The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Scorpions Title: Blackout Label: Mercury Format: CD Catalog Number: 314 534 786-2 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $7.34 Sell Date: 8/5/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/25/26 NM/NM $5.99 Low: $4.00 Median: $7.49 Average: $8.02 High: $12.89 Current low price: $8.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 397/99 Where Sold: Houston, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Certainly the best album of the Scorpions Mercury years, Blackout the album is a teutonic titanic 80's metal album, on par with anything put out in 1982 in that realm. Up there with Screaming For Vengence and The Number of The Beast for sure as career defining albums.   The first side however captures the whole breadth of style within their rockers and ballad format that made them so popular.  Everybody loves Klaus Meine and his voice which c...

  Artist: Scorpions Title: Best of Rockers 'N' Ballads Label:  Mercury Format: CD Cat #: 842 002 2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG Record Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/27/25 Sell Price: $4.85 Discogs Last Sold: 5/25/25 VG+/VG+ $2.99 Low: $0.78 12/26/21 VG+/VG+ Median: $3.00 Average: $3.20 High: $9.99 10/29/20 NM/NM Current low price: $1.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 493/22 Where Sold: Vinton, VA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This particular compilation of the Scorpions first decade on Mercury initially seemed like a toss off to me.  In fact, it was one of the bands best US sellers peaking on Billboard at #43 chart run into 1990, before their megahit "Winds of Change."  It hit Platinum in 1993, so for that period of time this was the go to for the uninitiated for their big 80's hits.  I didn't eve...

  Artist: Ideal Title: Monotony b/w Das Geheimnis Der Grosstadt (Downtown Mystery) Label: WEA Format: 7" Cat #:K 19192 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 4/30/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold:  1/29/22 VG+/VG $2.49 Low: $0.94 Median: $2.18 Average: $2.76 High:$6.31 Current low price:$3.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:3 Have/Want: 17/26 Where Sold: Flushing, NY Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No German New Wave.  This particular single apparently has an alternate version with an English verse, but that hasn't made the value skyrocket.  This has been sitting on the pile for years and went for an uneventful $3.99. The song itself is pleasant and the B-side is an instrumental.  Keyboard with Annette Humpe as the A-side vocalist singing about the boredom of airports. Pleasant I guess.