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NEWS!! NEWS!! NEWS!!

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:35:58 +0000

NEWS!! NEWS!! NEWS!!

Kurt came back just to sign this CD!!

Fantastic! No? ?

https://ebay.us/m/XEMA13

https://www.discogs.com/release/934560-Nirvana-Bleach

Auction | Cobain’s Guitar

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:13:29 +0000

https://press.christies.com/kurt-cobains-smells-like-teen-spirit-guitar-to-be-offered-at-christies-new-york-in-march-2026-as-part-of-the-jim-irsay-collection

HORMOANING 12” Promo(?)

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:40:15 +0000

Though, this item is supposedly pressed in Czech Republic (aka Czechia) and it is presented in the official page of Hormoaning releases on sliver.it (I guess Enrico never bothered to change its status, though I might be wrong), in my humble opinion it seems a bootleg.

Your thoughts

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167879657874?_skw=nirvana+hormoaning&itmmeta=01K8E6MFXS0F7SRMMN18FFF5CS&hash=item2716684992:g:jxcAAeSwmTlo-ide&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cWZSQD21MgKh2cn8JagFkgj%2B8IpiqszW5bX4TDOoOIhCGBIaJRfoFsBd850p5QGWUfo2IT62n9K%2FsT8wfhq80oe72aD%2FwqDucRV2XdxWus2b%2BlbUvBAyLEchC0eULiGcGMIE9UhXs2ZtU8uw0IaudzQOv0%2BKoY7abFtCoxMdoO2GBXYaeymuBW4GMWDyPi4iahTPt5wvq5dS%2FcHWMk%2Byzr9wBgzQxH8eulR8sqePVap6vzYAcz4mflV4hAFLXhge0%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4z_0cbDZg

12” Sliver not in singles section here…

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 17:30:40 +0000

I just noticed something when looking at my 12” Sliver singles;
Lately this is one of my go-to sites for this stuff, BECAUSE it’s being maintained ect - unlike so many of the other sites which have disappeared, or moved to a different host, not to be updated past the early 2000’s.

To be clear, this is about the Tueplo 12” pressings of Sliver.
(I did see the white label thread, but that’s a rarity that most collectors will never have.)

But, backstory first;
I held off on buying just about anything Tupelo because of how heavily bootlegged pretty much everything they put out happens to be;
I classified anything Tupelo as “buyer beware”.

I know that when I bought these, I put a fair amount of research into them, and waited for a reasonable priced copy.

Just today (? - i may have noticed this before and forgot) I noticed that the labels are reversed between the black (1st) and blue (2nd) pressings.

I did several searches but could find nothing noting the labels swapping side between pressings.
I also noticed, and again didn’t find any notes about the “MPO” being scratched out on the second press.

Do any sites mention these features?

Various - DGC Rarities Vol. 1 - LP Reissue - Coke bottle clear vinyl

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:31:17 +0000

https://interscope.com/collections/store-exclusive-vinyl/products/dgc-rarities-vol-1-coke-bottle-clear-lp

Sometimes you win… Sometimes you loose!

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:57:04 +0000

The Collector's Joy

Shiny pebbles, buttons bright,
Lost treasures gathered in the light.
A feather, shell, a fallen leaf,
Each holds a moment, brief and brief.

However, things sometimes are not so straightforward ?

How many of you bought something for ££$$€€¥¥ that was only worth nothing. Or found the grail for a penny.

About 13 years ago, a Nevermind US Cassette promo popped up on eBay!
It was from a British seller at the starting price of £0.99. As a cunning buyer, I have decided to send him an offer via private message of £25 (though, I knew it would go for much more, but my pockets were (are) small). He kindly refused it. The auction ended and no one else bid on it… I got it for £0.99 plus £1.25 postage.

Over 20 years ago, I bought online several Bleach US LPs (first pressings) plus Molly’s Lips 7” green vinyl and The Go Team Scratch It Out 7”. The seller never included the singles in the package and I was never able to retrieve the items or the sfunds… and I paid at the time too much for all (a lost of £125).

Back in the 90s, there was a small record shop is Lisbon called TORPEDO, which would import weekly special editions from British and German distributors. It was amazing… they had every Bleach LPs original colours (except white) plus the Aussies… BUT I bought none!! I also vividly remember (around 1994/5) saving money to buy the Nirvana CD squidgy pak (which cost 6,000$00 - €30 - my monthly salary in 1996 was 56,000$00 - €280), I went to the shop over and over again to see it… but when I went to buy it I decided to buy instead 3 CDs from other artists!! Silly me… it took me over 10 years to find a copy!

Recently, I finally bought a Bleach Red White Swirl LP (@Sickboy you are not the only one!) I got it part of a collection that included several other Bleach LPs that I already had (clear yellow, ZIA green, Aussie tri-colour, plus another) - all for £600!

And how many of you bought the fake Hormoaning Japanese CD?! I was one of them… This back to 1996 or so. Or bought a Sliver 12” blue vinyl thinking it was a Greek variation (maybe some of you remember, but in the late 90s there was a rumour of a Greek Sliver 12”… but they were just regular copies exported to Greece with no differences whatsoever, as they were also exported to other parts of the world).

Please share your stories (if you can or must!)

At least we are lucky not to collect Star Wars:

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/305191/PALITOY-STAR-WARS-RETURN-OF-THE-JEDI-1983-GENERAL-MADINE-TRI-LOGO-70-BACK-B-AFA-80-NM

Nirvana 1993/10/31

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:04:41 +0000

Nirvana Italy 1994

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:03:26 +0000

1993/12/03

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:52:14 +0000

1994/04/26 Hovet

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:45:26 +0000

1989 Tad/Nirvana

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:42:11 +0000

1994 France

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:40:36 +0000

1994/03/03 Offenbach

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:39:32 +0000

1991/11/23

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:38:07 +0000

1991 Germany

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:35:51 +0000

1994/03/15 Berlin

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:34:45 +0000

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1991 UK tour

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:32:13 +0000

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The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience | Armed Forces Radio And Television Service

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:56:37 +0000

https://www.discogs.com/release/33054597-Various-Tom-Petty-And-The-Heartbreakers-The-Beavis-And-Butt-Head-Experience-Greatest-Hits

As I am not in the US, I have never seen or heard about a US military radio and television service network that was established in 1954 (aka Armed Forces Radio And Television Service).

Further, during decades of collecting, I have never seen the item above.

I find it funny that the Armed Forces released a compilation with a song titled “I hate myself and I want to die”.

Your thoughts?

what is with these sellers?

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:57 +0000

I have several eBay "alert" emails that I set up ages ago;
Lately I am seeing a LOT of misinformed(?) eBay sellers;
Is it that these are younger people who simply do not know any better, and are spouting off guesses as gospel??

Example #1:
repeated listings of "promo" albums - but when you look at the actual item, only to see that it's a record club pressing.

Example #2:
repeated listings of "early/first press" albums - but when you look at the actual item, it's apparent that these are later variant pressings.

On the upside, it appears as though there has been potential for deals on legitimate Australian Hormoaning cd's - all the suspect/bootleg Japanese pressings seem to be averaging with higher listed start or 'buy it now' prices.

RIAA

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:42:39 +0000

Does anyone owe a RIAA award?

How many of these exist?

Am I correct to assume that, per example following the info in the link below, RIAA presented 2 awards for SLTS - one gold and one platinum - while in utero has 6 awards - 1 gold and 5 platinum?

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Nirvana

What about other countries?