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Queen-Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

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  Artist: Queen Title: Sheer Heart Attack Label: Elektra Format: 8-Track Cat #: ET 81026 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $117.31 Discogs Last Sold: 1/10/18 NM/no cover $14.97 Low: $8.00 Median: $14.97 Average: $46.76 High: $117.31 Current low price: none Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 39/209 Where Sold: Renton, WA 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 Occasionally there is an 8-track in my recently acquired boxes of them that pays off.  In a $30 lot last year was a nice copy of Queen's Sheer Heart Attack.  This was the only copy of this version up on Discogs, so even though it last sold in 2018 for $15, with a band like Queen, scarcity counts.  I put it up for around $150 initially and it fell to it's selling price $117.31 over the last year or two of blanket stock reductions on ...
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Elvis Presley-Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 & 2 (1974)

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  Artist: Elvis Presley Title: Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 & 2 Label: RCA Format: 8-Track Cat #: S 213690 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $5.06 Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/24 VG+/VG+ $2.32 Low: $1.50 Median: $2.95 Average: $3.42 High: $5.25 Current low price: $1.98 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 166/5 Where Sold: Renton, WA 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 Elvis compilations come and go, but this particular one from the 70's is a bit of a classic.  The first half of a 4 volume, 2-piece record set.  This 8-track has the first 25 and cuts off in the early 60's.  Enough to garner a "5-star" rating in the Rolling Stone Record Guide in the 70's along with the in-era Elvis' Golden Hits.  Most of those tracks are on here, but you have some good later post-Army ones as well...
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Deep Purple-The Book of Taliesyn (1968)

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  Artist: Deep Purple Title:  The Book of Taliesyn Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP Cat #: T-107 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Listed Condition: G+/G Sell Date: 9/23/25 Sell Price: $5.17 Discogs Last Sold: 9/11/25 NM/VG+ $65.10 Low: $1.99 Median: $19.30 Average: $21.97 High: $65.10 Current low price: $6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 3891/606 Where Sold: Historic New Castle, DE Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used Worcester, That's Entertainment early 80's dollar box Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The follow up to their debut Shade of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, came out only a few months after in 1968 in the US on the independent Tetragrammaton label.  The Neil Diamond cover of "Kentucky Woman" was the big hit here, even cracking the top 40.  Considering "Hush" was top 10, that was not all that surprising to see, although I was wondering if American rock rad...
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Fleetwood Mac-Rumours (1977)

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  Artist: Fleetwood Mac Title: Rumours Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Cat #: M8 3010 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $9.38 Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/25 VG/VG $6.87 Low: $1.95 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.63 High: $27.50 NM/NM White MCA Outer Case NM- (an obvious addition-says 'Equivalent 2-Records Set'). Black 8 track shell NM-: just a few slight lil' cover slick bubbles.  Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 382/792 Where Sold: Renton, WA 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 A household staple of my childhood from my mother playing it incessantly from 1977-1979 or so,  Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was introduced to my household from a neighbor who recently moved to California and came back to visit.  My mother already had the last album and was playing that rel...
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The Vincent Black Shadow-Fear's In The Water (2006)

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  Artist: The Vincent Black Shadow Title: Fear's In The Water Label: Bodog Music Format: CD Cat #: BM 1002 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2006 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/9/25 Sell Price: $3.54 Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/25 M/M $1.99 Low: $0.23 Median: $1.99 Average: $2.31 High: $5.50 Current low price: $1.40 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 88/15 Where Sold: Berkley, MI Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought:  NYC 99 cents late aughts, sticker still on it, guessing Etheria Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: D- Sad To See It Go: No There was some reason I bought this in the dollar bin.  Somebody was talking about them being good at some point in my life.  It seems like they played the Warped Tour in 2007, the year after this was released.   To me it sounds like No Doubt without the ska, maybe a little more "rock."  Pop and "active rock" with a touch of goth veneer in the keyboards.  This stuff...
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Pipe-Ashtray b/w Warsaw (1993)

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  Artist: Pipe Title:  Ashtray b/w Warsaw Label: Merge Format: 7" Cat #: mrg 037 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/22/24 VG+/VG+ $2.84 Low: $1.00 Median: $2.30 Average: $2.65 High: $6.00 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 233/24 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  NYC somewhere around time of release new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Former Superchunk drummer Chuck Garrison had a band in the mid-90's that was on the lips of almost everyone: Pipe.  Their run was short from 1993-7, but they got around.  The vocalist Ron Liberi, well versed in Black Flag stylings, went on to bands like Zen Frisbee and The Ghost of Rock.  The band returned in 2023 and released a self titled album .   "Ashtray," the A-side features a spirited sandpaper ra...
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Vertigo-Driver #43 b/w Shut Up and Sit Down (1993)

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  Artist: Vertigo Title:  Driver #43 b/w Shut Up and Sit Down Label: Amphetamine Reptile Format: 7" Cat #: SCALE 53 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 8/28/25 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.12 High: $5.99 Current low price: $1.18 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 35 Have/Want: 326/24 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  NYC early 90's probably Kims new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No As anonymous and quality implied as AmRep got, I almost had Vertigo pegged as part of that label's Australian onslaught.  Almost.  Where the fuck were they from?  Minneapolis, of course.  Same as Amphetamine Reptile. Where are they now and what ever happened to Vertigo after their short burst of records from 1988-1993?  Their bass player retired.  Just kidding, they never had...
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