The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Randy Newman Title: Sail Away Label: Reprise Format: LP Cat #: MS 2064 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 gatefold Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/12/25 Sell Price: $8.06 Discogs Last Sold: 7/22/25 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $3.00 G+/G+ 12/4/24 Median: $8.00 Average: $10.03 High: $35.00  M/NM 12/2/24 Current low price: $4.50 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 2092/220 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace $4 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No "You'll be happy as a monkey in a monkey tree..."--"Sail Away" Randy Newman always had a tongue in cheek acerbic world view.  "Sail Away" envisions a slave traders pitch to come to America the Beautiful to kick off the record.  The other side blows up the world on the opening track, "Political Science."  "There goes London, there goes Par-ee..."   I don't kn...

  Artist: Randy Newman Title: Ragtime (Music From The Motion Picture Plus Additional Music) Label: Elektra/Rhino Format: CD Catalog Number:  R2 78245 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year  of Edition: US 2002 Sell Price: $8.46 Sell Date: 2/27/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 2/27/25 NM/VG+ $10.76 Low:  $2.81 VG+/VG+ 5/31/22 Median: $8.37 Average: $8.63 High: $15.45 VG+/VG+ 2/2/25 Current Low Price: $19.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 68/20 Where Sold:  Alexandria, VA Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C+ Sad To See  It Go: No Even though I purchased this a little over a year ago, I had no recollection of buying Ragtime in a CD lot.  I guess I was looking at 1-2 dollar titles and got anything I didn't have with Randy Newman's name.  A fair enough assessment.  Anything Newman has released is worth hearing. That said, this is first ...

  Artist: Randy Newman Title: Trouble In Paradise Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Catalog Number: 9 23755-2 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year  of Edition: US SRC reissue Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 2/5/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/31/25 M/M $4.35 Low: $2.19 Median: $4.73 Average: $5.57 High: $10.75 Current  low price:  $10.30 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 307/28 Where Sold:  Philadelphia, PA Time It Took  To Sell:  1 year Where and When  Bought: facebook $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No The opening track of Randy Newman's 7th album, Trouble In Paradise was inescapable and annoying for me in 1983.  Watching the video now, it's an amusement and even an anthem given the fires going on in the area.  It opened the Grammys  with younger faces the other day, so I guess that sold the CD. That may be the only hit within , but my favorite cut on the record hands do...