Fear Of Smell

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Here’s one that got stuck in cyberspace hell (aka my Inbox – or to riff on a Mens Recovery Project idea, a men’s room). This one was sent in way back in March. Fuck. As a bonus for waiting all that time it’s #100. It looks quite like it might’ve been hit with a shit stain. Here’s the story from the owner, Josh Baker:

Just picked this up at Smash! Records in Washington, DC. The owner played me the Rich Oliver track and I was sold.

Not only a consumer with fine taste, the store didn’t even play the best track, by Sam & Joe.

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Found a few stragglers in the e-mail. Sorry about that… spam and the tonne of e-mail I get on a daily basis, guess these slipped. My loss of time, is your gain. Love the ode to the Rolling Stones, or just a giant tongue. You decide.

Here’s what Greh had to say about it:

Submitting one that the record shop I work at is selling on eBay. We had it on the wall for a while and though no one bought, plenty looked at it.

This one bears a resemblance to: Variation#82, Variation #6, maybe Variation #22 and Variation #29. Also, if your record store is selling one, link to your store as well. People who collect records want to know!

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This submission comes courtesy of Shivaun – here’s what was said:

Awesome project and really cool blog. I love looking through all the different cover variations. Mine is a pretty tame fingerpainted one with some wacky text organization. I got this from a set sale on a message board a couple years ago for like $15.

Seems like this pattern has struck before – some similarities in the other painted ones for sure. If you’re interested in pursuing this avenue of painting please refer to these examples: Variation #77, Variation #72, Variation #16 or Variation#31.

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Surely this is another sun-like masterpiece? What is it about the mid-90′s hardcore aesthetic that was so fascinated with the sun? So many ads for so many labels that featured the sun in various tribal configurations. Never mind the fact I have a very small tattoo of a sun on my back that was put there in the mid-90′s?  Either way, got this in the e-mail the other day, from Michael:

Here’s my copy of Fear of Smell, which I recently acquired. My local record dealer, Phil Spectacle, who used to who have shop here in Vancouver and also used to promote gigs, found this at a yard sale between some really badly warped records.  Luckily this one and the few around it were in good condition.  It looks like it was painted by the same Dave guy who did the volcano one that’s on ebay right now.

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I haven’t been keeping up with ebay at all, which is totally due to the fact I have zero cash. Anyways, a dim rememberence that I should check it out once in a while, has yielded this gem. It could be a yeti eating a hot dog dropped from the sky, or perhaps a volcano exploding. It’s currently on ebay here if you have a hole burning in your pocket with the $350 buy it now offer on the table. I would be an asshole and offer 1/10th of the price, but well I guess I’m not that much of an ass. Either way, great cover, good restart to the blog.  This cover has similarities between it and #24, #16 and #10.

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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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“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.

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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.