Sometimes you win… Sometimes you loose!

[miguelimarques]

(10-18-2025, 02:55 PM)Hormoaner Wrote: Half way through the COVID period, scrolling bored through online ads, scored a 12” Tupelo Sliver test press for 600.-

Was very pleased ?

Great catch!!
I still remember them being advertised on the Record Collector Magazine for £50 (Sliver and Blew 12”s)… crazy times!!

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(10-18-2025, 05:10 PM)soundjunky Wrote: all i can say is that you guys (and many others in the community) seem way more hardcore than me;
I can identify with the compulsive collecting thing, but for me, my music collection was always more about having listening copies over variants.

I have had fun collecting this stuff, but i definitely feel less compelled to fill perceived holes in the collection these days;
I don’t know that I ever found any deals like what you guys did - being probably a bit late to the game, i instead watched prices, then bought if i believed the deal to be fair.
I started with collecting cd’s, so that’s still my preferred format - over time some variants seem to have been forgotten (like the k-mart censored in utero; that one took some time to get both cd and tape variants!)

oh - I guess I did get one real deal;
I got a promo cassette copy of ‘it’s an interview’ in a small lot ages ago;
I have only heard of one other copy mentioned - the one in kurts tape collection;
I’d really love to know how rare that is…

I’d love to one day get a first press (white) Bleach to accompany my second press (black) copy;
But I’m fine with second, third (a single translucent pink), and anniversary white…

We are all hardcore compared to other (normal) people… some only collect cassettes, other only vinyl, while some crazy people collect everything! It is just a matter of perspective. In the end, we collect for ourselves (to feel some kind of void…?)

Nirvana is just a small part of my music collection (reaching now 4300 items, which includes 600+ Nirvana).

I am also missing a few core items and probably will not get them ever, but that it is fine…

I know someone else who has the it’s an interview cassette promo… silly item that took many many years to surface!