The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends-Ladies and Gentlemen Label: Manticore Format: 2x8-Track Catalog Number: MAN TP 3-200 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 pink shell no cover on tapes Sell Price: $8.57 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ untested both tapes Discogs Last Sold: 11/21/25 G+/no cover $9.74 Low: $4.33 Median: $8.57 Average: $7.55 High: $9.74 Current low price:  n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 31/15 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See It Go: No "Time to get that beast out of the way" I woke up thinking to myself with 7 titles to chose from for this blog.  Oddly enough, I listened to a vinyl copy of this I had laying around from a recentish purchase.  I thought that was it for a lifetime or at least for the time being, but my double 8-track s...

  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: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title:  Brain Salad Surgery Label: Manticore Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: TP-66669 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1973 Sell Price: $3.54 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG+ tested Discogs Last Sold: 10/30/25 VG+/no cover $3.98 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.17 Average: $3.54 High: $3.98 Current  low price:  $1.99 G+/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 53/70 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 Prog laden with classical pomp is the best way to describe Brain Salad Surgery.  Karn Evil 9 is the centerpiece that implores you to "welcome back my friends to the show that never ends."  Well, that was taken to it's ultimate conclusion with the triple live record that followed with that name but here it is a tight and fairly concise album that produced rock radio...