The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Nick Drake Title: Bryter Layter Label: Hannibal Format: CD Catalog Number: HNCD 4435 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year  of Edition: US circa 2000 Sell Price: $5.61 Sell Date: 2/8/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: $4.99 2/4/26 VG+/VG+ Low: $2.25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.20 High: $12.74 Current  low price:  $6.83 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 197/220 Where Sold: Altamonte Springs, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See  It Go: No Bryter Layter, Nick Drake's second album took on a life of it's own again in 1993 after being primarily available in the Fruit Tree box although it was in print on vinyl through Island in Europe and Antilles in the US in the 80's.  This particular reissue was around 2000 before Universal took it over to issue Island worldwide in 2003. "Fly," "Poor Boy" and "Northern Sky" i.e. the mid-section of side t...

  Artist: Nick Drake Title: Five Leaves Left Label:  Island Records/Chronicles/Ume Format: CD  Cat #: 422 842 915-2 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US circa 2003-13 Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 6/14/25 Sell Price: $6.56 iscogs Last Sold: 5/25/25 NM/NM $6.22 Low: $1.62 NM/NM 1/2/25 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.24 High: $10.00 NM/NM 1/2/22 Current low price: $5.59 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 152/183 Where Sold: Tucson, AZ 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 Five Leaves Left, Nick Drake's first album from 1969, has an interesting history in terms of how it was issued.  Originally it came out on Island in the UK.  It didn't come out in the US until after his 1974 death on the Antilles label in 1976.  In 1979 there was a 3-LP UK compilation issued called Fruit Tree-The Complete Recorded Works that was artwork revised, reissue...

  Artist: John Martyn Title: Solid Air Label: Island Remasters/Island Records Format: CD Catalog Number: IMCD 274 548 147-2 Year of Release:  1973 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 2000 Sell Price: $8.78 Sell Date: 12/15/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/15/24 NM/VG $6.00 Low: $1.27 Median: $4.32 Average: $5.33 High: $12.63 Current  low price:  $1.25 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 59 Have/Want: 1072/172 Where Sold: Los Angeles, CA Time It Took  To Sell: 9 months Where and When  Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No "I don't know what's going on in your mind/but I can tell you don't like what you find..."-"Solid Air" Solid Air was one of those albums over the years that I have been meaning to pay some attention to since at least the early 90's.  I've already had and sold a copy well before this blog, but for whatever reason I still somehow didn't know it with any real authority.  ...

  Artist: Fairport Convention Title: House Full: Fairport Convention Live in LA 1970 Label: Hannibal Format: CD Cat #: HNCD 1319 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/15/20 Discogs Last Sold: 3/15/20 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.11 High: $7.14 Current low price: $3.44 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 52/14 Where Sold: West Springfield, MA Time it took to sell: 8-10 years Where and When Bought: pretty sure I got it as a promo when I interned at Ryko Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go?: Yes This is one of those releases this exercise was made for.  I interned at Rykodisc in 1991-2 and got some promos including this one.  I had bought Unhalfbricking and What We Did On Our Holidays before the internship so I got some of the Hannibal titles at the time to flesh out my collection.  This particular one I probably listened to once and filed away.   I hadn't really f...