The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Jad Fair Title: Best Wishes Label: Iredescence Records Format: LP Catalog Number: I-16 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition: US 1985 Sell Price: $6.40 Sell Date: 5/27/26 Condition: VG+/G+ corner clipped Discogs Last Sold: 3/23/36 NM/NM $7.00 Low: $5.00 Median: $8.00 Average: $10.98 High: $38.98 Current low price: $9.00 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 226/79 Where Sold: Marlborough, MA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, Al Bums $3.99 used mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No What to give for the Jad Fair fan that doesn't like Jad Fair's voice?  Best Wishes, that's what!  Here we have a bunch of super short, often under a minute, tracks alternative between the titles "O.K" and "A.O.K." with a sequential number after them for the duration of the album.  Lots of clanking, blurping and clattering over 41 short tracks. This is music not made for repeated...

  Artist: Jad Fair Title:  Monarchs Label: Iridescence Records Format: LP Catalog Number: G-2 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984 (light blue & dark blue, one of nine color pairs on cover) Sell Price: $11.35 Sell Date: 5/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 2/10/26 NM/NM $12.00 Low: $11.35 Median: $12.00 Average: $12.35. High: $14.00 Current low price: $29.07 (Netherlands), $29.99 VG+/VG+ (US) Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2  Have/Want: 22/52 Where Sold: Marlborough, MA Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: WCUW record fair new circa 1985 for $1 brand new (a 40 records for $40 day!) Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No One of the pentultimate figures in "outsider" music, I discovered Jad Fair on the life altering Let Them Eat Jellybeans compilation's "weirdness" side with the quirky side opener "Isotope Soap."  Less "punk" than the natural evolution of Dr. Demento America...