The Reverse Collector

Artist: Bill Direen & The Builders Title: Alien b/w Skulls Label:  Hecuba Format: 7" Cat #: HEX 03 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/22/25 Sell Price: $6.96 iscogs Last Sold:6/1/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $5.00 7/26/21 NM/NM Median: $10.00 Average: $9.99 High: $17.05 3/11/25 NM/VG+ Current low price: $9.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 116/54 Where Sold: St. Clare Shores, MI Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Allston, MA In Your Ear $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Bill Direeen from New Zealand was important enough to have a documentary Bill Direen: A Memory of Others back in 2017.  Someday all musicians will have documentaries, and I haven't seen this one or even knew of its existence until today.  I probably bought this single back around 1991 at In Your Ear because there was some sort of Flying Nun affiliation or perhaps even a sticker o...

  Artist: Darkness & Jive Title: Hooked On You b/w Tarzan Label:  Red Rhino Records Format: 7" Cat #: RED 21 Year of Release: 1982 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1982 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/31/25 Sell Price: $4.33 Discogs Last Sold: 5/10/25 VG+/VG+ $3.40 Low: $1.14 11/30/19 VG+/VG+ Median: $4.86 Average: $4.99 High: $9.09 6/15/21 VG+/NM Current low price: $2.69 VG+/generic Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 63/31 Where Sold: Lincoln City, OR Time it took to sell: 6 years Where and When Bought: consigned collection from the late Kevin Wyzzard Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I have a handful of 45's left from my friend Kevin Wyzzard consigned to me after he passed last year.  He had some hard times and gave me some cherry picked records to sell.  This one didn't go that much but I think he thought it had some US value being an import.  Sadly, over time it dropped to under $5. This is a fairly obscure post-pun...

  Artist: Siouxsie & The Banshees Title: The Tinderbox Interview with Siouxsie Label:  Warner Bros.89 Format: LP Cat #: WBMS 138 Year of Release: 1986 Promo Radio Transcription Record Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1986 The Warner Bros. Music Show series Listed Condition: VG+/VG peel off on upper right hand corner several <1" spots Sell Date: 5/31/25 Sell Price: $11.06 Discogs Last Sold: 2/19/25 VG+/VG+ $17.00 Low: $11.06 Median: $20.89 Average: $24.27 High: $54.95 1/24/25 NM/NM Current low price: $22.73 NM/no cover Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 181/136 Where Sold: St. Lincoln City, OR Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: promo Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C  Sad To See It Go: No The TINDERBOX Interview with Siouxsie was a radio only interview record I got a promo of.  This was the only tour to date I've ever seen Siouxsie in the flesh, at the Orpheum in Boston .  It was also the last Siouxsie & The Banshees album I...

  Artist: Bob Dylan Title: Dylan Label:  Columbia Format: LP Cat # PC 32747 Year of Release: 1973 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1973 Terre Haute Pressing Listed Condition: VG/G spine damage Sell Date: 5/30/25 Sell Price: $4.49 Discogs Last Sold: 5/28/25 VG+/VG+ $6.00 Low: $2.00 1/1/25 VG/VG Median: $5.34 Average: $6.98 High: $22.73 M/M 10/30/24 Current low price: $2.00 VG/no cover $2.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 116 Have/Want: 5239/328 Where Sold: South Williamsport, PA Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Worcester Al Bums $3.99 early 80's Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No When Dylan jumped ship to Asylum, Columbia cleaned out their closet of Self Portrait and New Morning outtakes.  The result was 1973's Dylan.  Consisting mostly of covers, it was ignored for CD reissue until 2013 on the Complete Album Collection.  However, it did ok for an outtake record, hitting Gold certification in its day and peaking in ...

  Artist: Sunshine Super Scum Title: Two Reactions Two Reaction s/ Native Son Rising Star b/w Village Church / Louder Label:  Siltbreeze Format: 7" Cat #: SB 57 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1997 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/22/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 5/1/25 NM/NM $3.00 Low: $1.00 NM/NM 3/7/20 Median: $3.48 Average: $3.62 High: $6.82 VG+/VG+11/30/17 Current low price: $3.00 NM/NM Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 12 Have/Want: 143/37 Where Sold: St. Clare Shores, MI Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: NYC Other Music $3.99 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C- Sad To See It Go: No Boredoms-affiliated Sunshine Super Scum recorded this 4-song ep in 1995, dated the artwork 1996 and Philadelphia noise/out label Siltbreeze released it in 1997.  They had a self titled CD EP in 1993 as well as a 7" entitled "Thrown In Your Circle" and then disappeared after this release. I bought it because ...

  Artist: Scorpions Title: Best of Rockers 'N' Ballads Label:  Mercury Format: CD Cat #: 842 002 2 Year of Release: 1989 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US BMG Record Club Edition Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 5/27/25 Sell Price: $4.85 Discogs Last Sold: 5/25/25 VG+/VG+ $2.99 Low: $0.78 12/26/21 VG+/VG+ Median: $3.00 Average: $3.20 High: $9.99 10/29/20 NM/NM Current low price: $1.99 VG/VG Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 493/22 Where Sold: Vinton, VA Time it took to sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Facebook CD lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No This particular compilation of the Scorpions first decade on Mercury initially seemed like a toss off to me.  In fact, it was one of the bands best US sellers peaking on Billboard at #43 chart run into 1990, before their megahit "Winds of Change."  It hit Platinum in 1993, so for that period of time this was the go to for the uninitiated for their big 80's hits.  I didn't eve...

  Artist: Barbara Manning Title: Don't Let It Bring You Dow n b/w Haze Is Free (Mounting A Broken Ladder) Label:  Forced Exposure Format: 7" Cat #: FE-021 Year of Release: 1990 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1990 Listed Condition: VG/VG Sell Date: 5/22/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/25 NM/NM $3.91 Low: $1.00 VG+/NM 3/6/22 Median: $3.53 Average: $3.70 High: $7.95 2/8/25 NM/NM Current low price: $3.00 VG+/VG+ Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 16 Have/Want: 250/59 Where Sold: St. Clare Shores, MI Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought: Newbury Comics Boston 1990 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Ever since I heard "Someone Wants You Dead" by Barbara Manning in the late 80's, this was one of my favorite female voices of indie rock.  Not quite twee pop, there was a beautiful, worn quality that makes my ears perk up even if the material isn't particularly memorable like she accomplished with "Someone..." or ...