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“Typical Fear of Smell purchaser”
“Mommy bought it for me for x-mas & I hate it boo-hoo”
So does that mean that Leo Ferrandino, Fear of Smell collector extrordinaire, is Bill Clinton? Quite possibly. Either way, this one resides in Leo’s collection who bought it recently and thought enough of the blog to send it in. Clearly this has a connection to Variation #25, although I wouldn’t have recognized the younger Clinton had Leo not pointed it out.
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Another cover, similar in form to Variation #32.
Here’s what Brad Wallace had to say about it:
Here’s another copy for your blog. Pretty sure I traded for this copy with my friend around 97/98. Don’t remember what record I traded but I kind of think it was some other comp that I felt was musically inferior, but he needed for some sort of collection completion.
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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
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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 look at pigs, certainly Vermiform was pro-pork. Or liked how they looked. Or were trying to be funny and make fun of cops. Or maybe they’re easy to draw? This one’s owned by Tony Perkins (clearly the guy who was in Psycho) in Olympia, WA. Here’s what he had to say about it:
I got this in 1993 from Jose Ruiz of Merel, who was a college friend. I was a recent transplant to New Jersey, and either this record or the first Iconoclast 7″ was my introduction to the hardcore scene there. The cover of my pressing is kind of boring, but I love the record.
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Here’s another reference to “Foot Foot” (see top right corner). This copy comes courtesy of Jon Hiltz – who of course was the drummer of Born Against and later in Computer Cougar as well. As advertised, a fine “Compilation of Band” (or perhaps Eat Shit or Fuck Off). Here’s what Jon wrote about it:
since i was a denizen of the vermiform universe at the time, i can offer quite a bit of insight.
i’m pretty sure adam did this cover, but it could just have been someone else copping his style.
comes from the first round of covers, just picked the one i wanted. i remember the christmas-garland/spraypaint ones quite vividly; chris leo had a lot to do with those as i recall. also present at said party were joe martin and john ariz, probably some others.
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Richmond Address Sticker
Got this submission about a month ago from Matt Anderson, to which I thought I put it up. But I didn’t… so here it is now. A really curious case, this one has a weirdo Richmond address. I was under the impression the first press was long gone before Vermiform moved to Richmond, but I guess not. I mean, lets face it, this is the early run type of cover of the comp, so maybe it was the last to exit the compound?
Here’s Matt’s take on it:
The cover of my copy has tinsel & a stenciled title on the front (+ a “Featuring Rich Oliver” sticker, though you can’t really see it through the tinsel). I bought it in Raleigh, NC in, oh, probably 1994 or so, I think from some other kid who was “distributing” records. I don’t think I would’ve paid more than six dollars. The back, though, has a crappy neon orange “Vermiform Records Richmond Branch” sticker on it, unlike all the ones I’ve seen on your blog, which have the Vermiform logo & the NY address. So I don’t even know if it’s the 1st pressing, tho I’d guess it is.
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This one comes from Sex/Vid magnate RJ. No I don’t know what magnate means either, or why someone who has a bunch of sexual videos would want to be one either. Maybe it’s a good thing? Either way, here’s another leftover Remain Sedate cover, much like Variation #20. Like I said over there, it’s one of my favourite covers because let’s face it, Remain Sedate is one of my favourite records. Think I ran through about five copies of the dubbed tape.
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Eric Hallstrom who posted over on the info page wanting to know where he can get this fine comp – well it’s still available over at http://www.buyolympia.com/sammcpheeters/Browse in both CD and vinyl format. Well, brought to you by “Bluff Old Codgers” could be my tagline. Codger indeed good boy.