The Reverse Collector

Artist: Aerosmith Title: Night In The Ruts Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat #: CK 57366 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2008 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/21/25 Sell Price: $7.36 Discogs Last Sold: 5/22/25 NM/NM $8.00 Low: $2.81 Median: $5.74 Average: $5.96 High: $12.31 Current low price: $5.51 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 232/44 Where Sold: Potomac, MD 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  Aerosmith was such a New England mainstay that even before the arena opened in Worcester you would see the 1979 tour shirt all over the place that had 'N' and 'R' crossed out and switched to reveal the true meaning. I got Night In The Ruts on record in the early 80's as a Columbia House overstock close out copy for like $3 and this remastered  CD from 2008 that sold I got a couple years ago in a CD lot.  This initially was a pla...

  Artist: Green Day Title: Dookie Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 45529-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/25 VG+ $6.19 Low: $1.78 Median: $4.77 Average: $5.30 High: $14.99 Current low price: $1.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 72 Have/Want: 7668/812 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No At the time of release, I could never have imagined Dookie would go on to sell 20 million copies in the US alone (certified 10 in it's first five years and certified another 10 million to date last year).  "When I Come Around" was a gold record and many of these tracks were inescapable, but on this 15 track blitz many weren't even memorable or interesting.  At least for me. I got this for completist purposes through a record club in the mid-90's...

  Artist: Soundgarden Title: Superunknown Label: A&M Format: CD Cat #: 31454 0198-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $7.50 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/25 VG+/NM $10.08 Low: $1.88 Median: $4.64 Average: $4.98 High: $10.78 Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 1694/269 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Superunknown was the breakthrough hit album for Soundgarden with a half dozen bonafide hits spread over 15 tracks.  I got it maybe a year or two after it came out after being "on it" for their prior couple releases Badmotorfinger in 1991 and Louder Than Love in 1988 after being won over by Ultramega OK after initially not liking it or their earlier Sub Pop stuff all that much.  You couldn't escape the hits from here in the mid-90's to the poin...

  Artist: The Breeders Title: Last Splash Label: 4AD/Elektra Format: CD Cat #: 9 61508-2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 BMG Music Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/9/25 Sell Price: $3.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/8/25 VG+/VG+ $2.88 Low: $0.97 Median: $3.00 Average: $2.97 High: $5.99 Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 735/124 Where Sold: Columbia, SC Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought: record club Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No One of the things I noticed about Last Splash on this recent listen was how much NOISE was thrown into the mix.  This clearly was near ground zero to Nirvana's commercial peak.  This album was The Breeders biggest peaking at #33 on Billboard and spawning an alt rock standard "Cannonball" that peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #44.  "Cannonball" had legs having been certified digital streaming Gold last year, 30 years af...

  Artist:  Stone Temple Pilots Title: Purple Label: Atlantic Format: CD  Catalog Number: 82607-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US BMG Record Club D 124738 Sell Price: $3.71 Sell Date: 12/23/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/14/23 VG+/VG+ $1.50 Low: $1.49 Median: $1.99 Average: $2.24 High: $4.50 Current  low price:  $1.05 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 38/56 Where Sold: Sallisaw, OK Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: Facebook dollar lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No "Purple is their masterpiece"-The Pinch Point editor after some back and forth texting on STP I managed to ignore Stone Temple Pilots save for the insufferable "Sex Type Thing" from their first album Core.  I had a mental note that my friend, the editor of Pinch Point, unexpectedly thought highly of them, so with that in mind I got the first 2 cds last year in a dollar lot....

  Artist: Pink Floyd Title: The Division Bell Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat: CK 64200 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $3.86 VG+/VG+ 8/18/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/18/24 VG+/VG $4.00 Low: $0.99  Median: $3.50 Average: $3.42 High: $5.99 Current low price: $2.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 53 Have/Want: 1575/258 Where Sold: Williamsburg, VA Time it took to sell: 6 months Where and When Purchased: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No One of the patterns of Discogs sales is when the anniversary edition comes out of an album, somebody often buy s an old cheap CD copy.  This was the first Pink Floyd album I blew off when it came out after hearing some of it somewhere.  I thought it was terrible in an almost irrational way.  The "tinkly" pianos, the retread melodies and the seemingly vapid lyrics that never seemed that way on Gilmour's solo albums. 30 years later, I've given this album a couple shots...

  Artist: Beastie Boys Title: Ill Communication Label: Capitol/Grand Royal Format: CD Cat:  7243 8 28599 2 5 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Jax Pressing Sell Price: $3.34 VG+/VG+ 7/17/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/15/24 G+/VG+ $1.49 Low: $0.50 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.32 High: $8.00 Current low price: $2.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 784/287 Where Sold: Bessemer, AL Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: Worcester 1994 or 5 new on Highland St. short lived record store Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Ill Communication was one of those album that seemed of some substance at the time it came out.  It was everywhere and I even saw the tour at Madison Square Garden . Listening to it now, it seems top loaded with hits like "Sure Shot," "Root Down" and of course "Sabotage" co-existing with "B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak"  and "Get It Together" which feature...

  Artist: Robert Plant & Jimmy Page Title: No Quarter Label: Atlantic Format: CD Cat #: 82706-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 SRC Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 11/5/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 9/14/21 $3.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.19 Average: $4.31 High: $12.99 Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 61 Have/Want: 1403/68 Where Sold: Plantation, FL Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Sounds used around time of release $8.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No The mid-90's "Unplugged" era where seminal artists I must have every official release made some records I almost universally have no interest in sitting down and listening to.  Despite excellence of song selection, arrangement, original accompaniment, etc., I just can't get excited for 50-70 minutes of stripped down arrangements of anyone.  Maybe it was b...