The Reverse Collector

  Artist: The Who Title: The Who By Numbers Label: MCA Records Format: 8-Track Catalog Number: MCAT-2161 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1975 Sell Price: $2.99 Sell Date: 3/29/26 Condition: VG/VG untested Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/23 VG+/generic $3.51 Low: $2.99 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.25 High: $3.51 Current  low price:  $4.18 VG/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 63/44 Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX Time It Took  To Sell:  2 years  Where and When  Buught: Ebay lot Gwiz-gau Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No The Who By Numbers was deemed to be slight and less-commercial along the lines of Zep's Presence or Springsteen's Nebraska.  It went Gold in the US out of the gate but didn't hit the Platinum mark until 1993 after years of being a "super saver" in the midline bin.  Like those steady sellers, a cutout, but perpetually on sale.  This 8-track that sold radically reshuffles the track or...

  Artist: Pete Townshend Title: Empty Glass Label: Atco Format: LP Catalog Number: SD 32-100 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year  of Edition: US  Coumbia House Terre Haute Pressing Sell Price: $5.06 Sell Date: 3/6/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/24 VG+/VG+ $2.88 Low: $1.12 Median: $5.06 Average: $5.32 High: $10.00 Current  low price:  $4.72 VG+/VG Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 214/28 Where Sold: Asheville, NC Time It Took  To Sell:  11 years Where and When  Bought: Al Bums Worcester early 80's $1.99 sticker (crossed out from $2.99) still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See  It Go: No This may be the best set of songs Pete Townshend put out after his glory years with the Who.  You can compare this favorably to The Who By Numbers and Who Are You start to finish as well as Face Dances and It's Hard immediately after this.  Every track was instantly memorable to me even though I probably h...

  Artist: The Who Title: The Who Sings My Generation Label: MCA Records Format: CD Cat #: MCAD-31330 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/19/25 Sell Price: $16.42 Discogs Last Sold: 9/27/22 NM/VG+ $6.00 Low: $6.00 Median: $11.21 Average: $11.21 High: $16.42 Current low price: n/a Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 4/36 Where Sold: Jefferson, SC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  $2 lot Facebook Marketplace Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No FOR FURTHER REVIEW: This was a first-generation "compact price" budget CD issue of the US debut album from The Who.  In the UK it came out as My Generation in December 1965,  with " I'm A Man " in the middle of side 2.  This was followed by "A Legal Matter" and John Entwistle's "The Ox" closing out the record.  In the US, the title was changed to The Who Sings My Generation and replaced "I...

  Artist: The Who Title: 20th Century Masters: The Best of The Who-The Millennium Collection Label: MCA Records Format: CD Cat #: MCAD-11951 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition: M/M sealed Sell Date: 3/22/25 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/2/25 VG+/VG+ $1.50 Low: $0.60 Median: $1.54 Average: $2.24 High: $8.74 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 913/14 Where Sold: Durham, NC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook cd $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: D- Sad To See It Go: No I'm doing a little dog sitting away from home, so I'm taking on the title sold that is sealed, whose contents I know beyond cold and can write about with it streaming on my laptop. Does the world need yet another Who compilation?  In 1999 MCA launched The Millennium Collection series of "20th Century Masters."  For many years a band like the Who would be exempt from these types of corporate re...

    Artist: The Who Title: Hooligans Label:  MCA Format: 2LP Cat:  MCA2-12001 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition: US 1981 Columbia Record Club Edition Sell Price: $7.99 VG+/G+ 9/30/22 spine damage, otherwise VG Discogs Last Sold: 8/11/22 VG+/VG $7.99 Low: $5.50 NM/NM Median: $8.50 Average: $10.24 High: $25.00 M/M sealed Current low price: $4.00 VG+/VG missing 1 inner sleeve Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 248/15 Where Sold:  Wichita Falls, TX Time it took to sell:  7 years Where and When Purchased: new 1982 Columbia House 7 for a penny in 6th grade Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Sitting in my 6th grade class waiting for the box of records from Terre Haute, Indiana to show up made the clock tick negative .  One of the titles was this Who compilation which I was psyched to get because my copies of Who's Next and Quadrophenia were dollar bin copies.  Side 2 of this is all Who's Next.  A chunk of hit...

  Artist: The Who Title    Who's Last Label:  MCA Format: 2LP Cat:  MCA2-8018 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition: US 1984 Sell Price: $6.99 VG+/G+  edge damage otherwise VG Discogs Last Sold:8/24/22 NM/VG $8.00 Low: $4.49 Median: $8.99 Average: $10.00 High: $20.21 Current low price: $6.99 VG+/F,  Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  29 Have/Want: 1488/75 Where Sold:  Alexandria, VA Time it took to sell: 7  years Where and When Purchased: Worcester Al Bums when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No A fairly bland double live double album of the It's Hard tour with Kenney Jones.  This one played Worcester before the "grand finale" in Toronto, but I missed out on tickets and only heard the concert recreation on the radio.  A grand finale that lasted until Live Aid in 1985.  The tide turned after that show and they resumed touring  consistently in 1989 although without Jones who bowed out a...

  Artist: The Who Title: Tommy Label: Decca Format: 2LP Cat #  DXSW-7205 Year of Release: 1969 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1972 Pickneyville Pressing with booklet Listed Condition: VG/G+ Sell Date: 5/6/22 Sell Price: $7.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/1/22 NM/VG $20.00 Low: $1.50 G/G+ Median: $7.50 Average: $7.12 High:$40.00 NM/NM Current low price:$3.00 G+/Gen , $5.00 G+/G+, $10.00 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs:22 Have/Want: 1773/374 Where Sold: Cumming, GA Time it took to sell: 7 years Where and When Bought: used Worcester early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Tommy tends to be maligned by the sort of people who wish it could be 1965 again.  Some of those people might like Live At Leads but certainly not anything after.  Since I'm not one of those people, I'm fine with Tommy and it's uncanny ability to have each and every note of the album rouse memory cells despite neither buying a CD reissue of it or even having an urge to play it s...

  Artist: The Who Title:  Who Are You Label: MCA Records Format: LP Cat #: MCA-3050 Year of Release: 1978 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1978 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 6/27/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 6/8/21 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.46 High: $20.00 Current low price: $2.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 142 Have/Want: 8430/396 Where Sold: New Orleans, LA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester That's Entertainment $2.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No "I woke up in a Soho doorway/A Policeman knew my name.... " -Who Are You? Septemember 5th, 2020.  A text comes in from the Pinch Point editor to The Reverse Collector (TM): PP: What letter grade would you give this? RC: Funny i always held this album in low esteem except of course "sister disco" "guitar and pen" and the unlistenable due to overplayed title track...lo...

  Artist: The Who Title:  Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy Label: MCA Format: LP Cat #: MCA-37001 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980  Super Stars At Super Savings series Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 6/27/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/10/21 Low: $3.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.46 High: $16.75 Current low price: $1.77 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 37 Have/Want:2030/51 Where Sold: New Orleans, LA Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: short lived store in Worcester early 80's on Grove St brand new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No Essentially this is my favorite compilation album of all time.  It's baseline and great.  So what are my toppermost of the poppermost on this?  "The Kids Are Alright" and "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere."  I never get sick of those two.  The rest are varying degrees of perfect. I sold a gatefold edition w...

  Artist: The Who Title: Face Dances Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP Cat #: HS 3516 Year of Release: 1981 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Los Angeles pressing Sold Price: $3.99 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ original inner sleeve, no poster Sell Date: 11/20/20 Discogs Last Sold: 11/7/20 $2.99 VG+/VG+ Low: $0.11 Median: $4.00 High: $38.99 NM/VG+  1981 original Warner Bros Records LP pressing #HS 3516, cover VG++, still in the otiginal plastic shrink-wrap (w price sticker), NO seam or spine splits, NO ring-wear, saw-mark on upper spine area, original printed lyrics inner sleeve VG+(+), bottom seam split, saw-mark on top edge, NO creases, POSTER VG++, saw-mark in top & bottom center area, as it is neatly folded (never put up on wall, clean), vinyl M-, NO scratches, plays excellent. Current low price: $1.00 VG/F, VG/VG+ $1.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:  145 Have/Want: 5162/115 Where Sold: South Lake Tahoe, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought...