Here’s the era-defining hit song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from the 1991 album “Nevermind” by Nirvana, used as test subject for a comparison between an original Colombian pressing of the LP from 1992 and a US reissue from 2013 mastered by Bernie Grundman and pressed at Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH.

You can click on the following time marks to quickly jump between pressings:

(00:00) Video intro

– (00:42) Original Colombian pressing 01
– (01:08) Original Colombian pressing 02
– (01:48) Original Colombian pressing 03
– (02:22) Original Colombian pressing 04
– (03:01) Original Colombian pressing 05
– (03:36) Original Colombian pressing 06
– (04:08) Original Colombian pressing 07
– (04:47) Original Colombian pressing 08

– (05:51) 2013 US reissue 01
– (06:17) 2013 US reissue 02
– (06:57) 2013 US reissue 03
– (07:31) 2013 US reissue 04
– (08:10) 2013 US reissue 05
– (08:45) 2013 US reissue 06
– (09:17) 2013 US reissue 07
– (09:56) 2013 US reissue 08

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