The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Teen Angels Title: Teen Dream b/w Julie's Jazz Odyssey Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Catalog Number: SP 305 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $3.36 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/6/26 NM/VG+ $1.60 Low: $0.75 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.50 High: $13.51 Current low price: $2.00 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 235/36 Where Sold: Rancho MIllbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: new mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Kind of redundant grunge featuring standout vocalist Kelly Canary who knocked it out of the park for Sub Pop a few years before covering the Supersuckers' "Saddle Tramp."   Teen Angels were her one shot at a full length and this single was a pre-release to the album Daddy (so far as I remember). Canary went on to who knows God what in Earth.  This artifact signaled that having Kelly's voice in your life was fun b...

  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Heart-Shape Box Label: Geffen Format: CD EP Catalog Number: GFSTD 54 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1993 Sell Price:$3.32 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG+/VG+   Discogs Last Sold: 9/5/25 VG+/VG+ $5.46 Low: $1.15 Median: $2.67 Average: $2.76 High: $5.74 Current low price: $1.34 (UK), $3.00 (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 24 Have/Want: 320/73 Where Sold: Bethel Park, PA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: somewhere new on St Marks NYC--Venus? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No  As every last bit of Nirvana detritus has been selling lately, even my other copy of the No Alternative comp that sold with this copy, I'm filled with the urge to get this out of the way now, as opposed to spacing out my recent Nirvana commentary. This single was a pre-release UK import to In Utero.  The track "Marigold,"  that at the time seemed a clear unreleased B-side novelty (D...

  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Bleach Label: Sub Pop Format: LP Catalog Number: SP 34b Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: US late 90's Olyphant Sell Price:$7.59 Sell Date: 7/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+   Discogs Last Sold: 6/8/26 G+/VG+ $3.95 Low: $2.50 Median: $5.56 Average: $6.11 High: $12.25 Current low price: $8.98 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 217/410 Where Sold: Saco, ME Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No  The run on all things Nirvana continues to the point where I'm starting to run out of releases of theirs to write about.  This is probably the singular greatest Album to come out of "Grunge" (excluding the Mudhoney EP Superfuzz Bigmuff, which is the definitive release of the genre).  Relistening to Bleach, I remember WHY I liked it so much back in 1989. First off this is a guitar record with all the tricks of the nois...

  Artist: Bush Title:  Razorblade Suitcase Label: Trauma/Interscope Format: CD Catalog Number: INTD-90091 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition: US 1996 JVC pressing Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 6/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/20/26 VG+/VG+ $3.98 Low: $0.39 Median: $1.73 Average: $2.00 High: $4.40 Current low price:  $0.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 105 Have/Want: 3315/121 Where Sold: Huntington Beach, CA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought:  half.com $0.75 early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No  Albini did the best he could with Bush.  Cobain's carpet was barely dried when Gavin Rossdale's people hired Steve to create a sonic follow-up to In Utero.  Since the man wasn't alive to do it himself, why not Gavin?  He was dating Courtney Love according to the National Enquirer and/or Page Six around the time this was recorded after all.  Gavin didn't quite have ...

  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Nevermind Label: DGC/Sub Pop Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD 24425 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1991 Columbia Record Club edition Sell Price: $6.85 Sell Date: 5/8/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/25 NM/NM $14.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $5.75 Average: $7.03 High: $28.54 NM/NM Current  low price:  $4.50 VG/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 861/831 Where Sold: Austin, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years  Where and When  Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No My first copy of Nevermind I bought right when it came out but I had this record club copy from a CD lot I got a few years back.  I'm trying to remember the last time I voluntarily had the urge to listen to this start to finish and my guess is somewhere around 1992.  Other people might've played it after that circa 1993 and bars with a CD jukebo...

  Artist: Rein Sanction Title: Deeper Road b/w R.K. Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Cat #: SP 160 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 4,500 pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.75 Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $4.03 Average: $4.12 High: $9.07 Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 288/27 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Boston Newbury Comics new when released probably $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No The expansion of Sub Pop from Seattle to nationwide (in this case Jacksonville, FL) in search of talent ultimately meant for dilution of relevance even as sales and pressings increased exponentially from the Nirvana sales tsunami.  A band like Rein Sanction, although ok on it's own merits, seemed an afterthought after the initial wave of acts on the label. I dutifully bought this single upon r...

  Artist: Stone Temple Pilots Title: Core Label: Atlantic Format: CD  Cat #: 7 82418-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 SRC  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/19/25 Sell Price: $4.85 iscogs Last Sold: 6/20/25 VG+/VG+ $2.79 Low: $0.25 G/no cover 4/8/25 Median: $2.95 Average: $3.41 High: $12.00 M/M 5/26/25 Current low price: $0.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 71 Have/Want: 4785/575 Where Sold: Northport, AL 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 When Core came out, I thought the band was somewhat fraudulent.  I hated the first hit I heard,  "Sex Type Thing" and was disgusted that the Butthole Surfers were opening for them already on seemingly their first tour.  MTV product, I sniffed with 22-year-old certitude. 33 years later, I've finally got around to hearing the actual album start to finish.  It does have all the signpost...

  Artist: Pearl Jam Title:  Yield Label: Epic Format: CD Cat #: EK 68164 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 tri-fold digipak Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $2.98 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/25 VG+/VG+  $2.00 Low: $0.38 Median: $2.99 Average: $3.61 High: $10.33 Current low price: $1.02 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 101 Have/Want: 4346/243 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought:  record club late 90's/early aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No I spent many years ignoring Pearl Jam after deciding early on they were not for me, being on the wrong side of the Green River/Mudhoney dividing line.    I saw Pearl Jam on a five-band bill very early on before "Alive" rescued 10 from the clearout bins everywhere.  The rest is history, written by someone not me. Yield, their 5th album, was the only one I ever bought.  Maybe it was a record club curi...

  Artist: Soundgarden Title: Superunknown Label: A&M Format: CD Cat #: 31454 0198-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/3/25 Sell Price: $7.50 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/25 VG+/NM $10.08 Low: $1.88 Median: $4.64 Average: $4.98 High: $10.78 Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 1694/269 Where Sold: Maple Park, IL Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Superunknown was the breakthrough hit album for Soundgarden with a half dozen bonafide hits spread over 15 tracks.  I got it maybe a year or two after it came out after being "on it" for their prior couple releases Badmotorfinger in 1991 and Louder Than Love in 1988 after being won over by Ultramega OK after initially not liking it or their earlier Sub Pop stuff all that much.  You couldn't escape the hits from here in the mid-90's to the poin...