The Reverse Collector

  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: 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...

Artist: The Clash Title:   Combat Rock Label:  Epic Format:  LP Cat #:  FE 37689 Year of Release:  1982  Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1982  Repress, no commercial in the middle of " Inoculated City " Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ original inner sleeve, blue generic Epic label Sell Date:  1/20/21 Sell Price: $13.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/28/20 NM/VG+ $24.99 Low:  $4.00 VG+/G+ Median:  $12.00 High:   $24.99 NM/VG+ Current low price:  $8.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  22 Have/Want:  2788/430 Where Sold:   Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell:   5 years Where and When Bought:   Worcester, MA short lived Grove St Gallery store new in 1983 or so Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No When I bought this album I still considered a "rock" release, not "punk" or "alternative."  "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" reeled me in, "Rock The Casbah" did not....