The Reverse Collector

Artist: The Beatles Title: Rarities Label: Capitol Format: LP Cat #: SHAL-12060 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980, didn't realized there was a raised embossed edition with a typo as well as an edition not raised and embossed, but this was a raised embossed edition that went slightly below median Sold Price: $11.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 10/9/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/8/20 $20.00 NM/NM Low: $8.00 Median: $14.68 High: $24.82 Current low price: G+/VG+ $5.99, VG/VG $11.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 52 Have/Want: 2883/145 Where Sold: Sunset Beach, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester MA for $3.99 or That's Entertainment for $2.99 early 80's used unsure exactly guessing '83 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No The Reverse Collector (TM) had a bit of a quandary.  I had initially passed on writing about this title but with the 1-a-day deadline here this Saturday morning, the cds I ...

  Artist: Minor Threat Title:  Minor Threat Label: DisChord Format: LP Cat #: DISCHORD 12 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 repress, light blue cover, $4.00 price on back Sold Price: $39.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/13/20 Discogs Last Sold: 4/12/20 $29.99  VG/VG Low: $29.99 Median: $29.99 High: $29.99 Current low price: NA Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 0/0 Where Sold: Medford, NJ Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester new 1987 more than $4, more like $6 or $7 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go?: No My 1987 blue cover reissue copy of the 1984 red cover Minor Threat comp of the first two 1981 singles went for $39.99.  Ten times the pay no more than price. Adjusting for inflation, $4.00 in 1987 dollars is worth $9.16 today, so I still got triple value on my investment.  Sadly, with storage rent and back taxes I owe, there is no time to celebrate my $30.80 or less ...

  Artist: Mission of Burma Title: ONoffON Label: Matador Format: CD Cat #: OLE-613-2 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Sold Price: $3.49 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  (hole punch in UPC, sales sticker on jewel case) Sell Date: 10/8/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/6/20 Low: $1.00 Median: $3.53 High: $6.00 Current low price: $1.99 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 436/36 Where Sold: Bellingham, WA Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought: half.com used around 8 bucks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go?: No This was Mission of Burma's heroic return after tinnitus sidelined guitarist Roger Miller for a decade plus.  MoB were defunct I think even when I knew "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" as a local WBCN hit.  Yes, Virginia, there were such a thing as local commercial radio rock hits. My radio years saw me buy the as-much-as-can-fit-on-this-80-minute-silver-disc Rykodisc retrospective release right when ...

  Artist: Big Stick Title: Crack 'n Drag Label: Blast First Format: LP  Cat #:  BFFP 25 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1988 Sold Price: $4.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 10/9/20 Discogs Last Sold: 8/2/20 M/M $5.00 Low: $3.83 Median: $6.49 High: $10.39 Current low price: NM/VG $4.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want: 240/43 Where Sold: Sunset Beach, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Boston, Nuggets used around $1.99 in the early 90's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go?: No This is a British compilation of 2 Big Stick EP's, the first side, 1987's Crack Attack is a stone cold classic, the B-side Drag Racing , from 1985, less so.  When you talk about  Crack Attack, the title track in it's 2 mix splendor . NYC had a hardened approach to it's underground.  Crime, street drugs, squalor was the backstage.  NYC artists marketed this to the world as the price you pay for freedom....

Artist: The Vandals Title: When In Rome Do As Vandals Label: National Trust Records Format: LP Cat #: NT884 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1984 Sold Price: $14.99 Listed Condition: VG+ /VG+ Sell Date: 10/5/20 Discogs Last Sold: VG/VG $9.41 Low: $3.00 Median: $12.50 High: $40.00 Current low price: $2.80 F/VG, $15.26 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want: 613/199 Where Sold: Clinton Twp, MI Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Al Bums Worcester $3.99 with coupon (sales sticker still on cover with .50 discount from a coupon sale) sometime mid-80's, used Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go?: No This sort of funnypunk wasn't my bag as the years went by.  More hardcore and certainly better than the Dead Milkmen, but very West Coast (Long Beach, CA to be exact).  I did play the shit out of the 12" Peace Thru Vandalism at WICN and the CD couples that with this album.  That might be all ya need, I never kept up a...

Artist: Naked Raygun Title: Home Label: Caroline Format: 7" Cat #: CAROL 1463-0 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Green Vinyl Sold Price: $7.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date:  10/9/20 Discogs Last Sold:  8/15/20 VG+/VG+ $8.22 Low: $5.88 Median: $8.22 High: $9.99 Current low price: $9.09 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 386/99 Where Sold:  Saint Helena, CA Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Boston Newbury Comics $2.99 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go?: No Bass player Pierre Kezdy passed away this week.  I'm sad to see him go at only 58.   He wrote the A-side of this single as well, and it sold the day the news of his passing broke.   The B-side, Last Drink , is also a good later era track.  This marks the first time on The Reverse Collector I can eulogize in real time.  For being on All Rise alone he deserves a salute, since that is simply one of th...

  Artist: The Replacements Title: Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash Label: Twin/Tone Format: LP Cat #: TTR 8123 Year of Release: 1981  Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Sold Price: $44.99 Listed Condition: VG+/VG (some spine wear, shelf wear) Sell Date: 10/9/20 Discogs Last Sold: 9/3/20 NM/VG+ $50.00 Low: $23.53 Median: $51.46 High: $75.00 Current low price: $36.34 VG+ (media, cover not graded), $40.00 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 1947/1018 Where Sold: Sunset Beach, CA Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Strawberries Worcester MA New $7.99 in mid-1985 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go?: Yes A bit disturbing to see my sell price drop below the median.  I'm pretty sure this is not a first press with the blue label--I think there was a white one.  Third times the charm, I had a couple people buy this for I think $54.99 then not pay in the last couple years, so I didn't have to go to storage to retrieve i...