Big Cheese: Nirvana’s Debut LP, Bleach, Turns 20!

Another week, another deluxe reissue to purchase…

Behold Nirvana’s mighty, speaker-shattering debut, Bleach, which celebrates its 20th birthday this week. To mark the momentous anniversary, the trio’s original record label, Sub Pop, is turning out a deluxe, remastered edition of said album (recorded at the time, as rock lore would have it, for a meager $600). It will come complete with a gallery of previously unreleased archival photos AND an incredible live set from a 1990 performance at the now-defunct Pine Street Theater (formerly located right here in Portland, Oregon). Even better, the vinyl edition is pressed on white wax — as it was with the original — and comes with a coupon that can be redeemed for downloadable mp3’s for all songs.

All the official deets.

My favorite track from this record is and always will be the primordial “School,” a potent blend of power, volume and distortion. From the period:

And a shocking design from my youth, for the tee bloggers:

B-sides:

Worn by the man himself and later reproduced by the music snobs — that’s a term of endearment, BTW — over at Worn Free. Just a note: click on pics to link through…