Nirvana In Utero Rare Vinyl LP Original 1993 Record 1st UK Pressing

	£		21
	$		28

Nirvana - In Utero - Original 1993 Vinyl - LP Very Good Condition But Does Get Stuck on 1 Track "Dumb"

I have for auction one copy of Nirvana's 1993 album  "In Utero"  on vinyl. It is the original version - Dutch first pressing.

Catalogue Number: GEF 24536
Matrix nos: 0832258201A1/ 0832258201B1

I have graded what I can see on both the record and cover according to Record Collector Magazine's Grading System. I tend to grade conservatively:

Cover: Excellent -  Rarely been out of a plastic folder since day it was bought. I would say mint looking at it.

Record: Very Good/ Fair - signs of wear and plays beautifully for most tracks BUT on Track "Dumb" about 30 seconds from the end it gets stuck twice. The way I have remedied this while playing is pushing gently on the stylus towards the middle - it takes a little practice to do but plays without getting stuck once mastered. Please note this when bidding...

All my albums for sale have been kept in plastic vinyl folders since the day they were purchased and come from my personal collection. 

Whenever I played any of my albums I always used a vinyl brush to remove any dust hence the good condition that these vinyl albums are in.

Please look at my other listings as I am selling other albums from that period including rare Nirvana, Metallica, Sex Pistols, Pixies, Led Zepellin, Frank Black, Breeders and Faith No More vinyl albums...

PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE

Track listing

1. Serve the Servants
2. Scentless Apprentice
3. Heart Shaped Box
4. Rape Me
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
6. Dumb
7. Very Ape
8. Milk It
9. Pennyroyal Tea
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
11. Tourette's
12. All Apologies
13. Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip

Editorial reviews

Nirvana: Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar); Kris Novoselic (bass); Dave Grohl (drums).
Additional personnel: Kera Schaley (cello).

IN UTERO was nominated for a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
"All Apologies" was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and for Best Rock Song.

"Teenage angst has paid off well," growls Kurt Cobain on IN UTERO's opening fusilade, "Serve The Servants," suggesting that perhaps success has spoiled Nirvana. Not! IN UTERO is a howling, defiantly punkish recording, an unsentimental throwback to an era of garage band epiphanies and raw, unadorned rock and roll. On IN UTERO, Nirvana rails against both "alternative" conformity and polished notions of commercial rock with the anthemic rage of true outcasts.

Engineer-producer Steve Albini has enabled Nirvana to replicate the savage immediacy of their live sound--the sound of a band without commercial aspirations or pretensions, just thrashing away for the sheer joy of noise. Drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic play with heroic power as guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Kurt Cobain overlays their growling beat with shards of broken glass and shattered dreams.

On "Scentless Apprentice" each Cobain power chord is tempered by a series of calculated dissonances and melodic fragments, while the singer bares his vulnerability and anger through Nirvana's familiar soft-hard-soft-hard structures on "Heart Shaped Box" and "Rape Me." Through his crunching guitar and elliptical lyrics on various diseases and recoveries, Cobain lays bare the turmoil and resentments, the physical and mental ailments (self-inflicted and otherwise) that have colored Nirvana's notoriety.

 Instead of celebrating their success, Nirvana have fashioned a powerful cautionary tale on IN UTERO, to wit: that fame, acclaim and wealth are not liberating; that music like this cannot be produced on an assembly line, then be used once and tossed on a scrap heap; that life and music was a lot more fun when they were back playing for an audience of nine in some grungy club. IN UTERO is too strong and honest to ignore.

 Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.
Q  (12/01/1999)

Ranked #4 in The NME Top 30 Heartbreak Albums.
NME  (08/12/2000)

Included in Q's 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.
Q  (07/01/2001)

Ranked #40 in Mojo's Top 50 Punk Albums - ...Cobain's voice is frightening, like Rotten 17 years on...
Mojo  (03/01/2003)

Ranked #13 in Spin's 50 Most Essential Punk Records.
Spin  (05/01/2001)

Ranked #20 in Q's Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime
Q  (10/01/2001)Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice  (03/01/1994)

Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - ...a mature, progressive, marvelous new record...
Q  (01/01/1994)

Ranked #18 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.
Spin  (09/01/1999)

Ranked #26 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993.
Melody Maker  (01/01/1994)

Ranked #30 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - ...this attempt to re-invent the Seattle-ites as an unknown, low-fi punk group was doomed--Kurt Cobain's sense of melody was just too strong to be drowned in dissonance and noise....
NME  (12/25/1993)

Ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's list of `The Best & Worst Records Of 1993' - ...In unleashed wails that truly sound like someone giving birth, Cobain does more than wrestle his demons in public--he strangles them....
Entertainment Weekly  (12/31/1993)

4 1/2 Stars - Outstanding - ...Cobain essentially works according to one playbook, but it's a winner no matter how he runs it....IN UTERO is a lot of things--brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once...
Rolling Stone  (09/16/1993)

...IN UTERO is as reckless as anything since Rocket From the Tombs went down in flames....it's not liberation but its absence that gets illuminated in Nirvana's songs....setting out to make the last punk album, [IN UTERO] sounds like the first one instead...
Spin  (10/01/1993)

...IN UTERO is a living, breathing, crapping beast of a record that eats expectations for breakfast...
Musician  (10/01/1993)

...IN UTERO nearly topples under the weight of contempt and vitriol....there is a clear authorial voice on [the album] detailing a life in transition....Mr. Cobain [has been] turned nearly nihilistic by good fortune...
New York Times  (09/19/1993)

4 Stars - Excellent - ...[IN UTERO's] songs confirm Cobain's genius with a tune....If this is how Cobain is going to develop, the future is lighthouse-bright...
Q  (10/01/1993)

...the history of the last two fraught years weighs mighty heavily upon IN UTERO....it occupies a middle ground between the metal-edged, scum-punk spite of BLEACH and the 10-million selling, grunge-with-gloss killer that was NEVERMIND...
Melody Maker  (09/04/1993)

...IN UTERO is a profoundly confused record...neither totally a self-destructive squall of hardcore nihilism...nor NEVERMIND II....As a document of a mind in flux, Kurt should be proud of it...
NME  (09/04/1993)

...IN UTERO makes it clear that the trio now has a signature sound ready for the patent office....Cobain writes terrifically punchy songs and [the band] ravages them into beautiful, brutalizing clatter... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly  (09/24/1993)

Record Collector Magazine's Grading Guide:

"MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler."

As well as the above grades, Near Mint is often used as well; this is really for a record that appears new but is known to have been played because the label has light spindle marks or because it has come from a previous owner and is assumed to have been played by them. For records which appear to fall between the accepted grades, + and - are also often added to the grading.

In addition to the basic grading, any individual faults should

Postage: 

UK: I will post 1st/2nd class recorded.

EU/Overseas: I only post using "International Signed For" - a recorded delivery service.

I am happy to combine postage for multiple items - please wait for my final, combined,  invoice before paying.

Packaging:

I use record mailers, bubble wrap and fragile labelling.

Payment:

Please pay within 5 working days of winning the item.

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Returns:

Should your record not be up to the standard you wish please contact me within 7 working days to arrange sending it back. Please note that I will not cover postage costs but will reimburse in full as long as it returned in same condition it was sent.

Good luck with bidding,