The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Rush Title: Moving Pictures Label: Mercury Format: CD Cat #: P2 00048 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US mid 80's Columbia Record Club Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/24/25 Sell Price: $5.17 Discogs Last Sold: 9/8/25 NM/NM $9.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.12 Average: $3.65 High: $9.00 Current low price: $3.05 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 509/254 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot a couple years ago Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Somehow in recent years I've managed to accumulate 4 copies of Moving Pictures--3 on CD and one cassette.  The one that sold was an early 80's Columbia House copy, but I have a BMG one and a remastered one as well as that 80's cassette.  My vinyl copy sold long ago.  Given that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have decided to take Rush back out on the road, once could only guess that whatever Rush pieces I have l...

  Artist: Queen Title:  Greatest Hits Label: EMI/Parlophone Format: CD Cat #: CDP 7 46033 2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/14/25 Sell Price: $5.30 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/25 VG/VG+ $11.10 Low: $2.21 Median: $4.33 Average: $3.94 High: $11.10 Current low price: $2.17 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 176/250 Where Sold: Leander, TX Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've had a long history with this Queen Greatest Hits album.  I won the album from WBCN in 1984 or so and had to pick it up all the way at a Chain store in Quincy.  I think it was called Coconuts.  I convinced my Dad to go on the hour trip to the store for a $5 new album.  I got a weird coupon that was sent to me.  Of course, when we finally found the store, the record was not there, so I had to pick up a record of equ...

  Artist: The Police Title: Ghost In The Machine Label: A&M Format: 8 Track Cat #: 8T 3730 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 white shell Listed Condition: VG/G  Sell Date: 4/29/25 Sell Price: $9.30 Discogs Last Sold: 11/23/22 VG+/VG+ $6.00 Low: $5.00 Median: $9.65 Average: $9.69 High: $14.00 Current low price: $12.47 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 72/155 Where Sold: Richmond, VA Time it took to sell: 1 month Where and When Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Named after a 1967 book by Arthur Koestler about philosophical psychology, the 4th Police album, Ghost In The Machine, overall was a solid hit laden record.  It peaked at #2 on Billboard on a 109 week chart run.  It came to the world in October 1981, almost exactly a year after Zenyatta Mondatta.  At this point they were still getting successively bigger, this one has hit the 3 million triple Platinum mark in the US to date...

  Artist: The Police Title: Zenyatta Mondatta Label: A&M Records Format: LP Cat #: SP 4831 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Listed Condition: VG+/G  water stained, peel off center of cover Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $5.69 Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/25 NM/VG+ $19.45 Low: $2.99 Median: $9.50 Average: $11.11 High: $25.00 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 67 Have/Want: 3198/399 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used $3.99 at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Zenyatta Mondatta was a band invented phrase.  The meaning was a hybrid of "Zen," "Jomo Kenyatta" and the French word for world, "Le Monde."  There seems to be an element of fun here before Sting got a little too serious.    Is it any wonder that a top ten hit from the album was "De Doo Doo Doo De Da Da Da?"  The video on the snowy hill makes them seem do...

Artist: Steve Winwood Title: Arc of a Diver Label: Island Format: LP Cat:  ILPS 9576 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Jacksonville Pressing Sell Price: $2.99 9/27/22 VG+/G+ writing on cover, spine wear  Discogs Last Sold:10/6/22 VG+/VG+ $2.44 Low: $0.96 Median: $2.15 Average: $4.15 High: $24.25 Current low price: $0.97 VG+/F, $0.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 205 Have/Want: 5029/112 Where Sold:   Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell:  7  years Where and When Purchased: Worcester early 80's That's Entertainment $2.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Rock artists of the 60's and 70's going "pop" created a disconcerting turn of events for me.  This record may have ushered in what was to become of Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel.  Arc of a Diver I somehow considered Rock enough to buy used in the early 80's, but upon further review it captures an area mapped out by Steely Dan's Aja, which...

  Artist: REO Speedwagon Title: Hi Infidelity Label: Epic Format: LP Cat: FE 36844 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980  Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/14/22 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/13//22 VG+/VG+ $6.50 Low: $1.49 VG/G Median: $5.92 Average: $7.47 High: $29.99 M/M Current low price:$2.99 G+/G+, $3.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 71 Have/Want: 3719/88 Where Sold:  American Fork, UT Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No "REO Pahtyo"-some kid in my junior high class "What kind of man doesn't like REO Speedwagon?"-random fan on YouTube The turn of the decade into the 80's made a ten time Platinum act out of a band that had a platinum live album and a couple studio albums that were Gold Records until Hi Infidelity got the back catalogue moving. For me, I got this collecting number one Billboard albums, but I pr...

  Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Title: Hard Promises Label: Backstreet Format: LP Cat #  BSR 5160 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Listed Condition: VG+/VG with insert Sell Date: 5/5/22 Sell Price: $10.99  Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/22 VG/VG+ $10.54 Low: $8.00 Median: $14.22 Average: $15.12 High:$25.85 Current low price:$5.99 G+/F, $9.99 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:143 Have/Want: 12100/787 Where Sold: Bronx, NY Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester Used $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Although I disliked "The Waiting" while it was an active hit, I've warmed to it over time.  As kids we used to mimic his chorus line "the waiting is the hardest part."  I don't know why we found it parody  worthy, even with the cocksure confessional line "well yeah, I might've chased a couple women around" which always makes me chuckle. The rest ...

  Artist: The Moody Blues Title: Long Distance Voyager Label: Threshold Format: LP Cat #: TRL-1-2901 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/16/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/12/21 $1.91 Low:3/18/22 $1.50 Median: $1.00 Average: $2.00 High: $2.32 Current low price: $8.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  80 Have/Want: 635/32 Where Sold: New Castle, DE Time it took to sell: 7 yeaars Where and When Bought: Albums Worcester New $7.29 right after it hit #1 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No My friend John was talking disparagingly about an underground  DJ playing later day Moody Blues.  Even though this album is 41 years old, I’m guessing  this is what he was referring to.  In my mind, it is the last good one even though they had massive hits like "Your Wildest Dreams" in the ensuing years.   Shockingly, Long Distance Voy...

  Artist: The Who Title: Face Dances Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Cat #: HS 3516 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Los Angeles pressing Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ original inner sleeve, no poster Sell Date: 11/20/20 Discogs Last Sold: 11/7/20 $2.99 VG+/VG+ Low: $0.11 Median: $4.00 High: $38.99 NM/VG+  1981 original Warner Bros Records LP pressing #HS 3516, cover VG++, still in the otiginal plastic shrink-wrap (w price sticker), NO seam or spine splits, NO ring-wear, saw-mark on upper spine area, original printed lyrics inner sleeve VG+(+), bottom seam split, saw-mark on top edge, NO creases, POSTER VG++, saw-mark in top & bottom center area, as it is neatly folded (never put up on wall, clean), vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. Current low price: $1.00 VG/F, VG/VG+ $1.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  145 Have/Want: 5162/115 Where Sold: South Lake Tahoe, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought...