The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Tulips Title:  Sweet and Hateful Choco Pig b/w Short/ Empty Place Label: Sonic Bubblegum Format: 7" Catalog Number: GUM007 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: US 1992 Pink Bubblegum Vinyl Sell Price: $2.32 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  2/28/25 NM/NM $0.98 Low: $0.98 Median: $2.29 Average: $2.41 High: $4.05 Current low price: $1.99 NM/NM Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 47/18 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: Either given by band or bought at Nuggets when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No I had a 10-piece order of 90's noise rock singles and CD's the other day.  9 out of 10 were in my storage space and had been since 2010.  The lone remaining CD was a Swami records comp owned previously by the guitarist Jimmy Fountain that joined this band after this single was released.  It's always shocking when singles f...

  Artist: Dropkick Murphys Title:  The Warrior's Code Label: Hellcat Format: CD Catalog Number: 80472-2 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition: US 2005 Sell Price: $3.68 Sell Date: 8/3/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  8/1/26 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $1.48 Median: $3.53 Average: $3.86 High: $8.99 Current low price: $2.12 (Belgium ex-library CD), $5.00 (US VG+/VG+) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 352/42 Where Sold: Ocean Isle, NC Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This is the album where the Rancid meets Pogues template somehow made an unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyric a Jock Jam.  "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" made it to Boston sports arenas the way "Blitzkreig Bop" came to NYC.  It seems odd in a way for a band that came up through the Rat and so forth but this polished bagpipe infused Irish Boston Punk Rock sounds like an original and enjoyable take...

  Artist: Peter Wolf Title: Lights Out Label: EMI America Format: LP Catalog Number: SJ 17121 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984 Sell Price: $4.49 Sell Date: 6/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/26 VG/VG $2.00 Low: $1.11 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.78 High: $18.00 Current low price: $2.00 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 45 Have/Want: 366/19 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No  The solo debut from Peter Wolf after his divorce from the J. Geils Band in it's commercial peak was "modern" and synth laden with plenty of radio hits from production by Michael Jonzun of the Jonzun Crew.  That meant a pop record from the producer that went on to work with New Kids On The Block. Wolf was among singers that cut their teeth on Soul music of the 50's & 60's and were seeking relevence with 80's ...

  Artist: Pods Title: Where I'm Calling From Label: Pods Format: CD Cat #: n/a Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $11.82 Discogs Last Sold: 3/2/23 VG+/VG+ $17.00 Low: $11.82 Median: $17.00 Average: $18.75 High: $29.97 Current low price: $20.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 28/26 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Kims NYC St Marks $1 wall Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I was pretty psyched to find this self-released demo on the budget wall at Kim's in the mid-90's.  Ben Deily was fresh out of the peak years of the Lemonheads and his new short lived band was Pods.  Considering the commercial trajectory Evan Dando took the Lemonheads after Ben left, one would be surprised that in the early heyday they were a co-fronting tandem. "Promise" was a radio tape hit toward the end of my time in Boston, and that...

Artist: Band 19 Title:  Dictate Label: Modern Method Records Format: 12" EP Cat:  MM 025 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 Sell Price: $4.32 Sell Date: 12/20/23 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:7/12/23 NM/VG+  $2.21 Low: $0.97 Median: $4.66 Average: $5.53 High:  $16.48 Current low price: $2.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 91/34 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: early 90's Boston Nuggets $1.99 sticker still on it used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Uniformly excellent mid-80's band with a uniquely Boston straight revved up rock sound brought forth in the clubs there with bands like John Felice/Real Kids or the Outlets, who Band 19 remind me of.  No frills, straight guitar-bass-drums doing 3-4 minute songs. You get mostly dour lyrics on this ep delivered without great emotion except a rocking sense of defiance.  This debut was issue...

  Artist:  Various Artists (Scruffy The Cat, Chain Link Fence, Noonday Underground, Christmas, The Odds, The Outlets, The Unattached, Blackjacks, Busted Statues, The Underachievers, Flies, The Edge, Dumptruck, Prime Movers) Title: Let's Breed!-Part Two of the Throbbing Lobster Saga Label: Throbbing Lobster Format: LP Cat:  Bisque 2 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984  First pressing of 2000. Jacket printed in violet and sepia/brownish-black ink. Labels dark green ink on pinkish paper. Listed Condition: VG+/G+  spine wear Sell Date: 7/6/22 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:5/31/22 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $4.95 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.93 Current low price:$4.00 G/G, $6.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 210/64 Where Sold: Portland, OR Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Worcester mid 80's used Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The sequel to Nobody Gets On The Guest List and precedi...

  Artist: Cheater Slicks Title: Rum Drunk b/w This Life of Mine Rum Drunk (5:08) This Life Of Mine (35:28) Label:Dog Meat Format: 7" Cat #: DOG 027 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Australia 1991 Listed Condition:  NM/NM Sell Date: 10/18/21 Sell Price: $11.99 Discogs Last Sold: 7/22/21 $11.63 Low: $8.96 Median: $11.30 Average: $11.08 High: $13.94 Current low price: $7.64 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:7 Have/Want: 115/52 Where Sold: South Portland, ME Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston new time of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No "This single is dedicated to the lonely loser-the outcast -driven from normal society to find his place on the street.  The songs written by Australian bands ( The Moods & The Lost Souls ) in the 60's are proud anthems to outsiders everywhere.  Their power inspired us to try to restate their message.  ...

Dr.   Artist:  The Oysters Title:  Green Eggs and Ham Label:  Taang Format:  LP Cat #:  TAANG 9 Year of Release:  1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1985 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  3/7/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold:  2/9/21 $8.37 NM/VG+ Low:  $6.00 Median:  $8.93 Average:  $9.88 High: $15.00 Current low price:  $5.98 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  14 Have/Want:  113/27 Where Sold: York, PA   Time it took to sell:  4 years Where and When Bought:  Boston somewhere....Planet Records? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: yes Seems like Dr. Seuss in all shapes and forms has suddenly become collectable on hoarder levels.  Not just the culturally dated books the media advertised as going out of print.  Advertised scarcity sells, irrespective of the reason.  Now something like this Oysters record, ...

Artist: Moving Targets Album: Fall Label:  Taang! Format:  CD Cat #:  TAANG! 54 Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue:  US 1991 Listed Condition:  VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  12/30/20 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  10/21/20 VG+/VG+ $5.71 Low:  $1.22 Median:  $5.00 High:   $8.76 Current low price:  $3.22 VG/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  9 Have/Want:  65/20 Where Sold:   Gainsville, FL Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Bought:  Newbury Comics Boston New (or Nuggets) Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See It Go: No Album number three from the Targets has quite a few hits.  The single "Away From Me" was a little cleaner alt-rock than I wanted them to be at the time, but yes, it is a great single that held up in my head over decades.   Coming after the twin titans Burning In Water and Brave Noise made it hard for Fall to compete.  Burn...

  Artist: Various (Jerry's Kids, The Proletariat, Groinoids, The F.U.'s, Gang Green, Decadence, The Freeze) Title: This Is Boston Not L. A.  Label: Modern Method Records Format: LP Cat #: MM 012 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ Deleted radio copy, writing on cover, inner sleeve Sell Date: 12/19/20 Sell Price: $49.99 Discogs Last Sold: 10/12/20 VG+/VG+ Low: $14.00 VG/G Median: $49.95 High:  $85.00 NM/NM Current low price: $65.00 VG+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 505/260 Where Sold: Medford, MA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, That's Entertainment used $2.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Many people think this is the definitive snapshot of Boston Hardcore.  Yes, much of the tracks are crucial but most of the bands perfected their craft later on.  In terms of a start to finish listen...