Nirvana - BLEW EP - Tupelo Records 1989. TUPEP8. Black Vinyl. Limited to 3,000
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Nirvana - BLEW EP. 1989 Tupelo Records. Black vinyl.
Quite a rare record, limited to 3,000 copies worldwide.
Cat# TUPEP8. UPC# 5018615200819
Track List Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Blew" 2:56 2. "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover) Robbie van Leeuwen 3:36 Side two No. Title Length 3. "Been a Son" 2:22 4. "Stain"
Written in 1988, "Blew" was first performed live at the Community World Theatre in Tacoma, Washington on March 19, 1988. The song was first recorded in the studio by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington in June 1988, during the recording sessions for what became the band's debut single, "Love Buzz". It was re-recorded during the Bleach sessions in December 1988 by Endino at Reciprocal.
The Bleach version of "Blew" was accidentally recorded one step lower than the band had intended, which contributed to what Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad called its "extraordinarily heavy sound".[4] Not realizing that they had already tuned to their favored Open D tuning, the band tuned further down to Drop C on the first day of the sessions and recorded several songs in that tuning. As bassist Krist Novoselic recalled in a 2009 Seattle Times article, "we came back the next day and decided the idea wasn't so hot, and we recorded over most of it with things tuned back up a little. In fact, 'Blew,' with that growly bass, is the only survivor of that experiment."[5]
The Bleach version of "Blew" was re-released on the Blew EP in November 1989, along with the Bleach mix of "Love Buzz" and the previously-unreleased songs "Been a Son" and "Stain", which had been recorded by Steve Fisk at Music Source in Seattle, Washington in September 1989. The band's original plan had been to release an EP to promote their current European tour, but the EP was delayed and released exclusively in the United Kingdom after the tour was over. However, the EP built on the interest the band had generated in the UK with Bleach, and was promoted by English DJ John Peel, who had also played Bleach on his influential show. The Blew EP eventually peaked at number 15 on the UK Indie chart.[2][3]
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