The Fluid is a band that have always been, in my mind, a b-list band. For the longest time it felt that the only reason that anyone had heard of them was that they once did a split 7" with Nirvana. But even with that in their armoury, it feels that they never really gained much recognition. I guess in recent years someone at Sub Pop must have thought the same, and decided that they wanted to try to change that, so a couple of years ago their catalogue got reissued. I wasn't interested in the represses of the records that I already have, but I was more than happy to pick up a colour vinyl repress of their first LP, 'Punch N Judy':
This LP was originally put out ni 1986 by a label called RayOn Records, which it turns out only ever released this one record. These days it sells for a reasonable amount, but it's not that expensive really. But still, it would likely cost me three to four times as much as the reissue.
I have two other Fluid 12"s (they were actually featured on here as the third post I ever made, back in Feb 2008), and this one sounds a little different. Being their first record, this one sounds a little more raw. It's really good stuff, if you like this kinda thing.
Well, you know how it goes... when it rains it pours, so to speak. So after picking this up I also stumbled on another copy of their Sub Pop 7".
The good thing about this record is that there are lots of different colours, and they are all pretty cheap. A collector's dream.
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