Sub Pop Discography
Rob Vaughn
Copyright 1993 by Rob Vaughn <r...@msc.cornell.edu>
Help! I need info for SP78,120,132,166,184-210.
Thanks for all the amazing help to:
Greg Barish, Andy Bowser, Paul J. Courtright, Mark van Gils,
Hyonchol Kahng, Eamonn Keane, Ron Levasseur, David W. Millians, Corey Nelson,
Todd Alan Padezanin, Soren Petersen, Alan Ramaley, Daniel Rench,
Andrew Reynhout, Jodi Shapiro, Volker Stewart, Joe Tunis, Bill Whitson,
Dean Wiggins and Dave Datta <da...@cs.uwp.edu> for maintaining his wonderful
music archives at ftp.uwp.edu.
Some information has been stolen from _Goldmine_ Issue 306.
According to the rumor mill Sub Pop almost entered a distribution agreement
with CBS (before the Sony buyout.) They were relying on this deal to cover
a major amount of the debt they had accrued to this point, and when the deal
fell through they were left owing money to a vinyl pressing plant in
California. This plant has recently started re-issuing collector-colored
vinyl of Sub Pop classics such as Mudhoney's "Superfuzz Bigmuff" and
Nirvana's "Bleach" in an attempt to recover some of the money Sub Pop owes
them. Currently, all cassettes and CDs are manufactured by Caroline
Distribution, who is their exclusive distributor. These, along with some
vinyl, are also sold directly by Sub Pop.
In vinyl color descriptions, "w/ws" means "with white swirls". This is more
commonly known as "marbled". Most second or later generations of colored
vinyl pressings were done with black, so color information is only valid
for first pressings. Black vinyl releases aren't always noted.
Some older titles are now available on CD. This is indicated in the catalog
numbers by appending an "a" for cassettes or "b" for CDs. The entries will
continue to be made under the usual catalog number, i.e. SP57 but additional
entries will be made when the track listings differ from the vinyl release.
Starting with the March 1993 edition, catalog numbers have changed to
the following format: NNN-X where NNN is the former SPNNN number, and X
stands for the format. Formats are: 1 - LP, 2 - CD/CD single, 4 - cassette,
7 - 7" record. The format of the discography will remain the same to keep
things simple.
Please contact me at the address above if you can help. For those interested,
write to Sub Pop for a free mail order catalog: Sub Pop, 1932 First Avenue,
Suite 1103, Seattle, WA 98101.
Releases
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SP001 - Subterranean Pop Fanzine
1979.
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SP002 - Subterranean Pop Fanzine
1980.
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SP003 - Sub Pop Fanzine
1980.
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SP004 - Sub Pop Fanzine
1980.
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SP005 - Sub Pop Cassette 'Zine
1981.
Songs: All Night Movies - "Slaughter House"; Beakers - "What's Important";
The Bohemians - "Switzer Boy"; Cool Rays - "Diary Of You";
Embarrasment - "Lifespan"; Jad Fair - "It Saw Me";
Steve Fisk - "Digital Alarm"; Get Smart - "Eat, Sleep A Go Go";
Jungle Nausea - "Job Club"; Doug Kahn - "Reagan Speaks for Himself";
The Men - "Men At Work"; Ray Milland - "Tronada";
Neo Boys - "Dirty White Lies"; Nurses - "Rubberheads";
Oil Tasters - "Get Out Of The Bathroom"; Bruce Pavitt - "Debbie";
Pell Mell - "Spy Vs Spy"; Product One - "It Hurts Me To Remember";
Sport of Kings - "Sing Mary Sing"; Vague-Leys - "Sofa Or Chair";
Visible Targets - "Just For Money"
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SP006 - Sub Pop Fanzine
1981.
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SP007 - Sub Pop Cassette 'Zine
1982.
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SP008 - Sub Pop Fanzine
1982.
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SP009 - Sub Pop Cassette 'Zine
1983.
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SP010 - Various "Sub Pop 100" LP/CD
1986. Limited vinyl edition of 5000.
Songs: Steve Albini "Spoken Word Intro Thing", Scratch Acid "Greatest Gift",