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October '98 Bootleg Comparison Guide
1st Edition

There are many Nirvana bootleg pages around the web. Before the Internet became mainstream, usually you would have to know certain people to get bootlegs. What Nirvana In Nirvana will do is go through several Bootleg pages. What will be looked at? Not the graphics. Not the content. Just the bootlegs and the service you get for them.

This is my first time reviewing bootleg pages. It is hard to find specific things as in 'What to look for,' since I never traded bootlegs myself. I'll probably update this very soon, after I get in touch with the webmasters of the following pages:

Anti-Social Records
Our first page that we will be looking at is Anti-Social Records. Here is some information:
Price: $5.00 (U.S)
Sending Period: 1-2 weeks on confirmation of payment.
Pay By: Money order or cash. Checks are no longer allowed because of the time it takes for the to clear.
Limit: none
Total Amount: 180

Bleached Records
Price: $5.00 for tapes, $7.00 for videos (U.S); Also allows 2:1 trades

Sending Period: n/a (Will be found out when you trade.)
Pay By: Cash (I assume)
Limit: none
Total Amount: 57 (tapes), 18 (videos)

Grunge Records
Price: n/a, Will accept 2:1 trades
Sending Period: n/a (Will be found out when you trade.)
Pay By: Cash
Limit: none
Total Amount: 8

Slivers and Paper Cuts
Price: n/a, Will accept 2:1 trades
Sending Period: n/a (Will be found out when you trade.)
Pay By: Cash
Limit: none
Total Amount: 52 (tapes), 26 (videos), 16 (compilations)

Bootleg Comparison Guide Chart

  Anti-Social Records Bleached Records Grunge Records Slivers and Paper Cuts
Price $5.00 $5.00 (tapes)
$7.00 (videos)
Will also accept 2:1 trades
2:1 trades; Price n/a 2:1 trades
Sending Period 1-2 weeks n/a n/a n/a
Pay By Money order/cash Cash Cash Cash
Limit none none none none
Total Amount 180 57 (tapes)
18 (videos)
8 52 (tapes)
26 (videos)
16 (compilations)

A conclusion will be added when I get more information on this. If you have any suggestions or ideas on what you want to see, e-mail me.