The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Yoko Ono Title: It's Alright (I See Rainbows) Label: Polydor Format: LP Cat #: POLD 5073 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/15/25 Sell Price: $4.82 Discogs Last Sold: 1/23/25 NM/VG+ $7.69 Low: $2.41 Media: $6.41 Average: $6.74 High: $19.22 Current low price: $5.13 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 214/57 Where Sold: Sarasota, FL Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA That's Entertainment $2.99 used mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Yoko's follow-up to Seasons Of Glass, 1982's It's Alright (I See Rainbows) finds Yoko still in mourning.  John's image is superimposed on the back cover with Yoko and Sean.  We get psychological healing numbers like the state of the state title track. At the time I first heard it I felt that it was maybe was not a great "statement" album the way Seasons of Glass appeared to be, a...

  Artist: Crowbar Title: Lifesblood For The Downtrodden Label: Candlelight Records USA Format: CD Cat #: CDL0158CD Year of Release: 2005 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2005 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/23/25 Sell Price: $9.21 Discogs Last Sold: 3/22/25 NM/NM $10.00 Low: $2.17 Median: $6.26 Average: $6.54 High: $11.96 Current low price: $4.55 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 335/45  Where Sold: Cordova, AL Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook $2 cd lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No New Orleans doom stalwart Crowbar have been around since 1989.  People have talked about them over the years but somehow, I never got around to seeing them or buying any of their stuff or even really hearing them.  With this in mind, I added this to about 30 or so CD's that someone was unloading online last year on Facebook marketplace.  This particular album, Lifesblood For The Downtrodden is their 8th and their ...

  Artist: The Doors Title: Waiting For The Sun Label: Elektra Format: LP Cat #:  EKS 74024 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Terre Haute Pressing, Unipak gatefold,  CP brown label variant, uni cover wear on spine, 1” spine missing at top Listed Condition: VG/G+ Sell Date: 3/20/25 Sell Price: $7.88 Discogs Last Sold: 3/25/25 VG+/VG+ $64.94    In original Elektra inner sleeve. Vinyl sounds great with minimal surface noise. A lot of wear on spine but rest of the cover in good shape Low: $3.00 G+/VG+ Median: $11.75 Average: $18.71 High: $64.94 Current low price: $5.00 G+/G+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 17539/3322 Where Sold: Rome, GA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, That's Entertainment early 80's $1.29 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No This was one of the first used albums I ever bought for a $1.29 in the dollar bin.  It played pretty clean for that price.  Oddl...

  Artist: Go-Go's Title: Greatest Label: I.R.S. Records Format: CD Cat #:  44797 0059 2 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG Music Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/22/25 Sell Price: $4.49 Discogs Last Sold: 1/27/25 VG+/VG+ $2.59 Low: $0.99 Median: $2.70 Average: $3.21 High: $12.99 Current low price: $1.25 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 18 Have/Want: 432/10 Where Sold: Durham, NC Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: facebook cd $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No One of those times I'd feel totally fine just having a CD compilation of a band.  I do like the debut Beauty and the Beat but this has some later hits that I like as stand-alones. For me there are 4 great tracks here.  The first single off Beauty and the Beat, "Our Lips Are Sealed" I bought as a kid before the album hit number one and I had to have it for my number one album collection.  "How Much More" and "This ...

  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: Mick Jagger Title:  She's The Boss Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat #: FC 39940 Year of Release: 1985 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1985  Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  in original shink, original inner sleeve Sell Date: 3/15/25 Sell Price: $2.89 Discogs Last Sold: 3/18/25 VG+/VG+ $3.00 Low: $1.88 Median: $2.94 Average: $3.50 High: $7.61 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 291 Have/Want: 3815/106 Where Sold: Sarasota, FL Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: new Columbia Record Club selection of the month Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Mick Jagger's solo debut (excluding "Memo From Turner" on the Performance soundtrack) was more like a completist obligation rather than an album I wanted to listen to in 1985.  There were radio hits I knew from listening to WBCN.  The title track that closes the album is probably my favorite.  The biggest, "Just Another NIght," was never anything I liked ...

  Artist: Z. Z. Top Title: Fandango! Label: London Format: 8-Track Cat #: LON O 9656 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1975 white shell Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 3/12/25 Sell Price: $2.89 Discogs Last Sold: 12/16/23 VG/no cover $2.00 Low: $2.00 Media: $2.45 Average: $2.45 High: $2.89 Current low price: $2.32 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 10/12 Where Sold: Siviriez, Switzerland Time it took to sell:  4 months Where and When Bought: ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Fandango! is one of those albums I've had since the pre-CD era for completion purposes, but for some reason never listened to.  I always thought of it an early live album and that is only half true.  It was a US certified Gold album with a studio side featuring "Tush" and "Heard It On The X."  Since I probably had The Best of ZZ Top first, I didn't really think of the album in it's context as the mother of those ...