The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Zuzu's Petals Title:  The Music Of Your Life Label: Twin/Tone Format: CD Catalog Number: TTR-89260-2 Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1994 Sell Price: $9.31 Sell Date: 1/1/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/25 M/M $6.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $4.00 Average: $4.93 High: $14.03 Current  low price:  $3.52 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 70/22 Where Sold: Minneapolis, MN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No This was the second full length from Minneapolis woman rock trio Zuzu's Petals.  Leader Laurie Lindeen passed in 2024.  She had been married to Paul Westerberg from 2003-2014, so long after this band had it's heyday.  This particular album shares the early Mats indie label Twin/Tone. I was a sucker for this type of band--Salem 66 and Scrawl also come to mind.  The sound o...

  Artist: Vertigo Title:  Driver #43 b/w Shut Up and Sit Down Label: Amphetamine Reptile Format: 7" Cat #: SCALE 53 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 8/28/25 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.12 High: $5.99 Current low price: $1.18 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 35 Have/Want: 326/24 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  NYC early 90's probably Kims new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No As anonymous and quality implied as AmRep got, I almost had Vertigo pegged as part of that label's Australian onslaught.  Almost.  Where the fuck were they from?  Minneapolis, of course.  Same as Amphetamine Reptile. Where are they now and what ever happened to Vertigo after their short burst of records from 1988-1993?  Their bass player retired.  Just kidding, they never had...

  Artist: Golden Smog Title:  Down By The Old Mainstream Label: Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10325 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/28/25 Sell Price: $3.75 Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/25 NM/VG+ $4.09 Low: $1.78 Median: $3.73 Average: $3.83 High: $8.99 Current low price: $1.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 91 Have/Want: 1658/54 Where Sold: Glen Allen, VA Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought: Venus St Marks NYC $1 late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Golden Smog were the Mpls supergroup of roots rockers primarily known as a Jayhawks spinoff with Gary Louris and Marc Perlman.  Jeff Tweedy is in it as Scot Summit and even wrote "Pecan Pie."  So is Dan Murphy from Soul Asylum.  The singer is Kraig Johnson from Run Westy Run.  The band had a run roughly from 1992-2007. One thing about this album is that of 14 songs, at least half jump out at instantly enj...

  Artist: The Jayhawks Title:  Hollywood Town Hall Label: Def American Format: CD Cat #: 9 26829-2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/9/25 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 3/11/25 NM/M $4.04 Low: $0.42 Median: $1.89 Average: $2.29 High: $5.43 Current low price: $1.63 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 61 Have/Want: 1272/56 Where Sold: Siviriez, Columbia, SC Time it took to sell: 14 years Where and When Bought: Sounds NYC $8.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No. Finally, out of hospital!  5 long days.  Of the pending write-up, I went for what I thought was the best and easiest to write about.  Then I realized I hadn't heard it in over 30 years and had to put some reps into it. The breakthrough Jayhawks album was their third after a couple indie records.  It might've been the last band one would predict for mainstream success, but it got out there, i...

  Artist: Halo of Flies Title: Headburn Headburn / Easy Or Hard / Father Paranoia Label: Twin/Tone Format: 12" EP Catalog Number: TTR-88147-1 Year of Release:  1988 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1988 Sell Price: $5.13 Sell Date: 10/31/24 Condition: VG+/G+ water damage bottom corner of sleeve Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/24 NM/VG+ $15.00 Low: $3.00 VG+/G+ Median: $8.34 Average: $9.21 High: $20.00 Current  low price:  $5.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 304/69 Where Sold: St. Clair Shores, MI Time It Took  To Sell:  8 years Where and When  Bought: 1988 Cambridge, MA Second Coming Records new around $6.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No Classic chugging title track, among the best this band had to offer.  One of two 12" inch eps that got compiled into Music For Insect Minds and forgotten as an individual artifact certainly in the digital realm.  This EP clocking in under 10 m...

  Artist: Vertigo Title: Nail Hole Label: Amphetamine Reptile Format: CD Catalog Number: Amrep 021 Year of Release:  1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1993 Sell Price: $5.11 Sell Date: 9/2/24 Condition: VG+/VG hole punch in UPC, writing on back Discogs Last Sold  4/19//24 M/M $2.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $5.90 Average: $5.97 High: $11.77 Current  low price:  $3.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 47/18 Where Sold:  Chicago, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Sounds on St. Marks used 93 or 4 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No It dawned on me that I had no idea what ever happened to Vertigo.  I managed to never hear their mid-90's splinter band Silver Salute even though AmRep put multiple releases out in the 90's while I was still faithfully buying anything on the label..  How could this be?  Nail Hole was the third and final album for Vertigo on top of a...

  Artist: Vertigo Title:  Ventriloquist Label: Amphetamine Reptile Format: CD Catalog Number: AMREP 009 Year of Release:  1992 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1992 Sell Price: $3.38 Sell Date: 9/2/24 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold  8/27/24 NM/VG+ $10.30 Low: $1.39 Median: $3.38 Average: $5.56 High: $12.00 Current  low price:  $3.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 49/15 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: New, Boston Newbury Comics on Newbury St. when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Vertigo were one of the AmRep bands that I started buying from the start before that premium "noise" stamp of approval with their 7" on Silt Breeze.  They were one of the wings of Minneapolis bands, like Tar, that were somewhat anonymous and workmanlike as opposed to having celebrity frontman bands like Cows and Halo of Flies. This w...

  Artist: Zuzu's Petals Title: B abblin' Mules b/w Shipwrecked Label: Susstones Format: 7" Catalog Number: IMS 547 Year of Release:  1990 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1990 Sell Price: $3.49 Sell Date: 5/2/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  4/30/24 NM/NM $8.69 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.80 Average: $3.90 High: $6.97 Current  low price:  $3.23 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: `16 Have/Want: 70/15 Where Sold: Minneapolis, MN Time It Took  To Sell: 9 years Where and When  Bought: early 90's perhaps 1990 new Newbury Comics Boston sticker remnants still on the slipcase although the sticker came off Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See It Go: No I screwed up a bit on this thinking after my one listen I could just pack the order up and stream it for review.  Unfortunately the link discogs had for the singular upload was dead and although you can hear the rest of the bands  history in streamland, to hear this music you are ...

Artist: Various Artist Title: Big Hits of Mid-America, Volume 4 Label: Twin/Tone Format: LP Catalog Number: TTR-8681 Year of Release:  1986 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1986 Sell Price: $5.96 Sell Date: 4/4/24 Condition: VG+/VG cut out Discogs Last Sold  3/24/24 NM/NM $10.54 Low: $3.38 Median: $8.00 Average: $8.64 High: $22.00 Current  low price:  $4.30 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want:  212/58 Where Sold: Oakland, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: In Your Ear Allston, MA 1989-90 new around $5.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Pleasant overview of the Twin/Tone series.  The lone "hit" on it for me was Halo Of Flies "Rubber Room" that closes out side 1 and was a single and was a standout on their Singles Going Nowhere comp.   There are plenty of bands here that I bought releases of: Otto's Chemical Lounge, The Magnolias, Breaking Circus and The Jayhawks...