The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Pete Townshend Title: Empty Glass Label: Atco Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 32-100 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year  of Edition: US  Coumbia House Terre Haute Pressing Sell Price: $5.06 Sell Date: 3/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/24 VG+/VG+ $2.88 Low: $1.12 Median: $5.06 Average: $5.32 High: $10.00 Current  low price:  $4.72 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 214/28 Where Sold: Asheville, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: Al Bums Worcester early 80's $1.99 sticker (crossed out from $2.99) still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No This may be the best set of songs Pete Townshend put out after his glory years with the Who.  You can compare this favorably to The Who By Numbers and Who Are You start to finish as well as Face Dances and It's Hard immediately after this.  Every track was instantly memorable to me even though I probably h...

  Artist: Green Day Title: Insomniac Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 46046-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $3.28 Discogs Last Sold: 5/7/25 VG/VG+  $3.55 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.39 Average: $4.19 High: $12.99 Current low price: $0.96 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 70 Have/Want: 3747/287 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club late 90's/early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No First things first.  What is the song "Stuck About You" is nicking?  It is driving me nuts...I can hear the "oh-oh-OH OH" refrain, and I can't think of the song or who does it.  The Clash? Buzzcocks? Late 70's British punk single compiled somewhere?  What the hell is it?  I'm sure it isn't even remotely obscure and when I find out, I'm gonna let out a big DUH. Speaking of big DUH's, yet another Green D...

  Artist: Oasis Title: (What's The Story) Morning Glory Label: Epic Format: CD Catalog Number: EK 67351 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $3.27 Sell Date: 12/27/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/15/24 M/M $9.38 Low: $1.49 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.74 High: $10.29 Current  low price:  $1.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 58 Have/Want: 2924/397 Where Sold: Chillicothe, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  13  years Where and When  Bought: from discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No With this summer's upcoming reformation dates, it made sense that at least one of my three copies of (What's The Story) Morning Glory? would finally sell after many years of gathering dust on a shelf.  I bought my own copy in the early aughts after nearly a decade of ignoring the band completely, and a couple former roommates discarded CD collections insured that I would have thi...

  Artist: Metallica Title: Load Label: Elektra Format: CD Cat: 61923-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 Sell Price: $2.99 VG+/VG+ 3/14/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/13/23 NM/NM $3.00 Low:$0.95 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.15 High: $8.00 Current low price: $1.05 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 115 Have/Want: 3573/263 Where Sold: Winchester, KY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When  new upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Load was the first Metallica album that seemed, er, uh, boring at times. They had been deviating from thrash purity since Ride The Lightning with things like "Fade To Black" and "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" that gave them arena standards.   The Black Album was it's own thing, their most commercial record and excellent on it's own terms, even if it was a drop below Justice which was a drop below Puppets which was a drop below Ride and you know.  KIll 'Em All.  They were all A level record...

Artist: Traffic Title: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Label: Island Format: LP Cat: 90026-1 Year of Release:1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 reissue Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 2/26/23 Discogs Last Sold: 2/4/23 NM/VG+ $11.92 Low:$4.50 Median: $7.89 Average: $9.23 High: $24.99 Current low price: $5.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 960/73 Where Sold: Santa Fe, NM Time it took to sell:  1 year Where and When Purchased: Facebook market lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I got a second copy of The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys last year in a small record lot, forgetting I still had one sitting in my storage space.  This reissue from 1986 still had the die cut cover with the corners cut off.  Steve Winwood was at his solo commercial peak and would stand for no less.  The Island label was a totally 80's purple, having done away with the cool 70's labels for a more "modern" approach. The lone hit on the record is the 12 ...

  Artist:  Rage Against The Machine Title: Evil Empire Label:  Epic Format: CD Cat: EK-57523 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 5/7/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:6/19/22 NM/NM $4.99 Low: $1.98 Median: $3.98 Average: $4.47 High: $12.00 Current low price:$1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 2593/345 Where Sold: Valrico, FL Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: guessing record club probably Columbia House Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I've had a recent run on Rage CD's probably due to their return as an active touring band.  This one has the 1-2 punch of "People of the Sun" and the undeniable 'Bulls On Parade."  That wah probably was the best use of the pedal in the 90's, certainly on commercial radio.  I can't deny that song no matter what I think of the rest of the record. Certainly RATM distills much of things I liked before it....