The Reverse Collector

  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...

  Artist: Mudhoney Title: John Peel Sessions 1989 Label: none  Format: 7" Catalog Number: none Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1989 Sell Price: $29.99 Sell Date: 1/24/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/4/25 NM/NM $13.54 Low: $4.00 Median: $10.20 Average: $11.18 High: $29.99 Current  low price:  $15.63 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 263/48 Where Sold:  Aloha, OR Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: new Boston circa 1990  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: Yes The late 80's new wave of grunge prompted a ton of pressing of questionable origin.  The Mudhoney Peel Sessions (May 9th or 14th 1989 depending on where you look) was immediately sought after.  I seem to remember getting this around 1990.  Three of these four tracks came out  on The John Peel Sub-Pop Session s compilation the label put out in 1994, with "If I Think" remain...

  Artist:  Stone Temple Pilots Title: Purple Label: Atlantic Format: CD  Catalog Number: 82607-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US BMG Record Club D 124738 Sell Price: $3.71 Sell Date: 12/23/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/14/23 VG+/VG+ $1.50 Low: $1.49 Median: $1.99 Average: $2.24 High: $4.50 Current  low price:  $1.05 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 38/56 Where Sold: Sallisaw, OK Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: Facebook dollar lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No "Purple is their masterpiece"-The Pinch Point editor after some back and forth texting on STP I managed to ignore Stone Temple Pilots save for the insufferable "Sex Type Thing" from their first album Core.  I had a mental note that my friend, the editor of Pinch Point, unexpectedly thought highly of them, so with that in mind I got the first 2 cds last year in a dollar lot....

  Artist: Alice In Chains Title: Facelift Label: Columbia Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 46075 Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $7.21 Sell Date: 9/10/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  9/10/24 NM/VG+ $9.99 Low: $1.25 NM/no cover 7/20/24 Median: $4.49 Average: $4.75 High: $9.99 Current  low price:  $5.52 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 4774/930 Where Sold:  Vanceboro, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  4 months Where and When  Bought: Facebook used $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No My friend Kenny was on the road with Mirror Queen in the Midwest last year and noted something as he played a few dates in Ohio.  Alice In Chains dominated the airwaves and everywhere there.   Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam may have ruled the day, but with the RIAA giving multi-platinum certifications as recently as 2022 for their early 90'...

  Artist: Nirvana Title:  Smells Like Teen Spirit Label: DGC/Sub Pop Format: CD Maxi Single Cat: DGCDS 21673 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition: US 1991 Digipak Sell Price: $3.20 VG+/VG 6/7/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/11/24 M/M $9.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.60 Average: $5.51 High: $30.00 Current low price: $0.91 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 76 Have/Want: 2222/203 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell:  12 years Where and When Purchased: new Newbury Comics Boston summer it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I dutifully bought this right when it came out before the release of Nevermind in the summer of 1991.  The hit that made them megastars was a disappointment to me and it is probably the song I never want to hear by the band.  I didn't find the quiet/loud thing that great and never did.  I liked the band for Bleach, not for their pop sensibilities.  This song seems a bit too "Frankenstein" for me.  The mas...

  Artist: Tad Title: Daisy b/w Ritual Device Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Catalog Number: SP 19 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 promo 200 pressed on black vinyl Sell Price: $69.87 Sell Date: 4/22/24 Condition: VG+/generic Discogs Last Sold  1/9/24 VG+/generic $101.00 Low: $69.87 Median: $98.00 Average: $98.97 High: $129.99 Current  low price:  $94.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want:  29/153 Where Sold: Los Angeles, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: used late 80's, In Your Ear Allston? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I let this debut Tad single go well below the median after around a decade of trying to get a hundred bucks plus or minus for  it.  $70 instead ain't gonna kill me, this was just sitting in a storage pile year after year so if someone finally wanted it for a deal so be it.  It's not like I let it go for five bucks. Whe...

  Artist: Green River Title: Come On Down Label: Homestead Format: 12" EP Cat: HMS 031 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 reissue red label Date of Sale: 6/7/23 Sell Price: $10.50 Condition: G+/F water damage, vinyl needs cleaning Discogs Last Sold: 7/11/22 M/M $24.99 Low:$10.50 G+/F Median: $21.51 Average: $21.98 High: $35.81 Current low price: $26.88 M/M Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want:  177/125 Where Sold:  Galena, IL Time It Took To Sell:  8 years Where and When Bought: New Newbury Comics late 80's $6.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The debut 6 song EP of grunge kings Green River, the band that spawned Mudhoney and, duh, Pearl Jam.  They moved on to Sub Pop for the full length and even redid a track from this, "Swallow My Pride."  At the time, I thought it was another radio worthy band on Homestead, but didn't really think of them beyond that until I saw Mudhoney in the fall of...