The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Dee Dee Sharp Title: It's Mashed Potato Time Label: Cameo Format: LP Catalog Number: C 1018 Year of Release: 1962 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1962 mono Sell Price: $18.99 Sell Date: 5/15/25 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold:n/a Low: $18.99 Median: $18.99 Average: $18.99 High: $18.99 Current  low price:  $2.99 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 27/24 Where Sold: Portland, OR Time It Took  To Sell:   6 months Where and When  Bought:  Whatnot lot auction Gwiz-gau Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No The cover may say that it features the hit "Gravy" and even though it was top 5, it is dwarfed by the title track "Mashed Potato TIme"  The latest, the greatest, perhaps the ultimate early 60's single.  "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" is pretty great, since it is a continuation of the same theme musically and content-wise.    If it was on it's own you'd almost think it was slyl...

Artist: Rufus and Chaka Khan Title: Live-Stompin' At The  Savoy Label: Warner Bros. Format: 2xLP Catalog Number:9-23679-1 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year  of Edition: US Winchester Pressing 1983 Sell Price: $15.92 Sell Date: 4/22/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/26 VG+/VG $4.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $6.12 Average: $7.96 High: $18.00 Current  low price:  $3.00 VG/F, $5.67 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 336/90 Where Sold: Plymouth Meeting, PA Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Bought: Whatnot lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No When I was a kid my parents had rented an apartment in Worcester for most of the 70's that we had to leave as the decade came to an end.  We ended up getting a 3 decker nearby, but before it closed the landlord let us temporarily take the apartment next door while her expecting daughter and her new husband moved into ours.  On the...

  Artist:  Boz Scaggs Title:  Silk Degrees Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: PC 33920 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1981 Carrollton pressing reissue with inner sleeve Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 4/18/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 4/14/26 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $1.55 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.83 High: $21.36 Current  low price:  $3.15 VG/G+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 289/87 Where Sold: Saint Augustine, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No Silk Degrees is one of those albums I had long wanted to hear and was disappointed when I finally did.  The two big hits, "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown" are as good as mid-70's top 40 gets, but the drop off after that is pretty great in terms of listenability.  Most of the 5 million people that bought it in the US proba...

  Artist: Average White Band Title  AWB Label:  Atlantic Format: LP Cat: SD 7308 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Monarch Pressing Sell Price: $2.99 G/G 9/13/22 Discogs Last Sold: 8/31/22 NM/NM $16.00 Low: $0.86 G/G Median: $3.00 Average: $4.29 High: $16.00 Current low price: $1.00 P/Gen, $2.00 G+/G, $3.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sbale at Discogs:  41 Have/Want: 3053/399 Where Sold:  Mountain Lakes, NJ Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchase: Worcester early 80's That's Entertainment 99 cent bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No I've had this heavily worn copy of AWB since the early 80's from the dollar bin.  Dominant in it's day in the US with Critics and a Billboard #1 both on the album and singles chart with the unavoidable "Pick Up The Pieces." So why did I find these funky Scotsmen rather tepid?  When the band is at their best outside of the hit, it's from interplay like side one closer "W...

  Artist:  Ray Charles Title:   What'd I Say Label:  Atlantic Format:  LP Cat #:  8029 Year of Release:  1959 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1962 Mono Reissue Listed Condition:  F/G lightly scratched up over entire record Sell Date:  2/24/21 Sell Price: $16.99 Discogs Last Sold:   9/17/20 Low:  $6.46 Median:  $12.87 High:   $19.28 Current low price:  $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  2 Have/Want:  10/12 Where Sold:   New York, NY Time it took to sell:   6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester flea market early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No This was bought at the same flea market that sold me the Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz album for the same dollar price.  I already had the Atlantic CD box at the time , but going through rows and rows of dollar records in a warehouse was making me grow the pile and...