The Reverse Collector

  Artist: David Bowie Title:  David Live Label: RCA Victor Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: CPL2-0771 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $6.51 Sell Date: 8/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 6/16/26   VG+/VG+ $5.77 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.38 Average: $5.10 High: $7.95 Current low price: $4.99 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 87/83 Where Sold: Canadaigua, NY Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No It seems that David Live got a bit of the short shift critically and for the life of me, I can't understand why.  The arrangement are different enough to be worth hearing.  The band sounds great.  The song selection is peak Bowie on the Diamond Dogs tour featuring a half dozen tracks from there, 4 from Aladdin Sane, a few from Ziggy, old hit "Changes" from Hunky Dory and "The Width of A Circle" from The Man Who Sold The Wo...

  Artist: Bowie Title: Diamond Dogs Label: RCA/Mainman Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: CPS1-0576 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1974 Sell Price: $24.99 Sell Date: 12/27/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ with RCA slipcover, tested great start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 10/27/25 VG/not graded $8.00 Low: $4.69 Median: $7.49 Average: $9.42 High: $24.99 Current  low price:  $5.00 VG/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 153/268 Where Sold: Clearwater, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No David Bowie reinvented himself as Bowie for Diamond Dogs.  The album is a bit harder rocking and instead of leading a band, he IS the band for the most part, playing guitar on most of the album.  The big hit here is "Rebel Rebel" and "1984" I remember hearing on the radio (at least WBCN) sometimes.  Maybe "Diamond Dogs" got some ai...

Artist: David Bowie Title: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars Bonus Tracks: John I'm Only Dancing / Velvet Goldmine / Sweet Head / Ziggy Stardust (Demo) / Lady Stardust (Demo) Label: Rykodisc Cat #: RCD 10134 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 BMG Music Club edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/31/25 Sell Price: $8.47 Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/25 NM/NM $20.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.00 Average: $8.67 High: $24.99 Current low price: $5.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 619/872 Where: Canton, CT Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 or $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No The Rykodisc Bowie remasters of the early 90's, as mentioned recently, have held their value primarily because of the bonus tracks that are exclusive to the edition.  Remastering was done later but this one is fine by me.  One thing of note: they truncate the title on the ...

  Artist: David Bowie Title: Station To Station Word On A Wing (Live, Nassau '76)     Stay (Live, Nassau, 76) Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10141 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 BMG Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/7/25 Sell Price: $10.85 iscogs Last Sold:6/1/25 NM/NM $6.0 Low: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 6/3/25 Median: $9.95 Average: $10.05 High: $20.27 NM/VG+ 2/26/21 Current low price: $10.99 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 274/367 Where Sold: Tuckahoe, NY Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Station To Station might be taking a crown for me as pound for pound my favorite Bowie album.  I always sort've had Ziggy by default in my mind, but I've been so burnt on that one for so long that I'll take any other 70's albums over it if someone gave me a choice to listen.  I orginally had a $1.49 vinyl copy I b...

  Artist: David Bowie Title:  Y oung Americans Label: RCA Format: LP Cat: APL1-0998 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Indianapolis Pressing Sell Price: $11.99 VG/VG 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/11/23 NM/VG+ $46.00 Low:$4.00 VG/G+ 1/5/22 Median: $15.94 Average: $18.21 High: $46.00 Current low price: $6.99 G/F, $12.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 103 Have/Want:  8731/1122 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester That's Entertainment $2.99 used early to mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Young Americans is such a weird record of Bowie's peak era (the RCA years, duh).  For starters it closes with his biggest hit "Fame" with sly John Lennon co-vocals.  He's famous ya know, wink wink.  Beatles references abound in an actual cover of "Across The Universe" which I would've linked to Pin Up.  The opening title track outros with the ladies refraining ...

  Artist: Iggy Pop Title:  Blah Blah Blah Label: A&M Format:  LP Cat  SP-5145 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Electrosound Group Midwest Pressing Listed Condition: VG/P cover and inner sleeve heavy water damage Sell Date: 5/7/22 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/11/22 VG/VG+ $6.99 Low: $5.99 Median: $10.00 Average: $11.40 High: $29.99 Current low price:$9.52 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs:30 Have/Want: 2316/198 Where Sold: Akron, OH Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought:Worcester, That's Entertainment used $2.99 within year of release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I hated this record so much that it's taken me weeks to get around to listening to it on my hard drive.  I didn't bother to play the vinyl before the order shipped out.  Apparently the person that sold the used copy I bought felt the same way, because I found a used flawless copy within months of it's release. ...