist Mailorder in 1989 when I was stuck in Worcester for a summer.  There was a little confusion when I saw the date listed as 1993, but I think that was the year the record was reissued with a color cover ...

  Artist: Various Artists (Rice University Marching Owl Band, Richard Berry, Rockin' Robin Roberts, The Sonics, The Sandpipers, The Kingsmen, The Last, Black Flag, Les Dantz and his Orchestra, The Impossibles) Title: The Best of Louie Louie Label: Rhino Format: LP Cat #: RNEP 605 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1983 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 7/10/25 Sell Price: $4.53 Discogs Last Sold: 5/29/25 VG+/NM $5.00 Low: $1.69 Median: $4.76 Average: $5.47 High: $15.00 Current low price: $2.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 47 Have/Want: 882/90 Where Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Bought: used That's Entertainment Worcester mid 80's $2.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Fantastic overview of the song many think starts with the Kingsmen and ends with Black Flag.   The original R&B song by Richard Berry is included here.  We also get a version from the Sonics that came a couple years aft...

  Artist: The Standells Title: Juke Box Magazine Présente 5 EVA EP's ( Barracuda / Get Away From Here b/w There's A Storm Coming / Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White ) Label: Eva Format: 7" Cat #: EVA 2001 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: France 1984 part of 5 single set Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/14/25 Sell Price: $7.70 Discogs Last Sold: 7/14/25 NM/NM includes    Kenny and the Kasuals, The Chocolate Watchband, and The Haunted 45s. Unplayed store stock, picture sleeve. Low: $7.70 Median: $29.99 Average: $30.14 High: $58.14 Current low price: $5.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 102 Have/Want: 628/166 Where Lenexa, KS Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: Kevin Wyzzard Collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This particular reissue 7" is a bit of a mess on Discogs.  My late friend Kevin Wyzzard gave me some select singles to sell for him and this is one of the handful that remains....

Artist: Shorty Title: Fresh Breath Label: Skin Graft Records Format: CD Cat #: GR14CD Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/12/25 Sell Price: $4.71 Discogs Last Sold: 6/8/25 NM/NM $4.88 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.50 Average: $6.62 High: $15.94 Current low price: $4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 151/40 Where Trenton, GA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Venus Records NYC $3.00 circa 1994 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Chicago's Shorty were a scene band. Steve Albini recorded under the moniker Albiehnni of Francesco, this one pushed all the buttons. The sound was in the realm of what the Jesus Lizard were doing at the time with a vocalist that was even less decipherable. This EP got around to the point the girlfriend I wrote about that liked Hole a few months back also had this on cassette and played it regularly. I found my copy for $3 bucks at Venus on St. ...

  Artist: Death In Vegas Title:  The Contino Sessions Label:  Time Bomb Recordings/Concrete Format: CD Cat #: 70930 43521-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: M/M sealed with hype sticker Sell Date: 7/11/25 Sell Price: $8.71 Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/25 VG+/VG+ $4.67 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.29 High: $8.71 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 481/51 Where  Ishpeming, MI Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Thinking this was Death In June from eyeballing a microscopic stack of CD spines,  this came purchased in a lot of 1 or 2 dollar CD's a couple years back by accident.  The shrink never came off of it.  It did alert me that there was an Iggy Pop guest appearance on the song "Aisha" that was pretty damn good.  Older Iggy spoken vocal where he introduces himself as a m...

  Artist: The Flaming Lips Title: The Terror Label:  Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death Records Format: CD Cat #: 534627-2 Year of Release: 2013 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2013 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/11/25 Sell Price: $4.33 Discogs Last Sold: 6/25/25 NM/NM $9.99 Low: $3.50 Median: $4.27 Average: $5.53 High: $9.99 Current low price: $3.69 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 851/99 Where  Steubenville, OH Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought:  The Fountain Collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No As I listened a second pass to The Terror, the 13th studio record from the Flaming Lips, I found myself with very little to say about it.  The words "an ambient work" sternly reverberated in the recesses of my brain and very little else.  Would now be the time to cheat and get a ChatGPT(TM) overview?   I don't like to do that when I crank these out, but better that than looking at a 2013...

  Artist: Foghat Title: Fool For The City Label:  Bearsville Format: 8-Track Cat #: M8 6959 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 7/7/25 Sell Price: $5.71 Discogs Last Sold: 3/7//24 G+/no cover $3.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.10 High: $6.00 Current low price: $4.59 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 63/33 Where  Summerville, SC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I've had this on vinyl since the early 80's and my copy got flooded out in the ill fated "F" box.  I suspect it will remain in storage for all eternity but surprise surprise the 8-track that came in a recent lot went for just under six bucks.  Stranger things have happened, but when Foghat sells it gives one pause.  In recent years I've acquired a fairly complete Foghat collection with the idea that they will never sell. This has ...

  Artist: Styx Title: The Grand Illusion Label:  A&M Format: 8-Track Cat #: 8T-4637 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG/G+ Sell Date: 7/7/25 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/18/24 VG+/VG $8.00 Low: $0.92 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.62 High: $8.00 Current low price: $3.34 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 140/55 Where  Summerville, SC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I took this out of the library when I was 7 or 8 on a regular basis, so I knew it cold before Pieces of Eight came out.  I don't think I knew another Styx record as well with the exception of Paradise Theater.  The Grand Illusion aged much better. There are 5 stone cold hits on this:  The progged out top 40 hit "Come Sail Away" whose Billboard #8 single was lopped in half down to 3:10 from the full 6:06 glory.  The other American T...

  Artist: Soundtrack (F.A.K.K. U, Monster Magnet, MDFMK, Pantera, Zilch, Insane Clown Posse with Twiztid, System Of A Down, Days Of The New, Sinisstar, Queens Of The Stone Age, Machine Head, Full Devil Jacket, Hate Dept., Puya, Apartment 26, Billy Idol, Coal Chamber, Bauhaus) Title:  Heavy Metal 2000 Label:  Restless Format: CD Cat #: RPR0218-2 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000 Promo Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/27/25 Sell Price: $4.56 Discogs Last Sold: 10/5/24 VG+/VG+ $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $4.56 Average: $4.17 High: $5.95 Current low price: $7.97  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 6/20 Where Kansas City, MO Time it took to sell: 10  years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: D+ Sad To See It Go: No Borderline unlistenable Soundtrack I bought a used advance copy of for new tracks by Queens of the Stone Age, Monster Magnet and maybe even Bauhaus.  Those are buried along wi...

  Artist: Gibson Bros. Title: White Nigger b/w Minnie The Moocher Label:  Sympathy For The Record Industry Format: 7" Cat #: SFTRI 162 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/27/25 Sell Price: $5.09 Discogs Last Sold: 6/27/25 VG/VG+ $3.47 Low: $1.67 Median: $4,46 Average: $5.04 High: $12.93 Current low price: $2.37 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 2445/195 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet used late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No "Work like a devil, work like a slave, work til your assholes straight in the grave..." Columbus Ohio's Gibson Brothers were pretty well into their discography when Sympathy For The Record Industry put out this covers single in 1991.  The A-Side was a spitting version of the Avengers ode to the working man and the B-side was a live knock off of Cab Calloway  minus the most known refrain...

  Artist: Morphine Title:  Yes Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10320 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/2/25 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/27/25 VG/VG+ $3.47 Low: $1.67 Median: $4,46 Average: $5.04 High: $12.93 Current low price: $2.37 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 51 Have/Want: 2445/195 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet used late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No 1999 was a good time to die.  At the time it seemed shocking that Mark Sandman would pass at 46 of a heart attack at a gig in Italy only 4 years after his biggest mainstream success.  When you look at all the crap that has transpired since, Morphine was born and lived in a truly different world.  Tranquility and "all it's blessed privacy" the jazz poem interlude "The Jury" concludes isn't even a topic for consideration these days. I'v...

  Artist: Morphine Title: Cure For Pain Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10262 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US Columbia House Version Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/2/25 Sell Price: $5.71 Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/25 NM/NM $4.95 Low: $1.48 Median: $4,50 Average: $4.51 High: $9.98 Current low price: $4.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 85/69 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Mark Sandman's voice was already known to me from the late 80's radio (at least in Boston) hit "I Think She Likes Me" from his band Treat Her Right.  I saw an early show at the Middle East in 1990  when I was there for some other band.  I didn't think much of them at the time thinking what Sandman the sort of sub-blues with horns that Treat Her Right did.  A dreaded Berklee bar band.  Then a few years later my Dad out of ...