The Reverse Collector

  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: Ringo Starr Title: Ringo Label: Apple Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8XW-3413 Year of Release: 1973 ] Country and Year of Edition: US 1973 Sell Price: $4.41 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG/VG tested, no slipcover Discogs Last Sold:4/25/22 VG+/VG $4.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $4.41 Average: $4.46 High:$4.99 Current low price: $3.99 VG+/no cover Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 99/58 Where Sold: Villanueve D'Ascq, France 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 Since I have hard plans to see 86 year old Ringo Starr Thursday night, there is no time like the present to write about the 2 Ringo albums I have to write about, both from the 19-piece French order from a few weeks back.   Ringo the album was on many "5-star" album all-time lists for mostly sentimental purposes.  It is the only solo record to feature contributions from all of the Beatles.  They did it for ...

  Artist: Chicago Title:  Chicago II Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 18 BO 0858 Year of Release: 1970 Country and Year of Edition: US 1970 red shell Sell Price: $4.74 Sell Date: 6/21/26 Condition: VG/F tested sounds good, front cover label missing only tracks,  Discogs Last Sold: 5/31/26 VG/not graded $3.00 Low: $0.49 Median: $3.50 Average: $3.24 High: $5.00 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 90/55 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No  Chicago changed their name in 1970 to avoid a lawsuit by the Chicago Transit Authority.  I guess the city had better things to do.  Anyway this spawned a series of albums without a title for the brunt of the 70's until Hot Streets.  Retroactively they were assigned numbers to their titles.  This one is II or 2.  There were 3 top ten hi...

  Artist: Jackson Browne Title:  Hold Out Label: Asylum Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 5T 8511 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 6/21/26 Condition: VG/VG tested   Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/25 VG+/generic  Low: $2.57 Median: $2.64 Average: $2.64 High: $2.71 Current low price: $2.00 VG+/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 26/10 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Ebay 8 track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No  Jackson Browne's Hold Out was the first album by him that I bought independently of my mother getting it.  This was solely due to having a number one album collection in 1980 and Hold Out made that apex for a week in September of that year.  I remember my mother was working at a Rite Aid when I bought the record at our local 24 hour store that sold new records.  I excitedly called to tell her, since...

Artist: Heart Title: Bebe Le Strange Label: Epic Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: FEA 36371 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $3.42 Sell Date: 6/10/26 Condition: VG/G untested, has bubbling, spine has some tearing  Discogs Last Sold: 3/1/24 VG/no cover $4.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $3.50 Average: $3.58 High: $4.00 Current low price: $3.00 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 32/18 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Ebay 8 track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No  With their syrupy mid-80's MOR hits, you'd forget that Heart earlier 80's records were still firmly rooted in Led Zeppelin inspired territory.  Bebe Le Strange was a big hit in it's day with the hit "Even It Up" but the rest of the album also seems very good overall.  The title track sounds like a Led Zeppelin live instrumental break of "Rock and Roll" (I think---this ha...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Metamorphosis Label: ABKCO Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: AB1T-4229 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ name in pen on cover, tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 4/17/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $3.46 High: $5.00 Current low price: $4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 55/25 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No  When it came out, Metamorphosis was lambasted as it joined a line of archive clearance albums (notably Dylan by Bob Dylan) after the artist switched labels.  While this one didn't quite go Gold, it did make it into Billboard's top 10 peaking at #8 in July 1975 on a 13 week run.  That is better than many compilations issued since.    The focus was Jagger/Richards songs ...

  Artist: Journey Title: Evolution Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: FCA 35797 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979  Sell Price: $3.55 Sell Date: 6/10/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 3/18/26 VG+/no cover $4.99 Low: $1.75 Median: $3.27 Average: $3.38 High: $5.00 Current low price: $2.00 G/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 95/46 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See It Go: No  For whatever reason this Journey album completely passed me by.   I had E-S-C-4-P-3 like every other 11 year old rock fan in 1981 and my buddy John had a used copy of Infinity, but somehow, despite knowing "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" from the radio, I never really linked it to Evolution even as 3 million people in the US did. The other big hit I remember from radio was the Gregg Rolie led "Just The Same Way."...

Artist: Kansas Title:  Leftoverture Label: Kirschner Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: JZA 34224 Year of Release: 1976  Country and Year of Edition: US 3 pin gray shell Dolby Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 3/21/26 VG+/no cover $3.95 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.73 Average: $3.43 High: $4.27 Current low price:  $1.94 G+/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 40/45 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C- Sad To See It Go: No   A few weeks ago I thought I was going to be staying with some friends in the Poconos and looked to see what music might be playing in the area just for chuckles.  The closest thing to a "rock" show that weekend was Kansas at some local outlet.  This made me wonder how many original members were left in the band.  At this point and time the number is zero but apparently guitarist Ri...