The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Elastica Title: Elastica Label: DGC Format: CD Cat #: DGCD 24728 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/9/25 Sell Price: $3.11 Discogs Last Sold: 3/99/25 VG+/VG+ $5.51 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.76 Average: $3.12 High: $11.36 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 50 Have/Want: 1033/74 Where Sold: Columbia, SC Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought: $3 cd bin late 90's NYC Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No Elastica were one of those bands revered by the British press and ultimately the US one that I never quite thought were all that great.  The big comparison was Wire, but the songs I heard didn't really make me think of them.  I will say the opening track "Line Up" sounds like "I Am The Fly," so I guess that is where that came from. In 1995 I thought the music was a little sterile for my liking.  It wasn't BAD per se, just nothing that ...

  Artist: Blur Title: 13 Label: Food/Virgin Format: CD Cat #: 7243 4 99129 2 2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/9/25 Sell Price: $2.84 Discogs Last Sold: 2/19/25 NM/NM $5.50 Low: $0.49 Median: $3.12 Average: $3.61 High: $8.68 Current low price: $2.83 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 1960/168 Where Sold: Columbia, SC Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought: internet mail order circa time of release used guessing CD Warehouse Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Another "critics" record I bought at the end of the year in 1999 that I maybe listened to once, dropped it into the CD carousel and let it pop up on random shuffle for most of 2000.  This 13 track album called 13 is the 6th full length Blur album and I would say the second one I bought after their eponymously titled 5th album. I'm going to say this one is quality start to finish.  My favorite cut is th...

  Artist: PJ Harvey Title: Rid Of Me Label: Island Format: CD Catalog Number: I2 14696 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US Columbia Record Club Edition Sell Price: $3.27 Sell Date: 1/31/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/16/24 VG+/VG $4.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.23 High: $5.99 Current  low price:  $3.55 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 214/123 Where Sold:  Denver, CO Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Columbia House mid 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Polly Jean Harvey's sophomore album Rid Of Me was the album that really got me into her due to the Steve Albini production.  I saw her first US show (I think anyway) at CBGB's in 1992 and while she did songs from Rid Of Me, it wasn't released until April 1993.  Dry, her debut, I thought was quiet and meandering at the time and in all honesty, I never circled back despite all he...