Owners List [251-500]

I remember seeing this copy in reckless records (london, islington shop) in december 1996. I think the price was 500 £ and I couldn’t buy it, but the clerk was kind enough to let me check it, it was the first copy I had ever seen. this same copy appeared in the february 1997 issue of the uk magazine ‘record collector’, from which the picture above is taken
enrico

I bought this record on Yahoo Auction in April 2019 for ¥193,010.
This record has a small piece of paper, which in red is written “distributed by box 7154 Olympia WA 98507 USA”.  Also, the paper lining is made of a vinyl-like material (possibly a seal).
When I was a high school student, I became a fan of Nirvana and collected bootlegs and more. This record is expensive enough to be insane.  I think that I bought this record is a big fool.  And I think everyone who is registered on this website is also a great fool.  However, I am honored to be one of the 1000 idiots scattered around the world.

Purchased on eBay two ago. I also now own number 559.

sold on ebay in july 2008 for 1131uk£ (2070us$). seller from london, uk.
from the auction form: THE VINYL IS NEAR MINT AND I RECALL 100% THAT I ONLY PLAYED IT ONCE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN THE RECORD SHOP WHERE PURCHASED BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NEAR MINT. THE COVER IS PERFECT. THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE COVER IN A SEPaRATE SLEEVE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE ORIGINAL VINYL SEE THROUGH BAG IS HERE WITH THE K RECORD

used, in superb condition!

Bought it at Rough Trade shop in London, UK just when it was released.

note: pictures and info from the old owner’s list hosted on nirvanadiscography.com – thanks to joris baas

this copy is autographed on the front sleeve by kurt and chris

Has a little bit of sleeve damage (crease and small stain)

Got this in 2015. Original owner was in Scotland, second owner in Norway and now it’s in Iceland. Had it framed and mounted to museum standards.

from the owner: This copy came from the shipment that was distributed by Fast Forward in Edinburgh. They were got from Calvin Johnson of K, whose group Beat Happening was signed to 53rd and 3rd around that time. On the plastic bag there’s a K records sticker, as in other copies distibuted by K records. The record was bought at the time and kept by the owner ever since.

this copy came with the same shipment as copy #284.
it was auctioned on ebay on february 2004 and ended at 1460 us$, but the buyer never completed the transaction.

this copy is now being auctioned on ebay
from the seller: I am selling it for a friend so I don’t know everything about it. I know that he bought it while he worked at my shop, Vinyl Villains in Edinburgh. Around this time (late 80’s) we went to see Nirvana and the other Sub-Pop bands. Both Nirvana and Mudhoney came into the shop. Unfortunately the day that Nirvana came in was my day off, so I didn’t meet them. They did buy a few items though. Mainly punk 7″ singles.
from the auction listing: poly bag with K Records sticker. It may have been played a couple of times, but it has been carefully stored away for at least 20 years. The sleeve and vinyl are in near mint condition. I am unable to detect any flaws whatsoever.

Yohann bought this copy on eBay in 2018

I got it when I worked for Fast Forward in Edinburgh. Calvin sent a box over to Edinburgh to be distributed on behalf of K. I doubt many of them them made the shops as I’m sure everybody in the office took at least one.

this copy came with the same shipment as copy #282, and has the “Distributed by K…” sticker on the plastic bag

from the previous owner Duncan Eyers, England: My story of the getting a copy of Love Buzz is not too dramatic, a lot of patience and a lot of money.  I’d tried to get a copy for a long time but without any success, out of the blue I was offered two copies.  One was from a bloke who used to work in a record shop that specialised in Indie music, he dealt with a bloke who imported singles from the US.  In total they got about three copies of Love Buzz in 1990, he kept two and finally decided to sell one of them.  I did check the authenticity and it 100% matches the description of the genuine single.  I also have two references that I can use, one is a European bootleg I paid about 5 Uk pounds for, plus a genuine unnumbered Love Buzz promo.  The single and sleeve of which are identical to the #285 I now have.

This one came more recently from the same store.  There was another recent trader who had dumped the entire first 30 or so singles club records.  With my impeccable luck, I got there right after he did and snagged the Love Buzz, Rapeman, Les Thugs, Mad Daddys, Babes In Toyland, Nirvana/Fluid (on black), Dinosaur Jr and Hole 7″s for $100 cash.  Still quite a steal and the guy had kept them all in PERFECT condition.  Totally cool.” James also own 702

On April 8, 2004 I bought Love Buzz # 295. It was through ebay. I won it with a final bid of $1,228.00. It was being auctioned off on behalf of a friend, who the seller told me was the former owner of Positively 4th street records in Olympia, Wa. I was surprised when the record arrived with a K records sticker on the clear protective cover. I contacted the seller and inquired about the stickered cover, asking if it were original. I was curious and thought there may have been a chance K records distributed the single. I know that K sometimes distributes stuff from other indie labels and so I thought maybe, due to Calvin Johnson’s friendship with Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt, K may have distributed some SP23 singles. The seller told me that it was definitely the original protective cover. I contacted Calvin Johnson of K records to see if he could recall any information in regards to distributing Sub Pop singles, particularly SP23. He confirmed that K did distribute a small amount of several Sub Pop singles, including SP23.
here’s calvin’s reply:
From: “Calvin Johnson”
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004
K did distribute a lot of the early Sub/Pop catalogue, including the first batch of 45s by Blood Circus, Mudhoney, Tad Swallow, Sound Garden and Nirvana. The Sub/pop singles club started at the same time that the Go Team singles subscription started, Jan. of 1989. Often we were still distributing these records in cases there were excess copies. As you point out, the Nirvana 45 was released before the singles club began. We distributed at least 50 copies of this record, probably more. it was listed in a couple issues of our K News, a newsletter and mail order catalogue. On a side note, I reviewed that 45 in my fanzine, Sand, which was printed in may of 1988. As far as I know, that was the first review of a Nirvana record (or maybe Nirvana, period) ever published.
love, Calvin

Copy from back in my husband Olympia days.

Bought in Olympia, 1988 from Positively 4th St.

I got it in trade from a friend in 1991. I spoke with Kurt about these in late 1993 and he claimed to have a box of LB singles in a Tacoma storage space. Not sure how many were there, but interesting story anyhow.

this copy has the “k records” sticker, and the original “2.85” price tag

Bought on 25 Nov 2007 from US.

Previous: auctioned on ebay three times between may and august 2005, always went unsold. from the auction form:
Near mint/mint copy. This record has never been played, and was stored for several years. I purchased this about 5 years ago from a sub pop collector. I am the second owner

sold on ebay in september 2008 for 2024.99 us$.
from the auction form: The record has great sheen with clean labels. It tracks well and sounds great. The are no scratches. There are a couple of extremely light paper scuffs but only visible with a lot of scrutiny.  I would grade it VG+++. The sleeve is in excellent condition. There are no rips, holes, writing or ringwear. This is a original copy purchased when it was released at POSITIVELY 4th STREET Records in Olympia, Washington by Jon Snyder.
This record belonged to him. He attended school at Evergreen College in the late 1980’s and erly 1990’s and was very involved in the Seattle music scene. He worked at Sub Pop and collected these records through his involvement with the music industry and love of music. Some of his notable achievements include the first video footage (which took place at Evergreen College North of Seattle) of Nirvana with drummer Dave Grohl. This video is used in the Nirvana video collection called “With The LIghts Out”.  His also was used as a source in the Charles Cross “Heavier Than Heaven” Nirvana book and is quoted on page 148.

I am elated to own this record! I bought it through ebay from someone who used to be close to the band no less (he owned #309 only because his original was stolen/pawned off), and after a years of searching he found this copy as a replacement.
I had been looking/watching on ebay for several years, when this one came up. My girlfriend didn’t know that I recently bought an engagement ring – and thought my buying this copy of Love Buzz meant that I wasn’t going to be able to propose for a while… Within a week, I had a fiance, and a copy of Love Buzz! (IMHO, you know a girl is a keeper when she wasn’t at all mad at the prospect of me putting off proposing to buy this record!!).
Twelve months ago, I would have never seen either of these coming to fruition.

This copy was sold by the owner of #904 to Benjamin for £1895.

I´m the owner of the No. 318. I bought the single in Austin, Texas a long time ago. At christmas 2008 I sold the single to Andy from Extremely Rare Records in San Diego. But UPS San Diego lost (?) the package with the single. So if somebody get some informations or someone will sell my/Andy’s single, please contact me through this site.

this copy has the “distributed by k (records)” sticker on the plastic sleeve.

Olaf sold it to Andy Perchy long ago and Andy sold it to Pierre 4 years ago

 checked and it’s an original,with Kdisc logo stamped and all matrix!

from the seller: I’m selling this for a friend whose initials are TP who used to work at a famous local record store here in Seattle called Fall-out and he bought it when it first came out whilst working there.
from the auction form: It was purchased from Fallout records here in Seattle when it first came out. Cover is VG+, a couple of light hairline marks on the “Love Buzz” side which don’t affect play.

this copy was put on sale on ebay in may 2002. it ended for 850 us$, but the highest bidder had feedback 0, and the transaction probably didn’t go through.
from the auction form: Was purchased from Fallout Records, by an employee, at time of release.

I got it off of www.opalmusic.com.
It cost me quite a bit, but she’s a beauty =)

This was a gift to me from my friend, Mathew Moon, founder of Kill Rock Stars records. He was the original owner and the only prior owner. It was given to me approximately 4 years ago.
(submitted march 5, 2007)
original clear plastic sleeve with “k records” sticker

I bought this copy from K records. I still have a handwritten note from Candace (of K records) thanking me for my purchase and to look out for the upcoming LP (which would have been Bleach). I only saw Nirvana once, at a club in San Jose called Marsugi’s, where they opened for Mudhoney. Although I don’t really remember it, I read later that Kurt played standing on his head at this show. I also own #843

I am the owner since 30.06.2023. Finally, my old dream came true and I became the owner of this copy, and even with the autograph of Chris Novoselic, which certainly makes it more valuable! I still can’t believe that I now have this “holy grail” in my collection! Condition is perfect for record/sleeve – NM.

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bought on ebay in october 2010 for 1699.99 us$
Condition is perfect for record/sleeve – NM. The record has original plastic sleeve with “K Records” logo sticker.

from the auction form: I am the one and only original owner of this 45, and it is in excellent condition !! I bought this the week it came out at Rhino Records (Westwood) in Los Angeles CA.. It was one of the featured 45s on the front counter display, where there were about 4 or 5 on the rack. I thought about buying two, since I had already seen Nirvana play, and knew these early Sub Pop 45s were selling out quickly. But being on vacation, and with so many other cool records at that store that I wouldn’t be able to buy once I returned to the Northwest, I decided just to buy the one, and maybe get another when I got back. But a few days later when I did return…all the record stores were already sold out!
I got Chris Novoselic to sign this one backstage at Nirvana’s show at the Fox Theater in Portland, Or. on 10/29/1991. I didn’t ask Dave Grohl, since he wasn’t the drummer on this debut 45. I was going to ask Kurdt Cobain, but as soon as he got into the backstage area, he was immediately swarmed by even the relatively few people who had been allowed back. And even though most of those right around him seemed to be very attractive women, the look on his face just said “I hate this, and would rather be anywhere else”. So I just didn’t feel good about, and would have been embarrassed, to try to squeeze my way through his more comely admirers to bother him with yet something else that would have made him uncomfortable. It just didn’t seem right.

bought on ebay in march 2004 for 1350 us$.
from the auction form:
The condition of record and cover is MINT.

The record has been with me in Nottingham since the day I brought it in London

bought on ebay in august 2012 for 1171 uk£ (1860 us$).
from the auction form: I bought it in 2005 from someone who is from Olympia WA who bought it new and met the band in the early days before they made it big and I have kept it in my record box ever since (playing it just the once). It has the original protective sleeve with original price tag and distributed by K records Olympia print on the back.

the seller, from the uk, had actually bought this copy on ebay in may 2004 for 1060 us$, with a bonus item.
from the auction form:
It was bought new by me in Olympia, WA. It still has the 2.85 price tag on the dust cover. It was played a few times originally but is in excelent condition. There is a dust cover that has the distributed by K records sticker.  It has all the proper numbers and engraving.
The exciting part of this is the bonus gift. This is a cassette copy of Nirvana’s demo made before Bleach was released. This tape was made for me by Kurt at his apartment in Olympia. The quality has degraded severely over the years.  The first song is ruined. Most of them are pretty good. There are very few of these in existence, he would make copies for people who would ask but we had to provide our own tape. This was a used tape that he recorded over for me.
These are the songs on the cassette tape:
Downer/Floyd the Barber(damaged)/Papercut/Spank Through/Hairspray Queen/Aero Zeppelin(damaged)/Beeswax/Mexican Seafood/Pen Cap Chew

I have kept an eye out for this single all these years and in the end decided to purchase it on an internet auction.  While there might be less glory paying full price for it, there’s just no substitute for the real thing…and if you hold it close to your ear I swear you can hear the powerful wave that Nirvana created.  Or was that a thunderous ROAR !!!”

I bought #343/1000 in june 2011 for $1900. the sleeve is in near mint condtion, the vinyl is in perfect mint condition and def looks like it has never been played.

the previous owner (usa) bought it on ebay in december 2002 for 1299 us$
from the auction form:
This single was once owned by a former nirvana roadie who needed to sell it 5 years ago to pay off court fines. I bought it from a reputable dealer in Tacoma, WA in September of 1997. The sleeve is in TRUE NEAR MINT condition. There is no wear AT ALL: all of the corners are nice and sharp and there is no ringwear, bending, folding, creasing, or scuffing. The record is also in TRUE NEAR MINT condition. When viewed there are NO marks apparent whatsoever. It could be unplayed.

bought it on ebay from Sean McConnell of Olympia, WA.

note: picture and info from the old owner’s list hosted on nirvanadiscography.com – thanks to joris baas

sold on ebay in September 2001 for 700 us$

Bought it on Discogs in 2016. Seller was from Greece.

Previous: sold on ebay in august 2008 for 2500us$ (“buy it now” price).
seller from the usa. from the auction form: It was given to me buy a Sub Pop employee way back when. The only time this record has left the sleeve was to take this picture. All corners are perfect.

I bought this single at a record swap meet right before Nevermind was issued.

Previous owner: Carlos Nunez

I happened to be in store chatting the guys when the Nirvana records arrived and were unboxed. I think I grabbed 4, one for me and 3 for mates back in Brisbane. When i got back none of them wanted one, not even for free. I’ve still got them too.

I bought this on Ebay, it was pricey probably won’t be able to afford rent next month, but I can’t believe I own a copy.

On sale on ebay in April, 2020.

from the auction form: This is a consignment sale for an out-of-work cook who worked at a Seattle record store in ’88, knew the Sub Pop founders and got this the day it came out! Reluctantly letting it go after 32 years due to the ongoing crisis. Support a service industry worker, a record store, and get yourself a true rarity in the bargain!

Rich Cuiffo bought it on eBay on April 19, 2020

A guy in California (Bob we’ll call him) listed it on Ebay in March 2003 and I balked. I had some serious reservations about making this purchase via eBay but couldn’t find a copy elsewhere. I contacted him after it ended and offered to buy the record, which I don’t believe got a single bid. I explained that I had been seeking it out for quite some time, often missing a good chance or not liking the payment terms. He was a great guy and wanted to see this record go to someone who really wanted the record and was a fan, not someone looking to a make quick buck. We agreed on a price, set up the purchase through an escrow service so we could both be confident, and made the deal the same week. The guy was great and the purchase was even more meaningful because it was from one collector to another, fan to fan. Ironically, the thing sits in a locked fire box and I rarely take a peek. Someday, I’ll find a good way to display it.

bought on ebay in june 2008 for 2327us$.
from the auction form: I’ve had this in my collection for over 12 years. Mint condition.
previously owned by aaron a. chernak (pennsylvania, usa).
his quote from the old digitalnirvana owners’ list: My story is pretty uninteresting. I decided I wanted to collect every recording Nirvana did and I saw it advertised in Goldmine. I contacted the dude, but he had already sold it, but a friend of his in Michigan was looking to sell his copy as well. I bought it in May of ’97 for $525.  It’s in absolute mint condition and is completely authentic. It’s the jewel of my collection and I will always treasure it.

sold on ebay in august 2007 for 1680 us$.
from the auction form: excellent condition.

Here is my copy of Love Buzz. It came with a big purchase of many records
including all the Sub Pop singles volume 1 and volume 2. I played it once.
I used to own 859 but sold it on ebay in 2008.

In 1988 my friend Jerry O’Neal got a copy from Hunters and Collectors record store in Auburn Washington, i don’t recall which number but it was under 100 i remember that.
A few years later he burned all his records in the backyard, including Love Buzz 🙁

Purchased from a record dealer friend several years ago who had a few copies. Knowing I am a huge Nirvana collector, he sold one to me. I’ll be forever grateful!

Obtained from its original owner who kept it NM over the years.

sold on ebay in april 2005 for 1600 us$.
from the auction form:
Both the black vinyl and the hand-numbered paper sleeve are in EXCELLENT condition.

sold on ebay in august 2008 for 2225us$.
from the previous owner, r. zimmer (usa): #378 was originally bought from Rough Trade in San Francisco when they first came out. I am the second owner, and bought it in april 2007.
the sleeve is vg+ (light bends and ring wear), record is nm.
the number is smeared a bit

ought in december 2008. I purchased #130 for $1222 three years ago to include with my big Sub Pop set.  I was kicking myself after selling it, as the price started skyrocketing.  When it reached the $3000 range a couple of months ago, I thought it was going to be a very long time before I would own one. I was watching #379 when it was auctioned.  It had a starting bid of $1600, and I was very surprised when no one bid on it.  I emailed the seller and offered $1400.  I didn’t hear anything for about a week and assumed that they were ignoring my offer, but a week later they accepted!  I had to put the whole thing on credit, but I could not pass this one up when they were selling for double that price three months ago.

this copy had been auctioned twice on ebay in november 2008, the first time the starting price was 1900us$, the second time it was 1600us$.
from the auction form:
I was a lowly record clerk/buyer for Tower Records in Chico, California when this 7” came out. I had a load of friends in Seattle that told me that Nirvana were going to be bigger than life itself and so I ordered THREE of these Nirvana 7s for the store. I snagged all three. The first one I played and still have, the second one I gave to my friend Troy who now lives in Michigan, the third is the 7” you see here. It has *never* been played.

I bought this record from Mod Lang Records in Berkely CA in 1994 in as new condition and have had it ever since. It has NEVER been played and it is in perfect conditon. I listed it on ebay a few years ago and it did not sell.
I have since tucked it away. It is still in the original Mod Lang bag (I wish I had the original receipt though!)

sold on ebay in august 2007 at a “buy it now” price of 1000 us$.
from the auction form:
Slight age wear on the plastic cover and not the sleeve.
Other than that, it is mint.

I obtained the single as an original member of the Sub Pop Singles club, and have held on to the single ever since. I was most thrilled at the time because I was a Shocking Blue fan.

This copy was originally posted as a gift to Mike LaVella (publisher of ‘Gearhead’ for over 15 years now) by Sub Pop co-owner Jonathan Poneman sometime after Mike interviewed him for a story in Maximum Rocknroll in 1989. Mike had the pleasure of doing an interviewing with Kurt Cobain twice!
I bought it from Mike 18th of february 2009 on Ebay for 2.600 USD. Both the vinyl and the sleeve is in remarkable condition (M-) as specified by the Goldmine grading system, and the vinyl is said only to have been played once.. Not bad for a record released back in 1988! Thank you so much Mike J

from the previous owner, Mike LaVella (california – usa): I wrote for Maximum Rocknroll and Thrasher in the late 80’s, before starting Gearhead in 1991. I did a story on Bruce and Jon from Sub Pop, and they sent me everything! I’m pretty sure it just showed up in my PO Box one day. 

Appears this record was sent, via mail order, to Ranch Records by Sub Pop in 1988, where it had been until I recently obtained from the owner.

from the previous owner, paul herring (usa):
obtained in april 2005 from 2nd avenue records via ebay auction for $1161.

update, december 2007:
I am no longer the owner of #395. I sold it a year or two ago.

sold on eBay in March 2015 for 1500$

I bought my copy for $60 in Reckless Records in San Francisco in February 1992. I did buy a lot of Sub Pop 7″s on this visit but Love Buzz was the expensive one, I never regretted the outlay as I was and still am an avid collector of Sub Pop. My friend also bought a copy of Love Buzz (#74) from the shop assistant at Reckless in a private transaction. My copy is one of the jewels in my record collection and I only rarely play it, so it is still in excellent condition, I am a proud owner!!!

I bought Love Buzz #401 on Ebay in December 2003 for $1,100 when I was heavy into Nirvana collecting. Based on my conversation with the seller, I’m only the second owner of the record. The seller ran a record label in Seattle and bought this copy at Fallout Records the week it was released. Both record and sleeve are in near mint condition. Since I’ve owned it, it’s only been played a couple times and hangs in a frame in my music room. I’m a proud owner and feel lucky to have such an awesome piece of rock history.

I bought my copy off a guy called Scott from New York in 2001. It cost me a fair bit and I had a “nice” surprise when it arrived as UK Customs slapped another £150 on top of it in import duties. Anyway its NMint/NMint and is safely under lock and key.

auctioned on ebay in october 2004, went unsold.
the starting price was 999 Euro.

from the previous owner:
I bought it from a german guy who runs an own record label in Germany.
He called me and offered me the record. He collected Sub Pop-singles for several years and so he had this jewel in his collection, too.

Bought by the current owner in 2007

I don’t remember the year, but everything else is clear as day. It must have been the late 80’s, I was listening to the local college radio station KCMU and they played a Mother Love Bone song (Half-Assed Monkey Boy to be exact) which I recognized as I had just seen them live and their EP had just came out. After that came a something that caught my attention. I remember pausing whatever I was doing and just listening. When that song was done, I called the radio station and asked about the band that I just heard. The DJ said “Mother Love Bone”, and I said “not that one, the one after”…. He said some new band called Nirvana. A few days later, I went to Fallout Records and laid down my $2.50 for this 7”. I’m sure I bought a bunch of other stuff as well. Same place I bought “Bleach” on white and many other Nirvana releases and bootlegs.
on a totally unrelated tangent…. I have some great Nirvana stories. Seeing them in their early years etc…. The best I have is making my own backstage pass for one of their shows and getting yelled at by Krist for drinking their beer and eating their pizza. I still have the pass that got me in. $7 at Kinkos. Good times!

I am a huge Nirvana fan and now the proud new owner of #416 purchased from Georgina Blair June,2020. Beautiful clean copy with all the correct markings and near perfect folded cover. While I often traveled to Seattle quite a bit for work 1988 – 1994 when Nirvana played numerous gigs around the city, regrettably, I never took the time to go see them in person while i was there when i could have. In recent years I’ve collected Nirvana original vinyl, books, original photos and other memorabilia. Having an original Love Buzz 7″ vinyl is now the crown jewel of my collection – proud to own it.

From the previous owner Georgina Blair: I bought all of my copies from ebay. I was just spending my whole paycheck each time a love buzz came up. I was wanting to get one from every set of 100, but then the money ran out and I had 5 original copies and about 4 of each of the different fakes. I bought #416 on ebay at around the same time someone emailed me and offered #713 and I bought it for around the same price as #416. A year or so later I bought #170 and #160 then sold them, first #170 ( I offered either one) and later #160.

When it comes to Nirvana I am both fan and collector, I am also the new owner of #418/1000 which I purchased on eBay last month (august 2010) from Frank Wegener.  I finally found myself in a position where I could  afford to chase down a copy and Frank happened to put his up for sale the same day as I went looking, I guess you could say it was fated that it came home with me… The translucent black vinyl is in beautiful condition with only very faint paper marks visible on the playing surface, the cover is also in beautiful order with no tears or creases. All the relevant markers – printing, etching and stamping are  present and you can tell that the whole package has been carefully looked after and properly stored throughout its life… Thanks Frank, it was a pleasure doing business with you…
I have waited a long time to own my  little piece of history and I  intend it to stay in my collection until Hell freezes over at the very least… And no, I haven’t bought myself to play it yet despite the massive urge… I guess that’s why I picked up one of the bootlegs a while ago…

from the previous owner, frank wegener (germany): I was collecting Hardcore/Punk/Alternative records during the 80’s and the early 90’s.
There were several great record stores around here these days but they all disappeared unfortunately.
These stores also sold the Fanzines of the scene and you will remember the Fanzine „Maximum Rock’n’Roll“ for sure.
I have no idea if this is still available. It must have been the early 90s (Kurt was still alive at this time) when I found an ad in the Fanzine, of a guy in the USA (I do not remember the state, maybe Massachusetts) offered rare Punk and Alternative records and I ordered a list. I tried to find these lists but they’re gone. Impossible to imagine what would happen to Nirvana these days so I didn’t keep any info about this record. What I remember for sure is, that I went to our local bank, got 200,–$ cash (that was the price for the single) and sent it in a regular envelope – non express or something – to this guy and really: some days later recieved the single! Crazy!

from the previous owner, terence yong from singapore:
Love Buzz #421 was purchased in Oct 2002 from a US collector for US$100. It did not come with the vinyl, only original sleeve. The reason was because the previous owner John had lost it during house-moving. In Oct 2004, sleeve #421 was resold on eBay to Enrico V of Italy for US$565.
in december 2004 sleeve #421, including an original vinyl, has been sold to the current owner.

auctioned on ebay in april 2004, with a ‘buy it now’ price of 1400 us$.
the auction ended at 1050 us$ but the reserve wasn’t met.
from the auction form:
Both record/cover are in excellent condition.

I bought the single from Lee, who lives in Oakland, CA USA, in an ebay-auction in October 2009. I paid about 1880 Euro for it and now I`m poor but happy. Lee was the first owner of the single and this is what he wrote in his description text for the auction:
“I purchased this from the band table at a Nirvana show in San Francisco back in …. It is #425/1000.
I have owned it since then. It has been kept in its paper inner sleeve, plus in a clear plastic outer sleeve its whole life. It has been only played a handful of times (back then Nirvana wasn’t such big deal!), on my own high-end equipment, including a Stanton cartridge, carefully dusted and cleaned each time. Visually it has no flaws, no scratches, scuffs or marks of any kind.”

i am happy to say i am the owner of a love buzz/big cheese single #426 of 1000 how i came across this was i had finely received my money from my sister after she borrowed some to buy a car and didn’t repay me for a long time and i was cruising e-bay one day and saw it and i bid on it and won it for 760.00 us when i finely got it and checked to see if it was real or fake and it was real i was so happy i nearly dropped it

note: picture and info taken from the old owners’ list hosted on nirvanadiscography.com
thanks to joris baas

Bought this copy on Discogs few years ago

Stock copy purchased from Toxic Shock Records in Arizona.

bought on ebay in december 2007 for 1881.66 us$.
from the auction form: Both the vinyl and and cover are in near mint condition. Folded Sleeve.Very light surface scuffs that do not affect play. No scratches.

On sell on Discogs by www.rerunrecords.com.

listed on ebay in april 2014.

previous owner Filip de Volder. Filip now owns #442 #497 #735 #756

I worked at Barney’s Records in Davis, CA when Love Buzz was released. The store had signed up for the Singles of the Month Club and we received 5 copies of each release. I was a fan/friend of the band so I grabbed two copies for myself.
Despite my best attempts, I was unable to sell the remaining three copies. I couldn’t even convince my friends or coworkers to buy a copy. Nobody liked the record!
It didn’t seem like such a big deal at the time, but with the advantage of hindsight I get kind of nauseous every time I think of how I returned those three copies to Sub Pop for credit.
Oh, and I sold my other copy to some customer who was looking for a copy a few months after I had returned the other three. I think I charged him $5.00.

Around 1998, I went to a record store called Reckless Records (I think that’s the name). The two I would shop at were in Chicago and Evanston (both Illinois). Anyways, they would always have very rare albums, and I had gotten the Pachyderm Sessions (box set) from them.
I asked them if they had any Love Buzz singles, so they looked it up and found a copy at one of their stores in California. I bought it right there (at the Evanston store) with my credit card. They charged me about $450, and it was delivered to my front door 2 or three days later.

I have had the Love Buzz since late 94, i swapped it for a signed drumskin.
It took me a little time to find one even back then when nobody seemed interested in collecting Nirvana. Most Subpop stuff was easy to get and cheap before 94 but i was at school and i remember Love Buzz would fetch a huge £50. ha ha.

THIS specific copy was the one used for one of two reviews that ran in Your Flesh Fanzine and which was featured in the Charles Peterson photography book, Touch Me I’m Sick published and edited by Jenny Boddy and Charles Peterson on PowerHouse Press back in 2003. For those of you in the know, both reviews of this single were PANNED by the publication. I should know, I published and edited Your Flesh from 1981 to 2004 (now exists on-line so not completely dead and gone so I guess that means till present, right?)

I bought copy #441 on Ebay from a guy in Boulder, CO who has an indie rock band called Danghead.  It costed me a bundle but I wanted this single in the worst way and now I’m happy that its in my possession.  He not only gave me the single, which is genuine from checking all the diagnostics, but gave me a copy of his latest album Nounsville.  (He) was selling that single to pay his studio costs.
Image provided by the previous owner, Jamie.

note: picture and info taken from the old owners’ list hosted on nirvanadiscography.com
thanks to joris baas

Back then i did a mail order for rare worldwide punk records , on the first page i Always noted a couple records i was looking for myself for which i would trade records from my list , at some point in one catalogue i Added the love buzz in my search list and got a bunch of reactions from (american) clients who had it and wanted to trade for stuff in my list … well , have 4 left.

This copy was signed by Kurt and Krist in the inner cover.

Filip also owns #497 #735 #756

Bought at a flea market or something by my dad in 1989

I am the original owner, purchased at Rasputin Records in Concord, CA. I picked it up during the 1st week of release (or however long it took distribution to get to the Bay Area). Back in those days I would hit Rasputin and Tower 4-5x a week, and I was aware of the NW grunge stuff happening, and that Sub-Pop singles could be valuable, given time.

When I was at the store, they had 4 or 5 copies available. I only purchased one, because I had never heard of Nirvana, and the price was $3.56, when the bulk of Rasputin’s 7″ were priced at $2.99.

Wanted the 7″ for years. Nearly got my hands on one in 1995 but the deal fell through, but finally in 1997 I got my sticky hands on a mint copy for what seemed like a shed-load of cash then – £350. Not so bad now… Bought from everyone’s favourite, overpriced seller, eil.com 🙂
There wasn’t much choice in the pre-eBay days so it was either eil or Record Collector. I actually went to their premises to pick up my precious in person – I didn’t trust Royal Mail to deliver my baby without something terrible happening… Basically a warehouse next to a train station (Meopham? Couldn’t tell you how to pronounce it…) with shelf upon shelf of records, not all kept very well either… And yes, the staff reeked of desperation and insanity!
When I asked what number it was, the guy said ‘Number? Didn’t know it had one…’
Although their prefab warehouse is right next to the train lines at Meopham, they sent one of their employees to pick me and my g/f up from the station. Literally a 2 minute drive, the guy drove like he was on crack or something. Not sure who he was trying to impress, but that’s one car journey I never want to experience again…

I was searching for it for a damn long time, and found a shop (now long closed) called Silver Rocket, handed over a stack of cash, and its been with me ever since
Got it in December 1999. The owner of that shop used to work at Waterfront Records back in 1988 and 1989 (but got kicked out !) — he kept in touch with a few record collectors, and one guy just happened to have the LB 7″ and wanted to sell it

I was thrilled to have recently acquired my copy #457 directly from my friend Mr. Frank Cotterell co-owner of the legendary Waterfront Records here in Sydney Australia & also making me the 2nd (& very proud!) new owner of this dream record!

The close working relationship & earlier licensing agreements between SubPop & Waterfront Records are really well documented & this was Cotterell’s very own personal copy. Frank remembered being surprised (& rather disappointed!) by the meagre “5 or 6 copies the shop had received” in 1989 & particularly so early in his relationship with SubPop. Number #457 is one of those handful of copies received that day & has been owned by Frank, ever since he received it directly from their sister label some 34 years ago.

In some ways its quite easy to imagine/speculate that without this very copy of Love Buzz that Frank may never have backed Nirvana’s Bleach so heavily or passionately here in Australia, later releasing the much sort after DAMP 114 multicoloured Bleaches that Waterfront (in Nirvana collecting circles) are probably most famous for!

Personally I feel extremely fortunate to own such an amazing part of my favourite band & also such a significant piece of Australian alternative & ‘Grunge’ musical history! Frank provided mine a COA, recalling his personal relationship with Kurt & the band, as well as a mint copy of the green Waterfront ‘1992 Australian Tour Edition’ of Bleach.

Having been a nirvana fan and collector for many years i bought my “love buzz” copy #462 from “mudhoney” lead guitarist steve turner on august 1st 2009 for $2000us.
The sleeve is in mint condition and the vinyl is unplayed, it has one small scuff but it does not affect play whatsoever.
When i asked Steve where he got his copy his reply was: “I got the record when it came out directly from the Sub Pop offices in Seattle. I worked there off and on for a bit…I even have a test pressing of it!”
The vinyl will stay in my collection for as long as im breathing!!!

sold on ebay in june 2000 for 410 us$.
the single was formerly owned by wsia-fm in staten island, new york.
image provided by the seller

Paid $500 in 1997 from Southland CD in Redondo Beach, CA.
this copy appears in the big nirvana feature published in issue 296 (april 2004) of ‘record collector’ .

Formerly John Peel’s copy. I had looked for a copy of Love Buzz for 20+ years when my friend Tim D. from Denver sent me a link to the John Peel estate auction being held in the UK on June 14th, 2022. I had been saving up to buy a house, but interest rates and the real estate market both went through the roof, so I decided to invest in an iconic piece of rock memorabilia instead. I was fortunate to see one of Nirvana’s final shows (Spokane, January 6th, 1994) and I’ve been a fan since a friend first played me a promo cassette of Bleach back in ’89. I bid online for my copy of Love Buzz and won! It took six weeks and several stressful shipping and customs delays for #470 to make its way back to Washington State. I played it once, so John Peel and I are the only people to have given this one a spin. Paper inner sleeve includes John Peel’s handwritten time notations.

The John Peel’s Love Buzz copy was sold for £8925 in June 2022.

#470 was owned by John Peel (R.I.P) and after by his son. That one was played on the 1989-01-02 broadcast. When John Peel is introducing Big Cheese (mins 78:44) on the broadcast, John tells everyone he’s playing nr 470 of the limited 1000.

On Feb 11, 2022 radio 6 (2h 40m) have just mentioned 2 copies owned by John Peel. #470 and #585.

During the early 1990s, the consignor of this album worked as security for Kurt Cobain and then later as a night watchman at his Seattle home at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East. This album was one of several items gifted to him during his time of employment.

Sold on ebay few years ago

Auction Form:”This is Eric Erlandson from the band HOLE. I’m selling this Original NIRVANA Big-Cheese Love-Buzz 7″ Single from 1988. It’s from a limited hand numbered release of only 1000 on Sub Pop for their Singles Club. The cover and vinyl are in mint condition. It’s never been played.”

Sought-after limited edition Sub Pop 45 RPM record for Nirvana’s debut single ‘Love Buzz / Big Cheese,’ numbered 489/1000, with matrix numbers to A and B sides: “SP-23-A Why Don’t You Trade Those Guitars For Shovels? L-31540 Kdisc” and “SP-23-B L-31540X Kdisc.” In fine condition. The record is included.

The first single in the Sub Pop Singles club, the ‘Love Buzz / Big Cheese’ single was the first in what’s become a long line of collectible Nirvana recordings, with only 1,200 copies of the single originally pressed. Numbered editions (1-1,000) have a number handwritten in red ink on the back sleeve; the 200 unnumbered editions have a red slash through the box.

During the early 1990s, the consignor of this single worked as security for Kurt Cobain and then later as a night watchman at his Seattle home at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East. This single was one of several items gifted to him during his time of employment.

I was dating a girl who was a huge Nirvana fan, and she had pretty much everything, except for the Love Buzz single, I had one, but had no idea where mine was, I think it’s number 270 or 280 something, I have close to 100,000 records, so not being able to find something is not all that uncommon for me. it was getting close to the holidays and I wanted to give her it, so i saw andrew’s on ebay and bought it, the irony is that we broke up before it arrived and I never gave it to her, so I decided to keep it until I at least find my other one.
rich russo, may 2012.
bought on ebay in november 2010 for 1278.50uk£.
from the auction form: If I am being really really super critical about the condition of this record, the cover/paper fold over sleeve is near mint with no splits, tears, dog eared corners, or damage at all. There is just the slightest and faintest ring wear, but nothing obvious, from where the disc has been sitting inside. The inner white paper sleeve is near mint. The disc itself is super bright, crisp, and clean. There is one tiny tiny tiny surface mark, like a baby’s hair, about a quarter inch long, on the Love Buzz side. This was pointed out to me when I bought it from the previous owner, Mark Wiffen, and he showed it me at the time. Both the labels and centre holes have no spindle marks and are mint.

from the previous owner, andrew conway (uk), may 2005:
I loved Nirvana from the minute I first heard them at the very start of the nineties. I tried to get one of these in the early part of the nineties about the time when they were exchanging hands for £60 – £80. I never got to the owner’s quick enough in those days, not having a computer, and continually missed out on copies that appeared in small ads in the back of Record Collector magazine. After hunting for another year or so I just missed out on one at £120, and so the months and months dragged by again.
I finally got one in about 1996/7 from a guy in the record business who lived on the south coast and had 3 of them! yes 3. I bought it for £200. It was in absolutely mint unplayed condition with no marks at the centre hole, had the K disc stamp in the run out, and all the correct matrix detailing.
It even included a Kdisc stamped sticker in red ink on the clear plastic sleeve it came in and a letter from the owner to me that said “see in you Christies in 30 years!”. It was number 231 I seem to remember.
I very stupidly sold it for £400 in 1998 because I thought that they can’t keep on going up in price forever and, having bought mine for £200, thought £400 was a ridiculous price for someone to offer me after only a couple of years. How wrong I was, and I’ve regretted it ever since.
However, I now have this one and I am very happy with it.

from the previous owner, mark wiffen:
Probably starts in late 76….When punk broke out although I do collect USA garage and psych/Punk from the 60s…thats another story….
Anyway…My brother and I got into punk and from there I progressed into the second wave…Which I am not so keen on now…I still have most of the records from that time…Always been a record collector as far back as I can remember… My dad was a dustman and he used to bring home peoples throwouts….
The mid eighties was a bit crap really as far as I can remember…I was buying Butthole Surfers, Big Black and bands like that.,…Sonic Youth etc….UK scene was pretty dead…I liked Loop, Spacemen 3 from the UK….That sort of thing….Good bands were pretty thin on the ground…. I used to go into London and trawl the record shops for anything that I could find that I liked…I got the Sub Pop 100 LP…Liked it a lot…So on my next trip I searched for other 45s and LPs on the label…I got the Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff LP and The Green River Rehab Doll LP, thought they were out of this world….I was trying from this point to get all the releases on the label and also on the Glitterhouse label….From that point I guess I was buying/searching for anything similar that I could find, Grunge was born!!….I had a new music to listen to and I could satisfy my record collecting habbit at the same time….It would have been early 89 that I picked up The Love Buzz 45 from Bill Allerton who part owned a record shop called Plastic Passion just off Londons Portobello Road..Just round the corner from Rough Trade records…Both great shops, The Plastic Passion shop sold new and 2nd hand records……
I saw Nirvana later that year at the School for Oriental and African Studies in London with Tad….I still have a Nirvana T-Shirt I bought from the gig….I saw Nirvana 4 times in all., only one time after they made it big…well sort of…that was at Reading festival….I did see them at The Astoria supporting Mudhoney, I guess it would have been 1990 …I have a poster for that gig…MUDHONEY in big letters and nirvana in small letters as the support band…(must be pretty rare)……..lol…It did change pretty fast from being the support act to being massive!!….
Oh yeah I forgot to mention I became a singles club member and I still have all the letters and mailers stickers etc that came with the records….I dont throw anything away….

I know its real cuz I bought it for $2 something at Positively 4th Street records in Olympia when it came out. Had the demo tape too but lost it over the years. Used to watch them play house parties at the “glass house” in Olympia almost every weekend it seemed.

Back then i did a mail order for rare worldwide punk records , on the first page i Always noted a couple records i was looking for myself for which i would trade records from my list , at some point in one catalogue i Added the love buzz in my search list and got a bunch of reactions from (american) clients who had it and wanted to trade for stuff in my list … well , have 4 left.

This copy was signed by Kurt and Krist in the inner cover.

Filip also owns #442 #735 #756

auctioned on https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com in dec 2022.
Sought-after limited edition Sub Pop 45 RPM record for Nirvana’s debut single ‘Love Buzz / Big Cheese,’ numbered 479/1000, with matrix numbers to A and B sides: “SP-23-A Why Don’t You Trade Those Guitars For Shovels? L-31540 Kdisc” and “SP-23-B L-31540X Kdisc.” In fine condition. The record is included.

The first single in the Sub Pop Singles club, the ‘Love Buzz / Big Cheese’ single was the first in what’s become a long line of collectible Nirvana recordings, with only 1,200 copies of the single originally pressed. Numbered editions (1-1,000) have a number handwritten in red ink on the back sleeve; the 200 unnumbered editions have a red slash through the box.

During the early 1990s, the consignor of this single worked as security for Kurt Cobain and then later as a night watchman at his Seattle home at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East. This single was one of several items gifted to him during his time of employment. Comes with a Gotta Have Rock & Roll Certificate of Authenticity

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auctioned on ebay in march 2005 with a starting price of 2000 us$ but went unsold. from the auction form:
Condition of Record: Both the jet-black vinyl and hand-numbered sleeve are in excellent condition.

previously owned by mitch vassar, administrator of digitalnirvana.net, this copy was sold on ebay in july 2002 to a german collector, who sold it to the current owner in november 2004.
in june 2005 it has been signed by chad channing on the front sleeve