Fear Of Smell

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“E.T…. Yes we thought it was a good idea!”

Another good copy, lots of stuff going on and bears a passing resemblance to Variation #81 in style and form.  The writing as well looks like the swoopy hand writing from what seems like a good half dozen submissions. Here’s what Hiroyuki had to say about it:

I got this copy at ebay. It has very simple E.T. drawing, and still looks funny. When the first pressing of Fear Of Smell was out, I’ve never seen them at any record store in Tokyo.

Green E.T. clearly phoned home to Japan. Which makes a lot of anime make a lot more sense. E.T. was some sort of anime character in real life! Just like the giant Gundam that got built outside of  Tokyo.. anime as a method of world cultural control, bow to your Pokemon masters now.

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“Ted you be fearin’ the smell?”

“Yo man, I be fearin’ that smell!”

This came from a Buy It Now auction that eventually went for a best offer of $98.  Here’s what the auctioneer had to write about it:

There are 2 pressings, 1000 hand drawn originals (a database http://fearofsmell.robotvsrobot.com of covers is available online!) and 1,441 second pressings with the same cover. 2,441 made total. This is the original copy with a hand drawn cover. Black vinyl with yellow label. Comes with insert. This is very rare and increasing in value and notoriety every day!!

Thanks for the plug and the correct information – it’s funny how many of the auctions out there try to blow one by the people – saying only five made with this cover, or the classic only five made total, then get no bids. $98 is a bit of a head scratcher, but hey, not my money and if I had it to spend and didn’t have a pretty decent copy of the comp, I’d spend it. Especially for a copy with an parka wearing “Ted”.

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So this is a beaut! Handwriting that I’ve never seen, real crisp cover, soon to be yours over the ebay machine.

Here’s what Kevin Tomorrow ( I always hated 7 Seconds) has to say about it a month ago when he submitted it:

Hey There!
Here is a picture of my copy of the comp, very very basic, they just
wrote the name backwards. I do believe this is one of the ones that
Kent McClard did, as it still has the insert for his BY-PRODUCT MAIL
ORDER in it. THe back is typical of the others, ONLY 5 MADE &
FEATURING RICH OLIVER!! stickers. I got this in a used section of a
local record stuff almost 10 years ago for something stupid like $8.
Also i am putting it up on Ebay with a bunch of other records.

-kevin tomorrow

I’m a little ahead of the curve in social media – but I’ve never liked Facebook particularly – yeah, I have the account because well, everyone else does. So if you are a Facebook type person, who likes groups and pages and all sorts of things, feel free to join the group for the Fear of Smell comp/blog. Things will appear here first, and I will periodically link to stuff over there. Also, it’s more for folks that want to share and talk about the covers that are up. Anyone can post and it’s all out in the open.

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Ahhh, just when you think the well has dried up, someone else is a kind soul and finds another copy and sends it in. Handwriting on this one looks like Variation #6, Variation #17 and Variation #47. Marker and crayon, gotta wonder if there was an attempt to draw something, then scribbled out, or just scribbled… or maybe that’s just me wondering.

Here’s what Samantha wrote about it, and I hope whatever Amoeba overcharged, you get paid back in karma and Internet fame. The good kind of Internet fame, not some scuzzy paparazzi upskirt shot while you’re drunk. Unless you think that’s good… then god speed.

The jacket is split, the vinyl is scuffed, the crayon/marker artwork sucks, and Amoeba [Hollywood] priced it as if there really were only five copies.. but it was missing from your blog so I thought I’d pick it up. Enjoy!

Hi all – blowin’ spots again. Seems that there’s a copy up on ebay for $119 buy-it-now. So if you missed the $4000 Fix “Vengeance” console your bank book by buying this copy.

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“Copyright 1952″

So here’s a return to the recent past – haven’t had a plain one in a bit, but it’s always refreshing to get one…. handwriting doesn’t really look like any of the others. Well, maybe the Ebullition ones? Here’s what Ben had to say about this find:

Found this a couple of months ago at a Cheapo store in Blaine, Minnesota.  Knew nothing about it really, just thought it looked interesting.  From what I can tell it looks like “featuring Rich Oliver” sticker was placed on the jacket ripped purposely and not from someone trying to peel it off.

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“Planetary and Binary System” sounds like someone was doing some reading. Here’s what Justin, who has some loose affiliation with Sounds From The Pocket, had to say about his copy:

I got mine in what might have been 93 or 94, from Gavin aka
stickfigure distro, at some show at Somber Reptile in Atlanta Georgia.

price tag that i tried to remove back in the day says 5.50

Apparently Stickfiguredistro is still going. I haven’t ordered from them in probably seven or eight years… I should rectify that.

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Here’s another copy that looks somewhat like  Variation #67 and Variation #31. Here’s what Dave Brown said about his acquisition (and merger?):

Got it when it came out from a shop called Sound on Sound in Highland Park, NJ.

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Close Up – “We’re Going to Play in Our Underwear”

Dwayne Dixon sent in this copy, and here’s what he had to write about it:

I discovered your amazing site the other day and am finally getting a chance to send you photos of my FOS comp.  I’m pretty sure I got my copy from Charles Maggio while hanging out with him and Jon Hiltz in C’s basement.  I was really siked on this comp since it represented the diversity and intimacy of the early 90s punk scene in Jersey, NY, and Philly that I was deeply involved in.  The Sam & Joe freak-out was seriously the best track and while on tour with Policy of 3 and Shotmaker we’d scream “Where little dogs wear suits & ties!” randomly at  strangers.  Delightful.