The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: The McCartney Interview Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: PC 36987 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1980 Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 10/18/26 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.92 Average: $4.68 High: $10.79 Current low price: $2.59 VG+/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 74 Have/Want: 1067/40 Where Sold: Villaneuve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This May 1980 interview for Musician magazine was issued in December 1980, a week before John Lennon was murdered.  Particularly bizarre timing wise, but Paul had reasserted himself with a number 1 record earlier in the year with the live version of "Coming Up."  This probably got more sales than anticipated with everything Beatles flying out of stores at the wake of news events.  Originally this was a double vi...

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Pipes of Peace Label: Columbia/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: QCT 39149 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition: US  1983 Sell Price: $2.84 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 5/4/26 VG+/NM $2.84 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.12 Average: $2.77 High:$5.99 Current low price: $1.98 VG/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 249/36 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No I don't think I've ever been more disappointed with an album than I had with Pipes of Peace when it came out.  There were 2 records that were brand new that week that I was equally excited about.  The other one was Motley Crue's Shout At The Devil after their debut became a mainstay out of the bargain bin.   Pipes of Peace, however, had been a follow-up to Tug of War, whic...

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Flowers In The Dirt Label: Capitol/MPL Format: Cassette Catalog Number: C4 91653 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition: US  1989 Sell Price: $4.49 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 7/23/26 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.62 Average: $2.90 High:$10.00 Current low price: $0.89 VG+/VG  Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 34 Have/Want: 341/41 Where Sold: Villenueve, D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2  years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Paul's big album with Elvis Costello suffers a bit in hindsight from a late 80's production.  This was the tour I saw him for the first time in Worcester . It was a big deal at the time since it was his first US tour since 1976.  In his later years, he plays every few years most major cities even if he doesn't tour, it seems like he appears frequently.  The 11 O'clock new...

  Artist: Ringo Starr Title: Ringo Label: Apple Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: 8XW-3413 Year of Release: 1973 ] Country and Year of Edition: US 1973 Sell Price: $4.41 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG/VG tested, no slipcover Discogs Last Sold:4/25/22 VG+/VG $4.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $4.41 Average: $4.46 High:$4.99 Current low price: $3.99 VG+/no cover Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 99/58 Where Sold: Villanueve D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Since I have hard plans to see 86 year old Ringo Starr Thursday night, there is no time like the present to write about the 2 Ringo albums I have to write about, both from the 19-piece French order from a few weeks back.   Ringo the album was on many "5-star" album all-time lists for mostly sentimental purposes.  It is the only solo record to feature contributions from all of the Beatles.  They did it for ...

  Artist: Paul McCartney Title: Amoeba's Secret Label: Hear Music Format: 12" EP Catalog Number: HMLP 30607 Year of Release: 2007 ] Country and Year of Edition: US 2007 Sell Price: $6.37 Sell Date: 9/11/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/14/26 M/VG+ $8.93 Low: $5.17 Median: $9.97 Average: $10.53 High:$19.99 Current low price: $7.81 NM/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 50 Have/Want: 1131/104 Where Sold: Villanueve D'Ascq, France Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: Kims NYC  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No When McCartney released Memory Almost Full he started making live appearances in venues that were much smaller than his fanbase.  I got to see one of these at the Highline Ballroom .  "Only Mama Knows" came from Memory Almost Full as did "That Was Me" on the flip side B opening.  The Hi Hi Hi b-side "C Moon" made a regular appearance on that tour.  He dips back to Beatleland with "I Saw He...