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  Nirvana - Nevermind [GEF 24425 USA 2013 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Allegedly, here is the album which sounded the death toll for hair-metal in the US, although I am sure other acts may say differently. I was more of a Sugar fan and although Copper Blue came a year later in 1992, I could hear the role earlier bands such as Hüsker Dü, Butthole Surfers and British band Head Of David had on those slippery steps between alternative rock and Seattle grunge. If you were getting into rock music in the late eighties, then I guess Nirvana were, to you (and many others), the best band on the planet. The original pressings of Nevermind were mastered by Howie Weinberg at Mastersound in New York and pressed at MCA, the initial European versions used the same mastering and were pressed at CBS in Haarlem, Netherlands (now Record Industry). This version is mastered by Bernie Grundman and pressed at Pallas in Germany. I only have an original UK CD for comparison, however there are plenty of...