The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Pere Ubu Title: The Tenement Year A1 Something's Gotta Give 5:13 A2 George Had A Hat 4:02 A3 Talk To Me 3:28 A4 Busman's Honeymoon 4:35 A5 Say Goodbye 4:58 B1 Universal Vibration 2:43 B2 Miss You 4:21 B3 Dream The Moon 3:25 B4 Rhythm King 4:26 B5 The Hollow Earth 4:15 B6 We Have The Technology 3:03 Label: Enigma Format: LP Cat #: D1-73343 Year of Release: 1988 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1988 Listed Condition: VG+/G+ markered cover, deleted radio copy Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $6.57 Discogs Last Sold: 4/7/25 VG+/VG+ $7.00 Low: $5.00 Median: $11.50 Average: $12.60 High: $25.00 Current low price: $10.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 30 Have/Want: 733/145 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No The Tenement Year is one of those rare albums that can't be streamed at the time of this writing.  Originally issued by Capitol's alt-r...

  Artist: The Police Title: Zenyatta Mondatta Label: A&M Records Format: LP Cat #: SP 4831 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1981 Listed Condition: VG+/G  water stained, peel off center of cover Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $5.69 Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/25 NM/VG+ $19.45 Low: $2.99 Median: $9.50 Average: $11.11 High: $25.00 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 67 Have/Want: 3198/399 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used $3.99 at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Zenyatta Mondatta was a band invented phrase.  The meaning was a hybrid of "Zen," "Jomo Kenyatta" and the French word for world, "Le Monde."  There seems to be an element of fun here before Sting got a little too serious.    Is it any wonder that a top ten hit from the album was "De Doo Doo Doo De Da Da Da?"  The video on the snowy hill makes them seem do...

  Artist: Various Artists (George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Bob Dylan) Title: The Concert For Bangladesh Label: Apple Format: 3XLP Cat #: STCX 3385 Year of Release: 1971 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1971 Scranton Pressing Listed Condition: VG+/G+  booklet inner sleeves great box spine box spine torn over title and has small writing in upper right hand corner and inside cover box Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $7.45 Discogs Last Sold: 3/1/25 VG/F $8.50 Low: $3.00 G/F Median: $11.50 Average: $18.50 High: $102.09 VG+/NM Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 668/129 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No One of the things I noticed on this recent listen of the original vinyl for The Concert For Bangladesh is how little I had a feel I had for the live arrangements compared to o...

  Artist: Cheap Trick Title: All Shook Up Label: Epic Format: LP Cat #: FE 36498 Year of Release: 1980 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1980 Listed Condition: VG+/VG  Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/24/25 VG+/VG $6.00 Low: $1.67 Median: $6.30 Average: $6.26 High: $12.00 Current low price: $2.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 54 Have/Want: 4230/170 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used $3.99 at Al Bums Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No All Shook Up was an album I had high expectations for with production by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick.  Around the time of this release, John Lennon himself had the band back him for Double Fantasy demos. When I heard the electronic voice sound of the second side opener, "High Priest of Rhythmic Love," I wondered to myself how Lennon might have been impressed by this production.  Then I thought of "Cleanup ...

  Artist: Kris Kristofferson Title: Surreal Thing Label: Monument Format: LP Cat #: PZ 34254 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1976 Listed Condition: VG+/VG  Sell Date: 4/4/25 Sell Price: $2.89 Discogs Last Sold: 10/24/24 VG+/VG $2.50 Low: $1.11 Median: $2.25 Average: $2.17 High: $3.00 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 32/10 Where Sold: Springvale, ME Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Facebook dollar lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Surreal Thing is a fairly middling to good Kris Kristofferson album bookended by two great songs.  The opener "You'll Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine)" is instantly memorable and "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" you can kiss his ass.  Why sugar coat it? The rest of the album is loaded with characters.  Eddie The Eunuch, The Prisoner, The Golden Idol and someone Killing Time.  The one who has a life of his own lost in ...

  Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Title: Spooked Label: Yep Rock Format: CD Cat #: YEP 2086 Year of Release: 2004 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2004 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+  Sell Date: 3/29/25 Sell Price: $4.38 Discogs Last Sold: 3/31/25 NM/VG+ $4.88 Low: $3.51 Median: $5.00 Average: $5.80 High: $11.54 Current low price: $5.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 25 Have/Want: 608/33 Where Sold: Grand Junction, CO Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used online mid aughts Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Spooked is a pretty solid album start to finish.  There really isn't a weak track on it.  Sometimes when you give something an A-, it sounds like an underhanded compliment but in this case my feeling was that grade was an upgrade not a downgrade to reflect what I felt about the album as a whole. 10 of the 12 tracks have made his live set some time or another.  He plays "Full Moon In My Soul" the most and "Sometimes A Blonde,"...

  Artist: The Records Title: The Records Label: Virgin Format: LP Cat #: VA 13130 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1979 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ original inner sleeve, no single Sell Date: 3/30/25 Sell Price: $8.73 Discogs Last Sold: 3/27/25 VG+/VG $3.00 Low: $1.08 4/1/24 NM/VG+ Media: $8.87 Average: $10.79 High: $25.24 12/25/23 NM/NM Current low price: $3.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 46 Have/Want: 1352/120 Where Sold: Marietta, GA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought: Facebook $3 LP lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No From the ashes of Kursaal Flyers who had a British hit in 1976 with " Little Does She Know ," formed The Records with Rhythm Guitarist/Vocalist John Wicks joining the Kursaals drummer/vocalist Will Birch along with Huw Gowar (guitarist of Magic Muscle, Dragons), Phil Brown (bass later of The Hurt) and session keyboardist Ian Gibbons (The Kinks, The Sweet). This was "faceless" British po...