The Reverse Collector

Artist: David Bowie Title: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars Bonus Tracks: John I'm Only Dancing / Velvet Goldmine / Sweet Head / Ziggy Stardust (Demo) / Lady Stardust (Demo) Label: Rykodisc Cat #: RCD 10134 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 BMG Music Club edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/31/25 Sell Price: $8.47 Discogs Last Sold: 6/22/25 NM/NM $20.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $7.00 Average: $8.67 High: $24.99 Current low price: $5.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want: 619/872 Where: Canton, CT Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace $2 or $3 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No The Rykodisc Bowie remasters of the early 90's, as mentioned recently, have held their value primarily because of the bonus tracks that are exclusive to the edition.  Remastering was done later but this one is fine by me.  One thing of note: they truncate the title on the ...

  Artist: David Bowie Title: Station To Station Word On A Wing (Live, Nassau '76)     Stay (Live, Nassau, 76) Label:  Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10141 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 BMG Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/7/25 Sell Price: $10.85 iscogs Last Sold:6/1/25 NM/NM $6.0 Low: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 6/3/25 Median: $9.95 Average: $10.05 High: $20.27 NM/VG+ 2/26/21 Current low price: $10.99 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 274/367 Where Sold: Tuckahoe, NY Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Station To Station might be taking a crown for me as pound for pound my favorite Bowie album.  I always sort've had Ziggy by default in my mind, but I've been so burnt on that one for so long that I'll take any other 70's albums over it if someone gave me a choice to listen.  I orginally had a $1.49 vinyl copy I b...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Blonde on Blonde Label: Columbia Format: 2X SACD Cat:  CH 903255 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 Sell Price: $15.47 VG+/VG+ 7/15/24 Discogs Last Sold: 7/7/24 VG+/VG+ $12.00 Low: $10.00 Median: $16.00 Average: $19.65 High: $31.50 Current low price: $17.90 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 147/350 Where Sold: Ypsilanti, MI Time it took to sell:  11 years Where and When Purchased: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No This little run of Dylan titles sold concludes (for now) with a double SACD of Blonde on Blonde that sold with Blood On The Tracks last week.  Much has been written about this album, and it is safe to say that it stands with the holy mid sixties trinity that is Bringing It All Back Home-Highway 61 Revisited-Blonde on Blonde.  There isn't really anything to add to that except maybe only Desire tops these three records for me. I still have my beat up mono copy passed dow...

  Artist: Pavement Title: Crooked Rain Crooked Rain- LA's Desert Origins Label:Matador Format: 2CD Cat #:OLE 610-2 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/4/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/21 $11.50 NM/NM Low: $4.98 Median: $7.00 Average:$9.52 High: $16.89 Current low price: $5.95 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 1338/180 Where Sold:Sunnyside, Queens, NY Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This is one of those sprawling releases I was regretting writing about, if only for knowing I was going to need to give a few close to 3 hour passes if I was going to have any sort of handle on the bonus tracks for this decade anniversary of the original album.  At the time this revamped reissue  was released, I passed on it, even though I eagerly bought Slante...