The Reverse Collector

  Artist: I.E.M. Title:  Arcadia Son Label: Gates Of Dawn Format: LP Catalog Number: GOD006 Year of Release: 2001 Country and Year of Edition: US 2001 500 press Sell Price: $18.66 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/29/26 NM/NM $40.23 Low: $18.66 Median: $43.89 Average: $45.01 High: $90.00 Current low price: $38.00 NM/NM (Japan), $42.95 NM/VG+ (US) Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 231/103 Where Sold: Amityville, NY Time It Took To Sell:  11 years Where and When Bought: given by Michael Piper the executive producer Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This has been sitting in storage all these years.  I think I got it from Michael Piper when Rubric was selling titles through the labels psych distro The Wild Side.  I had no idea this was a Steven Wilson side project, but it made sense since he also gave me a Porcupine Tree outtake record from around the same time.  Somehow after over ten years on Disco...

  Artist: Uriah Heap Title: Return To Fantasy Label: Warner Bros./Bronze Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 2869 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 slipcover Sell Price:$2.70 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG/VG+  pro refurbish untested Discogs Last Sold: 3/19/20 VG/no cover untested $1.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $1.85 Average: $1.85 High: $2.70 Current low price: $2.53 VG/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 16/21 Where Sold: Ft. 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  The 9th release from Mick Box and crew, Return To Fantasy, has Uriah Heap in the mid-70's doing their brand of prog rock.  This is a band that regularly comes with 8-track lots and this one that sold was my second recently acquired copy. The members joining guitarist Box are vocalist Don Byron, drummer Lee Kerkslake, John Wetton on bass and Ken Hensley on keyboards,...

  Artist: Todd Rundgren Title: Initiation Label: Bearsville Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: M8 6957 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $3.52 Sell Date: 7/4/26 Condition: VG/F untested Discogs Last Sold: 3/17/26 NM/VG+ $1.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.50 Average: $3.52 High: $5.00 Current low price:  n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 11/14 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX 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  Todd's 4th solo album, around when Utopia began running concurrently, I somehow never heard.  It is famous for being one of the most singularly long releases on two sided vinyl, clocking in well over an hour.  Last year a Record Store Day version expanded it over 4 sides.  The 8-track stuck to the track listing order.  The Prana intro of A Treatise of Open Fire which encompasses the second half of the record s...

  Artist: King Crimson      Title: Red Label: Atlantic Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 18110 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 Monarch pressing Sell Price: $26.87 Sell Date: 6/19/26 Condition: VG/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/5/26 VG+/VG $33.33 Low: $10.00 VG/G+ Median: $27.49 Average: $27.35 High: $49.95 NM/VG+ 7/21/24 Current low price: $28.24 (Canadian) VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 1077/882 Where Sold: Quincy, IL Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No  Generally flawless 5 track album from peak-period Crimson, Red is perhaps the best of the band or at least very close to In The Court Of The Crimson King.  The album was only issued in the US on Atlantic for a few years before EG took it over in 1977 for a half speed master version and into the CD era.  This was a decent copy that went close to it's median price...

  Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends-Ladies and Gentlemen Label: Manticore Format: 2x8-Track Catalog Number: MAN TP 3-200 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1974 pink shell no cover on tapes Sell Price: $8.57 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ untested both tapes Discogs Last Sold: 11/21/25 G+/no cover $9.74 Low: $4.33 Median: $8.57 Average: $7.55 High: $9.74 Current low price:  n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 31/15 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C Sad To See It Go: No "Time to get that beast out of the way" I woke up thinking to myself with 7 titles to chose from for this blog.  Oddly enough, I listened to a vinyl copy of this I had laying around from a recentish purchase.  I thought that was it for a lifetime or at least for the time being, but my double 8-track s...

  Artist: Jethro Tull Title:  Living In The Past Label: Chrysalis Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: KBC-1035 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 green case Sell Price: $6.10 Sell Date: 5/28/26 Condition: VG+/VG Pro Refurbish Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/22 VG+/VG+ $5..00 Low: $5.00 Median: $6.10 Average: $6.03 High: $6.98 Current low price: $2.99 VG/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  2 Have/Want: 25/20 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:   3 years Where and When Bought:  ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: Yes The top line Tull retrospective Living In The Past compiles very little from their albums.  Yet, this is a beautifully put together, conceptualized 4 sides that became altered on this 8-track edition.  The listener is spared fade outs over the double lenght tape, however songs are outright swapped out and added to make the track times loop seamlessly.  Since my favorite, "Hymn...

  Artist:  Mahavishnu Orchestra Title: Between Nothingness & Eternity Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: KC 32766 Year of Release: 1973 Pitman Pressing Country and Year  of Edition: US 1973 Sell Price: $5.69 Sell Date: 4/22/26 Condition: VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 4/18/26 VG+/VG $11.49 Low: $4.00 Median: $9.09 Average: $11.50 High: $39.99 Current  low price:  $3.99 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 134 Have/Want: 5208/526 Where Sold: Findlay, OH Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Bought: Whatnot lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No Between Nothingness & Eternity was the first Mahavishnu Orchestra album I ever had.  I forgot how I first got initially but I have a couple copies right now that I got more recently.  One is a little beat up and this one was nicer.  Somehow I priced it seemingly low as it went well below the $9.09 median for a good shape copy.  So...

  Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Trilogy Label: Cotillion Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: COM 89903 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year  of Edition: US Club Edition Orange Shell Sell Price: $2.57 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG+/G+ untested Discogs Last Sold: 5/12/25 VG/not graded $2.99 Low: $2.57 Median: $2.78 Average: $2.78 High: $2.99 Current  low price:  $3.00 G+/no cover Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 5/18 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay Lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No By the mid-80's I had most of ELP's album on vinyl.  Despite being one of their bigger albums, Trilogy was an exception.  Oddly enough it contains the band's only top 40 hit in the US, "From The Beginning."  This song is a bit of a poor mans "Green Eyed Lady." with an etherial acoustic soft rock drive.  Even after listening to the album ...

  Artist: Genesis Title:  Live Label: Charisma Format: LP Catalog Number: CAS 1666 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sonic Records small hatter Sell Price: $5.70 Sell Date: 1/30/26 Condition: G+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/10/26 VG+/VG+ $10.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $5.18 Average: $6.06 High: $18.00 Current  low price:  $3.25 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 2279/130 Where Sold: Draper, UT Time It Took  To Sell:  4  years Where and When  Bought: $3 Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See  It Go: No The lone live record from the Peter Gabriel era, Live was recorded in 1973 on the Foxtrot tour.  Nursery Cryme and Tresspass are the albums the record uses it's 5 tracks from. Side one kicks off from two from the touring album Foxtrot, that openers "Watcher From The Skies" followed by another track from that albums side one, "Get 'Em Out By Friday."  Side one closes...