The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Mott The Hoople Title: Live Label: Columbia Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: PCA 33282 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US gray shell Sell Price:$3.78 --- credited Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: leader broke on testing Discogs Last Sold: 5/11/20 VG/not graded $2.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $3.38 Average: $3.38 High: $3.78 Current low price:  $1.25 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 19/10 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No  Mott The Hoople are one of those bands I'd rather hear the studio versions of these songs than the Live ones.  I'm sure they were a "great band Live" in their day, but great songs sound less than monumental here.  Even the great opener "All The Way From Memphis" sounds a little flat.  Still I'm kicking myself for missing their return to the stage at the Beacon back in 2019....

  Artist: Ian Hunter Title: Rant Label: Fuel 2000 Format: CD Catalog Number: 302 061 116 2 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year  of Edition: US2 2001 Sell Price: $5.99 Sell Date: 2/17/26 Condition: M/M Discogs Last Sold: 12/19/25 VG+/VG+ $6.76 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.77 Average: $4.02 High: $7.00 Current  low price:  $3.51 NM/NM Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:19 Have/Want: 301/13 Where Sold: Hixon, TN Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See  It Go: No Ian Hunter had a big stretch of albums I never paid attention to between "All Of The Good Ones Are Taken" and Shrunken Heads from 2007, which I would have ignored if it wasn't recommended to me.  I saw him around that time as well at a free outdoor gig on one of Manhattan's Pier stages.  I pulled this out of somebody's $2 liquidation lot a couple year ago.  The shrink wrap never came of and I've been acquaint...

  Artist: Mott The Hoople Title: Mott Label: CBS Format: LP Catalog Number: 69038 Year of Release:  1973 Country and Year  of Edition: UK 1973 Sell Price: $9.27 Sell Date: 9/18/24 Condition: VG+/VG with lyric inner sleeve, bottom cover unglued Discogs Last Sold  7/23/24 VG+/VG $11.17 Low: $0.00 G+/G  3/12/24 Median: $14.03 Average: $14.87 High: $30.00 7/9/24 NM/NM Current  low price:  $5.00 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 70 Have/Want: 1384/180 Where Sold:  Brooklyn, NY Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: Worcester That's Entertainment used early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See  It Go: No "Now It's a mighty long way down Rock 'n Roll/Through the Bradford cities and the orioles..." -one of the "All The Way From Memphis" chorus lyrics... First, let's get it out of the way that "All The Way From Memphis" is one of my favorite songs of all time. One that I NEVER tire of hearin...

  Artist: Ian Hunter Title: All Of The Good Ones Are Taken Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat: FC 38628 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983  Sell Price: $3.34 VG+/VG+ 6/11/24 gold promo stamp on the back cover Discogs Last Sold: 5/29/24 VG+/VG+ $3.58 Low: $1.75 VG+/VG 5/24/21 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.93 High: $13.87 NM/NM 1/10/23 Current low price: $1.00 G++/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 625/39 Where Sold: Camden, DE Time it took to sell:  9 years Where and When Purchased: dollar bin Boston early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Blessed with a great radio hit and little else, one is relieved when an alternate version of the title track to All Of The Good Ones Are Taken signals the albums close.  8 years into his post-Mott The Hoople solo career, this album does what every classic rock guy did in 1983.  The result is bland and a bit buried. But that song!  " All Of The Good Ones Are Taken " is a ch...