PEARL JAM - MERKINBALL 7" (1995) [USA]

Pearl Jam - Merkinball 7"

(1995) [USA]

A single by the notorious grunge group Pearl Jam with two non-album tracks, and one of their best songs "I Got Id." I believe both of these songs feature Neil Young on guitar, which is pretty wild! This is around the time members of Pearl Jam had also played on Neil's album "Mirror Ball" also from the same year, 1995.

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PEARL JAM - LET ME SLEEP 7" (EPIC ASSOCIATED [ZS7 4354], 1991) [USA]

Pearl Jam - Let Me Sleep 7"

(Epic Associated – [ZS7 4354], 1991) [USA]

A 7" Pearl Jam Xmas Single from 1991. Recorded live Dec. 1990.

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MARCY PLAYGROUND - SEX & CANDY 7" (1998) [USA]

Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy 7"

(1998) [USA]

A 7" single release of Marcy Playground and their 'one-hit-wonder' song Sex & Candy. You used to hear this one everywhere. And still can hear it on the radio from time to time. Two non-album B-sides on this one that are kinda moodier than their big radio hit.

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BEN KWELLER - WASTED & READY CDEP (2002) [USA]

Ben Kweller - Wasted & Ready CDEP

(2002) [USA]

A CDEP release of arguably Ben Kweller's most popular song 'Wasted & Ready'.' I remember being in high school and this guy coming out around the same time as The Strokes, The Vines, The Hives, etc, and all of those retro-revival bands. Of course, he is also one of the three 'Bens' that make of the group The Bens [Ben Lee, Ben Folds & Ben Kweller].

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HARVEY DANGER - FLAGPOLE SITTA CDEP (1998) [USA]

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta CDEP

(1998) [USA]

More that alternative 1990s rock n' roll. This time Seattle college / radio rock group Harvey Danger with their 'one-hit-wonder' song Flagpole Sitta. This one still gets me pumped. The CDEP also contains a non-album track that's also pretty cool.

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THIRD EYE BLIND - HOW'S IT GONNA BE CDEP (1997) [USA]

Third Eye Blind - How's It Gonna Be CDEP

(1997) [USA]

I don't know what it is about this band, I guess it was a time and place and one of those 'you had to be there' (i.e. being a teenager in the middle 90s). I think we all have a fondness for Third Eye Blind, and that type of alternative radio rock that has disappeared all together from mainstream. Don't get me wrong, I love rap music, and listen to it a great majority of the time -- but something is missing from popular 'mainstream' culture and that is drug addled English literature majors fronting alternative rock bands. This EP has non-album B-side and as well as a remix of 'Graduate.'

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ALICE IN CHAINS - BLEED THE FREAK / PUT YOU DOWN 7" (1991) [USA]

Alice in Chains - Bleed The Freak / Put You Down 7"

(1991) [USA]

A Promo 7" of Alice in Chains featuring two live demo tracks (though, the labels do not state live recordings).

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HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - OLD MAN & ME (WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN) 7" (1996) [USA]

Hootie & The Blowfish

Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven) 7"

(1996) [USA]

A 7" single from Hootie & The Blowfish released in 1996 which features a non-album track on the B-Side, a cover of Foster & Lloyd.

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BLIND MELON - NO RAIN 7" (1993) [USA]

Blind Melon - No Rain 7"

(1993) [USA]

Here's kind of a rarity, a Blind Melon single for their most popular song 'No Rain'. What I like here is the rare live B-Side that does not appear anywhere else other than this 7" single! I nice little diddy recorded live at Bogarts, Cincinnati, Ohio on August 11, 1993. Two album versions of songs appear otherwise.

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