The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Donovan Title: The Hurdy Gurdy Man Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: BN 26420 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Pitman Sell Price: $10.57 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/26 M/NM $65.00 Low: $1.60 G+/VG+ Median: $9.94 Average: $13.37 High: $65.00 Current low price: $5.00 G+/F Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 58 Have/Want: 6209/1470 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell:  2 years Where and When Bought: whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Donovan's peak era climaxed around here with Jimmy Page and Allan Holdsworth (!) adding a guitar onslaught to the title track.  John Paul Jones arranged and played bass on the track and Led Zeppelin were formed shortly thereafter.  It's hard to top that and Donovan doesn't.  From 1965-1973 Donovan had a slew of top 30 Billboard album and this was no different peaking at #20 on a 20 week run with "Hurdy.." going to #5 in ...

  Artist: Donovan Title: Sunshine Superman Label: Epic Format: LP Catalog Number: LN 24217 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1966 Mono Pitman Sell Price: $9.01 Sell Date: 12/18/25 Condition: G/+VG  Discogs Last Sold: 12/23/25  G+/VG surface marks, ring wear, shelf wear $7.00 Low: $2.29 Median: $19.00 Average: $24.24 High: $65.00 Current  low price:  $5.99 G+/Generic, $7.00 G+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 3521/1506 Where Sold: Miami, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  15 years Where and When  Bought: early 80's used $2.99 Worcester, That's Entertainment Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Sunshine Superman is one of those albums I got way back in the early 80's.  I seem to remember it had a full price ($2.99) tag on it but it came in a box of $5 records.  Sort of an accidental bonus full price album altough there was a big scratch through it (invisible audio wise). Mayb...

  Artist: Led Zeppelin Title:  Houses Of The Holy Label: Atlantic Format: 8 Track Cat #: TP 19130 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US Columbia Record & Tape Club grey shell Listed Condition: VG/G+ untested Sell Date: 4/29/25 Sell Price: $9.30 Discogs Last Sold: 3/26/25 VG+/generic $13.89 Low: $5.55 Median: $9.65 Average: $9.68 High: $13.89 Current low price: $15.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 17/305 Where Sold: Richmond, VA Time it took to sell: 2 months Where and When Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Getting a quality 8-track copy of Houses of the Holy has been a bit of a challenge.  I've had older copies with a pink shell that didn't sound so hot, but this Columbia House version I got in a lot recently with a sticker of the front cover and a grey shell sounded great. There are a couple weird things.  It sounds like "Over The Hills And Far Away" has an abrupt (non-defect) edit aroun...