The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Quiet Riot Title: Metal Health Label: Pasha Format: Cassette Catalog Number: FZT 38443 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Sell Price:$5.69 Sell Date: 7/13/26 Condition: F/VG+ need to test on another machine Discogs Last Sold: 7/7/26 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $5.38 High: $32.76 Current low price: $2.99 VG+/G Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 821/89 Where Sold: Punta Gorda, FL Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook cassette lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   B- Sad To See It Go: No  "It's got sold Gold....hu-hubcaps!"- "Slick Black Cadillac" The heavy metal breakthrough for Quiet Riot after the 2 pre-Ozzy Randy Rhoads albums was a stunning breakthrough.  I witnessed them the week they were #1 on BIllboard, opening for Black Sabbath on the Born Again tour.  Kevin DuBrow hemmed and hawed about it as you would expect he would.  He had a ego matched at that point b...

  Artist: Michael Jackson Title: Thriller Label: Epic/MJJ Productions Format: CD  Catalog Number: EK 38112 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year  of Edition: US repress Sell Price: $3.86 Sell Date: 5/15/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/26 M/M $47.30 Low: $1.00 G+/VG 12/21/24 missing rear insert Median: $3.97 Average: $5.64 High: $47.30 M/M 5/13/26 Current  low price:  $3.30 VG/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 228/550 Where Sold: Carol Stream, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Micheal Jackson's Thriller was the final album I bought strictly because it had hit #1 on Billboard.  I always understood it was high end great pop. Thriller had unmatched genre jumping outreach with Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Halen and for God's sake Vincent Price in this Quincy Jones production.  That said, I ...

  Artist: Duran Duran Title: Duran Duran Label: Capitol Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 7 46042-2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 reissue Sell Price: $7.98 Sell Date: 4/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:11/21/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $2.93 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.95 High: $15.14 Current  low price:  $9.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 86/118 Where Sold: Whitestone, NY Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This 1983 reissue of the first Duran Duran album may be the reason I hated this band for many years and didn't give this record a chance to change my mind until now.  This the original one is at least a B+, maybe better, certainly for Brit Pop allegiants.   Reissued after Rio and before Seven and The Ragged Tiger, the bands pop hits were all over the place and seeped into Ro...

  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: Robert Plant Title  The Principle of Moments Label:  Atlantic Format: LP Cat: 7 90101-1 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 Specialty Pressing Sell Price: $3.99  VG+/G+ 9/17/22   Discogs Last Sold:5/7/22 VG+/NM $7.00 Low: $2.49 VG+/VG+ Median: $2.50 Average: $5.00 High: $6.24 Current low price: $20.00 Current Number on Sbale at Discogs:  36 Have/Want: 1039/63 Where Sold:  Dade City, FL Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Purchased" Worcester Al Bums time of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The Principle of Moments is an album that grew on me over time.  In 1983,  I thought it was a clear drop off from Pictures At Eleven.  However, guitarist Robbie Blunt's work is uniformly excellent.  Although still alive, Blunt seems to have dropped off the face of the earth even though he did session work in the 90's after leaving Plant's band..  Plant taps the prog roc...

  Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Title: Long After Dark Label: Backstreet Records Format: LP Cat #: BSR-5360 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Promo Limited Edition Premium Pickneyville Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/6/22 Sell Price: $12.99 Discogs Last Sold: NM/VG+ $11.95 Low: $3.00 VG/F Median: $11.00 Average: $11.67 High: $29.99  NM/NM Current low price: VG/VG $7.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 89 Have/Want: 7478/541 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: flea market Worcester end of 1982 $3.00  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Chock full of hits this one, yet it doesn't feel played out the way some Petty Greatest Hits do.  I bought Long After Dark used at a flea market with records at the end of 1982 and was quite happy to find such a new album at the time.  I'm trying to think of a Tom Petty record I ...

  Artist: Pat Benatar Title: Get Nervous Label: Chrysalis Format: LP Cat #: FV 41396 Year of Release: 1982 Col Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Columbia House Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/3/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 8/20/21 $3.00 VG+/VG+ Low: $1.00 Median: $3.74 Average: $4.89 High: $15.00 Current low price: $1.22 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 55 Have/Want: 1289/34 Where Sold: Asheville, NC Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Columbia House album of the month Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Surprisingly I like this record nearly as much now then as a pre-teen when I got it from the Columbia Record Club "selection of the month."  Yep, even  "Shadows of the Night," which was ruined by Rex Smith on Solid G old. Get Nervous in 2021 I find oddly top rate.  Perhaps the same reason why it survived the cut when I purged AOR records in the 80's as did the 3 ...

  Artist: The Police Title:  Synchronicity Label: A&M Format: LP Cat #: SP-3735 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1983 Blue/Red/Yellow front cover Listed Condition: VG+/G+ water stain on cover and inner sleeve Sell Date: 6/27/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/12/21 VG+/VG $7.00 Low: $4.99 Median: $7.96 Average: $11.23 High:$27.38 VG+/VG+    Current low price: $3.00 F/VG, $8.00 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 643/208 Where Sold: New Orleans, LA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Despite the un listenability  of side 2 and it's ponderous triad of mega-hits ("Every Breath You Take" into "King of Pain" into "Wrapped Around Your Finger"), the surrounding tracks make for an excellent album and if I was able to only hear those hits a half dozen times in the l...