The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Metamorphosis Label: ABKCO Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: AB1T-4229 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ name in pen on cover, tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 4/17/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $3.46 High: $5.00 Current low price: $4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 55/25 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No  When it came out, Metamorphosis was lambasted as it joined a line of archive clearance albums (notably Dylan by Bob Dylan) after the artist switched labels.  While this one didn't quite go Gold, it did make it into Billboard's top 10 peaking at #8 in July 1975 on a 13 week run.  That is better than many compilations issued since.    The focus was Jagger/Richards songs ...

  Artist: Sniff 'n' The Tears Title: Fickle Heart Label: Atlantic Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 19242 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979 Richmond pressing Sell Price: $4.88 Sell Date: 6/12/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/14/26 NM/VG+ $14.97 Low: $1.87 Median: $4.85 Average: $5.77 High: $14.97 Current low price: $3.50 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 406/60 Where Sold: Jamaica, NY 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  Late 70's one hit wonder Sniff 'n' The Tears issued this album in Europe in 1978 and the Atlantic picked it up in 1979 for US release.  The lead off track was the hit: "Driver's Seat."  It was pretty inescapable in the late 70's.   They were a London band and sound like a cross between Dire Straits, Gerry Rafferty and even George Harrison with more of a youthful guitar edge. The ove...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Exile On Main Street Label: Rolling Stones Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: TP 2-2900 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 gray shell Sell Price: $12.85 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/VG tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 8/5/24 VG+/no cover $9.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $9.00 Average: $11.02 High: $25.00 VG+/VG+ Current low price: $5.99 G+/generic Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 66/344 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No I think the first time I heard Exile was on an 8-track my friend John got in the early 80's.  I got a vinyl copy used at some point before the CD era and never really noticed the different track order.  I don't think I ever got a remaster CD beyond one of those Sony butcher jobs of the 80's.    Exile was a long album of songs, some...

  Artist: The Kinks Title: Did Ya Label: Columbia Format: CD EP Catalog Number: 44K 74050 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991  Sell Price: $7.59 Sell Date: 5/13/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/96 NM/NM $9.99 Low: $2.70 2/23/23 VG+/VG+ Median: $5.00 Average: $6.15 High: $19.95 9/16/22 NM/NM Current  low price:  $5.86 VG/VG+ (Israel), $15.95 M/NM (US) Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 190/22 Where Sold: Monticello, IN Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No A new label, a new EP for The Kinks.  This 5-song EP opens with it's namesake "Did Ya."  Makes you think of the Jeff Lynne produced Roy Orbison meets "Sunny Afternoon."  The Sunny refrain "in the summertime" reoccurs and of course Lynne had "Do Ya" with the Move & ELO.  Ray Davies himself produced this and t...

  Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Trilogy Label: Cotillion Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: COM 89903 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year  of Edition: US Club Edition Orange Shell Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG+/G+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/25 VG/not graded $2.99 Low: $2.57 Median: $2.78 Average: $2.78 High: $2.99 Current  low price:  $3.00 G+/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 5/18 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay Lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No By the mid-80's I had most of ELP's album on vinyl.  Despite being one of their bigger albums, Trilogy was an exception.  Oddly enough it contains the band's only top 40 hit in the US, "From The Beginning."  This song is a bit of a poor mans "Green Eyed Lady." with an etherial acoustic soft rock drive.  Even after listening to the album ...

  Artist: The Who Title: The Who By Numbers Label: MCA Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MCAT-2161 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/23 VG+/generic $3.51 Low: $2.99 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.25 High: $3.51 Current  low price:  $4.18 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 63/44 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No The Who By Numbers was deemed to be slight and less-commercial along the lines of Zep's Presence or Springsteen's Nebraska.  It went Gold in the US out of the gate but didn't hit the Platinum mark until 1993 after years of being a "super saver" in the midline bin.  Like those steady sellers, a cutout, but perpetually on sale.  This 8-track that sold radically reshuffles the track or...

  Artist: Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson Title: Y U I Orta Label: Lemon Recordings Format: CD Catalog Number:CD LEM 6 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 1989 Sell Price: $9.42 Sell Date: 2/17/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/17/26 M/M $13.50 Low: $3.98 Median: $10.00 Average: $9.93 High: $15.66 Current  low price:  $9.44 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:25 Have/Want: 202/36 Where Sold: Hixon, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See  It Go: No I was going to say this was an album of decenct songs ruined by the 80's production.  Bernard Edwards of Chic was the culprit.  When old British guys want some R&B bonafides there is none more credible than Chic alum but this ain't Let's Dance and Y U I Orata didn't really set the world ablaze.  Hunter & Ronson knew this and tacked on  two Mick Ronson tracks.  "How Much More Can...

  Artist: Ian Hunter Title: Rant Label: Fuel 2000 Format: CD Catalog Number: 302 061 116 2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year  of Edition: US2 2001 Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 2/17/26 Condition: M/M Discogs Last Sold: 12/19/25 VG+/VG+ $6.76 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.77 Average: $4.02 High: $7.00 Current  low price:  $3.51 NM/NM Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want: 301/13 Where Sold: Hixon, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Ian Hunter had a big stretch of albums I never paid attention to between "All Of The Good Ones Are Taken" and Shrunken Heads from 2007, which I would have ignored if it wasn't recommended to me.  I saw him around that time as well at a free outdoor gig on one of Manhattan's Pier stages.  I pulled this out of somebody's $2 liquidation lot a couple year ago.  The shrink wrap never came of and I've been acquaint...