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Test pressings and in-house reference discs
Test pressings are made to test if the stampers are free for errors. There is no need to test press CDs, but some advance pressings qualify for this section. Read more in the links below.

 General info on test pressings and in-house discs
 The Mayking and MPO partnership
 Simply Vinyl test pressings
 Mexican counterfeit test pressings/ promos

Please email me to let me know if you have a test pressing even though the owners' lists have been discontinued. It is important to find out how many there are.

 Albums
 Bleach (original pressing) LP Sub Pop SP34 1989 USA
 Bleach (1992 pressing) LP Sub Pop SP34 1992 USA
 Bleach and The Sport/ No No Man LP Sub Pop SP34/ SP101DJ 1992 USA
 Bleach (20th anniversary) 2xLP Sub Pop SP-834 2009 USA
 Bleach (black vinyl) LP Tupelo TUPLP6 1989 France
 Bleach (white vinyl) LP Tupelo TUPLP6 1989 UK
 Bleach LP Waterfront DAMP-114 1989 Australia
 Nevermind LP DGC DGC 24425 1991 USA
 Nevermind LP MFSL MFSL 1-258 1996 USA
 Nevermind (EMI pressing) LP Simply Vinyl SVLP 0038 1998 UK
 Incesticide LP Geffen GEF 24504 1992 Holland
 In Utero LP DGC DGC-24607 1993 USA
 Unplugged In New York LP Geffen GEF 24727 1994 UK

 EPs
 Blew 12" Tupelo TUPEP 8 1989 France
 Hormoaning 12" Geffen GEF 21711 1992 Australia

 Singles
 Love Buzz 7" Sub Pop SP23 1988 USA
 Sliver 7" Sub Pop SP73 1990 USA
 Sliver 7" Tupelo TUP 25 1990 France
 Sliver 12" Tupelo TUPEP 25 1991 France
 Molly's Lips 7" Sub Pop SP97 1991 USA
 Smells Like Teen Spirit 7" DGC DGCS7-19050 1991 USA
 Smells Like Teen Spirit 7" Geffen DGCS5 1991 UK
 Come As You Are 7" DGC DGCS 7 1992 UK
 Come As You Are 12" DGC DGCT 7 1992 UK
 Come As You Are 12" p/d DGC DGCTP 7 1992 UK
 Come As You Are 7" DGC GES 19065 1992 Spain
 Oh, The Guilt 7" Touch & Go TG83 1993 France
 Oh, The Guilt 7" Insipid Vinyl IV-23 1993 USA
 Pennyroyal Tea 7" Geffen GFS 71 1994 UK
 Pennyroyal Tea 7" Geffen n/a 1994 Germany

 Compilations
 Sub-Pop-200 3x12" Sub Pop SP25 1988 USA
 Teriyaki Asthma 7" C/Z Records C/Z009 1989 USA
 Hard To Believe LP C/Z Records CZ024 1990 USA
 Hard To Believe LP Waterfront DAMP121 1990 France
 Hard To Believe 2xLP Waterfront DAMP 121 1990 Australia
 Heaven & Hell LP Communion Communion No. 20 1990 USA
 Kill Rock Stars LP KRS KRS-201 2001 USA
 Eight Songs For Greg Sage And... 4x7" Tim/Kerr T/K 917010 TRIB 2 1992 USA

 Side projects
 Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet LP Sub Pop SP61 1990 USA
 the "Priest" they called him (v1) 10" Tim/Kerr TK9210044 1993 USA
 the "Priest" they called him (v2) 10" Tim/Kerr TK9210044 1993 USA
 Earth - Divine And Bright 7" Autofact FACT-01 2003 USA

 In-house reference discs
 Bleach CD Sub Pop/ WMG 9878-70034-2 2002 Germany
 Smells Like Teen Spirit CD DGC/ BMG GED 21673 1991 Germany
 In Utero CD DGC DGCC/SD 24607 1993 Canada
 Pennyroyal Tea CD Geffen n/a 1994 UK
 Unplugged In New York CD Geffen/DGC DGCSD 24727 1994 Canada
 Unplugged In New York CD Geffen GED 24727 1994 UK
 Unplugged In New York DVD Universal n/a 2007 USA
 Unplugged In New York DVD Universal 0602517506305 2007 Germany
 All Apologies CD DGC PRO-CD-4618 1994 USA
 From The Muddy Banks Of The... CD-R DGC DGCD-A-25105 1996 USA
 Live At Reading DVD DGC B001350109 2009 USA

 Counterfeits and pirates
 Earth - 10 1990 12" Anja Records TAO 360 2000 USA
 Come As You Are 7" "EMI Capitol" n/a "1991" Mexico
 Hormoaning 12" n/a n/a n/a Czech Republic
 Nevermind 7" p/d n/a n/a "1991" Czech Republic
 Pennyroyal Tea 7" n/a GET 23544 "1994" n/a
 Scratch It Out/ Bikini Twilight 12" "K Records" KTGT016 "1989" Czech Republic
 Sliver 7" "EMI Capitol" n/a "1990" Mexico
 Smells Like Teen Spirit 7" "EMI Capitol" n/a "1991" Mexico

Molly's Lips Sub Pop

Blew Tupelo

Oh, The Guilt Insipid Vinyl

Unplugged In New York DGC

Nevermind MFSL

In Utero DGC

Nevermind DGC

Nevermind Simply Vinyl

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