bacteria sour. 18v / 2 tracks / 1998

There are five vinyl colors and five sleeve versions in a number of combinations. All versions except #10-12 include: poster, Bacteria Sour round sticker, Bacteria Sour catalog, small lineup insert, lyric sheet on heavy cardboard paper. Color 1: red vinyl with white veins, Color 2: regular black vinyl, Color 3: gold/orange split vinyl. Color 4: “muck” color, brown-ish vinyl with veins. Color 5: “Swirl” color, similar to the “muck” copies, but much stronger black, white and red veins. Sleeve 1: regular cardboard cover with vellum wraparound/overlay. Sleeve 2: cover printed on metallic paper and wraparound is printed on clear foil. Sleeve 3: “Green & yellow” sleeve: vellum overlay, sleeve is in yellow/green/light blue tones. Sleeve 4: like 1, but with clear foil overlay. Sleeve 5: like 2, but with vellum overlay. The following versions have been reported: #1 - C1, S1. #2 - C2, S1. #3 - C1, S2 (FAR edition, 85 made, numbered and signed by Pushead on the inner sleeve). #4 - C3, S2. #5 - C1, S4. #6 - C1, S3. #7 - C2, S4. #8 - C1, S5. #9 - C4, S3 (“Muck Version”, 20 made) - Signed by Pushead on the inner sleeve. My copy has three numbers: “00/24 YR” on the inner sleeve, plus there’s a special larger lineup sheet (“we create a dance of destruction”) with additional numbering: “05/20 Muck” and ”#015/253”. #10 - C4, S1 - Muck vinyl with a regular sleeve, this has no other inserts than the lyric sheet, unnumbered. #11 - C5, S1 (“Swirl Version”, 9 made). This one only has the lyric insert and the larger lineup insert (see #9) which has extra numbering: “05/09 Swirl” and ”#005/253”. #12 - “Final Press”: Sleeve 1, green/red swirl vinyl, no labels, special larger lineup sheet (different from the “muck version” sheet), 163 made.

Similar in style to the Centric 7“, dark driving powerful complex hardcore - but a little bit more conventional and less diverse now. Considering the too-cool-to-be-true Pushead packaging this is still a must-have, but I think they should add some more experimenting again. [8]

Im Sound ähnlich wie die Centric 7“, allerdings etwas konventioneller… hat einfach nicht die Experimentierfreude der anderen Single. Diese Platte muss man wegen des genialen Pushead-Covers unbedingt haben, aber vielleicht sollten sie wieder etwas mehr experimentieren.