The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Clash Title:  Black Market Clash Label: Epic Format: LP Cat: PE 38540 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 12" reissue Sell Price: $19.99 VG+/VG 3/7/23 Discogs Last Sold: 3/6/23  VG+/VG $21.69 Low:$6.99 VG+/VG  2/13/21 Median: $23.08 Average: $22.93 High: $37.23 M/NM 6/2/22 Current low price: $18.35 Japan, $22.09 US Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 27 Have/Want: 1874/208 Where Sold: Green Brook, NJ Time it took to sell: 8 years Where and When  Worcester Strawberries new mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This B-sides release was originally released in 1980 as part of the Epic Nu-Disk 10" series.  The Clash and Cheap Trick were the marquee stars of the series along with lesser selling lights like The Continentals, New Musik and Shakin' Stevens as well as established acts of yore like Ricky Nelson and Gary Glitter.  Black Market Clash and Cheap Trick's Found All The Parts were the only ones ...

  Artist: Thee Stash Title: Should I Stay Or Should I Go b/w (We're) Selling Jeans For The USA Label: Shakin' Street Records     Format: 7" Cat: YEAH-HUP-022 Year of Release:1991 Country and Year of Edition: UK 1991 Sell Price: $5.99 12/19/22  VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 12/11/22 VG+/VG+ $6.38 Low:$3.01 Median: $5.99 Average: $5.98 High: $8.50 Current low price: $5.32 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 211/56 Where Sold: Middletown, MD Time it took to sell:  8 years Where and When Purchased:  earlly 90's In Your Ear $3.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No One of an endless parade of Billy Childish releases on par with The Fall or Guided By Voices in terms of sheer volume of catalog.  This one was a tongue in cheek knock on the Clash.  When Get Hip got around to issuing this in the US in 1992 the A-side was retitled with the revised chorus, "Should I Suck Or Should I Blow." The original UK...

  Artist: The Clash Title The Clash Label: Epic Format: CD Cat: EK 36060 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: US 1988ish Sell Price: $2.99 9/6/22 Discogs Last Sold:8/6/22 NM/VG+ $9.99 Low: $1.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.80 High: $9.99 Current low price: $4.31 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 889/302 Where Sold:  North Beach, MD Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Purchase: Worcester Center Mal record store when first issued on CD in longbox Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No C-O-N... Control You never forget your first "Punk" album.  For me it was the US version of The Clash-The Clash.  This was not my first Clash album, I had London Calling found used after taking it out of the library in the early 80's and Combat Rock new around the first year of release,  but not with the commercial in the middle of "Inoculated City."  So this outs me as an AOR/Metal kid in 1984  or maybe late 1983 when I bou...

  Artist: The Clash Title: From Here To Eternity (Live) Label: Epic Format: CD Cat #: EK 65747 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition:VG+/VG+ drill cut in back cover upper right corner Sell Date: 1/12/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 12/12/21$2.50 Low: $1.99 Median: $2.99 Average:$3.62 High: $6.77 Current low price: $1.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 9 Have/Want: 368/25 Where Sold: Washington, MO Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: internet late aughts used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The first official live Clash release came in 1999, well after the band dissolved.  You get a mix of recordings from 1978, 1980 and 1982.  The rise from Punk to Rock to Pop success roughly in order of the materials release. The arena sounding generic crowd noise on the early Clash numbers is a little jarring.  Maybe it was even real!  Pretty much every track on here was a band standard in i...