The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Shocking Blue Title: The Shocking Blue Label: Colossus Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M 81000 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1970 Sell Price: $25.94 Sell Date: 12/27/25 Condition: VG+/VG tested plays excellent start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 12/16/25 VG+/generic $14.95 Low: $7.97 Median: $17.49 Average: $19.81 High: $39.99 Current  low price:  $18.26 VG+ (Canada) Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 24/102 Where Sold: Clearwater, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Dutch rock band The Shocking Blues' US debut is generally excellent overall.  "Venus" was a commercial number 1 Billboard hit here and that may have been surpassed in popularity by Nirvana turning " Love Buzz " into a grunge classic.  Here we find the original "Love Buzz" to be more musical--the buzz of the guitars playing into the ov...

  Artist: The Beatles Title:  1st Live Recordings Label: Pickwick Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: P8-3661 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1979 Sell Price: $17.09 Sell Date: 12/23/25 Condition: VG/VG+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 12/7/24 M/NM $18.00 Low: $14.99 Median: $16.05 Average: $16.27 High: $18.00 Current  low price:  $20.99 VG/+VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 21/10 Where Sold: Villanueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Pickwick reconfigured Live At The Star Club in Hamburg recorded in 1962 when they got the rights to put it out in 1979, a couple years after Lingasong did.  They were issued as 2 different albums and left some songs off.  This 8-track I got 2 copies of in a fairly short time period a couple years back.  They were both roughly in the same good shape and were t...

  Artist: Pink Floyd Title: Wish You Were Here Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33453 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $12.99 Sell Date: 12/27/25 Condition: VG+/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/30/24 VG/not graded $15.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $9.48 Average: $9.54 High: $15.00 Current  low price:  $14.95 G+/not graded Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 189/843 Where Sold: Troy, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No A foundational prog album, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here recently got a super fancy 50 year anniversary vinyl reissue with liquid in the vinyl.  Cool, man!  Outside of Dark Side Of The Moon, I would say Wish You Were Here is the most common Floyd title to find in an 8-track lot.  I have at least one other copy laying around.  The quad version was up on YouTube, so alth...

  Artist: The Beatles Title:  Rock 'n' Roll Music Label: Capitol Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8X2K-11537 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 12/23/25 Condition: VG/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/25  VG+/not graded pro refurbish Low: $2.77 Median: $3.99 Average: $5.13 High: $13.50 Current  low price:  $5.00 VG+/generic Canada Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 90/40 Where Sold: Villanueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No The Beatles comp Rock 'n' Roll Music came to my attention by--what else-- the television ad.   This led to me getting it for either my 6th Birthday or maybe later on that year for Christmas.  I'm pretty sure it was my birthday several weeks after it came out when the commerical was on TV.   The only thing I remember was the cartooni...

  Artist: Donovan Title: Sunshine Superman Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: LN 24217 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1966 Mono Pitman Sell Price: $9.01 Sell Date: 12/18/25 Condition: G/+VG  Discogs Last Sold: 12/23/25  G+/VG surface marks, ring wear, shelf wear $7.00 Low: $2.29 Median: $19.00 Average: $24.24 High: $65.00 Current  low price:  $5.99 G+/Generic, $7.00 G+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 3521/1506 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  15 years Where and When  Bought: early 80's used $2.99 Worcester, That's Entertainment Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Sunshine Superman is one of those albums I got way back in the early 80's.  I seem to remember it had a full price ($2.99) tag on it but it came in a box of $5 records.  Sort of an accidental bonus full price album altough there was a big scratch through it (invisible audio wise). Mayb...

Artist: Various Artists (Andy Gibb, KC and the Sunshine Band, David Soul, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Kenny Rogers, The Sylvers, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., Wild Cherry, Bill Conti, Peter McCann, Kenny Nolan, Kiss, Rose Royce, Foreigner, Abba, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Alice Cooper) Title: Music Machine Label: K-Tel Format: 8-Track Cat #: TU-2568 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG/VG untested Sell Date: 12/12/25 Sell Price: $9.80 Discogs Last Sold: n/a Low: $9.80 Median: $9.80 Average: $9.80 High: $9.80 Current low price: $6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 23/10 Where Sold: Montrose, MI Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Although I never actually had my own copy as a kid, I remember this compilation as a regular go-to some kid would bring in when recess got rained out.  Every song is instantly familiar to me except for the Kenny...

Artist: The Beatles Title:   The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl Label: Capitol Format: 8-Track Cat #: 8XW-11638 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG/G+ 1" slit on cover Sell Date: 12/23/25 Sell Price: $11.14 Discogs Last Sold: 8/3/24 VG/generic $4.00 Low: $4.00 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.92 High: $16.50 Current low price: $3.00 G Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 103/51 Where Sold: Villanueve,= D'Ascq, France Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No In the time of it's release, any unreleased Beatle material was considered manna from the Capitol/EMI Gods.  There had never been any live US recordings issued from the glory years of 1964 and 1965.  Bootlegs have of course covered these years and the one after far more exhausively.  Somehow, these among all others were approved for release by John, Paul, George and Ringo in their livi...