The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Duran Duran Title: Duran Duran Label: Capitol Format: CD Catalog Number: CDP 7 46042-2 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 reissue Sell Price: $7.98 Sell Date: 4/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:11/21/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $2.93 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.95 High: $15.14 Current  low price:  $9.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 86/118 Where Sold: Whitestone, NY Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This 1983 reissue of the first Duran Duran album may be the reason I hated this band for many years and didn't give this record a chance to change my mind until now.  This the original one is at least a B+, maybe better, certainly for Brit Pop allegiants.   Reissued after Rio and before Seven and The Ragged Tiger, the bands pop hits were all over the place and seeped into Ro...

  Artist: Pulp Title: Separations Label: Fire Records Format: CD Catalog Number: SFIRE025CD Year of Release:  1991 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 2002 Sell Price: $4.13 Sell Date: 8/29/24 Condition: VG+/VG booklet water damaged Discogs Last Sold  2/28//24 VG+/VG+ $4.75 Low: $4.13 Median: $6.33 Average: $7.38 High: $16.85 Current  low price:  $7.75 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 106/37 Where Sold:  Seminole, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: web used mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No When I first heard Separations, I was annoyed by the seemingly endless house music track "This House Is Condemned" which seemed to come up more than a few times on the 100-CD carousel randomizer.  Although Pulp had been around over a decade when this third album was released in 1991, they were still a work in progress before the mid-90's albums, particularly Different...

  Artist: The London Suede Title: Coming Up Label: Nude/Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 67911 Year of Release:  1996 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1997 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 8/29/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  9/3/24 VG+/VG+ $4.01 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.87 High: $14.98 Current  low price:  $1.11 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 473/66 Where Sold:  Seminole, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No On the other hand, maybe Brett Anderson was right.  He wanted to make a solid 10-song pop record with T. Rex as his guide.  Who needs that Bernard Butler when you can swap him out for a 17 year old and be just as good if not better? For that, Coming Up is pretty darn good.  Even on the second listen these songs were starting to sink in and that really can't be...

  Artist:Bernard Butler Title:  People Move On Label: Creation/Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK-69332 Year of Release:  1998 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1998 Sell Price: $2.70 Sell Date: 8/29/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ hole punch in barcode Discogs Last Sold  6/14/24 VG+/VG+ $6.08 Low: $0.25 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.30 High: $7.95 Current  low price:  $0.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 276/6 Where Sold: Seminole, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: discarded cd collection given Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No Bernard Butler's solo debut following his departure from Suede was the aptly titled People Move On.  He had aspirations beyond a one-off and this album represented a move away from what Suede and the flamboyant stylings of Brett Anderson represented. There is a bit of British Springsteen going on, not so much in presentation but nuance, part...

  Artist: The London Suede Title: Stay Together 1 Stay Together (Edit) 4:22 2 The Living Dea d 2:48 3 My Dark Star 4:26 4 Dolly 2:42 5 High Rising 5:49 6 Stay Together 8:29 Label: Columbia Format: CD EP Cat: CK 64382 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition: US 1994 Limited Sell Price: $2.84 VG+/VG+ 7/17/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/19/24 M/M $25.65 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.00 Average: $3.28 High: $25.65 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 565/27 Where Sold: Bessemer, AL Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No There has been a 2024 30th anniversary reissue of the original European single edit of "Stay Together" backed with "The Living Dead" issued by Elvis Costello's long running Demon label.   I had this from a discarded collection for many years with other Suede (London Suede here) titles that have still gone unsold, but I wrote about th...

  Artist: Blur Title: Bustin' + Dronin' Label: Food/Parlophone/EMI Format: 2CD Cat:  TOCP-50444-5 Year of Release:1998 Country and Year of Edition: Japan 1998 Sell Price: $5.99 10/23/22 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:9/21/22 M/M $7.00 Low:$2.29 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.38 High: $11.48 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 59 Have/Want: 1348/133 Where Sold:  Wheaton, IL Time it took to sell:  10  years Where and When Purchased: old roommate cd toss Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Left to me by a moving roommate ten years ago in a pile of 90's Brit pop, Bustin' + Dronin' was a double CD Japanese import remix and live companion to the first Blur that I cared enough to buy, the eponymous one.  Blur were in their "Pavement" phase, and were venturing toward a more US influenced indie rock sound and away from the UK tabloid guitar pop I generally ignored in the first half of the 90's.  Now I still ignore it, but...

  Artist: The Primatives Title: Lovely Label: RCA Format: CD Cat #: 8443-2-R Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/12/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/20/21 VG/NM $4.98 Low: $2.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.05 High: $8.76 Current low price: $2.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:7 Have/Want: 82/31 Where Sold: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Second Coming Cambridge $8.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:A- Sad To See It Go: No The 1988 debut album of the Primitives was a bunch of tracks from singles over the previous 2 years.  For whatever reason, I didn't really hear them until this came out and the song "Spacehead" won me over with a late 80's Brit-buzzsaw with sweet female vocals and a sha-la-la-la-la chorus.    In fact, there's only another song, "I'll Stick With You" that comes close to th...