The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Boss Hog Title:   Boss Hog Label: DGC Format: CD Catalog Number: DGCD 24811 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $3.67 Sell Date: 7/28/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold:  7/15/26 NM/NM $11.48 Low: $1.50 Median: $4.18 Average: $4.99 High: $13.77 Current low price: $3.67 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 339/37 Where Sold: Tacoma, WA Time It Took To Sell:  16 years Where and When Bought: used Venus NYC $10 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Boss Hog's major label shot was one of those records that didn't really affect the bands trajectory in terms of listenability or commercial success.  The cute single " I Dig You " spawned an EP that had a great cover of "12XU," which was a bigger highlight live and on record circa mid-90's than anything on the record.  The lineup had Hollis Queens drumming and Jens Jergensen on bass.  This was an established unit that...

  Artist: Pussy Galore Title: Pussy Gold 5000 A1 Pretty Fuck Look Written-By –  Spencer * Written-By –  Spencer * A2 Spin Out Written-By –  Spencer * ,  Cafritz * Written-By –  Spencer * ,  Cafritz * B1 Walk Written-By –  Hagerty * Written-By –  Hagerty * B2 Get Out Written-By –  Spencer * Written-By –  Spencer * B3 No Count Drums –  John Hammill Percussion [Metal] –  Tom Rafferty (2) Written-By –  Wagner * Label: Buy Our Records/Shove Records Format: 12" EP Catalog Number: BOR 12 010/SHOV 4 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1987 Sell Price: $9.61 Sell Date: 2/24/25 Condition: NM/VG Discogs Last Sold: 11/4/24 NM/F $18.75 Low: $9.61 Median: $19.37 Average: $19.21 High: $37.97 Current Low Price: $13.00 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 462/253 Where Sold:  Wallingford, CT Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years W...

  Artist: Loudspeaker Title: Knockout! b/w It Wasn't Me Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry Format: 7" Catalog Number: SFTRI218 Year of Release:  1993 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1993 Red Vinyl Sell Price: $19.98 (Amazon) Sell Date: 4/27/24 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold  9/15/23 NM/VG+ $3.22 Low: $0.75 Median: $2.69 Average: $2.57 High: $4.29 Current  low price:  $2.33 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want:  50/17 Where Sold: Hollywood, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  9 years Where and When  Bought: new 93 Kims? Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No Every once in a while there is a freak sale on Amazon that reminds me I should list more titles on there even though they take a massive cut.  Although they eliminated 2/3 of distributed CD's individual vendors can sell, they still allow indie singles and books.  This was what drove me to Discogs in 2016 before I even started selling off the...

  Artist: Free Kitten Title:  Punks Suing Punks EP Label: Kill Rock Stars Format:  7" Cat  KRS-257 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/24/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/22 NM/VG+ $6.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.05 High:$6.45 Current low price:$2.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:13 Have/Want: 401/102 Where Sold:Maplewood, NJ Time it took to sell: 7 yea Where and When Bought: somewhere in NYC mid 90s Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When Free Kitten was formed I was genuinely excited about the pairing of Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Julie Cafritz of Pussy Galore/Action Swingers.  What a combo!  The initial 12" wasn't very good except for the theme song: We're Kitten and We're Better Than You! Fast forward a few years and they were a bit more established when this single came out on Kill Rock Stars.  Hearing it a few times makes me like it. ...

  Artist: Action Swingers Title: Kicked In The Head b/w Bum My Trip Label: Noiseville Format: 7" Cat #: 11 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989 450 pressing, 100 including this had correct sides labeled ,  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/8/21 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/15/21  NM/VG $6.99 Low: $3.66 Median: $5.90 Average: $6.67 High: $13.13 Current low price: $12.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 132/66 Where Sold: Long Beach, CA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston when it was new  Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: Yes One of my favorite singles of the Noise Rock era, "Kicked In The Head" is a couple minutes of 4-chord perfection with a punctuating Greg Ginn style solo.  I first bought this for the Pussy Galore affiliation of Julia Cafritz, but Ned Hammond proved to be the star of the show. "Bum My Trip" re...

  Artist: Int'l Shades Title: Hash Wednesday Label: Cass Format: CD Cat #: MAMA-018 Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue:US 2005 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/27/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/7/21 Low: $1.99 Median: $2.00 Average:$2.00 High: $2.00 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 16/8 Where Sold: Dunkirk, NY Time it took to sell:10 years Where and When Bought: promo by band for booking Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Int'l Shades were a super group in the early aughts consisting of Mark C. from Live Skull, Tim Foljahn from a bunch of "downtown" affiliated things including the Cat Power story I wrote last week and the guy that I set up a gig with, Bob Bert of early Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore fame.  I I was booking the Heroine Sheiks the time this came out and set up a show at Trash Bar in Brooklyn with them, my band Saint Bastard ...

  Artist: Various Artists ( The Perfect Disaster , Mega City Four ,, Cerebral Fix, Killdozer , Pussy Galore ) Title: Sounds Blast! EP3 Label: Sounds Format: 7" Cat #: Sounds Blast! 3 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1989 Listed Condition:VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/4/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/21 Low: $0.70 Median: $1.61 Average: $1.81 High: $3.66 Current low price: $.0.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 148 Have/Want: 943/53 Where Sold: Franklin Sq., NY Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: came with issue of Sounds, guessing Newbury Comics or Tower Boston Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No In looking for the most recent sales to write about on for my birthday edition, I chose this because of the Killdozer/Pussy Galore side.  I witnessed one of the final Pussy Galore gigs at a short lived lesbian bar called Ground Zero on Mass Ave in Central Square Cambridge.  T...

  Artist: Loudspeaker      Title: Pray b/w Pulp Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry Format: 7" Cat #: SFTRI 105 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Blue Vinyl Sold Price: $5.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/17/17 $3.00 VG+/VG+ Low: $3.00 Median: $5.10 High: $9.41 Current low price: $3.00 NM/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 45/12 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics New around $4.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No There was a time where children sang the praises of NYC scenesters just because they were in the Pussy Galore family.  Pronouncing names like Kurt VOLF or Jen JOOOOORGENSEN with reckless abandon.  Kurt and Jens were joined by the guitarist and drummer of hardcore legend Crucifix,  Matt Borruso and Chris Douglas.  This was as unexpected a partnership as one could hope, a rar...