The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Sticky Fingers Label: Rolling Stones Records Format: CD Catalog Number: CK 40488 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US  1990 Sell Price: $4.07 Sell Date: 10/14/26 Condition: VG+/VG+  Discogs Last Sold: 5/13/26 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $3.00 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.36 High:$4.07 Current low price: $8.55 VG+/VG+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 34/289 Where Sold: Mill Valley, CA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook marketplace CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Sticky Fingers sold in a large sale of mostly 80's/early 90's masterings.  Sticky Fingers made it's debut on CD in 1986 when Sony took over the Rolling Stones Records catalog.  This remaster came in 1990 before Virgin took over the catalog in 1994 for it's own remastering series.  The early years of CD's were, shall we say, low frills.  It was the "magic" of CD quality that enabled ...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Let It Bleed Label: ABKCO Format: CD Catalog Number: 80042 NCD 4 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition: US 1986 Sell Price: $4.88 Sell Date: 9/10/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/3/26 VG+/VG+ $4.95 Low: $2.99 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.16 High: $10.06 Current low price: $5.00 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 240/175 Where Sold: San Diego, CA 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 I relied on a dollar bin copy of Let It Bleed for many years, deep into the CD era.  Somehow, I never got this 1986 ABKCO remaster.  I guess what I had played clean enough.  The Hot Rocks hits were "Gimmie Shelter," "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Midnight Rambler."  "Monkey Man" was a big Rock radio hit.  However, the quality didn't drop off once you removed those key cuts. You can'...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Metamorphosis Label: ABKCO Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: AB1T-4229 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $4.27 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/G+ name in pen on cover, tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 4/17/25 VG+/VG+ $5.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $4.00 Average: $3.46 High: $5.00 Current low price: $4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 55/25 Where Sold: Fort 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  When it came out, Metamorphosis was lambasted as it joined a line of archive clearance albums (notably Dylan by Bob Dylan) after the artist switched labels.  While this one didn't quite go Gold, it did make it into Billboard's top 10 peaking at #8 in July 1975 on a 13 week run.  That is better than many compilations issued since.    The focus was Jagger/Richards songs ...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Exile On Main Street Label: Rolling Stones Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: TP 2-2900 Year of Release: 1972 Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 gray shell Sell Price: $12.85 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/VG tested start to finish Discogs Last Sold: 8/5/24 VG+/no cover $9.99 Low: $2.99 Median: $9.00 Average: $11.02 High: $25.00 VG+/VG+ Current low price: $5.99 G+/generic Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 66/344 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A Sad To See It Go: No I think the first time I heard Exile was on an 8-track my friend John got in the early 80's.  I got a vinyl copy used at some point before the CD era and never really noticed the different track order.  I don't think I ever got a remaster CD beyond one of those Sony butcher jobs of the 80's.    Exile was a long album of songs, some...

  Artist: The Rolling Stones Title:  Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) Label: London Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: LEM 72162 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1969 Ampex Sell Price: $5.20 Sell Date: 5/18/25 Condition: VG/G+ Discogs Last Sold: 11/25/25 VG/VG $6.00 Low: $5.20 Median: $5.81 Average: $7.70 High: $13.95 Current  low price:  $9.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs:  5 Have/Want: 55/28 Where Sold: McKinney, TX Time It Took  To Sell:   2 years Where and When  Bought:  Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade:  A+ Sad To See  It Go: No You can't argue with perfection.  This may very well be the best grouping of Stones tracks possible.  It got usurped by the Hot Rocks doubles to the point where my octagonal cover vinyl copy never got played.  However, since this 8-track copy sold, I'm finally paying attention to it.  Since I've never been married to the track order of ei...

Artist: The Rolling Stones Title: Forty Licks Label: Virgin Format: 2XCD Box Limited Edition Special Edition Catalog Number: 7243 8 13398 2 4 Year of Release: 2002 Country and Year  of Edition: US  Sell Price: $13.01 Sell Date: 3/8/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/13/26 VG+/VG+ $14..00 Low: $4.25 Median: $18.99 Average: $22.51 High: $51.72 Current  low price:  $11.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 33 Have/Want: 474/77 Where Sold: San Francisco, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: online upon release Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No Although I ignored it almost as if I never bought it save for maybe a cursory listen, Forty Licks is an undeniably well compiled way to sneak in a EP worth of new songs.  The selling point at the time was the remastering which kicked off a tour and a mid aughts remastering campaign.  The 4 new songs were a bit of an afterthought to the point the...