The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Elton John Title: Blue Moves Label: MCA Records/The Rocket Record Company Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MCAT2-11004 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 white shell Sell Price: $9.55 Sell Date: 5/31/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 11/15/24 M/NM $16.00 Low: $7.99 Median: $9.55 Average: $11.18 High: $16.00 Current low price: $8.76 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 37/27 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took To Sell:  3 years Where and When Bought: Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  C- Sad To See It Go: No This is an extremely difficult album to write about.  I didn't even have a place for it on the mental time line which is a full year after Rock Of The Westies in October '76.  Instead of releasing two studio albums like he did in 1975 he put out a live record in April, Here and There and took a break from touring after this release.  "Break" of course meant a few dozen dates...

  Artist: Jackson Browne Title: The Pretender Label: Asylum Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: ET-81079 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1976 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 1/5/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 2/6/21 VG/not graded $2.49 Low: $2.49 Median: $2.74 Average: $2.74 High: $2.99 Current  low price:  $3.99 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 30/17 Where Sold: Orlando, FL Time It Took  To Sell:  1 week Where and When  Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No There were two Jackson Browne albums my mother had and listed to regularly in the 70's: Late For The Sky and this one, The Pretender.  For whatever reason I never really liked this album that much.  Late For The Sky I thought was ok, but there were two stand out tracks.  The title track that closes the record I have a 70's memory of hearing with a big accumulated dust clot on the needle...

  Artist: Jeff Buckley Title: Live At Sin-é Label: Columbia Format: CD EP Cat #: 44K 77296 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 12/13/25 Sell Price: $7.63 Discogs Last Sold: 12/1/25 VG+/VG+ $3.95 Low: $1.33 Median: $3.72 Average: $3.98 High: $7.63 Current low price: $2.99  Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 26 Have/Want: 893/117 Where Sold: Villa Rica, GA Time it took to sell: 4 month Where and When Bought: discarded collection street find Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No The Greenpoint found bag of CD's continues to produce sales, this time with the second Jeff Buckley sale this month, the original Live at Sin-é.  Originally this was issued as a commercially released 4-song live EP before his 1994 debut Grace.  Since he passed in 1997, this was expanded to 34 tracks when his woodshedding at the NYC small venue became legendary. "Mojo Pin" was revisited as the opening track on Grace and it o...

  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: Peter Case Title: The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar Label: Geffen Format: LP Cat #: GHS 24238 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1989  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ gold stamp promo with original inner sleeve Sell Date: 8/11/25 Sell Price: $24.99 Discogs Last Sold: 6/24/25 NM/NM $19.99 Low: $2.91 2/21/24 VG+/VG Median: $11.31 Average: $13.02 High: $26.00 1/29/24 NM/NM Current low price: $4.65 VG+/VG+ cut in right hand corner Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 784/67 Where: Sainpoint, ID Time it took to sell: 2 weeks Where and When Bought: Whatnot bundle auction Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B+ Sad To See It Go: No I've been beefing up my vinyl inventory of late getting auction bundles since my sales have slowed down a little.  I got this in a bundle as a bit of an afterthought but it went for $25 bucks, which is probably more than the total for the 10 or 15 albums I bought it with.  Most ...

  Artist: Kris Kristofferson Title: Surreal Thing Label: Monument Format: LP Cat #: PZ 34254 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 Listed Condition: VG+/VG  Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $2.89 Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/24 VG+/VG $2.50 Low: $1.11 Median: $2.25 Average: $2.17 High: $3.00 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 32/10 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Facebook dollar lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Surreal Thing is a fairly middling to good Kris Kristofferson album bookended by two great songs.  The opener "You'll Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine)" is instantly memorable and "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" you can kiss his ass.  Why sugar coat it? The rest of the album is loaded with characters.  Eddie The Eunuch, The Prisoner, The Golden Idol and someone Killing Time.  The one who has a life of his own lost in ...

  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...

  Artist: Bonnie Raitt Title: Streetlights Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Catalog Number: BS 2818 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year  of Edition: US late 70's reissue Winchester pressing Sell Price: $6.32 Sell Date: 1/28/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/26/25 VG+/VG $5.99 Low: $2.00 Median: $6.41 Average: $9.28 High: $44.85 Current  low price:  $10.75 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 5 Have/Want: 214/59 Where Sold:  Hermosa Beach, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  3  years Where and When  Bought: Facebook $3 vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B Sad To See  It Go: No Bonnie Raitt's 70's output has it's moments, some excellent, some less so due to production not the talent.  Warner Bros. gave her 10 grand after she went over budget on the prior album, Takin' My Time but agreed to give her more to bring in a commercially successful producer.  Enter Jerry Ragovoy who had worked with Janis Joplin and Dionne Warwic...

  Artist: Carole King Title: Tapestry Label: Ode Format: 8-track Catalog Number: 8T 77009 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1971 3 pin cart Sell Price: $9.99 Sell Date: 12/31/24 Condition: VG/VG pro refurbish Discogs Last Sold: 11/5/21 VG/n cover $6.00 Low: $6.00 Median: $8.00 Average: $8.00 High: $9.99 Current  low price:  $7.88 Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 22/159 Where Sold: Encino, CA Time It Took  To Sell:  2 hours Where and When  Bought: Facebook 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  B- Sad To See  It Go: No Carole King's perennial "best of all time" "5-stars" lister Tapestry first came to me in on vinyl from the dollar bin in the early 80's.  I never particularly had an affection for it.  Over half of the album is well known without lifting a finger: "It's Too Late," "I Feel The Earth Move," "Beautiful," "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural ...