The Reverse Collector

  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 Greg Rollie led "Just The Same Way."...

  Artist: James Taylor Title: Greatest Hits Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 3113 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US Columbia Records Club edition Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 6/10/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/25 VG+/no cover $2.98 Low: $2.57 Median: $2.77 Average: $2.77 High: $2.98 Current low price: $2.57 VG/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 32/26 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 I've always found James Taylor to be a bit insufferable.  I had the supposed "5-star" Sweet Baby James ever since I found it for 50 cents at a yard sale in the early 80's.  I didn't particularly like it, even if I respected it.  However, I never really bought any of his other 70's albums until fairly recently.  I always think I'm missing something, whether JT or the Apple debut, but I...

  Artist: Van Halen Title:  Women and Children First Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: W8 3415 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year  of Edition: US Columbia House reissue, Grey Shell Sell Price: $5.20 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/G+ PRO REFURBISHED tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 12/5/22 VG/not graded $3.50 Low: $3.50 Median: $4.35 Average: $4.35 High: $5.20 Current  low price:  $8.00 G/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 29/38 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A- Sad To See  It Go: No " Oh yah, Van Halen! "-cromagnon Junior high schooler from New England in the early 80's expressing his music taste Van Halen was the award winner of Blue Collar radio rock in the early 80's among the kids for sure.  Borch belt Diamond Dave went further to the Catskills and Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex wi...

  Artist: Rush Title: Moving Pictures Label: Mercury Format: CD Cat #: P2 00048 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US mid 80's Columbia Record Club Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/24/25 Sell Price: $5.17 Discogs Last Sold: 9/8/25 NM/NM $9.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.12 Average: $3.65 High: $9.00 Current low price: $3.05 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 509/254 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot a couple years ago Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Somehow in recent years I've managed to accumulate 4 copies of Moving Pictures--3 on CD and on cassette.  The one that sold was an early 80's Columbia House copy, but I have a BMG one and a remastered one as well as an 80's cassette.  My vinyl copy sold long ago.  Given that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have decided to take Rush back out on the road, once could only guess that whatever Rush pieces I have layi...

  Artist: The Police Title: Ghost In The Machine Label: A&M Format: 8 Track Cat #: 8T 3730 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 white shell Listed Condition: VG/G  Sell Date: 4/29/25 Sell Price: $9.30 Discogs Last Sold: 11/23/22 VG+/VG+ $6.00 Low: $5.00 Median: $9.65 Average: $9.69 High: $14.00 Current low price: $12.47 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 72/155 Where Sold: Richmond, VA Time it took to sell: 1 month Where and When Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Named after a 1967 book by Arthur Koestler about philosophical psychology, the 4th Police album, Ghost In The Machine, overall was a solid hit laden record.  It peaked at #2 on Billboard on a 109 week chart run.  It came to the world in October 1981, almost exactly a year after Zenyatta Mondatta.  At this point they were still getting successively bigger, this one has hit the 3 million triple Platinum mark in the US to date...

  Artist: Soundtrack (Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia Newton-John) Title: Xanadu Label: MCA Format: LP Cat: MCA 6100 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Repress Gloversville Press Sell Price: $7.99 5/29/24 VG/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/27/24 VG+/VG+ $8.00 Low:$0.87 G+/G+ Median: $6.18 Average: $9.20 High: $45.00 NM/NM Current low price: $6.00 G+/F, $6.90 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 1888/139 Where Sold: White Cloud, MI Time it took to sell:  2 years Where and When Purchased: Facebook marketplace lot a couple year ago around $4 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan . A stately  pleasure - dome decree"-Samuel Taylor Coleridge Mass media had some deep thoughts for this kitschy roller rink movie that came out in 1980 when I was 10.  After taking the soundtrack out of the library later that year, I got a used promo copy that I sold years ago for around $15.  I bought this ...

  Artist: Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra Title: What's New Label: Asylum Format: LP Catalog Number: 9 60260 Year of Release:  1983 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 Sell Price: $3.11 Sell Date: 3/13/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  3/11/24 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.70 Average: $2.94 High:  $10.00 Current low price:  $0.74 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 564 Have/Want: 6239/82 Where Sold:  White Cloud, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Linda Thermostat, as my Dad referred to her in the 70's, decided she needed a radical reworking in the 80's.  She was a long way from when my father brought home her Don't Cry Now album lent to him by a co-worker about a decade before.  That was an "alt-country" record before the genre existed and it got heavy household airplay by my mom....

  Artist: Led Zeppelin Title: The Soundtrack From The Film The Song Remains The Same Label: Swan Song Format: 2LP Cat #: SS-2-201 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 SRC Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/G+ hole punch through cover and inner sleeves, 3" tear on cover Sell Date: 8/6/21 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/29/21 Low: $8.00 VG/VG Median: $17.99 Average: $20.74 High: $45.90 NM/NM Current low price: $6.59 VG/No Cover $12.50 G+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 55 Have/Want: 6359/288 Where Sold: Yorktown Heights, NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester sealed with hole punch early 80's around '82 guessing Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:A Sad To See It Go: No "Does anyone remember laughter?"-Robert Plant vamp, Stairway.. For many years I couldn't listen or worse yet watch The Song Remains The Same .  Why?  I saw it one too many time as it was always ...

Artist: Fleetwood Mac Title:  Tusk Label: Warner Bros. Format: 2LP Cat #: 2HS 3350 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 RCA Record Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 12/26/20 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 10/13/20 NM/VG $16.45 Low: $5.99 VG+/G+ Median: $14.50 High:  $29.95 M/M Current low price: $9.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want:  580/233 Where Sold:  Bristow, VA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, That's Entertainment used $3.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No A couple years after Tusk's release you couldn't miss seeing it in cutout bins.  Despite selling 4 Million or so, coming off the mega-selling Rumours, this was overpressed to the hilt.  I picked this up used in the early 80's for under $5 in great used condition. I actually ...