The Reverse Collector

  Artist:The Beatles Title: Yesterday A: Yesterday / It's Only Love B: You Like Me Too Much / Dizzy Miss Lizzy Label: Parlophone Format: 7" EP Cat: GEPO 70026 Year of Release: 1966 Country and Year of Edition: Australia 1966 Sell Price: $19.94 VG+/VG ringwear, fold in upper right hand corner Discogs Last Sold: 3/4/22 VG/VG $12.42 Low:$3.27 VG/no cover Median: $19.61 Average: $16.57 High: $30.86 NM/NM Current low price: $17.20 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 8 Have/Want:  124/52 Where Sold:  Haddon Heights, NJ Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Beatles Record Fair early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No This 4-song Beatles EP was one of those 7" I had no idea why I bought.  Probably thought it looked neat and the price was right at a Beatles record fair I went to in the early 80's.  I wasn't a big 7" collector, but I'd get one here and there.  Maybe I didn't have Help! at the time.  I bought a Japane...

  Artist:The Beatles Title: Beatles '65 Label: Apple Format: LP Cat: ST 2228 Year of Release: 1964 Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 Reissue Winchester Pressing Sell Price: $8.54 G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/19/23  $6.00  G+/G Low:$5.00 G+/G+ Median: $12.00 Average: $13.60 High: $30.00 M/NM Current low price: $5.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 31 Have/Want:  709/111 Where Sold:  Poplar Grove, IL Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Early 80's used Al Bums $5.99 range Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+ Sad To See It Go: No "I wish it could be 1965 again"-The Barracudas The end of 1964 meant new Christmas product was for a new year, 1965.  The US truncated editions are often held in a lesser light since "they are not as God intended."  As for Beatles '65 there may very well be a superior version within.  Although Revolver and Abbey Road are my 1-2, Beatles For Sale has always been up there for me. Why?  Well Beatles '65 ...

Artist:Chavez Title: Pentagram Ring  Pentagram Ring / The Nerve / You Faded / Hack The Sides Away / Repeat The Ending Label: Matador Format: CD EP Cat: OLE 146-2 Year of Release: 1995 Country and Year of Edition: US 1995 Sell Price: $4.49 VG+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/23  $9.11  NM/NM Low:$2.16 Median: $3.27 Average: $3.76 High: $9.11 Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want:  146/37 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: NYC mid 90's Venus $3.00 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Well above par NYC indie rock from the mid 90's.  They reformed in 2006 and Matador put out a 12" called Cockfighters in 2017 that I didn't even know existed until this very second.     My favorite track by the band was the closer from the 1994 A-side 7". It's flip "Hack The Sides Away" is almost as good.  I might have been happy to just have that single h...

  Artist:Cell Title: China Latina Label: David Geffen Company Format: 7" flexi single sided Cat: none Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 free in Flipside Sell Price: $4.99 VG+/VG+ 5/12/23 Discogs Last Sold: 1/27/19 NM/not graded $1.50 Low:$1.50 Median: $3.25 Average: $3.25 High: $4.99 Current low price: $2.85 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want:  48/12 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: came with Flipside zine 1993 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Flipside threw in this B-side of the "Cross The River" single imported by City Slang.  It was redone on their album Living Room .  I was a huge fan of the Slo Blo album that came out in 1992.  In fact, it was probably up there with Circa Now! by Rocket From The Crypt as my households heavy playlist that year.  That album could be found in every possible cut out bin, but this one somehow never graced my fingerti...

  Artist:Lee Renaldo/Something To Burns Title: A Perfect Day /Instrumental #2 Label: Musical Tragedies Format: 6"  saw cut edges, green vinyl Cat: MT 192,  Saw Blades #2 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition: Germany first edition opaque mint green vinyl Sell Price: $8.99 VG+/VG+ 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/23 NM/generic Test Pressing only 8 were done $57.61 Low:$3.75 NM/NM 1/23/20 Median: $7.61 Average: $10.53 High: $57.61 Current low price: $6.67 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 19 Have/Want:  209/88 Where Sold:  Ypsillanti, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Kim's Underground 92 or 93 new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No Yet another Lee Renaldo release with a cool vinyl design and "abstract" industrial contents within.  I wrote about From Here To Infinity a while back.  That was the one with the locked grooves on every minute long track of noise.  This was part of the Saw Cut series with the vi...

  Artist: David Bowie Title:  Y oung Americans Label: RCA Format: LP Cat: APL1-0998 Year of Release: 1975 Country and Year of Edition: US 1975 Indianapolis Pressing Sell Price: $11.99 VG/VG 5/6/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/11/23 NM/VG+ $46.00 Low:$4.00 VG/G+ 1/5/22 Median: $15.94 Average: $18.21 High: $46.00 Current low price: $6.99 G/F, $12.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 103 Have/Want:  8731/1122 Where Sold:  Charleston, SC Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: Worcester That's Entertainment $2.99 used early to mid 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Young Americans is such a weird record of Bowie's peak era (the RCA years, duh).  For starters it closes with his biggest hit "Fame" with sly John Lennon co-vocals.  He's famous ya know, wink wink.  Beatles references abound in an actual cover of "Across The Universe" which I would've linked to Pin Up.  The opening title track outros with the ladies refraining ...

  Artist: Berlin Title: Pleasure Victim Format: LP Cat: GHS 2036 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition: US 1983 reissue Sell Price: $5.99 VG+/VG+ 4/29/23 Discogs Last Sold: 5/6/23 VG+/NM $6.00 Low:$1.00 Median: $5.99 Average: $6.79 High: $15.00 Current low price: $4.39 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 41 Have/Want:  1265/101 Where Sold:  Garden City, MI Time It Took To Sell: 8 years Where and When Bought: dollar bin in Boston early 90s Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No My first exposure to this was around 1983 or 4 on WCHC.  I remember discovering the Holy Cross station in Worcester that only broadcast in mono at 10 watts during the Spring and Fall semesters.  It was an oddity for an FM station not to have the stereo light go off on those all in one receivers.  "Sex (I'm A..)" was a bizarre one for my 13 year old brain to handle.  Soft core porn call-and-response music from rumored ex-porn star Terri Nunn emanating from a Cath...