Way back in 1996, we released a series of twelve 7" singles by the Melvins. The following year, all of them were put together on a double CD that was simply known as Melvins 1-12.

For the 30th Anniversary, we're reissuing the whole kit-n-kaboodle for the first time as a vinyl double LP & we went all out to make it a complete smorgasbord of visual delights.

This is the Googly-Eyed Glow-in-the-Dark Slava Edition. Most of the gatefold sleeve has artwork by HAZE XXL & silkscreened on our regular tan chipstock sleeves by Obsolete Industries. It was then was further customized with the inner part of the gate getting hand-stamped using a giant stamper with cerulean blue ink. Then, we amped up the ridiculousness with glow-in-the-dark googly eyes on the skull where the flowers were on the regular edition. If you miss the pretty, pretty flowers, don't you worry, there's one on the reverse side of the plastic sleeve in the middle of the skull on the back.

There's also a letterpress print by Mackie Osborne mounted inside opposite the stamped skull. The print is on the yellow cardstock with bright orange & goldenrod ink & is the opposite of what was offered between the 2 regular editions.

After the set was assembled & sealed in the plastic sleeve, a final detail of another small sticker was put on to line up with the center of the sunflower on the front of the sleeve. Even beyond the variation you get with hand-stamping so much, there's so much more going once once to factor in the different shades of color between the in letterpress & stamper inks & googlies & flower stickers, truly none of the sleeves will be exactly like any of the others.

The vinyl colors to this edition are the same as the regular Slava one & matches the sleeve ink in cerulean blue & a pale mustard color. Sides A/B are a combined haze of those 2 colors & C/D are them in a pinwheel pattern.