In Utero
t y p e   Album (promo)
l a b e l   Geffen
c a t a l o g  #   n/a
f o r m a t   Cassette
l e n g t h    
m a d e  i n   United Kingdom
r e l e a s e d  i n   United Kingdom
r e l e a s e d   1993

q u a n t i t y
   
 
a v a i l a b i l i t y
  Out of print.


n o t e s
  Keep in mind that these details are based on a brief encounter with the tape and memories of it a few years later...

Back in the summer of '93 Jeff Braine borrowed a few promo cassettes from his friend's sister, who worked at Geffen UK.  One of the tapes was In Utero.  He describes it as:

  • "...it was just a laser-printed cardboard/thick paper (can't quite remember now) insert.  Geffen logo on the front (monochrome)."

When I asked Jeff to compare an Incesticide promo cassette's insert to the promo he borrowed, he said it was very similar, but:

  • "...the one I had was black ink..."

This almost describes another surfaced In Utero promo perfectly, and it too has an extra song(s):

  • "...had all the album songs on it plus 'Gallons,' 'MV,' 'VCV,' 'Marigold' and 'IHMAWTD.' "

That's surprising, but Jeff noted:

  • "...however the promo tape *did* suffer from drop-out and sounded a bit more 'raw' (could have been just me, but..)...I'd guess they just used cheaper tape or something for the promo releases - OR the version I got to borrow was the one before the slight remix (where they just added a bit of volume to vocals and did a bit of EQ tweaking)."

Jeff also asked about a promo cassette for Nevermind.

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