The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Luxor Label: Editions PAF! Format: CD Cat #: PAF 004 Year of Release: 2003 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2003 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 7/28/25 Sell Price: $5.82 Discogs Last Sold: 2/21/25 NM/NM $9.99 Low: $3.00 Median: $8.75 Average: $9.38 High: $20.00 Current low price: $8.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 270/34 Where: Las Vegas, NV Time it took to sell: 15  years Where and When Bought: internet used late aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I've written before in the links below about the great Hitchcock complete catalog update toward the end of the 2000's.  Luxor from 2003 was certainly one of those titles.  Unfortunately, it was too much titles of the same artist at once and this album fell by the wayside.  I can't remember even giving it a token listen although I probably threw it in my 300-CD carousel player I had at the time with the intention to hear it at least...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Spooked Label: Yep Rock Format: CD Cat #: YEP 2086 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/29/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/25 NM/VG+ $4.88 Low: $3.51 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.80 High: $11.54 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 608/33 Where Sold: Grand Junction, CO Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used online mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Spooked is a pretty solid album start to finish.  There really isn't a weak track on it.  Sometimes when you give something an A-, it sounds like an underhanded compliment but in this case my feeling was that grade was an upgrade not a downgrade to reflect what I felt about the album as a whole. 10 of the 12 tracks have made his live set some time or another.  He plays "Full Moon In My Soul" the most and "Sometimes A Blonde,"...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Title: Sex, Food, Death...and Tarantulas Label: Yep Rock Records Format: CD EP Cat #: CD-YEP-2150 Year of Release: 2007 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2007 Enhanced Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/9/21 $7.03 M/M Low: $3.00 Median: $4.43 Average:$4.85 High:$8.43 Current low price: $2.46 VG/G, $5.00 NM/M Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 200/23 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: mail order late aughts on a Hitchcock half.com discography update binge probably for 75 cents plus shipping. Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:B+ Sad To See It Go: No I've probably spent more time on this EP to date than I have on the Ol é  Tarantula release it is promoting.   This is essentially an electric live EP with "Ol é ..." tacked on at the beginning in Yep Rock's  hopes of getting some mor...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Storefront Hitchcock-Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 9 46846-2 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 Promo Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 2/18/21 $3.00 Low: $1.75 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.16 High: $4.49 Current low price: $2.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 244/7 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Sounds NYC St. Marks used promo when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Not my favorite Robyn Hitchcock.  It's not BAAAD, some hits etc.  I haven't seen the movie so I can't comment on that.  I've seen Robyn a handful of times in different Boston settings.  One time was a surprise solo gig at the Rat in around 1989, and that summer after at Berklee Performance Center with the Egyptians....

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Eye Label: Twin/Tone Format: CD Cat #: TTR 89175-2 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Sold Price: $4.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/27/20 Discogs Last Sold: 7/27/20 Low: $1.98 Median: $4.00 High: $9.99 Current low price: $2.89 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 275/21 Where Sold: Baltimore, MD Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston New upon release around $12 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go?: No I was very excited when this came out.  I Often Dream Of Trains was my favorite Hitchcock, and I had bought everything up to this point.  Although during his late 80's major label run I preferred the newer releases to most of his other indie titles, I was looking forward to a more stripped down approach promised in advance of the release of Eye. And yet, it was a title I barely played and didn't commit to memory--unlike Globe of Frogs and Queen El...