The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Planet Waves Label: Columbia Format: SACD Cat: CH-90339 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 2003 SACD Promo Sell Price: $7.31 VG+/VG+ 7/8/24 Discogs Last Sold: 6/17/24 NM/VG+ $11.99 Low: $5.13 Median: $9.97 Average: $11.35 High: $39.97 Current low price: $6.64 M/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 541/61 Where Sold: Sherman Oaks, CA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Purchased: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No "Today on the countryside it was hotter than a crotch...."-Bob Dylan "Tough Mama" In NYC today when I took a walk to storage to retrieve my SACD copy of Planet Waves, it was every bit as hot as the crotch in "Tough Mama."  Yesterday I bought about 15 Dylan cassettes for $1 each including Planet Waves and this sold right around the same 24 hour cycle.  I got a care packet from Sony back in 2003 with half the SACD titles, which I quickly bought the rest of and a ...

  Artist: The Band Title: Life Is A Carnival b/w The Moon Struck One Label: Capitol Format: 7" Cat: 3199 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 Sell Price: $4.43 VG+/VG+ 7/8/24 Discogs Last Sold:  7/1/24 M/M $25.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.10 Average: $3.40 High: $5.80 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 10 Have/Want: 65/19 Where Sold: Toyohachi, Achai, Japan Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Purchased: discarded collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No A couple excellent tunes from The Band's 1971 Cahoots album, their 4th.  I managed to ignore it completely over the years.  Don't ask me why, it's just how that carnival of life unfurled. The A-side has made their Greatest Hits compilation as well as Rock of Ages and The Last Waltz, so I guess it has been respected as part of the Band's major works.  Hey buddy would you like to buy a watch real cheap.  Allen Toussaint does the horn arrangem...

  Artist: Bob Dylan/The Band Title: Before The Flood Label: Asylum Format: 2LP Cat #: AB-201 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 gatefold Listed Condition: G/G Sell Date: 4/4/21 Sell Price: $8.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/30/21 VG+/F $14.25 Low: $5.00 VG/VG Median: $14.99 Average: $16.84 High: $69.00 M/VG+ sealed Current low price: $9.64 VG/G Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 37 Have/Want: 5427/577 Where Sold: Vallejo, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: my grandmother bought it new for me in Norwich CT around 1975 or 6 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No  When I was writing about Real Live, it seemed like I dismissed Before The Flood with a high hand due to  newfound arena vocal bombast in early '74.  I couldn't even get the name right, conflating it with the Steeleye Span album Below The Salt my parents had in their small collection.   I did this despite this having my own copy since the mid 70's, lo...