The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Flowers In The Dirt Label: Capitol/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: C4 91653 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: US  1989 Sell Price: $4.49 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 7/23/26 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.62 Average: $2.90 High:$10.00 Current low price: $0.89 VG+/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 341/41 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Paul's big album with Elvis Costello suffers a bit in hindsight from a late 80's production.  This was the tour I saw him for the first time in Worcester . It was a big deal at the time since it was his first US tour since 1976.  In his later years, he plays every few years most major cities even if he doesn't tour, it seems like he appears frequently.  The 11 O'clock new...

  Artist: The Cure Title: Disintegration Label: Elektra Format: CD Catalog Number: 60855-2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1989 SRC Sell Price: $11.24 Sell Date: 2/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: $11.24 Low: $1.18 Median: $9.99 Average: $10.01 High: $19.00 Current  low price:  $4.34 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 2774/988 Where Sold: Columbus, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No I always thought of Disintigration as the third of a trilogy.  Certainly as a sequal to Pornography, which is my undisputed favorite Cure album.   I had to scratch my head as to what was the third album in the trilogy and for good reason.   Back then Disintegration was rumored to be the end of the band and a return the heavy goth of Pornography and Faith before it.  Nowadays Bloodflowers  from 20...

  Artist: Mountain Title:  The Best of Mountain Label: Columbia/Windfall Format: LP Cat #: PC 32079 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/23/25 Sell Price: $4.57 Discogs Last Sold: 7/12/25 G+/G+ $3.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $4.79 Average: $7.14 High: $25.84 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 24 Have/Want: 1245/34 Where Sold: Portola Valley, CA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $2.99 handwritten $2.99 sticker still on it early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I got The Best of Mountain as a used companion to my copy of Climbing! in my early 80's used record collecting.  The story I bought the record at used to handwrite the price on their labels and switched over to the typeface labels around 1984.  This copy still has the handwritten sticker on it.  The cover is weird because the face with the spine on ...

  Artist: The 2 Live Crew Title: As Nasty As They Wanna Be Label: Luke Records/Atlantic Format: Cassette Cat #: 7 91651-4 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/28/25 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/23 VG+/VG $5.00 Low: $1.75 Media: $6.00 Average: $5.68 High: $9.00 Current low price: n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 26/64 Where Sold: Salem, VA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $1 cassette lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No "Put your lips on my dick/and suck my asshole too..."-Luke Campbell, "Me So Horny" Back in it's day, even rap critics lambasted the 2 Live Crew for being too base, too dumb and all that. There was some NYC vs the South expressed by these proponents of the Miami Bass.   But there was something to it.  First off, "Me So Horny" was an era-defining megahit.  Everybody knew "me love you long time...

  Artist: Roy Orbison Title: Mystery Girl Label: Virgin Format: LP Catalog Number: 7 91058-1 Year of Release:  1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1989 Specialty Pressing, Promo with hype sticker Sell Price: $6.76 Sell Date: 4/15/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ promo with sticker, drill cut Discogs Last Sold  4/7/24 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $3.80 VG+/G+ Median: $9.99 Average: $11.45 High: $42.50 M/M Current  low price:  $4.49 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 116 Have/Want:  3497/285 Where Sold: Gig Harbor, WA Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: free promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Roy Orbison's "comeback" ended up being a posthumous release already scheduled before his sudden death of a heart attack at age 52 after tour dates in December  1988.  The second to last one was at the Channel in Boston, but it was 21+ so being underage, I couldn't go.  His final show was in Highlan...

  Artist: Guns N' Roses Title:  G  N' R Lies Label:  Geffen/Uzi Records Format: CD  Cat: M2G 24198 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 Columbia House Date of Sale: 7/31/23 Sell Price: $3.55 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:5/11/23 $3.99 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.56 Average: $3.67 High: $5.00 Current low price: $1.28 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 320/108 Where Sold: Columbus, OH Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: used on half.com for 75 cents plus shipping sometime in the early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I avoided GNR in the 80's as much as I could, but it was not possible.  They WERE the Voice of White Trash America.  The ones who weren't going to college.  The ones you went to high school with or worked a job with.  The ones getting in a fight on a street or at the party you went to.  The ones that I wanted to avoid like the plague. ...

  Artist: Jeff Beck Group Title: Jeff Beck Group Label: Epic Format: LP Cat:  KE 31331 Year of Release:1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1973 reissue Sell Price: $3.99 VG/VG 1/30/23 Discogs Last Sold: 1/21/23 VG/VG+ $4.00 Low:$1.00 VG/VG Median: $4.88 Average: $5.00 High: $18.99 M/M Current low price: $7.00 VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 168/46 Where Sold: Akron, OH Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester That's Entertainment $2.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The Bob Tench era was underway after his Jeff Beck debut in 1971 on Rough and Ready.  The Jeff Beck Group has perhaps Beck's greatest song, "Going Down."  At least for me.  Cozy Powell drums and Clive Chaman from Trinidad is on the Bass.  All these guys had careers all over the place. In many ways this sounds like a bridge to the fusion era, with instrumentals as highlights but still firmly planted in hard rock n...

  Artist: Leonard Cohen      Title: Songs of Leonard Cohen Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat #: CS 9533 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1967 first press with "Leonard Cohen" only on label, Matrix:  XSM118903-1E/1F Sold Price:  $19.99 Listed Condition: G+/G Sell Date: 11/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 11/8/20 VG+/VG+ $28.35 Low: $7.00 9/8/19 VG/G Median: $22.00 High: $89.00 M/M 9/11/20 Current low price: $10.00 F/VG, $18.00 VG/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 36 Have/Want: 6222/1764 Where Sold: Williamsburg, MI Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: either Boston in dollar bin somewhere or Worcester at a flea market dollar records bin Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No This album is a bit of a sacred cow.  True it's "hits"--"Suzanne" and "So Long Maryanne" are here.  The instrumentation is spare but cool.  The stereo version in headphones is very "of it's era" with hard pans.  Co...

Artist: The Cult Title: Sonic Temple Label: Sire Format: CD Cat #: W2 25871 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 Columbia House Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/8/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/5/20 $3.06 VG+/VG+ Low: $1.50 Median: $3.00 High: $4.09 Current low price:  $2.50 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 250/42 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: given away Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go?: No "You look like you need a hug" said Ian Astbury to The Reverse Collector (TM) in the backstage area of the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ.  I had won tickets and my photographer friend I went to the show with had a backstage pass, and perhaps backstage at The Cult was the last place I wanted to be.  In 2016, this was the first and only time I've ever seen The Cult.  They were a curio in my mind since my friend Kenny went in Brooklyn the year before...