The Reverse Collector

Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Works Label: Atlantic roFormat: 2xLP Catalog Number: SD-2-7000 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 Preswell Pressing Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 7/3/26 VG+/VG+ $4.34 Low: $0.99 G+/VG Median: $4.00 Average: $5.07 High: $35.00 Current low price: $1.49 G+/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 144 Have/Want: 3923/115 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No If Works wasn't long and ponderous enough for you, ELP released the companion Volume 2 in the very same year of release.  The savior of this double record is Carl Palmer.  His side is the most listenable of the three member dedicated sides.  Keith Emerson gives a straight up classical concert and Greg Lake gives us a side of prog-rock belters.  Carl Palmer brings in Joe Walsh to usher in the great trac...

  Artist: Steve Miller Band Title:  Fly Like An Eagle Label: Capitol roFormat: LP Catalog Number: ST-11497 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Winchester Pressing Sell Price: $5.06 Sell Date: 8/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/23/26 VG+/VG $4.99 Low: $1.99 10/20/24 VG/VG Median: $5.00 Average: $5.37 High: $15.00 VG+/VG+ 7/15/25 Current low price: $6.75 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 178/81 Where Sold: Cumming, GA Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Fly Like An Eagle, the AOR twin tower along with Book Of Dreams are the Steve Miller Band's biggest releases commercially.  Chock full of hits rehashed on the 74-78 best of which sold even more as a catalog piece sitting at a redonkulous 16 million sold in the US alone.  Fly Like A Eagle the album sold a mere 4 million copies here in comparison. Quality-wise it holds up....

  Artist: Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris Title: Trio Label: Warner Bros. roFormat: LP Catalog Number: 9 25491-1 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Specialty Pressing Sell Price: $28.99 Sell Date: 8/27/26 Condition: VG/VG with original inner sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 8/27/26 VG+/NM $33.00 Low: $7.99 F/NM 8/26/26 Median: $25.00 Average: $26.46 High: $45.00 NM/NM Current low price: $10.42 VG/VG (Denmark), $34.95 NM/NM (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 7044/727 Where Sold: Raleigh, NC Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No A common thread from the 5 years of this blog constitutes the old addage "death sells."  In the case of Trio, Dolly Parton hasn't even been put in the ground and both my recently purchase vinyl copy as well as an old record club CD copy sitting in storage 15 years fly like the eagle Dolly once sang about. Truth be to...

  Artist: Spinners Title:  Pick Of The Litter Label: Atlantic Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 18141 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Presswell Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG/F  Discogs Last Sold: 8/22/26 NM/VG+ $15.05 Low: $1.38 1/6/26 G/F Median: $2.94 Average: $5.39 High: $30.00 6/19/26 M/M Current low price: $0.99 G/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 118 Have/Want: 903/81 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No With Dave Marsh's recent passing, I have to reflect on the "canon" that he had a hand in building for Rolling Stone and beyond that.  Pick Of The Little was unquestionably a part of that, even if the Spinners overall discography didn't get the respect that Wonder, Gaye or Green got from chiseling the then recent history in granite for posterity.   The library and bookstore shelves of the ear...

  Artist: Various Artists (Beehive and the Barracudas, The Husbands, Hot Snakes, Loincloth, Rocket From The Crypt, The White Apes, Testors, Dan Sartain, The Sultans, Sonny Vincent, Mannequin Piss) Title: Swami Sound System Vol. 1: 2003 Sales Conference Label: Swami Format: CD Catalog Number: SWA 117 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $3.60 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/2/25 NM/NM $2.55 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.48 Average: $2.73 High: $5.00 Current low price: $1.63 (China) $3.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 97/16 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA 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 Solid 2003 retail comp that I originally thought was a straight up industry promo.  The quality tracks most are the bands I had a history of buying: Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes, Testors/Sonny Vincent.  It wasn'...

  Artist: La Flavour Title: Mandolay Label: Chateau Format: 12" Catalog Number: CXD 001 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: Canada 1985 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 8/24/26 Condition: VG+/generic Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/25 VG+/generic $5.00 Low: $1.60 Median: $3.50 Average: $4.19 High: $10.00 Current low price: $3.50 (Spain) $4.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 156/85 Where Sold: Yucca Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell:   2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I have a loose rule that if I wake up with something on my recently sold list going through my head, that is the record I'm going to write about.  Before this Latin Disco hit club record sold yesterday, it was just a random 12" I got as filler in a lot of records I got a couple years back.  Listening to it though I could hear a party.  I could picture the buyer clapping her hands and yelling out the chor...

  Artist: Spirit Title:  Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: E 30267 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1970 Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/22/26 VG+/VG+ $11.00 Low: $2.25 VG/VG 12/25/25 Median: $5.91 Average: $11.88 High: $80.00 Current low price: $2.56 G+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 47 Have/Want: 1020/198 Where Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell:  3  years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 4th Spirit album was an "Album Rock" phenomenon with a couple singles, "Animal Zoo" in September 1970 and "Mr. Skin" much later on in October 1973 grazing the lower regions of the Billboard Hot 100 while Skin's original A-side "Nature's Way" not even doing that.  The album eventually went RIAA Gold in 1976 after peaking at #63 in Februrary 1971 on a 14 week chart run.  This w...

  Artist: The Flying Burrito Brothers Title:  The Last Of The Red Hot Burritos Label: A&M Format: LP Catalog Number: SP 4343 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 Sell Price: $6.31 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/26n VG/VG $7.00 Low: $2.51 VG/G 12/14/22 Median: $5.81 Average: $7.94 High: $20.00 VG+/VG+ 10/23/22 Current low price: $5.00 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 471/71 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: whatnot lot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No This live record was issued after Chris Hillman left the band.  Gram Parsons was long gone and with Sneaky Pete and Bernie Leadon departing before, Chris was the sole founding member.   This caused the Burritos to be dropped and this issued to close out the contract. The record kicks off with a spirited version of the band's best song "Devil In Disguise."  ...

  Artist: Electric Light Orchestra Title: The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Label: Epic/Legacy Format: 2XCD Catalog Number: 88697977522RE1 Year of Release: 2011 Country and Year of Edition: US 2011 Sell Price: $8.55 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/26 M/NM $16.17 Low: $3.65 Median: $9.50 Average: $10.60 High: $21.73 Current low price: $8.50 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 376/33 Where Sold: Louisville, OH Time It Took To Sell:  3  years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I was a big fan of the ELO's Greatest Hits compilation that came out in the early 80's.  It didn't have any of the hits from Discovery and I was fine with that for a sampler.  I'm usually not a big fan of these "Essential" Sony series releases, they seem a bit corporate and overkill.  However, in the case of ELO, this one does the job.  All the tracks are in chronological order...

  Artist: Donovan Title: The Hurdy Gurdy Man Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: BN 26420 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Pitman Sell Price: $10.57 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/26 M/NM $65.00 Low: $1.60 G+/VG+ Median: $9.94 Average: $13.37 High: $65.00 Current low price: $5.00 G+/F Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 58 Have/Want: 6209/1470 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Donovan's peak era climaxed around here with Jimmy Page and Allan Holdsworth (!) adding a guitar onslaught to the title track.  John Paul Jones arranged and played bass on the track and Led Zeppelin were formed shortly thereafter.  It's hard to top that and Donovan doesn't.  From 1965-1973 Donovan had a slew of top 30 Billboard album and this was no different peaking at #20 on a 20 week run with "Hurdy.." going to #5 in ...