The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Golden Smog Title:  Down By The Old Mainstream Label: Rykodisc Format: CD Cat #: RCD 10325 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1996 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/28/25 Sell Price: $3.75 Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/25 NM/VG+ $4.09 Low: $1.78 Median: $3.73 Average: $3.83 High: $8.99 Current low price: $1.49 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 91 Have/Want: 1658/54 Where Sold: Glen Allen, VA Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought: Venus St Marks NYC $1 late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Golden Smog were the Mpls supergroup of roots rockers primarily known as a Jayhawks spinoff with Gary Louris and Marc Perlman.  Jeff Tweedy is in it as Scot Summit and even wrote "Pecan Pie."  So is Dan Murphy from Soul Asylum.  The singer is Kraig Johnson from Run Westy Run.  The band had a run roughly from 1992-2007. One thing about this album is that of 14 songs, at least half jump out at instantly enj...

  Artist: Wilco Title:  Being There Label: Reprise Format: 2XCD Catalog Number: 9 46236-2 Year of Release: 1996 Country and Year  of Edition: US 1996 Sell Price: $3.71 Sell Date: 1/14/25 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 1/7/25 VG+/VG+ $1.00 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.60 Average: $3.80 High: $8.00 Current  low price:  $0.67 disc two only, $1.50  Current Number on  Sale at Discogs: 64 Have/Want: 2411/160 Where Sold: Annandale, NJ Time It Took  To Sell:  12 years Where and When  Bought: new online when it came out Gwiz-gau Letter Grade:  A- Sad To See  It Go: No This was the first Wilco album that I really liked.  I heard AM and initially thought it didn't come near what Son Volt were doing.  This one was the first to get the best of list year end acclaim on the top 10 of the year level.  I don't know if it rated THAT high for me in 1996, but there were two songs that absolutely blew my mind. The best track for me h...

  Artist: Wilco Title: Summerteeth Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #:9 47282-2 Year of Release: 1999 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1999 Listed Condition VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/25/24 Sell Price:$2.95 Discogs Last Sold:5/24/24 NM/NM $5.43 Low: $0.77 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.24 High: $7.67 Current low price: $0.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 64 Have/Want:1727/94 Where Sold: Clarks Hill, SC Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: sometime in 1999 used can't remember if store or internet Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Wilco has been an established mainstay featuring Jeff Tweedy for so long I forgot that the period I bought in real time essentially had featured Jay Bennett as well as Tweedy before Nels Cline replaced him a "celebrity" partner in the band.  Bennett was summarily dismissed after Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and the I'm Trying To Break Your Heart film helped make Wilco bigger than they were.  I started to ignore them around th...

  Artist: Wilco Title: A Ghost Is Born Label: Nonesuch Format:  CD Cat #  79809-2 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 slipcase Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/16/22 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/22 VG+/VG+ $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.99 Average: $2.93 High:$6.84 Current low price:$1.57 Current Number on Sale at Discogs:55 Have/Want: 1755/99 Where Sold: Redland, CA Time it took to sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: mail order new late 04 or 05 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I saw Wilco recently for free at the United Palace uptown near where I used to live in Washington Heights for a couple years.   For whatever reason there were no shows I wanted to see there those couple years, but it was interesting to take that long A train ride for the first time in a long while.  They were doing Yankee Foxtrot Hotel that night, but threw in "Hummingbird" from this album that I seriously had no memory of w...

  Artist: Wilco Title: A. M. Label: Reprise Format: CD Cat #: 9 45857-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1995 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 1/12/22 Sell Price: $2.98 Discogs Last Sold: 12/27/21 $2.00 Low: $0.50 Median: $2.99 Average: $2.97 High: $6.00 Current low price: $1.56 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 44 Have/Want: 1507/92 Where Sold: Washington, MO Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: record club closeout late 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No When Uncle Tupelo split, I was more of a "Farrar man" and didn't think much of Wilco until I heard "I Got You"  from Being There, that song knocked me out and made me need this one.  I would get their releases though Summer Teeth, but nothing else they did really moved me the way the press insisted they would. That said, the debut A.M. is a solid set of songs.  "Casino Queen" is a great one...