The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Laura Nyro Title: Smile Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: PC 33912 Year of Release: 1976 Country and Year of Edition: US 1976 Pitman Pressing Sell Price: $9.49 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG/G  Discogs Last Sold: 8/31/26 VG+/G cover has moderate peeling on front and back OG inner $2.09 Low: $0.99 4/15/25 VG+/VG Median: $6.38 Average: $9.55 High: $35.22 M/M 12/14/25 Current low price: $2.00 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 82 Have/Want: 1506/187 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: whatnot vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No Although it was often dismissed as bland mid-70's singer-songwriter fare, I sort've prefer Nyro's Joni-Mitchell vocal stylings of this period in comparison with the showtune assault that I wrote about the other day.  Smile seems musically adventurous for that realm, much like Joni, Laura Nyro is such an "artist" and had enough commercial success at ...

  Artist: Bobby Womack Title:  Roads Of Life Label: Arista Format: LP Catalog Number: AB 4222 Year of Release: 1979 Country and Year of Edition: US 1979 Santa Maria Pressing Sell Price: $17.65 Sell Date: 8/16/26 Condition: VG+/VG corner clipped Discogs Last Sold: 12/24/25 VG/VG $5.95 Low: $5.95 Median: $16.30 Average: $17.89 High: $34.88 M/VG+ 9/6/25 Current low price: $4.04 G+/G+, $9.99 VG/VG Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 4 Have/Want: 47/85 Where Sold: Southampton, MA Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: whatnot vinyl lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No When the opening Anthony Willis (of the Detroit Rhythm Group and heard on " Love Shock " by Albert King in 1977)  bass walk-up kicks in on "The Roads of Life,"  you know you are in the Disco era.  For Bobby Womack, roughly 20 years into his career  (remember he wrote the Stones "It's All Over Now" with his sister Shirley and released by his group the Valentinos)...

  Artist: Tulips Title: Jack Mag Label: Sonic Bubblegum Format: CD Catalog Number: GUM012 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 hole punch in booklet Sell Price: $5.46 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 9/24/25 M/M $10.00 Low: $2.00 Median: $8.01 Average: $7.68 High: $11.51 Current low price: $3.19 Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 13 Have/Want: 26/17 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: I think I gave Hibarger $5 for this and something else maybe Bulkhead Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No So here is the Tulips "statement" debut full length Jack Mag.  The whole band was overhauled and the mighty Jimmy Fountain is here on guitar, plus Chris Keene on Drums and Trevor Pratt on Bass.  You had hits from the single redone. You had Tim Shea from Green Magnet School guesting on Zinc to join up with Suzette & Hibarger's grunge vision circa 1993, year of release although it se...

  Artist: Steely Dan Title:  Pretzel Logic Label: MCA Records Format: CD Catalog Number: MCAD-11917 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition: US 1999 remaster, BMG Edition Sell Price: $6.99 Sell Date: 8/27/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 8/26/26 VG+/VG+ $3.74 Low: $3.74 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.12 High: $12.47 Current low price: $9.65 VG+/NM Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 2 Have/Want: 191/189 Where Sold: Barletsville, OK Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Kicking off with the lone megahit "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," Steely Dan's 3rd album is part of the bands glory years.  Any major dude will tell you!  "Barrytown" is downright Beatlesque with the verse mirroring "Tell Me What You See."  They do it again on the title track "Pretzel Logic" quoting the "oh yeah" of "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window....

  Artist: Laura Nyro Title: Eli and the 13th Confession Label: Columbia Format: LP Catalog Number: CS 9626 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition: US 1968 Pitman Pressing Sell Price: $7.34 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: VG/VG with original foldover lyric sheet Discogs Last Sold: 8/24/26 G/G+ $2.40 Low: $1.57 G+/G+ Median: $10.22 Average: $12.11 High: $38.00 VG+/VG+ 7/18/25 Current low price: $2.50 G+/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 23 Have/Want: 475/244 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 3 years Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Although I saw Nyro open for Dylan in the early 90's at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA , I never really listened to her stuff until the early 2000's.  Outsider filmmaker Nick Zedd had mentioned that he really liked this album so I picked up a CD copy sometime in the early aughts.  This particular vinyl copy that sold came in a lot from a few years back, and ha...

  Artist: Crush, Sr. Title:  The Clown Sessions Label: Rockville roFormat: CD Catalog Number: ROCK 6087-2 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition: US 1993 Sell Price: $4.20 Sell Date: 8/7/26 Condition: VG+/VG+ Discogs Last Sold: 6/9/27  M/M $6.27 Low: $1.27 Median: $4.50 Average: $4.67 High: $8.14 Current low price: $2.99 M/M Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 7 Have/Want: 39/40 Where Sold: Millbrae, CA Time It Took To Sell: 11 years Where and When Bought: closeout section at Venus Records St Marks NYC, $3 sticker still on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Heavy promo'd straight to the cutout bin indie label that went down for the count soonafter put out this fine compilation from Crush.  They were rechristianed Crush, Sr. for the mass market so as not to be confused by the band that changed their name from Pleasurehead that EastWest were putting out to also go straight into the CD bargain bin.  An even funnier joke was that that b...

Artist: Emerson Lake & Palmer Title: Works Label: Atlantic roFormat: 2xLP Catalog Number: SD-2-7000 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition: US 1977 Preswell Pressing Sell Price: $6.64 Sell Date: 8/17/26 Condition: G+/VG Discogs Last Sold: 7/3/26 VG+/VG+ $4.34 Low: $0.99 G+/VG Median: $4.00 Average: $5.07 High: $35.00 Current low price: $1.49 G+/G+ Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 144 Have/Want: 3923/115 Where Sold: Greensboro, NC Time It Took To Sell: 2 years Where and When Bought: Whatnot auction lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No If Works wasn't long and ponderous enough for you, ELP released the companion Volume 2 in the very same year of release.  The savior of this double record is Carl Palmer.  His side is the most listenable of the three member dedicated sides.  Keith Emerson gives a straight up classical concert and Greg Lake gives us a side of prog-rock belters.  Carl Palmer brings in Joe Walsh to usher in the great trac...