The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Nick Drake Title: Bryter Layter Label: Hannibal Format: CD Catalog Number: HNCD 4435 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year  of Edition: US circa 2000 Sell Price: $5.61 Sell Date: 2/8/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: $4.99 2/4/26 VG+/VG+ Low: $2.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.20 High: $12.74 Current  low price:  $6.83 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 197/220 Where Sold: Altamonte Springs, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See  It Go: No Bryter Layter, Nick Drake's second album took on a life of it's own again in 1993 after being primarily available in the Fruit Tree box although it was in print on vinyl through Island in Europe and Antilles in the US in the 80's.  This particular reissue was around 2000 before Universal took it over to issue Island worldwide in 2003. "Fly," "Poor Boy" and "Northern Sky" i.e. the mid-section of side t...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Label: Columbia Format: CD Cat #: CK 65975 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/22/25 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/27/25 VG+/VG+ $1.59 Low: $0.55 Media: $2.00 Average: $2.80 High: $9.99 Current low price: $0.48 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 91 Have/Want: 1064/64 Where Sold: Durham, NC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Bob's first greatest hits album is insanely difficult to review.  Of course, all the material is top tier, but as a start to finish listen, even as a child, I found it lacking something.   Since I had all the albums on the back cover, the only song that wasn't anywhere else of the ten tracks was "Positively 4th Street."  That song was a hit issued between Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.  #7 Billboard Hot 100 in fact!...

  Artist: Fairport Convention Title: Fairport Convention Label: Polydor Format: CD Cat: 835  230-2 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $4.58 VG+/VG+ 7/11/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/24 VG+/NM $2.37 Low: $2.00 Median: $4.60 Average: $4.97 High: $7.69 Current low price: $4.67 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 227/59 Where Sold: Swanton, VT Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Purchased: Sounds on St. Marks NYC early 90's $7.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The debut from Fairport Convention is up there with their best but maybe not quite the level of the next few Unhalfbricking, What We Did On Our Holiday and Liege & Lief. The album kicks off with a cover of Emmit Rhodes band The Merry-Go-Round, " Time Will Show The Wiser ."  It sounds more like the style of "Open My Eyes" by Nazz.  Then you get a ballad from Joni Mitchell's Clouds album " I Don't Know W...

  Artist: Joni Mitchell Title: The Hissing of Summer Lawns Label: Asylum Format: LP Cat #: 7E-1051 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 Embossed gatefold cover, Columbia Terre Haute pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/2/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/9/21 VG/VG+ $5.56 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.13 High: $5.99 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 496/166 Where Sold: Medford, OR Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: dollar bin at Cheapos in Cambridge MA early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This is one of those records I've found impenetrable for decades.  I first heard it around 1976-7 when my dad took it out of the library after reading about it in Stereo Review.  He was into Tom Waits around that time, and this was the type of rock record he'd check out.   I found a used copy in good shape...