Release
Blew was released in December 1989 on Tupelo Records on 12" vinyl and Compact Disc. The Extended play was originally scheduled to be released to coincide with the beginning of Nirvana's European leg of the Bleach tour, but it was released several months late. In addition to the song "Blew", the release also includes "Love Buzz". This mix of "Love Buzz" is the Bleach version, as opposed to the 7" Sub Pop Singles version. To round off the rest of the maxi-single, two previously-unreleased songs, "Been a Son" and "Stain" were included that stemmed from a 1989 studio session.
Blew was intended to be released to promote an upcoming European tour, but this plan was scrapped, and the maxi-single ended up being released exclusively in the UK shortly after its completion.
As Blew was released only in the UK it was thus difficult to obtain elsewhere. Only 3,000 copies of the maxi-single were pressed on 12" vinyl and CD. Both vinyl and CD counterfeit copies exist, of which the vinyl copies vary in color (the official 12" vinyl was only pressed on black vinyl).
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