The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Bush Title:  Razorblade Suitcase Label: Trauma/Interscope Format: CD Catalog Number: INTD-90091 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 JVC pressing Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 6/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/20/26 VG+/VG+ $3.98 Low: $0.39 Median: $1.73 Average: $2.00 High: $4.40 Current low price:  $0.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 105 Have/Want: 3315/121 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought:  half.com $0.75 early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No  Albini did the best he could with Bush.  Cobain's carpet was barely dried when Gavin Rossdale's people hired Steve to create a sonic follow-up to In Utero.  Since the man wasn't alive to do it himself, why not Gavin?  He was dating Courtney Love according to the National Enquirer and/or Page Six around the time this was recorded after all.  Gavin didn't quite have ...

  Artist: Drunk Tank Title:  Drunk Tank Label: Radial Records Format: CD Catalog Number: RDL 03-2 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Sell Price: $5.42 Sell Date: 5/29/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/26/25 VG+/VG+ $3.99 Low: $3.99 Median: $6.17 Average: $7.94 High: $17.44 Current low price:  $5.63 VG+/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 1 Have/Want: 59/33 Where Sold: Los Angeles, CA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: New Newbury Comics  Boston when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No Once of the classic non-descript Albini Chicago recordings from the early 90's, Drunk Tank had a couple singles the preceded this debut album whose songs were rerecorded for this release.  The band sent a letter to John Peel apologizing that those earlier versions were better.  Peel became a large proponent of the band in their day.  Radial Records went through Matador Records f...

  Artist: Big Black Title: The Incredibly Corporate Whorish Big Black Interview Album Side One     Side Two Label: Touch 'n' Go Format: LP Cat #:  TG-LP-INT-1 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Promo only Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 7/18/25 Sell Price: $15.57 Discogs Last Sold: 5/17/25 NM/NM $23.26   Low: $14.95 NM/NM 1/14/20 Median: $25.00 Average: $26.78 High: $40.00 NM/NM like new Current low price: $17.44 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 128/147 Where: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No One of those collection crown jewels that somehow dropped to 15 bucks over the years.  I'm sure I opened up at 40 many years ago, but a dreaded 2" seam split in my notes made other people that actually wanted the record opt for "NM/NM" copies in the 25-40 range. This was a promo that came before the "He's A Whore" si...

  Artist:  Nirvana Title: In Utero Label: DGC/Sub Pop Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD 24607 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1993 BMG Club Edition Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 3/10/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:3/8/25 NM/NM $4.92 Low:  $1.99 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.16 High: $7.99 Current Low Price: $4.50 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 1043/480 Where Sold:  Ocala, FL 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 If Bleach was the feel-good record and Nevermind was the commercial coming out party, In Utero was mostly a Fuck You record.  Steve Albini recorded most of this and they even said "Fuck You" to his absolute sonic vision by having Scott Litt tweak "Heart Shaped Box" and "All Apologies."  That said, those songs roar in a way that Pearl Jam or Stone Temple Pilots could never muster with a pop se...

  Artist: Tad Title:  Loser  b/w  Cooking With Gas Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Cat #: SP55 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Black Vinyl Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/18/20 NM/NM $9.39 Low: $3.81 Median: $5.99 High: $10.39 Current low price: NM/VG+ $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 468/82 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Somewhere in Boston new, probably Newbury Comics Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: Yes If Mudhoney was the heart of Sub Pop, Tad was the soul of it's defining period...ugly, loud, impervious to anything but it's own rocking mission.  The peak of their run from 1989-1992 was about as great as any "grunge" juggernaut.  Smack dab in the middle were the Albini recordings, coming right after God's Balls dominated the earth like the Behemoth motherfuckers they were.   Right befor...