There were not all that many singles released by the Fluid. The bulk of their vinyl story comes from their LPs. There were five 7"s. There were also several promo cds from the Hollywood era, some of which are interesting, so I have included them as well.
The Fluid's first 7". The first pressing of this one was on orange vinyl. This is also the easiest color to find. There were quite a few made on orange. The degree of orange ranges from very light to very dark. There were also black copies pressed at this point, as demonstrated by the existence of orange and black mixed copies. The yellow pressing came next, and is a rarer color, reportedly limited to 500. Also pressed on grey marble, purple marble, pink (each of these is somewhat rare, but the grey marble shows up the least often of the three). I also came across a color that I am calling "burnt orange." It is a darker orange than the straight orange color, and has some marbling in it with an even darker color (which appears to be black). I had heard rumors of an "orange-brown" version, and can only guess that this is what the person was talking about. Regardless, it is clearly different from the regular orange version. Take a look at the pictures. They were done on the same scanner. I had heard several rumors of a red vinyl version, and those invariably turned out to be orange...until a real red one surfaced in an auction in mid-2009. The seller wanted an absurd price for it, so I let it go. Oops. It did not sell, and the seller may have made other arrangements. Regardless, they won't write back to me. I've included a pic below. I have more convincing ones of it next to bright red items. The labels on this record are marked as SP56, but the sleeve is correctly printed as SP57.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| SP57 Orange | 5 |
| SP57 Black | 5 |
| SP57 Yellow (500) | 20-25 |
| SP57 Purple Marble | 15-20 |
| SP57 Pink | 15-20 |
| SP57 Grey Marble | 20-25 |
| SP57 Burnt Orange | 50-60 |
| SP57 Red | 50-60 |
 Loose Insert |
 Test Pressing |
 Red Vinyl |
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| Sleeve | Paper foldover with loose insert |
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| Test Pressing | Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels |
Limited to 750 copies, all on black vinyl. Recorded live in Germany in 1989.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Glitterhouse GR0057 - Black | 15-20 |
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| Sleeve | Paper foldover |
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This was a local Colorado compilation that seems to have made its way everywhere. I have seen this record in every corner of the globe. It's truly remarkable. It says it is a pressing of 1000, but I think that was just the version with the black sleeve. The ones with red sleeves definitely appear to be from a later pressing. The labels are different and the insert contains an updated catalogue. If I had to guess, I would say that there are substantially more red sleeve copies out there than black ones.
Anyway, the second disc contains a version of the Fluid song "Don't Wanna Play" that is different from the one that appears on Freak Magnet.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Donut Crew DCR007/DCR008 - Black Sleeve | 5-8 |
| Donut Crew DCR007/DCR008 - Red Sleeve | 5 |
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| Sleeve | Paper foldover |
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7500 total pressed - 4000 on green marble vinyl, 3500 on black. The green marble ones have varying degrees of marbling. There are even some that are solid green (see pic below). Copies that are solid green or those that are mixed green and black vinyl command much more money than normal copies. The more the green and black are mixed, the more they fetch. Some bootlegs have surfaced of the black version - see sliver.it for details.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| SP97 Green Marble (4000) | 55-80 |
| SP97 Black (3500) | 45-70 |
| SP97 Solid Green | 100-150 |
| SP97 Green/Black Mix | 250-300 |
 Attached Insert |
 Test Pressing |
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 Green Marble |
 Solid Green |
 Green/Black Mix |
| Sleeve | Paper foldover w/ Singles Club form attached |
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| Test Pressing | Black vinyl, small hole, white labels |
This is a bootleg. Four tracks, decent recordings, all on black vinyl with plain white labels. A good one to have.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Sleeve | Full cardboard |
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Another bootleg. Four live tracks, all from 1989-90.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Vinyl Pirate UP002 | 8-10 |
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| Sleeve | Foldover thick-stock paper |
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Promo only single from Hollywood Records. Same song, both sides, released in 1992. All copies on white vinyl.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Hollywood ED-10256 - White | 5 |
| Sleeve | Plain white paper |
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Promo only cd single from Hollywood Records. One track. Came with a sticker insert as the front cover with a purple metal flake finish. There was also a cassette version of this one. The cassette was purple, and the b-side contained clips of songs from the album.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Hollywood PRCD-10296-2 CD | 5 |
| Hollywood PRCS-10296-2 CS | 5 |
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| Credits | Jason: cassette image |
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Promo only cd single from Hollywood Records. One track. Came with a sticker insert as the front cover with a purple metal flake finish.
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| Hollywood PRCD-10309-2 CD | 5 |
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Promo only cd single from Hollywood Records. No front insert. This one was a really tough find for years until the internet market took over. It contains three demo tracks, including one track that was never released anywhere else.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Hollywood PRCD-10328-2 | 10-12 |
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Strange Australian EP. This was the only place you could get the last two tracks on here, including my favorite non-MC5 version of Kick Out the Jams. Hey 13 is really good too.
| Version | Approximate value ($) |
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| Fellaheen Jack 001-2 | 8-10 |
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