The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Blondie Title: The Best of Blondie Label: Chrysalis Format: CD Catalog Number: F2 21337 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition: Canada  Columbia House Reissue Sell Price: $3.09 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/27/26 NM/NM $4.2 Low: $1.96 Median: $2.85 Average: $3.34 High: $6.39 Current low price: $0.70 (Canada), $4.25 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 370/70 Where Sold: Mill  Valley,  CAe  Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The Best of Blondie is a generally pleasurable compilation of the first phase of the band.  The original vinyl version had alternate mixes of "Heart of Glass," (combining album and instrumental versions) "In The Flesh" (extra echo) and "Sunday Girl" (French language vocals).  When the CD was issued the original versions were on it although the streaming version restor...

  Artist: Fatboy Slim Title:   You've Come A Long Way Baby Label: Astrawerks/Skint Format: CD Catalog Number: ASW 66247-2 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition: US 1998 Sell Price: $3.34 Sell Date: 7/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/22/26 VG+/VG+ $1.75 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.15 Average: $3.56 High: $10.00 Current low price: $0.99 G/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 86 Have/Want: 3531/270 Where Sold: Robertsdale, AL Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: used Rocket Science NYC $8.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Fatboy Slim's second album took a niche genre and made it extremely popular in 1998.  This was primarily on the strength of the videos that delivered the repetitive electronic DJ music from indistinguishable club music to comedy laden hits. Without the British cover of a morbidly obese character in a "I'm #1 So Why Try Harder" t-shirt exchanged for a wall jammed wooden shelf, something wa...

  Artist: Elvis Presley Title: Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 & 2 Label: RCA Format: 8-Track Cat #: S 213690 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $5.06 Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/24 VG+/VG+ $2.32 Low: $1.50 Median: $2.95 Average: $3.42 High: $5.25 Current low price: $1.98 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 166/5 Where Sold: Renton, WA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Elvis compilations come and go, but this particular one from the 70's is a bit of a classic.  The first half of a 4 volume, 2-piece record set.  This 8-track has the first 25 and cuts off in the early 60's.  Enough to garner a "5-star" rating in the Rolling Stone Record Guide in the 70's along with the in-era Elvis' Golden Hits.  Most of those tracks are on here, but you have some good later post-Army ones as well...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Blonde on Blonde Label: Columbia Format: 2X SACD Cat:  CH 903255 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $15.47 VG+/VG+ 7/15/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/7/24 VG+/VG+ $12.00 Low: $10.00 Median: $16.00 Average: $19.65 High: $31.50 Current low price: $17.90 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 147/350 Where Sold: Ypsilanti, MI Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No This little run of Dylan titles sold concludes (for now) with a double SACD of Blonde on Blonde that sold with Blood On The Tracks last week.  Much has been written about this album, and it is safe to say that it stands with the holy mid sixties trinity that is Bringing It All Back Home-Highway 61 Revisited-Blonde on Blonde.  There isn't really anything to add to that except maybe only Desire tops these three records for me. I still have my beat up mono copy passed dow...

  Artist: The Beatles Title: Hey Jude b/w Revolution Label: Apple Format: 7" Cat:  2276 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Sell Price: $14.99 G/Generic 4/15/23 Discogs Last Sold: 4/19/23 G+/generic $3.19 Low:$0.87 Median: $3.57 Average: $5.40 High: $17.50 Current low price: $1.10 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 65 Have/Want:  2580/161 Where Sold:  Edgewood, NM Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When  early 80's Worcester That's Entertainment singles box Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No The record length number one single I might be saturated sick of but it's still a great song.  Sometime in New York City I went to see McCartney with my old buddy John and decided I was going to be a clapping chorus audience member ala the guy with glasses in a suit. Somehow this  decidedly less than mint quarter copy with a white sleeve went on Amazon for $14.99 even though I had it up on Discogs for $2.99 for many many ye...

  Artist:  Rage Against The Machine Title: The Battle of Los Angeles Label:  Epic Format: CD Cat: EK-39630 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition: US 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 6/21/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold:6/16/22 VG+/VG+ $3.91 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.98 Average: $4.28 High: $11.18 Current low price:$0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 56 Have/Want: 3664/292 Where Sold: Newburgh, NY Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: used mail order CD Warehouse $8.99 sticker on it, end of '99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Although this doesn’t have an completely undeniable track like “Killing In The Name” or “Bulls On Parade,” The Battle of Los Angeles was a clear step forward for this band. We know now that 2 speaking as one leads not to the “3rd way” of Ralph Nader as the “Testify” video implies.  Politics has become unsafe at any speed in the environment this album foreshadowed.  You may vot...

  Artist:  Bob Dylan Title:   The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Label:  Columbia Format:  LP Cat #:  CL 1986 Year of Release:  1963 Country and Year of Edition Issue:   US 1963 Mono Pitman Pressing Listed Condition:  F/F scratches galore, writing on label and cover Sell Date:  3/6/21 Sell Price: $19.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/19/21 $47.65 VG/VG Low:  $14.00 G+/G+  Median:  $27.78 High:   $90.00 NM/NM Current low price:  $25.00 F/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  6 Have/Want:  3833/3072 Where Sold:   Kyoto, Japan Time it took to sell:  6 years Where and When Bought:  passed down from mother Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A+ Sad To See It Go: yes 4 beat up Bob albums passed down to me went off to Japan this week for around $75 after shipping.  At least they were beat up by 3 year old me.  This album was memorized at a young age after my mother...

  Artist: Smashing Pumpkins Title: Gish Label: Caroline Format: CD Cat #: CAROL 1705-2 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/14/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/13/20 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.00 High: $10.00 Current low price: $2.00 G+/No Cover, $3.25 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 1045/213 Where Sold: New Haven, CT Time it took to sell: 8-10 years Where and When Bought: used for $8 or $10 at Nuggets in Boston--the tell tale sticker residue on the cover confirms this Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No This is one of those bands I liked initially that got caught up in the commercial grunge wave making them somewhat less relevant in my mind.  With Smashing Pumpkins, you could not go on a road trip on the East coast in the mid-90's and not hear them on rock radio just as much as Led Zeppelin.  And then, they fell back to earth by the late 90's. I thought this was a gr...