The Pennyroyal 3 history page! (References to any pages from sections which have been discontinued have been removed.)
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October 22 2008
Hormoaning GEF 21711 test pressing - added images
October 12 2008
Hormoaning GEF 21711 test pressing
July 03 2008
Spanish Nevermind lacquer image
Smells Like Teen Spirit Germany in-house - second copy found, new images
June 26 2008
Bleach Germany in-house reference disc
June 08 2008
As the only official Nirvana release featured on this website is the Japanese Hormoaning CD, I decided to change the "tagline" from "Official Nirvana Releases" to "Nirvana Plastic & Matrix Codes". That's what it's all about!
May 08 2008
CD manufacturing: matrix codes
The above document has been updated to include information about stamper plate identification numbers. The appropriate changes have been done to the pressing plant pages; JVC, Victor, and WEA/ Specialty; and to the Hormoaning document. The pressing plants section has also been slightly rearranged.
May 03 2008
Unplugged In New York USA in-house reference DVD
February 27 2008
SNA
January 31 2008
Iberofon
Eurogram
Come As You Are GES 19065 (Spain) test pressing
January 30 2008
Teriyaki Asthma C/Z009 test pressing - second copy found
Unplugged In New York 0602517506305 in-house reference DVD
December 30 2007
Heaven & Hell Communion No. 20 test pressing
December 28 2007
Nevermind MFSL 1-258 test pressing - added pictures of copy #3
December 23 2007
Love Buzz SP23 test pressing - images and story of copy 3
December 21 2007
Smells Like Teen Spirit GED 21673 in-house/ promo CD
November 23 2007
Identifying plants without name or mould IFPI written
Mastering only: Abbey Road
EMI UK (vinyl)
Sonopress Germany (vinyl)
Digital Audio Disc Corp/ Sony DADC (DIDX)
September 20 2007
Distribution: Cartel
September 17 2007
Divine And Bright test pressing - yellow/ green copies
August 23 2007
In Utero Rainbo test pressing - one more copy found
Muddy Banks in-house CD-R - one more copy found
May 29 2007
Victor CD pressing plant
JVC CD pressing plant
May 28 2007
Geffen/DGC, MCA, and Universal
Distribution: ADA, K Records, UNI, Universal Music Distribution
May 13 2007
Oh, The Guilt French test pressing - images of third copy, info
May 11 2007
Bleach and The Sport/ No No Man (SJ Bernstein) test pressing - corrected title, added tracklist
May 09 2007
Publishing
May 07 2007
Identifying country of release/ Performing rights organizations
May 06 2007
Pressing plants index
Vinyl manufacturing: Processing - moved MFSL Nevermind stampers images from Headlines
Mayking (vinyl)
MPO (vinyl)
Orlake Records
Bleach TUPLP 6 test pressing
Blew TUPEP 8 test pressing
Sliver TUP 25 test pressing
Sliver TUPEP 25 test pressing
Some of these documents mostly have information moved from the Test pressings or Headlines sections. There are some new bits, and it is recommended to read through them again anyway, as these are some of the most important documents on the site.
May 05 2007
Vinyl manufacturing: Mixed colors, matrix codes
CD manufacturing
Test pressings (general info) - rewritten, much new info
May 04 2007
Artwork - combination of two old Headlines documents, better written
April 12 2007
Oh, The Guilt TG83 test pressing - third copy found
March 28 2007
WEA Mfg Olyphant/ Specialty Records Corporation (vinyl)
WEA Mfg Olyphant/ Specialty Records Corporation (CD)
Masterdisk and The Mastering Lab
Processing and pressing
In Utero DGC-24607 - completely rewritten
March 25 2007
Sliver TUP 25 - updated images of the second copy
Sliver TUPEP 25 - Rough Trade promo sleeve
The Winding Sheet SP61 - fourth copy added, corrected matrix
March 24 2007
I've started going over the test pressings pages. So far these pages have been notably rewritten:
In Utero DGC-24607
In Utero DGCC/SD 24607
Unplugged in New York DGCSD 24272
All Apologies PRO-CD-4618 - status changed back to in-house
March 23 2007
The test pressings pricing info and owners' lists have been discontinued, along with the Pennyroyal Tea pricing info. Still, if you have a test pressing or in-house reference disc, please contact me so I can add your copy to the numbers of test pressings found. I'll add how many copies which have been found of each tomorrow night (GMT), when I streamline the test pressings pages. Also note that the South African Nevermind "test pressing" has been removed, as it wasn't a test pressing. Read more.
March 19 2007
I've removed the collection and headlines pages from the menu, as most of those pages don't belong on this website, but on a complete discography. (Some headlines documents will be rewritten and included into the pressing plants section.)
February 24 2007
Vinyl mastering, processing, and production
Mastering-only facilities (K Disc and others)
Processing-only facilities (Lee Plating)
Rainbo Records pressing plant
Erika Records pressing plant
Bleach pink RE1 test pressing explained
Bleach side B RE2 test pressing explained
Oh, The Guilt French test pressing - matrix explained
Oh, The Guilt IV-23 test pressing - pressed by Erika
Read those pages in the order they are listed. Please note that the pressing plants pages published now are the only pages published yet. The index page and other pages linked to are still not ready.
January 30 2007
Muddy Banks in-house CD-R - matrix, images
January 21 2007
Muddy Banks in-house CD-R - images
January 20 2007
Pennyroyal Tea fake test pressing
Bleach DAMP-114 test pressing - different COA info
January 12 2007
Pennyroyal 3 has moved to my own domain, crimson-ceremony.net. Thanks to livenirvana.com for hosting the site since May 2002!
November 19 2006
Bleach SP34 pink test pressing - new info and image
Oh, The Guilt IV-23 test pressing - rewritten
October 30 2006
Bleach SP34 pink test pressing - rewritten
Oh, The Guilt TG83 test pressing - slightly rewritten
October 14 2006
Pennyroyal Tea GES X - rewritten
October 13 2006
Czech one-off pressings - rewritten to reflect the discoveries on sliver.it
September 29 2006
The Pennyroyal Tea document - rewritten to be more consistent
Pennyroyal Tea IFPI 0738 - 3rd copy found
August 19 2006
Teriyaki Asthma C/Z009 test pressing
the "Priest" they called him TK9210044 (v2) test pressing - new image
Hormoaning MVCG-17002 - last two paragraphs
June 11 2006
Pennyroyal Tea GED 21907 - rewrote "IFPI codes" and "Korea"
March 26 2006
Remember the competition in Kerrang! were they would give away ten Pennyroyal Tea 7" test pressings? Kerrang! never received the test pressings from Geffen UK, and they were probably never pressed. This has been added to the appropriate documents.
March 05 2006
Nevermind MFSL stampers - upgraded images
TUPEP 25 test pressing - added image of a different press release
Feb 25 2006
Yes, frames suck. So I removed them, along with the counter (which was way to low anyway, considering everyone who found specific pages via search engines etc - yeah sure). No real updates right now.
February 19 2006
New design! That is, it looks pretty much the same but just a bit smoother. The old one was coded in 2001, and the code was really messy. A regular page now has only half the code the old design had. Some of the test pressing pages may have been slightly rewritten, those which are important are listed below. Some documents are also missing for the time being. Most important updates are the many Pennyroyal Tea pages listed below.
Pennyroyal Tea - rewritten, especially under UK, USA, and Australia
Pennyroyal Tea American 7" and CS chromalin - new page
Pennyroyal Tea UK CD sleeve - new page
Pennyroyal Tea 7" sleeve - some more info
Penny Royal Tea NIRPRO - rewritten
Hard To Believe DAMP 121 Australian test pressing - new page
Nevermind 7" p/d "test pressing" - rewritten
Nevermind MFSL 1-258 test pressing - new images
Nevermind and Smells Like Teen Spirit chromalin - new page
Hormoaning MVCG-17002 official versions - rewritten
January 17 2006
Just stating that this test pressing is unofficial: Nevermind 7" p/d test pressing. Should've done so years ago. Updated page will come when I launch the "redesign" (February). And very cunning of Enrico to add that little snippet of information regarding the Australian Hard To Believe test pressings while I was on vacation!
December 09 2005
TG83 test pressing - new pictures and info
November 29 2005
New test pressing
November 01 2005 summary
SVLP0038 test pressing - new images
"Mexican" "test pressings"
May 09 2004
UK Pennyroyal Tea 7" sleeve found
UK Pennyroyal Tea 7" test pressing
General info on UK Pennyroyal Tea "to-be" releases
Love Buzz 7" disctributed by K Records
Promo tapes
German Nevermind CD without Endless, Nameless
March 14 2004
Fake Pennyroyal Tea 7" promo
Artwork mastering
December 04 2003
SVLP 0038 test pressing images
TUPEP 8 test pressing release sheet
Pennyroyal Tea 7" GES X test pressing tracklist
September 2003
Nevermind SV test pressing
In Utero SV test pressing (link removed as actual copies haven't been found)
MTV Unplugged SV test pressing (link removed as actual copies haven't been found)
MTV Unplugged DGCSD 24727 in-house CD
In Utero DGCC/SD 24607 in-house CD
Muddy Banks CD-R acetate (scan)
Bleach TUPLP6 marbled white test pressing
MFSL Nevermind master plates
April 04 2003
Hormoaning MVCG-17002 official versions
The Winding Sheet test pressing
January 02 2003
Scratch It Out "test pressing"
My site went online January or February 2001. That's now two years ago, and I've had 8300 visitors. Not much compared to the larger sites, but I never imagined that the site would become this popular at all. It's just a little discography... Thanks to everybody, both to those who have contributed to the site, and to all the visitors. Looking forward to 10 000!
December 26 2002
Blew TUPEP 8 test pressing
Bleach DAMP-114 test pressing
Bleach TUPLP 6 test pressing
December 05 2002
Blew TUPEP 8 test pressing
Bleach SP34 (pink) test pressing
Bleach TUPLP 6 test pressing
Bleach SP34 (press kit) test pressing - matrix
Bleach and The Sport/ No No Man (SJ Bernstein) split-test
September 05 2002
Earth "10 1990" test pressing - corrected matrix
Sliver 12" test pressing - added image
CAYA 12" test pressing - added images and info
Oh, The Guilt test pressing - letter from Insipid owner
August 30 2002
CAYA DGCTP 7 p/d test pressing - Added images
Earth w/Kurt "10 1990" test pressing
Corrected label info for all three CAYA test pressings (DGC, not Geffen)
August 30 2002
I haven't been able to do any work on the site the latest month, because of Internet trouble. I am now back online, and many new updates are uploaded. More will also come the following week.
Love Buzz 7" test pressing - added image
Molly's Lips 7" test pressing - added image and info
Sliver 7" test pressing - new page
Bleach SP34 test pressing - added images and info
Bleach DAMP-114 test pressing - info regarding quantity
May 2002
pr3 moved to livenirvana.com. It was redesigned for the occasion, the first version with the green color scheme (nothing to do with the LN color scheme, it looks pretty much as now but slighlty less smooth). The test pressings section was also uploaded, with about 30 test pressings listed.
March 2001
My first test pressing, Bleach on Waterfront!
First pictures of a Love Buzz test pressing
December 2001 - January 2002
Limited Guide moved to The Collectors' Nirvana Discography
December 2001
Proud owner of Love Buzz number 798!
November 2001
Headlines section opened (removed in 2007)
October 2001
Pennyroyal Tea CD single with IFPI 0738 found
July 2001
First version of the Pennyroyal Tea document online
May 2001
Limited Guide online
January 2001
The site moved from iTurfpages where I had it before, under a different name. It was basically just a list of my collection. I tried to sign up on Yahoo! Geocities as pennyroyal_tea or just pennyroyal (already having developed a fascination for the CD single), but they were taken. pennyroyal_2 was suggested by the system, and I got the glorious idea to call it pennyroyal_3 as it rhymes with tea. Simple as that.
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