HELL YES!!! IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!

[menikmati]

http://pitchfork.com/news/36229-sub-pop-to-reissue-nirvanas-ibleachi/



Nirvana's 1989 debut Bleach is a whole lot more than Nevermind's wily, unformed precursor. It's a monster of an album in its own right, a gnarled blast of fuzzed-out frustration that still finds room for some seriously sneaky melodies. The canonized R.E.M. move "About a Girl" is a clear highlight, but so is the snakey Zep-esque stomper "Love Buzz". Really, the whole thing absolutely destroys, and some days it's my favorite Nirvana album.

Bleach turns 20 this year (feel old yet?), and Sub Pop is planning a deluxe reissue on CD and 180 gram white vinyl. (The first run of Bleach was also on white vinyl, appropriately enough.) The 20th anniversary edition is due November 3. Jack Endino, the album's original producer, oversaw the remastering, which was done from the original tapes.

This edition will also include a complete recording of a never-before-released 1990 live show at Portland's Pine Street Theatre, remixed by Endino from original tapes. And there's a booklet: 48 pages on CD and 16 on LP, featuring previously unseen photos.

Check below for the tracklist.

Bleach: Deluxe Edition:

01 Blew
02 Floyd the Barber
03 About a Girl
04 School
05 Love Buzz
06 Paper Cuts
07 Negative Creep
08 Scoff
09 Swap Meet
10 Mr. Moustache
11 Sifting
12 Big Cheese
13 Downer

Live at Pine Street Theatre:

01 Intro
02 School
03 Floyd the Barber
04 Dive
05 Love Buzz
06 Spank Thru
07 Molly's Lips
08 Sappy
09 Scoff
10 About a Girl
11 Been a Son
12 Blew

Fuck, I've been waiting for this announcement for what seems like forever, ever since some inside people broke the news that the 20th Anniversary edition got the green light.

It's pretty cool they're including the Portland show too...even though a Soundboard tape of that show does exist (in almost complete form). Still, it would have been nice if they chose the December 31st, 1990 Portland show instead, as people have been after a recording for that show for years and years with no result. But beggars can't be choosers. Throw this on top of the rumored Reading 1992 video/DVD coming out in November as well, and it's like it's the good ol days again.

[djandrews25]

Good find, but you're still a douche.

[Young blood]

sweet.






ban djandrew please.

[djandrews25]

Aww young is jealous i havent given him any love today. How cute you are.

[amyzzz]

I have Bleach on cassette. :thu

[Still-ill]

I have Bleach on cassette. :thu
Me too actually, my first cassette actually haha...

[obzen]

This is good to know.

[amyzzz]

I should mail it to menik. :D

[menikmati]

I'll give you a couple bucks for it Amy :) I only have Nevermind and In Utero on cassette.

[amyzzz]

HAHAHA I knew it. I used to try to get all the Curve cassettes I could back when I meticulously collected their stuff.

PM me your address.

[SoulDischarge]

Some days it's my favorite Nirvana album also.

[MuseRadio]

Hey menikmati, you have quite the awesome Nirvana collection. I used to collect nirvana bootlegs in the mid-late 90s, so most of them are on cassette tapes since CD-Rs were not around then. I too cannot wait for the reading 92 pro-shot release. been watching the priv filmed one for years and cannot wait!

[menikmati]

Hey menikmati, you have quite the awesome Nirvana collection. I used to collect nirvana bootlegs in the mid-late 90s, so most of them are on cassette tapes since CD-Rs were not around then. I too cannot wait for the reading 92 pro-shot release. been watching the priv filmed one for years and cannot wait!

The 92 Reading PRO SHOT video has circulated in trading circles for a few years now, so it is available...it's just never seen an "official" release. It's been rumored to come out every November for years now (almost like a tradition)...last I heard was it's supposed to come out this November, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't (given that Bleach 20th Anniversary Edition is coming out in Nov. now).

[amyzzz]

I seem to remember that back in 1991, you could ONLY get Bleach on cassette (and probably vinyl) but not on CD.

[MuseRadio]

Oh wow, I had no idea the Reading '92 pro shot was being circulated. Can't wait to see it. Yeah I remember when the PRO of the last show 3/1/94 in Munich leaked of the first 3 songs (Best friends's girl/RFUS/Drain You) it was such a big deal in the trading community. Has the PRO of the entire 3/1/94 show circulated yet?

[menikmati]

Oh wow, I had no idea the Reading '92 pro shot was being circulated. Can't wait to see it. Yeah I remember when the PRO of the last show 3/1/94 in Munich leaked of the first 3 songs (Best friends's girl/RFUS/Drain You) it was such a big deal in the trading community. Has the PRO of the entire 3/1/94 show circulated yet?

No, and I doubt the entire 3/1/94 show was filmed. Usually the rule for concerts/festivals (for big acts) is that photographers, press, news broadcasts are allowed to film the first 3 songs of the set, and then they're kicked out...so I'm pretty sure that's what happened at that final show as well....the station got the first 3 songs, and then stopped filming and packed up. Usually if an entire Pro shot video of the whole concert exists, it would probably be because of the bands request, or was being broadcast specifically for a TV hour or something.

[bmack86]

I will be buying this the day it comes out.

[fatbastard]

The story of the band re-recording over their cassette recordings due to lack of funds is just as painful as hearing about the Apollo landing footage.