The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Blondie Title: The Best of Blondie Label: Chrysalis Format: CD Catalog Number: F2 21337 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition: Canada  Columbia House Reissue Sell Price: $3.09 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/27/26 NM/NM $4.2 Low: $1.96 Median: $2.85 Average: $3.34 High: $6.39 Current low price: $0.70 (Canada), $4.25 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 370/70 Where Sold: Mill  Valley,  CAe  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 Best of Blondie is a generally pleasurable compilation of the first phase of the band.  The original vinyl version had alternate mixes of "Heart of Glass," (combining album and instrumental versions) "In The Flesh" (extra echo) and "Sunday Girl" (French language vocals).  When the CD was issued the original versions were on it although the streaming version restor...

  Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre Title: Oxygene Label: Polydor Format: 8-Track  Catalog Number: 8T-1-6112 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: Canada 1977 Sell Price: $50.71 Sell Date: 10/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG white shell Discogs Last Sold: 8/6/20 VG/G+ $55.56 Low: $30.00  Median: $50.71 Average: $45.42 High: $55.56 Current low price: $55.49 VG+/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 11/175 Where Sold: Memphis, TN Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Ebay  lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No One of the more surprise sales of recent weeks was getting fifty bucks for the Jean-Michel Jarre 8-track Oxygene.  The copy I had was Canadian and came in a lot of 8-tracks that I probably paid less for than this sale, since I usually don't cross 30-40 dollars for the dice roll that is 8-track tapes. I still have a vinyl copy of this.  On the 70's ambient Tangerine Dream scale it ranks slightly below...

  Artist: Various Artists (James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, Charlie Wrights & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, King Floyd, Dramatics, The Staple Singers, The Female Preacher, Lyn Collins, Curtis Mayfield, Fred Wesley & The JB's, Ike Turner Presents The Family Vibes, Eddie Kendricks, War, Earth, Wind & Fire, Parliament) Title: In Yo Face! The History of Funk, Vol. 1 Label: Rhino Format: CD Catalog Number: R2 71431 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US repress Specialty Sell Price: $5.69 Sell Date: 10/18/26 Condition: VG+/VG hole punch in UPC Discogs Last Sold: 10/7/26 VG+/VG+ $3.97 Low: $1.70 VG/VG+ 4/20/21 Median: $4.24 Average: $5.05 High: $20.00 NM/NM 4/23/26 Current low price: $3.91 (Germany), $3.99 (US) Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 66/22 Where Sold: Romeoville, IL Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook Marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Rhino's 6 ...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Street-Legal Label: Columbia Format: Cassette Catalog Number: PCT 35453 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US 1978 Sell Price: $7.99 Sell Date: 10/9/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/31/26 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $3.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.88 High: $20.00 Current low price: $4.48 (Ireland) $6.00 US Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 49/57 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada 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 "16 years!" Bob opens Street-Legal.  Coincidentally, this was the amount of time he was a professional recording artist.  I wouldn't pin Bob on railing about his place in the marketplace, but I wouldn't put it past him to sneak it in either.  However, in my fantasy world,  Bob isn't bound by these earthly pursuits lyrically.  He can get paid and hash out issues with management and the help on his own ...

  Artist: Kate Bush Title:  The Whole Story Label: EMI-America Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 546414 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition: US Columbia House edition Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date:  10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/15/26 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.99 Average: $3.74 High: $10.00 Current low price: $5.00 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 132/51 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 1986 compilation from Kate Bush, The Whole Story, of course is no longer the whole story.  She did move on to Columbia and had her biggest selling album, The Sensual World, right after this.  However, her biggest hit remains "Running Up That Hill" from Hounds of Love included here.  The new exclusive here was the vocal redo of " Wuthering Heights " to kick off the album. For an overview of th...

  Artist: Neil Young Title:  On The Beach Label: Reprise Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: L8R-2180 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $11.60 Sell Date:  10/9/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ tested start to finish, sounds great! Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/26 VG+/VG+ $5.70 Low: $2.99 Median: $8.00 Average: $9.77 High: $22.00 Current low price: $7.99 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 80/287 Where Sold: Toronto, ON, Canada Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It took until 2003 for On The Beach to get an official CD reissue.  The vinyl was hard enough to find in the 90's that I got a bootleg CD with bonus tracks that got issued.  This seems odd, because it was a Gold record in the US in it's year of release.  There were a cluster of 70's titles that Neil was holding back for reissue due to audio issues that he felt HDCD improved enough to go fo...

  Artist: Steely Dan Title:  A Decade of Steely Dan Label: MCA Format: CD Catalog Number: MCAD-5570 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US remaster Sell Price: $3.79 Sell Date:  10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/15/26 VG+/VG+ $1.40 Low: $0.94 Median: $1.97 Average: $2.29 High: $5.19 Current low price: $1.25 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 502/31 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA 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 When I first saw this compilation in a dozen CD order, I thought this was a low priority title to write about with about 30 titles backlogged.  Not only had I written about several pieces of the main catalog of the Dan, but those efforts were fairly recent. This CD was compiled in 1985, the dawn of the repackaged for CD era, where single discs where maxed out with 70 minutes of music and sold for $15.98 list price....

  Artist: Grateful Dead Title: American Beauty Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: W2 1893 Year of Release: 1970  Country and Year of Edition: US  80's or 90's Columbia House  Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/26/26 NM/VG+ $6.75 Low: $1.62 Median: $3.28 Average: $3.62 High:$7.78 Current low price: $2.65 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 189/249 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No I had one of those nights that I snapped awake at 4:30AM and decided to get up and listen to something before it shipped.  Something not too long and not too punishing.  Why not the comfortable old shoe of American Beauty that was in the shipping pile?  The perfect length where I was hoping I would listen, then go back to bed. Some things with American Beauty stood ou...