The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Billy Joel Title:  52nd Street Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: FCA-35609 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1978 Dolby Sell Price: $3.09 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 5/22/25 VG+/no cover $3.11 Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.64 High: $3.11 Current  low price:  $1.99  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 511 Have/Want: 115/49 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 I always thought 52nd Street was a bit of a tail-off from The Stranger strictly in terms of start to finish listenability.  As a kid that was because I thought side two flagged a little bit.  The 8-track shuffles the deck, and doubles up on the side 1 closer "Zanzibar" to eat up some space on a couple tracks, cleverly edited in the middle to open up track 2 with the instrument...

  Artist: The Doobie Brothers Title: Best of the Doobies Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: WB M8 3112 Year of Release:  1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $5.71 Sell Date: 11/5/24 Condition: VG/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 8/7/23 VG/no cover $2.98 Low: $2.25 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.63 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $1.50 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 93/21 Where Sold: Eden Prairie, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  1 month Where and When  Bought: ebay  8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No I sold this on vinyl a few years back in a large order.  I can't remember if this was before the start of this blog or during a period when I had more orders than days to write about different topics.  In any event, my recent purchasing of 8-track box lots insured that I would get some Doobie Brothers. Sure enough, I got a fresh copy of this used bin s...

  Artist:  Foreigner Title: Double Vision Label:  Atlantic Format: LP Cat #:  SD 19999 Year of Release:  1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1978 Preswell Pressing Listed Condition:  VG+/G water damage on right corner Sell Price: $2.99  Discogs Last Sold:   1/12/21 $3.33 VG/VG Low:  $2.49 Median:  $3.00 Average:  $3.47 High:   $6.12 Current low price:  $1.99 VG/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  25 Have/Want:  1369/54 Where Sold:  Doral, FL Time it took to sell:   5  years Where and When Bought:  birthday gift 1978 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No May 30th, 1979, my 9th birthday, I received the Blues Brothers-Briefcase Full of Blues and another album on the Atlantic imprint.  That's right, the previous years Foreigner album Double Vision.  I knew the hits "Hot Blooded" and the title track that opened each side as well as "Blue Morning Blue Day...