r/Nirvana • u/dinarnaud Heart-Shaped Box • 5d ago

Article Nirvana / The Jesus Lizard - Split 7” (1993) Anybody Still Owns This ?

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A magazine ads from Alternative Press magazine.

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u/Stevenitrogen 5d ago

I saw JL in summer 92 and Yow realized he had his phone book in his pocket. He started looking through it and asked, "How much for Kurt Cobain's phone number???"

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u/the_steve_tell In Utero 5d ago

I have it on CD. 

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u/sparkGun2020 5d ago

Yep, still got my original 7" blue vinyl

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u/Dense-Manager-2287 5d ago

Yep, me too! It rules.

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u/Jason1920 5d ago

Never heard of it...

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u/Jason1920 5d ago

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u/Far-Education8197 5d ago

I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen the back cover of this before! Thanks for sharing

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u/Jason1920 5d ago edited 5d ago

There's a very good scan on Discogs.

Edit: Okay... "acceptable," maybe.

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u/Far-Education8197 5d ago

It’s awesome. I love the photos they went with for it, especially the one of Yow 😂 I’m a longtime fan of both bands and I have never come across a copy of this. I see the front posted on here fairly often, but never the back.

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u/Jason1920 1d ago

It also came with an insert, which I do not have.

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u/JuliusDiamond 5d ago

Tried to order it from T&G in 95 but they were out of the 7" but still had the cassette in stock so at least I got that

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u/slackingatlazyboy 5d ago

She can’t afford to sit

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u/respectedir0nt0ad 5d ago

Got the CD version. 

It was #12 on the UK chart, which feels like a pretty cool act of subversion given how abrasive the Nirvana and Jesus Lizard songs are. 

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u/RefuseNo2423 Bambi Slaughter 4d ago

Oh the guilt is one of those rare songs that i never get tired of blasting.

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u/hreddy11 5d ago

I got a copy just a few weeks ago actually, one of my favorites by Nirvana. What an absolutely raw sound. My only gripe is how compressed it sounds, there could be so much more room for the instruments to breathe.

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u/ThatCat87 Negative Creep 5d ago

I have two copies. Gave one to my son.

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u/Apprehensive_Judge_5 Verse Chorus Verse (Outtake) 5d ago

I have the 7".

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u/Stevenitrogen 5d ago

I remember when it came out, the first new Nirvana music after they broke big. It felt like a stroke to us old indie heads, as if to say "we're still the same kinda guys!" Which I admit, we appreciated. Get the JL some new fans, give Touch &Go a little boost and show us you haven't sold out all at the same time. It's not their finest work but it was cool. And it is one of the JL's best songs, a real hit in their catalog.

Big radio never played it, that I heard. College stations did.

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u/tomaesop 4d ago

"Oh, the Guilt" is in the running for my favorite Nirvana song.

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u/NightwingBegins 5d ago

CD and 7". Think I have the cassette, too.

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u/spazzvogel 5d ago

Cd and vinyl

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u/AONORipco 4d ago

I have it on cd.

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u/Distance-Hairy 1h ago

Yup! Cd and vinyl but not the tape unfortunately but still stoked !

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u/pink_mold 5d ago

Best TJL track and best Nirvana b-side. A 5/5 split.