The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Real Live Label: Columbia Format: LP Cat #:FC 39944 Year of Release: 1984 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1984 Pitman Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG 1" spine damage, top ungluing Sell Date: 4/6/21 Sell Price: $6.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/18/21 $5.94 M/M Low: $4.00 VG/VG Median: $8.00 Average: $10.60 High: $39.98 NM/NM   Original gold stamped jacket. Never played. In my possession since 1984. Includes near mint original inner sleeve. Current low price: $4.00 F/VG, $8.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 47 Have/Want: 1935/141 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 5 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums New $7.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No It's very rare that I play a Bob album once and file it away.  When this came out, everyone raved about Bob's return to Secular Live Performance i.e. The Hits.  Oddly enough, he never really went away, bu...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Storefront Hitchcock-Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD Cat #: 9 46846-2 Year of Release: 1998 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1998 Promo Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/10/21 Sell Price: $3.49 Discogs Last Sold: 2/18/21 $3.00 Low: $1.75 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.16 High: $4.49 Current low price: $2.75 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20 Have/Want: 244/7 Where Sold: Washington, DC Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Sounds NYC St. Marks used promo when released Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Not my favorite Robyn Hitchcock.  It's not BAAAD, some hits etc.  I haven't seen the movie so I can't comment on that.  I've seen Robyn a handful of times in different Boston settings.  One time was a surprise solo gig at the Rat in around 1989, and that summer after at Berklee Performance Center with the Egyptians....

  Artist: Television Personalities Title:  A Sense of Belonging b/w Paradise Estate Label: Rough Trade Format: 7" Cat #: RT 109 Year of Release: 1983 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1983 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 4/8/21 Sell Price: $22.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/11/21 NM/VG+ $20.99 Low: $13.70 Median: $21.45 Average: $21.43 High: $34.52 Current low price:$16.67 VG+/VG+ Germany Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 251/164 Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY Time it took to sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: consignment collecton Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: original seller says yes The seller that consigned this to me had high hopes this would be a $40 or $50 sale a few years back, but although it was the only copy up on Discogs in the US, it dropped over 3 years to $22.99 and that wasn't the cheapest copy overall by any means.  The disturbing black-eyed child model sets the tone for the A-side, a mis...

Artist: Kool Moe Dee Title: Kool Moe Dee Label: Jive Format: LP Cat #: 1025-1-J Year of Release: 1986 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/3/21 Sell Price: $5.99 Discogs Last Sold: 3/20/21 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $2.99 Median: $6.00 Average: $6.94 High: $15.00 Current low price: $2.38 G+/G+, $5.75 VG/VG,   $6.50 NM/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 47 Have/Want: 770/117 Where Sold: Ontario, CA Time it took to sell: 4 years Where and When Bought: Worcester, MA Strawberries New $7.99 in 1987 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No "All of the sudden I started fussing, yelling and cussing. Drip-drip-dripping and pus pus pussing” Kool Moe Dee was the first rap act I bought the album based on seeing the live show.  I saw the Fresh Fest tour in Worcester headlined by LL Cool J who I got into from hearing "I Need A Beat" on WICN before I was a DJ there.  Radio was one of the fir...

  Artist: The Geraldine Fibbers Title: Butch Label: Virgin Format: CD Cat #:  7243 8 44419 2 0 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1997 Digipak Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 4/11/21 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 1/5/21 NM/NM $4.99 Low: $1.11 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.90 High:$5.00 Current low price:$2.35 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 233/17 Where Sold: Bangor, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Sounds St. Marks used $8.99 when it was new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No One of the better results of the post-Nirvana major label grunge years, The Geraldine Fibbers Butch album was one of my favorite records of the late 90's.  It still holds up.  Most of the album remained muscle memory memorable, like an old friend that you last spoke to a couple decades ago,  that you are just now taking the time to catch up with in a blowout sess...

Artist: The Beach Boys Title: California GIrls/All Summer Long Label: Capitol Format: 2LP Cat #: STBB 500500 Year of Release: 1971  Country and Year of Edition Issue: US  US Columbia House Record Club Listed Condition: VG/G+ 2" tear on back cover, ringwear Sell Date: 4/11/21 Sell Price: $4.99 Discogs Last Sold:  12/8/20 VG+/VG+ $5.50 Low: $1.50 Median: $5.00 Average: $7.22 High: $29.76 NM/NM Current low price:$4.99 VG+/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 243/8 Where Sold: Sayreville, NJ Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums early 80's used around 5 bucks Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go:  No Brian Wilson had enough in the cd era with his albums getting coupled.  After a couple decades he put his fist down and two-fers were no more. This one is a 1971 truncated repackaging of Summer Days (and Summer Nights!) from 1965 and 1964's All Summer Long .  It was lovingly repr...

  Artist: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Title: Safe As Milk Label: Buddah Records Format:CD Cat #: 7446599605-2 Year of Release: 1967 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US CD 1999 reissue with bonus tracks Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 3/14/21 Sell Price: $3.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/15/21 $9.52 Low: $2.00 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.48 High: $12.99 Current low price: $3.50 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 906/195 Where Sold:n Delaware, OH Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: consignment collection Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No This is one of those difficult records that never got any easier with CD reissues.  I had an early CD version, this remaster that sold was from a consignment collection.  This was a nice 1999 reissue with bonus tracks after a long history of not getting the respect it deserved.  I bought an early 1985 UK CD copy on the Castle midline label used f...