The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Male Slut Title: The Church Should Be For The Outcast, Not A Church That Casts People Out b/w Thoodblirsty Thesbians Label:  Stomach Ache Records Format: 7" Cat #: SA-57 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Mexico 1995 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 6/26/25 Sell Price: $4.33 Discogs Last Sold: 6/2/24 NM/NM $19.48 Low: $2.70 2/2/16 NM/NM Median: $5.58 Average: $6.57 High: $19.48 NM/NM 6/2/24 Current low price: $4.33 NM/VG+ UK Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 82/90 Where Sold: Chicago, IL Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: mid 90's Etheria Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No A little bit of wankery from Thurston Moore with Steve Shelley and Tim Foljahn under the moniker Male Slut.  These tracks got issued on the vinyl reissue of 1995's Psychic Heart.  Somebody ordered this a few years ago but didn't pay for it, so it has sat in a box with some albums pulled from storage that had the same fat...

  Artist: Sonic Youth Title: Dirty Label:  DGC Format: CD Cat #: DGCD-24485 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 BMG Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/4/25 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/19/25 VG+/VG+ $4.53 Low: $1.77 VG/not graded 1/10/21 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.92 High: $10.00 M/M 12/17/22 Current low price: $4.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 314/191 Where Sold: Madison Heights, MI Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: facebook cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Dirty was a heavily played album by me in 1992.  It made it's way into the bedroom and casual living in a way the others didn't.  That said, listening to it for the first time in god knows how long, I was surprised there was a big chunk of it I sort of ignored.  Songs stand out all over the place.  My favorite was "Sugar Kane" but I love you I love you I love you what's your song title was ...

  Artist: Thurston Moore Title:  Demolished Thoughts Label:  Matador Format: CD Cat #: OLE 953-2 Year of Release: 2011 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2011 digipak Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/28/25 Sell Price: $3.96 Discogs Last Sold: 5/28/25 M/M $6.00 Low: $2.98  5/16/22 VG/VG Median: $5.00 Average: $5.81 High: $13.97 12/2/20 M/M Current low price: $3.98 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 29 Have/Want: 542/52 Where Sold: Grove City, OH Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: The Fountain Collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Thurston Moore's solo years can be divided between "major works" and collaborations.  When Psychic Hearts came out in 1995, it was better than the Sonic Youth albums directly before and after it and on heavy rotation in my household.  The next one, Trees Outside The Academy came in 2007.  I bought it new right away, but I don't think it went beyond one listen and I don't rem...

  Artist: Sonic Youth Title: Kill Yr Idols Label: Zensor Format: 12" Cat:  Zensor 10 Year of Release:  1983 Country and Year  of Edition: Germany First Pressing Superimposed Sleeve Sell Price: $59.22 Sell Date: 2/1/24 Condition: VG/G+  superimposed cover, 1" x 3" tear upper left corner, pen on label to designate sides Discogs Last Sold   1/12/24 VG+/VG  $45.65  Cover has the upper right corner damaged. Vinyl in EX condition. Low: $25.00 VG/VG+   A small scuff causes periodic crackle in the first minute of track A1. Otherwise I would've rated it VG+. Jacket has bumped corners, wear on edges & corners, 1/4" diameter cutout hole in upper left of front cover (and lower right of back cover, because of how the graphics are positioned). Median: $67.50 Average: $71.17 High:  $163.04 NM/Generic  9/27/21  NOTE: THIS IS A PROMO VERSION, WHITE LABEL (no artwork) RARE Pick-up possible at shop 544 Current low price:  $75.9...

  Artist:Lee Renaldo/Something To Burns Title: A Perfect Day /Instrumental #2 Label: Musical Tragedies Format: 6"  saw cut edges, green vinyl Cat: MT 192,  Saw Blades #2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: Germany first edition opaque mint green vinyl Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/23 NM/generic Test Pressing only 8 were done $57.61 Low:$3.75 NM/NM 1/23/20 Median: $7.61 Average: $10.53 High: $57.61 Current low price: $6.67 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want:  209/88 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Kim's Underground 92 or 93 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Yet another Lee Renaldo release with a cool vinyl design and "abstract" industrial contents within.  I wrote about From Here To Infinity a while back.  That was the one with the locked grooves on every minute long track of noise.  This was part of the Saw Cut series with the vi...

  Artist: Free Kitten Title:  Punks Suing Punks EP Label: Kill Rock Stars Format:  7" Cat  KRS-257 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/24/22 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 4/20/22 NM/VG+ $6.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $3.99 Average: $4.05 High:$6.45 Current low price:$2.80 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:13 Have/Want: 401/102 Where Sold:Maplewood, NJ Time it took to sell: 7 yea Where and When Bought: somewhere in NYC mid 90s Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When Free Kitten was formed I was genuinely excited about the pairing of Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Julie Cafritz of Pussy Galore/Action Swingers.  What a combo!  The initial 12" wasn't very good except for the theme song: We're Kitten and We're Better Than You! Fast forward a few years and they were a bit more established when this single came out on Kill Rock Stars.  Hearing it a few times makes me like it. ...

  Artist: Sonic Youth Title: Sonic Youth Label: SST Format: CD Cat #: SST CD 097 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/21/22 Sell Price: $9.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/1/22 $5.00 Low: $3.95 Median: $8.00 Average: $7.96 High: $10.88 Current low price: $9.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 693/202 Where Sold: Lancaster, OH Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums New around $14.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No 15 minutes before the midnight hour on a Monday night at the end of February, a screenshot of the Spotify song list to the first Sonic Youth EP was sent to me.  Attached was the comment ""This record is seriously underrated. People would rather listen to "Goo" instead?"  A green vomit emoticon followed.  Then a second text came "David Geffen ruined them!!!!" Neither sender, nor re...

  Artist: Various Artists (No Allegiance, Pandemonium, Tu-Du Hospital, BGK, Morzelpronk, Nog Watt, Impact, Deadlock, The Ex, Membranes, Kaki's, Vacuum, Zowiso, Skako!, Zak In As, Sonic Youth, If,  Svatxox & Dorpsoudste de Jong, Grin, The Gentry, Krapuul, Electric Hannes, No Pigz, Negazione, Indigesti, Hostages of Ayatollah, Capital Scum, Combat Not Conform, Murder Inc. III,  UBCF) Title: Emma Side A   Side B Side C Side D Label: M. Draje Records Format: 2XLP Cat #: 001TM4 Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: Netherlands 1986 with booklet Listed Condition:  VG+/G+ heavy spine wear Sell Date: 12/30/21 Sell Price: $14.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/10/21 $8.99 VG+/VG with booklet Low: $6.00 Median: $18.18 Average: $17.19 High: $30.11 Current low price: $9.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 320/92 Where Sold: Portland, ME Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: Allston, MA ...

Artist: Swanic Youth Title: Sonic Yoot b/w Swan Jovi Label: The Only Label In The World Format: 7" Cat #: OL 055 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/28/21 Sell Price:$4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/3/21 M/NM $4.99 Low: $1.16 Median: $4.25 Average: $4.07 High: $7.23 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 32 Have/Want: 263/85 Where Sold: Caledonia, MI Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, AL Bums new $3.99 1987 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This was a parody record by the NYC band Artless, known for releases like Crassdriver and Boy With A Cunt.  Leader/Producer Mykel Board was one of the more interesting scribes at Maximum Rock 'n Roll.  Some columns you read like him and Jennifer Blowdryer, and some you'd skip. When I bought this, I had no idea what the fuck it was.  For all I knew it was a mishmash of the...