The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Eric Dolphy/Ron Carter Title: Magic Label: Prestige Format: 2XLP Cat #: P-24053 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 7/25/25 Sell Price: $6.20 Discogs Last Sold: 4/21/25 VG+/VG+ $18.00 Low: $5.00 2/4/22 VG/VG Median: $11.72 Average: $12.55 High: $28.82 9/1/23 NM/VG+ Current low price: $10.50 VG/VG (second disc only), $24.08 VG+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 647/81 Where: Fresno, CA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: can't remember, Boston early 90's used? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No This is one of those records sitting in my storage space the last 15 years that I have no recollection of buying or how this got to be so much lower than the going rate.  That's how it goes.  This is a reissue of 2 albums with both Eric Dolphy and Ron Carter.  The first 2 sides are Dolphy's Far Cry album from 1962 credited to him and Booker Little....

  Artist: Eric Dolphy Title:  Out To Lunch! Label: Blue Note Format: CD Cat #: CDP 7 46524 2 Year of Release: 1964 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $4.71 Discogs Last Sold: 5/10/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $2.39 NM/NM 12/3/24 Median: $5.20 Average: $5.75 High: $9.09 NM/NM 2/12/25 Current low price: $4.14 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 809/206 Where Sold: Kapolei, HI Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: NYC St Marks Smash early; 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Genre defining 1964 Hard Bop verging Free (or Free Jazz coming out of Hard Bop, depending on how you see it) on the Blue Note label.  It's complicated.  Led by Eric Dolphy on alto sax as well as flute and bass clarinet.  He is joined by Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Richard Davis on bass and then 18-year-old prodigy Tony Williams on drums. I got this dawn of the ...

  Artist: Pat Metheny Title:  Trio 99→00 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 9 47632-2 Year of Release: 2000 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2000 with slipcover Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/25 Sell Price: $7.69 Discogs Last Sold: 5/8/25 VG+/VG+ $2.50 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.95 High: $10.11 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 494/33 Where Sold: Kapolei, HI Time it took to sell: 9 months Where and When Bought:  facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Top shelf trio from fusion legend Pat Metheny.  At some point in the 90's or so his albums took a left turn from a slicker sounding era.  Here, the band are roughly a dozen years younger than Pat.  Double bass player Larry Grenadier and drummer Bill Stewart were both born in 1966.  Long enough to be established players with other musicians, but young enough for Pat to be in the elder statesman role on the edge of h...

  Artist: Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Title:  Happiness Heartaches Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BS 2981 Year of Release:  1977 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1977 Jacksonville Pressing Sell Price: $5.90 Sell Date: 11/12/24 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 10/26/24 NM/VG+ $10.00 Low: $1.80 VG/G Median: $6.30 Average: $6.45 High: $15.96 NM/NM Current  low price:  $0.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 73 Have/Want: 1263/131 Where Sold: Martinsburg, WV Time It Took  To Sell:  3 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No Brian Auger's last US charting studio record on the Billboard 200 (#127 peak Feb 1977 on a 5 week run) was more of an R&B spiked vocal record for his Warner Brothers debut after having bigger fusion records for RCA.  Percussionist Lenny White played a major role on this album. "God Bless Lenny White for his Assistance an...

  Artist: Miles Davis Title: Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951-1956 Label: Prestige Format: 8 CD Box Set Catalog Number: PCD-012-2 Year of Release:  1987 Country and Year  of Edition: US BMG Record Club Reissue Sell Price: $35.80 Sell Date: 9/21/24 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold  8/28//24 NM/VG+ $50.00 Low: $25.00 Median: $50.00 Average: $43.52 High: $53.00 Current  low price:  $40.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 44/19 Where Sold:  Cheverly, MD Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: record club late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No As the era of the compact disc evolved, a market began to emerge for exhaustive box sets.  This was an early one released in the artist's lifetime.  4 double cds in a record sized box with a fat booklet.  Sprawling. I'm listening again to this material on September 28th, the day of his passing in 1991....

  Artist: The Miles Davis Quintet Title: Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet Label: Jazz Heritage Format: CD Cat: 513321 Year of Release: 1957 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 Sell Price: $3.13 VG+/VG+ 7/17/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/10/24 NM/VG+ $3.96 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.34 Average: $2.61 High: $5.99 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 31 Have/Want: 482/83 Where Sold: Bessemer, AL Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Purchased: mail order early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No The 4 Prestige records recorded fast and cheap in 1956 all had an -in' at the end of the title.  Cookin' is the first of the four (Relaxin', Steamin' and Workin' are the others).  This came out in 1957.   It is generally acknowledged as either at the very top tier Miles or a slight cut below, depending on who is reviewing it.  I'm not going to argue with any of 'em, it sounds great to me on a weekend morning getting my fi...

  Artist: Lionel Hampton Title:  At The Vibes Label: Spin-O-Rama Format: LP Cat: MK 3077 Year of Release: 1962 Country and Year of Edition: US 1962 Mono Sell Price: $2.99 VG/VG+ 6/20/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/20/24 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $0.80 Median: $1.96 Average: $2.16 High: $6.60 Current low price: $1.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:18 Have/Want: 219/9 Where Sold: Farmingdale, NY Time it took to sell:  1 week Where and When Purchased: Facebook lot of $1 records Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I've been on a vibes kick lately with some MJQ purchases.  Last week I bought a bunch of dollar albums online, like $40 worth after shipping.  Being on said vibe kick, I played this last week.  I hadn't bought any Lionel Hampton since he died in 2002.  I got a copy of the Hamp compilation at that time and sold it sometime after.  This was the first Hamp I had in the house since and I fully enjoyed this live recording. This wasn't a "value" rec...

  Artist: Charles Mingus Title: Pithecanthropus Erectus Label: Atlantic Format: CD Cat: 8809-2 Year of Release: 1956 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 with 1981 reissue cover and Nat Hentoff notes preceding the Mingus notes Sell Price: $3.75 VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 5/18/24 VG+/not graded $1.44 Low:$1.44 Median: $3.84 Average: $4.07 High: $12.00 Current low price: $2.35 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 483/83 Where Sold: Clarks Hill, SC Time it took to sell:  10 years Where and When Purchased: Smash on St. Marks early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No If ever there was an album that needed liner notes, Pithecanthropus Erectus is it.  Mingus did them himself and the opening title track we are told is a tone poem about the first man to stand apart from the animals in the prone position.  Mingus in 1956 gave a dim view towards man who has 4 stages put to music: evolution, superiority-complex, decline and destruction.  Sinc...

  Artist: Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra Title: What's New Label: Asylum Format: LP Catalog Number: 9 60260 Year of Release:  1983 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1983 Sell Price: $3.11 Sell Date: 3/13/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  3/11/24 VG+/VG+ $4.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.70 Average: $2.94 High:  $10.00 Current low price:  $0.74 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 564 Have/Want: 6239/82 Where Sold:  White Cloud, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Linda Thermostat, as my Dad referred to her in the 70's, decided she needed a radical reworking in the 80's.  She was a long way from when my father brought home her Don't Cry Now album lent to him by a co-worker about a decade before.  That was an "alt-country" record before the genre existed and it got heavy household airplay by my mom....

  Artist: The Ben Webster Quintet Title: Soulville Label: Verve Format: CD Cat:  833 551-2 Year of Release: 1958 Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 BMG Music Club Reissue Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ 9/24/22  Discogs Last Sold:7/25/22 NM/NM $5.73 Low: $2.50 VG/VG+ 6/11/22 Median: $4.25 Average: $4.59 High: $9.98  NM/VG+  1/19/16 Current low price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 88/29 Where Sold:   Loveland, CO Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased: 90's BMG Music Club Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No One of those classic jazz albums on Verve I knew very little about even though I've had it over 20 years.  Ben Webster is a tenor saxophonist who played with Cab Calloway and Count Basie in the 30's, Duke Ellington in the 40's and began leading his own group in the early 50's.  He passed in 1973 due to stroke after performing in Copenhagen. Pianist Oscar Peterson, who is part of th...

  Artist: Wes Montgomery Title: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Label: Original Jazz Classics/Riverside Records Format: CD Cat #: OJC-CD-036-2, RLP-9320 Year of Release: 1960 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 reissue BMG club remastered edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/2/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/29/21 $2.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $2.87 Average: $3.07 High: $7.04 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 81/78 Where Sold: Loveland, CO Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: BMG music club late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Sort of a baseline guitarist in my father's vocabulary which was why I added this classic jazz CD to my collection at some point.  Mongomery was probably referred to in passing and I realized how unfamiliar with his music, so this was my introduction his artistry. From a "modern" perspective, y...