Bacteria Sour (1995)
This is a fun record, but not one that's probably all that important for most people. In 1995, Jawbox released this 7" that contains two songs that would eventually find a home on their final, self titled full length album. The versions on this 7" are different recordings, but they are reasonably similar, I think. The main version of this 7" (which I haven't picked up, even though it's pretty inexpensive) was released on DeSoto. This version isn't the main version.
This fancy orange cover is from the Bacteria Sour release of this 7". Bacteria Sour is a sub label of Pusmort. Pusmort is Pushead's label. Pushead did the fancy art for this version. It's really just a collectible, at the end of the day. If you just want the songs, there's the regular release that was easy to get a hold of. If you wanted to wacky, hard to find version, you could chase this one.
Me, I'm often going to chase the hard-to-find, especially when it's a pretty big difference like completely new artwork. Plus, there's an extra lure for me as anyone who collects Rocket From The Crypt records knows the legend and frustration of their 7"s that came out on Pusmort. It's just another fun connection for me. Luckily, this Jawbox 7" isn't anywhere near as sought after as those Rocket ones, so I was able to add this to the collection for an extremely reasonable price.
Jawbox - "Absenter" (7" Version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_phxckMSODQ&ab_channel=davidpenna
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