The Reverse Collector

Artist: Chumbawamba Title:  Tubthumper Label: Republic/Universal Format: CD Catalog Number: UD 35099 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $2.84 Sell Date: 7/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/1726 VG+/VG+ $1.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.58 High: $8.52 Current low price: $0.85 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 86 Have/Want: 1614/103 Where Sold: Robertsdale, AL Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: roommate CD giveaway bag Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No  Chumbawamba made a radical left turn from their anarcho-punk long running existance in 1997.  That it resulted in an album that sold over 5 million copies worldwide was not something even thought possible in the immediate post-Nirvana major label indie rock gold rush.  Like Crass and Conflict and The Ex, Chumbawamba were thought to be beyond such things. The electronic alterna-pop hit "Tubthumping" (-ing not -er)...

  Artist: The Beatles Title: Past Masters Label: Apple/Parlophone/Capitol Format: 2xCD Catalog Number: 50999 2 43807 2 0 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition: US 2009 Sell Price: $9.92 Sell Date: 7/12/26 Condition: VG+/VG+   Discogs Last Sold:  7/12/26 NM/NM $6.75 Low: $1.88 Median: $7.74 Average: $8.89 High: $27.57 Current low price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 1546/110 Where Sold: Vancouver, WA Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No  The two volume Past Masters set which compiled everything not on the original UK LP Beatles releases was revamped for the 2009 box set and issued individually.  This was of course for the Stereo Box edition since some of the tracks on the second volume were never issued in Mono. In the US, some of these were album tracks psychologically.  "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was the k...

  Artist: Bush Title:  Razorblade Suitcase Label: Trauma/Interscope Format: CD Catalog Number: INTD-90091 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 JVC pressing Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 6/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/20/26 VG+/VG+ $3.98 Low: $0.39 Median: $1.73 Average: $2.00 High: $4.40 Current low price:  $0.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 105 Have/Want: 3315/121 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought:  half.com $0.75 early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No  Albini did the best he could with Bush.  Cobain's carpet was barely dried when Gavin Rossdale's people hired Steve to create a sonic follow-up to In Utero.  Since the man wasn't alive to do it himself, why not Gavin?  He was dating Courtney Love according to the National Enquirer and/or Page Six around the time this was recorded after all.  Gavin didn't quite have ...

  Artist: Lou Reed Title: New York Label: Sire Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 25829-2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $5.20 Sell Date: 3/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/6/25 VG/NM $2.50 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.42 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $4.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 74/73 Where Sold: Saco, ME Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No "It's hard to give a shit these days"-Romeo Had Juliet New York was a return to a stripped down guitar-bass-drums sound Lou had adapted on The Blue Mask earlier in the 80's.  These are always my favorite records of his for that reason.  It was lyrically grumpy enough to go Gold in the US 8 years after release.  You can't pin 2026 political poles on Lou.  However much of the descriptions and disputes within the ...

  Artist:  Oasis Title: Be Here Now Label: Epic Format: CD Catalog Number: EK 68530 Year of Release: 19987 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $3.27 Sell Date: 12/27/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/23/24 VG/VG+ $2.38 Low: $1.00 Median: $2.44 Average: $2.64 High: $5.15 Current  low price:  $1.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 71 Have/Want: 3502/156 Where Sold: Chillicothe, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: early aughts used internet Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:   B Sad To See  It Go: No The third and final Oasis album with the original band lineup, 1997's Be Here Now, has a reputation for being bloated and overproduced.  Listening to it after ignoring it roughly 20 years after purchase, during an overall about face on Oasis where I bought the entire catalog used, I concluded that this is a good rock album with little noticeable foppery.  Sure, Liam is a bit of a working-cla...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording) Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: KC 32460 Year of Release:  1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1973 Terre Haute Pressing, Embossed Sleeve Sell Price: $6.58 Sell Date: 11/12/24 Condition: VG+/G spine damage Discogs Last Sold: 10/13/24 VG+/VG+ $4.99 Low: $1.68 G+/G+ Median: $7.00 Average: $8.79 High: $26.00 VG+/VG+ Current  low price:  $3.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 91 Have/Want: 6400/627 Where Sold: Martinsburg, WV Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: used Worcester Al Bums 83 or 4 $3.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No I got Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid sometime in the early 80's as part of my quest to complete my Dylan collection before the CD era (or at least before I had a CD player).  This wasn't the greatest of start-to-finish listens although I liked at least one...