Nirvana Nevermind Very 1st Euro Press A1 B1 Misprinted Monkey Inner Near Mint

	£		125
	$		166

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Nirvana

Nevermind

Geffen 1991

Very 1st European pressing of what has become a genre defining classic of the late 20th century.

Here are the details on condition:

Sleeve: Near Mint with barely any signs of handling or storage wear.

Inner sleeve (with upside down text and monkey image): Excellent+ with no splits and very little evidence of handling. Vinyl now housed in a generic poly-lined white inner to protect the original.

Vinyl: visually near Excellent. Despite a few visible light marks, the audio is unaffected and it plays Near Mint. Crucially, the matrix codes are A1/B1. See below for further details.

A top copy!

Here are the first pressing details as I understand them from extensive research on discogs and from discussing with record dealers:

These notes are based on the discogs entry:

This is the first European pressing due to this unique misprint:

Black & white half-tone inner sleeve, top-opening, with inverted [upside-down] text & monkey image on reverse. (This copy has inverted text and image)

1st vinyl issue pressed by Sonopress, with embossed 'Clef' logo on B-Side label (this copy has the embossed clef logo on side B)

The cat#s

GEF 22425 (back cover and spine)

DGC 22425 (back cover and inner sleeve)

GEF 22425-8 (inner sleeve)

GEF 24 425 (labels)

DGC-24 425 (labels). (All cat no.s present on this copy)

"Printed in Germany" (Sleeve back) check!

"Made in Germany. Fabrique en Allemagne" (Label rim) check!

"Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, CA

Mixed at Scream, Studio City, CA

Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City, NY."

"©&? 1991 The David Geffen Company, an MCA Company.

Produced by special arrangement with Sub Pop Records"

"Distributed by BMG Ariola. A Bertelsmann Music Group Company."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 2064-24425-1 7

Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA

Rights Society: BMI

Label Code: LC 7266

Price Code (D:): SE

Price Code (F:): BM 270

Pressing Plant ID (Label side B, embossed): ? [Bass Clef]

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1, stamped): 108 DMF-5752 A-1

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1, stamped): 108 DMF-5752 B-1

This copy has the first variant matrices as quoted above! Below are subsequent variants

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2, stamped, ? is etched): 108 DMF-5752 A-1 ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2, stamped, ? is etched): 110 DM F-5752 B-2 C ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3, stamped, ? is etched): 201 DM F-5752 A-3 C ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3, stamped, ? is etched): 110 DM F-5752 B-2 C ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4, stamped): 201 DM F-5752 A-3 C

Matrix / Runout (Runout sIde B, variant 4, stamped): 201 DM F-5752 B-3 C

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5, stamped, ? is etched): 108 DMF-5752 A-1 ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5, stamped, ? is etched): 110 DM F-5752 B-2 C ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6, stamped): 201 DM F-5752 A-2 C

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6, stamped, ? is etched): 110 DM F-5752 B-2 C ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7, stamped, ? is etched): 108 DMF-5752 A-1 ?

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7, stamped): 110 DM F-5752 B-2 C

To sum up, this listing is therefore for the very first issue of the very first Europe pressing of this iconic album.