The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Neil Young Title:   Harvest Label: Reprise Format: CD Catalog Number: 2277-2 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US early to mid 90's, Specialty Pressing Sell Price: $3.25 Sell Date: 9/10/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:9/4/26 NM/VG $3.44 Low: $0.46 Median: $2.97 Average: $3.55 High: $15.12 Current low price: $1.80 (Denmark) $1.97 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 74 Have/Want: 2515/448 Where Sold: San Diego, 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 My first copy of Harvest was a dollar bin copy that was wrecked to the point I never listened to it beyond the collection introductory spin.  Much of it had been usurped by the Decade compilation.  Even when I picked up a copy in the CD era, there were other Neil records I wanted to hear more than this.  Somehow, despite it all, when I throw it on, every track is extremely familiar. D...

  Artist: Elton John Title:  Greatest Hits Volume II Label: MCA Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MCAT 3027 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 cream white shell with MCA logo molded Sell Price: $3.98 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/4/23 VG+/not graded $2.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.99 High: $4.98 Current low price:  $4.98 VG+/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 77/13 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebaly 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No I always thought the second volume of Elton John's Greatest Hits was inferior in some way to the first one in terms of general artistry.  The first one at least captured the singer/songwriter breakout into celebritydom and these track were all from the mid 70's period where Elton cranked out albums that consistantly went to #1.  This was epitomized by the du...

    Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title:  Born To Run : 30th Anniversary Edition Hammersmith Odeon, London '75   Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born To Run  Pt. 1 Pt.2  Pt. 3 Pt. 4 Live At The Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles, 1973 : Spirit In The Night Wild Billy's Circus Story Thundercrack Label:  Columbia Format: CD + 2XDVD Cat #: 82796 94175 2 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2005 30th Anniversary Box Set Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/2/25 Sell Price: $5.45 iscogs Last Sold: 6/9/25 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $4.50  VG+/VG+ 5/15/25 Median: $8.95 Average: $9.54 High: $20.00 M/M 1/15/24 Current low price: $1.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 90 Have/Want: 1513/240 Where Sold: Philadelphia, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: internet around when it was released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 30th Anniversary issue of Born To Run is a fancy box with 2 DVD's that I n...

  Artist: Peter Gabriel Title: So Label: Geffen Format: CD Catalog Number: M2G 24088 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1986 Columbia House Club Edition Sell Price: $3.37 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/27/23 NM/NM  $4.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.33 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $2.75 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 293/211 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell:  13 years Where and When  Bought: Columbia House Record Club or CDHQ 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C- Sad To See  It Go: No Peter Gabriel's So is an album I've found generally unlistenable throughout the years.  The exception is the duet with Kate Bush, "Don't Give Up" which has it's melodramatic charms.  Truth be told, I don't like that one that much either. Much like mid-80's Genesis or Steve Winwood, the aspects that were great with their earlier output or tolerable in the ...

  Artist: Bruce Springsteen Title: Born To Run Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33795 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $5.60 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG+/VG tested start to finish sounds great Discogs Last Sold: 4/10/24 VG+/not graded $6.00 Low: $5.44 Median: $5.60 Average: $5.68 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $3.98 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 15/28 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell: 2 months Where and When  Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No I got a 14-piece order of low-end CD's and 8-tracks, some things I've written about before and some not, so this will keep the blog content going steady for the foreseeable future whether or not a few days go by without any sales.  I'll start with the easiest one, my third favorite Springsteen album and the first of his triad of peak-period A+ albums, Born T...

  Artist:  Z Z Top Title:   Afterburner Label:  Warner Bros. Format:  LP Cat #:  9 25342-1E Year of Release:  1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1985 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG Sell Date:  2/8/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/14/21 $7.87 VG+/VG+ Low:  $3.00 Median:  $7.91 High:   $15.79 NM/VG+ Current low price:   $2.00 P/G, $3.95 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  88 Have/Want:  7417/297 Where Sold:   Minneapolis, MN Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester MA used within month of release, That's Entertainment $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   C- Sad To See It Go:  No I hated this record when it came out.   Figures this would be the tour I got to see them on, but I did think the show was excellent.  I was so happy to find this in the used bin within a couple weeks of release, clearly by someone who bought it...