The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Lou Reed Title: New York Label: Sire Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 25829-2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year  of Edition: US reissue Sell Price: $5.20 Sell Date: 3/13/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 12/6/25 VG/NM $2.50 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.42 High: $6.00 Current  low price:  $4.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 74/73 Where Sold: Saco, ME Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No "It's hard to give a shit these days"-Romeo Had Juliet New York was a return to a stripped down guitar-bass-drums sound Lou had adapted on The Blue Mask earlier in the 80's.  These are always my favorite records of his for that reason.  It was lyrically grumpy enough to go Gold in the US 8 years after release.  You can't pin 2026 political poles on Lou.  However much of the descriptions and disputes within the ...

  Artist: Lou Reed Title: The Blue Mask Label: RCA Format: CD Cat #: 07863 54221-2 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2009 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/18/25 Sell Price: $6.58 Discogs Last Sold: 9/24/25 VG+/NM $6.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.52 High: $9.99 Current low price: $9.52 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 312/103 Where Sold: Brockton, MA Time it took to sell: 1 1/2 years Where and When Bought:  facebook $3 lot a couple years ago Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No I forgot I had sold and rebought the reissue CD of Lou Reed's The Blue Mask.  I went all the way to my storage space with no other orders looking through an R shelf that at this point only had Berlin and Magic and Loss. Sure enough, I bought it in a lot a year or two ago and it was sitting it the "to play" box in my record room. This is really the only time I've ever listened to the album a few times in a day.  In fact, although...

  Artist: Lou Reed Title:  NYC Man: The Collection Label: RCA Format: 2CD Cat:  82876 50564 2 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $4.08 VG+/VG+ hole punch in barcode 6/24/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/23/24 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.38 Average: $4.68 High: $7.99 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 243/27 Where Sold: Burnaby, Asheville, NC Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When Purchased: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No NYC Man was compiled in 2003 with the blessing and assistance of Lou himself.  This was usurped and retitled in 2011 into the more corporate The Essential Lou Reed with the same track listing.  Lou was still alive to see this, not having succumbed to liver disease until 2013. One of the interesting things about NYC Man is that it compiles VU tracks not including Nico (replacing those with Lou solo live versions from Rock 'n Roll ...

  Artist: The Velvet Underground Title:  White Light/White Heat Label: Verve Format: CD Cat: 825 119-2 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1987 Sell Price: $5.13 VG+/VG+ 6/8/24 Discogs Last Sold: 4/24/24 NM/NM $4.25 Low: $1.17 Median: $6.00 Average: $7.14 High: $16.99 Current low price: $5.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 350/302 Where Sold: Tampa, FL Time it took to sell:  12 years Where and When Purchased: new mall store in Worcester 1987 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No White Light/White Heat was the least "accessible" of the big 4 Velvet Underground Lou Reed studio album releases in their day.  This was the first issue of the CD era, coming a few years after the 1984 vinyl reissue campaign of the 60's Verve era. There was an interesting reissue history before the album became out of print.  In 1974 the album was issued by MGM in the US as Archetypes as well as the UK in 1976 on cassette with an altered track o...

  Artist: The Velvet Underground Title:  The Velvet Underground & Nico Label: Verve Format: LP Cat #: 823 290-1 Y-1 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985 reissue  Side 2 has label logo only without the track listing Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date:1/26/22 Sell Price: $129.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/25/22 NM/VG+ $150.00 Low: $30.00 Median: $60.00 Average: $70.86 High: $150.00 Current low price: $120.00 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  3 Have/Want: 1272/1167 Where Sold: White Sands Missile Range, NM Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Strawberries Worcester New '85 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No You'da think this was an original Banana edition for the money (those go anywhere from 250-1,000 depending on pressing and condition),  this 1985 reissue has been going for lately.  I had it at $129.99 back when it was still going for $30 a couple years ...

  Artist: The Velvet Underground Title: 1969 Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed Album 1   Album 2 Label: Mercury Format: 2LP Cat #: SRM-2-7504 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 gatefold reissue Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 12/2/21 Sell Price: $33.99 Discogs Last Sold: 8/26/21 NM/VG+ $44.00 Low: $12.99 VG/G+ Median: $31.00 Average: $34.19 High: $55.00 NM/NM Current low price: $29.43 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 306/171 Where Sold: Lake Worth, FL Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums $6.99 used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:A- Sad To See It Go: No Striking while the iron was hot, Mercury issued  1969 Velvet Underground recordings from October 1969 at the End of Cole Ave in Dallas and November 1969 at the Matrix in San Francisco.  The double album was released in 1974 hot on the heels of Sally Can't Dance, a blockbuster top 10 album after...

  Artist: The Velvet Underground Title: Another View Label: Verve Format: LP Cat #: 829 405 1-Y-1 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ spine damaged otherwise VG Sell Date: 6/8/21 Sell Price: $19.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/23/21 NM/NM $35.00 Low: $9.99 Median: $20.83 Average:$22.92 High: $35.00 Current low price: $24.75 NM/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:12 Have/Want: 1326/363 Where Sold: Montclair, NJ  Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: That's Entertainment Worcester later 80's $3.99 stick on label Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Very difficult to have anything to say about this album that didn't make the cut of VU, the 1984 release of 1969 Velvet Underground sessions that ushered in the divorce of Reed and Cale, never to be issued in it's day.  Another View is padded out with outtakes from 1967 and 1968.   These tracks have found t...

Artist: The Velvet Underground Title: VU Label: Verve Records Format: LP  Cat #: 823 721-1 Y-1 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985 HRM Pressing Sold Price: $24.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/28/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/12/20 Low: $7.00 Median: $25.00 High: $60.00 NM/NM 5/9/20 Current low price: $21.99 NM/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 1683/543 Where Sold: Evans, CO Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA, That's Entertainment $2.99 Used circa 1986 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No When this came out in 1985, Verve was doing a Velvet Underground reissue series, first on vinyl then the CD's began to come out by 1987.  In the case of VU, this got quite a bit of critical acclaim  upon release.  These were considered holy grail 1969 recordings between the third album and Loaded, that went unreleased until the mid-80's reissue campaign.  Most of these are indeed classics...