I added a lot of Sub Pop 7"s to my collection in 2024, but the obsession began at the end of 2023 with a Nirvana 7", and this led me to pick up a Hole 7" on Pink vinyl. At the time, I seemed to think that one copy of this 7" would be enough, but then when the Sub Pop 7" purchasing got into full swing a couple of months later, I added another copy on and blue vinyl. Now here we are in 2026, and a week ago I was sat around one evening and ended up looking for more copies of this 7" for sale, and I ended up buying four copies, which all came a few days later.
I was happy to get this grey vinyl copy as this is a true first press. It comes in a foldover sleeve. Even though it is the most essential copy to own, it's also possibly the most common, with 3500 copies pressed.
Well anyway, as I mentioned, I also bought three other copies at the same time:
The green is a really nice colour, and also comes in a first press foldover sleeve and also has first press labels, although it is not a first press. The turquoise and purple copies are later pressings, denoted by the additional text on the label, and the fact that they come in a glued card sleeve.
Clearly I'm too far into this to give up now, having six different versions. As far as I can tell, there are another four or five copies to go, excluding black. But as with all Sub Pop 7"s, some of those colours are really hard to find, so I'm not expecting much progress on this one for a while.
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