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  Artist: Metallica Title: ...And Justice For All Label: Elektra Format: Cassette Cat #: 9 60812 4 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/8/25 Sell Price: $22.00 Discogs Last Sold: 8/1/25 VG+/VG+ $13.99 Low: $5.00 Median: $12.99 Average: $13.34 High: $59.99 Current low price: $8.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 1235/471 Where: Williamsburg, VA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No Part of the first five album foundation that made the band, the 4th Metallica album on some days might be my personal favorite.  I certainly bought the CD the first week if not day it came out at Tower Records on Mass Ave in Boston.  When I found this cassette in a lot of $2 tapes, I knew instinctively this single title would possibly flip to pay for the whole lot, which it did.  Metal tapes sell. The narrative alw...

  Artist:  Squeeze Title:  Singles-45's and Under Label:  A&M Records Format: CD Cat: CD-3338 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/21/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:4/16/22 VG+/VG+ $3.50 Low: $0.50 Median: $1.98 Average: $1.89 High: $3.75 Current low price:$0.35 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want: 772/8 Where Sold: Newburgh, NY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: used 90's can't remember where Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No A uniformly excellent compilation at the tail end of the vinyl era.  As far as song-for-song goes, it is up there for what I would want to hear by Squeeze.  For me, this is rare since I tend more to full albums and "deep" unfamiliar cuts.  For whatever reason, I'd rather hear this than dive deep into the catalogue of Squeeze, but that may very well be a life long error that needs correction.  That said, this is...

  Artist: Soundtrack (Ice-T, Decadent Dub Team, Salt 'n Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B. & Rakim, Kool G Rap, 7A3, Roxanne Shanté, MC Shan, Rick James) Title: Colors Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP  Cat #: 1-25713 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Promo Listed Condition: VG+/F promo, deleted radio copy marked up, tear on spine cover Sell Date: 4/3/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/1/21 VG+/VG $11.21 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.77 Average: $8.05 High: $19.91 Current low price: $2.40 G+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 68 Have/Want: 1662/182 Where Sold: Ontario, CA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: free promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No “ you don’t know me, fool/you disown me, cool ” As good a 1988 rap soundtrack sampler as you can get.  Ice-T's "Colors" is probably the best song of his career. His game ain't knowledge, it's fear.  Eric B & Rakim's "Paid In Full" is cert...