Editing Blew (section)

==EP==
The ''Blew'' EP was released in November 1989 on Tupelo Records on 12-inch vinyl and [[CD]]. With a working title of ''Winnebago'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livenirvana.com/interviews/8908ep/index.php|title = Live Nirvana &#124; Interview Archive &#124; 1989 &#124; August ??, 1989 - Olympia, WA, US}}</ref> the EP was originally intended as a release to promote an upcoming European tour, but due to production delays, <ref>{{cite book | last = Borzillo-Vrenna | first = Carrie | title = Nirvana - The Day to Day Illustrated Journals | edition = 1st | publisher = [[Barnes & Noble]] | year = 2003 | pages = 49 | isbn = 0-7607-4893-4}}</ref> the maxi-single ended up being released exclusively in the United Kingdom a few days before the tour's completion.

Released exclusively in the UK, the EP was difficult to obtain elsewhere, with only 3,000 copies of the maxi-single pressed on 12-inch [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and CD. Both vinyl and CD counterfeit copies exist, with the vinyl copies varying in color. The official 12-inch vinyl was pressed only on black vinyl. The cover art was photographed by Cobain's then-girlfriend Tracy Marander at a May 26, 1989 concert at the [[Green River Community College]] in [[Auburn, Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livenirvana.com/concerts/89/89-05-26.php|title = Live Nirvana &#124; Concert Chronology &#124; 1989 &#124; May 26, 1989 - Lindbloom Student Center, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA, US}}</ref> Marander shot the back cover photo as well.

"Stain" was re-released by [[DGC Records]] in December 1992, on the band's rarities compilation, ''[[Incesticide]]''. The ''Blew'' version of "Been a Son", hailed by [[Kurt St. Thomas]] as the "definitive take" due to its trashy sound and pronounced bass solo,<ref name="St Thomas 1">{{cite book|last=St. Thomas|first=Kurt|author-link=Kurt St. Thomas|year=2004|title=Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects|location=[[New York City]]|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|isbn=0312206631|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312206635/page/54 54]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312206635/page/54}}</ref> remained a rarity until it was re-released in October 2002 on the band's first best-of compilation, ''[[Nirvana (Nirvana album)|Nirvana]]''.<ref name="Goldmine">{{cite web |last=Gaar |first=Gillian G |date=March 31, 2020 |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/collectors-corner-collector-resources/a-look-at-nirvanas-collectible-recordings |title=A look at Nirvana's collectible recordings |publisher=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]] |access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>