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Screaming Trees
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A Record Collector's Guide to
Screaming Trees
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There were not very many singles released during this tremendous career, so I am including them all with the albums on a single combined page. Screaming Trees had a good run, from their initial 1984 demo to their 1996 swan song. They had a few great albums, a couple that missed the mark, a brush with major label success, and a distinct chapter in the musical history of the Pacific Northwest. Collecting their vinyl can be a confusing, difficult task. The first real challenge is determining what is out there. All (well, okay...MOST) of the band's SST LPs were released on some form of color vinyl. It is my understanding that most of these color pressings were released some time after the initial pressings. I do not have the exact information on the release dates of the color vinyl pressings, but all indications are that they were put out much later. That said, those seem to be the desirable ones to get, and fetch the highest prices. Also, from what I can gather, there is only one color vinyl version of each SST release. |
| Other Worlds EP - SST 105 The first Screaming Trees release was their 1984 demo, initially released exclusively as a cassette on Velvetone Records (from what I am told, this was limited to 1000 copies). Insanely difficult to find. I recently missed out on one. It was later reissued by SST Records as SST 105 in 1988. The SST version had a completely different sleeve design. Many copies are on green vinyl. In fact, the black vinyl version seems to be the rarer one. The color versions of Other Worlds and Buzz Factory are much easier to find than those of Invisible Lantern or Even If and Especially When, which leads me to believe there were many more of those two pressed. Summary:
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Clairvoyance LP - Velvetone VST 86002 The legendary lost Screaming Trees album. The band's first full length, released on Velvetone records in 1986 (theoretically limited to 2500 copies). This was one of the top three on my want list in the 90's. It was a tough find. It wasn't until eBay showed up that I finally added this one to my collection. According to someone I knew who was friends with the band, they had lost the master tapes, and so were unable to repress the vinyl or release it on cd, even though the demand was there. I don't know how much truth there is to this story, but it seemed like something that would happen to this band. Whether true or not, the problem was eventually resolved, and the album was finally released in cd form just a couple of years ago. When that happened, it detracted slightly from the overall value of the LP, but it is still very difficult to find and pretty expensive. I still consider it one of my great vinyl prizes, even though the music may be a bit...underdeveloped. All copies were on black vinyl. Summary:
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Even If and Especially When LP - SST 132 Released on SST in 1987. The first truly excellent Screaming Trees album. There is a color vinyl version, but I am not even positive what color it is. I saw it listed for sale once as pink vinyl, but someone else bought it before I had a chance to. I will resolve this quandary as soon as possible. It is somewhat valuable. The black vinyl version isn't the cheapest either, but it's out there. Summary:
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Invisible Lantern LP - SST 188 Full-length LP # 3, released in 1988. This one might be my favorite album of theirs. It's a toss-up between this, the previous one and Sweet Oblivion. The color vinyl for this one was a dark blood-red. This is the only example I have of the colored vinyl stickers that SST affixed to some of its color releases. Summary:
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Beat Happening Screaming Trees EP, Homestead HMS-110 A bit of a random 1988 EP...this collaboration, released on Homestead Records, was definitely more Beat Happening than Screaming Trees. There was really only one Screaming Trees song on the EP (Polly Pereguin). It appears that there are two different sleeves for this record. It looks like some have the Lanegan picture on the front and the 2x4 picture on the back, and some others are reversed. I am not sure if either is more scarce than the other. Summary:
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| Change Has Come 2x7" EP - Sub Pop SP 48 Change Has Come 12" EP - Glitterhouse GR 0080 Finally...a 7"!!! This was Screaming Trees' only release on Sub Pop, a double single in 1989. Most copies of this one either contain two black 7"s or one white and one black. Both discs exist on white vinyl, but SP48C on white seems to be slightly more difficult to find. There is a version with both records on red vinyl (~60 were supposedly made). Thanks to PLC for the red pics. There is also allegedly a double purple copy out there. I have never seen one of these, so as far as I am concerned, it is unconfirmed. There was also a concurrent German release of this EP on Glitterhouse, but it was a 12" with one extra song (the same track that is on the Sub Pop cd version). Summary:
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Buzz Factory LP - SST 248 The final independent Trees release. A very good album. Not quite as good as their previous two efforts, in my opinion, but still very solid. The color version is fairly common (much more common than the black vinyl version, actually). It is on a deep blue, which you will occasionally see listed as purple. It isn't. The black one is much harder to find. Summary:
Rumors: Purple Marble version. Someone informed me that there actually IS a purple version out there, and that it is a purple marble color. This is unconfirmed.
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Something About Today 4-song 12" - Epic Something About Today 3-song 12" - Epic EAS 3092 And just like that, they were a major label band...this EP was initially released as a promotional item for the soon-to-be-released Uncle Anesthesia LP. The EP had a nice picture sleeve and contained one song that was unavailable elsewhere, along with an alternate version of the title track. After the album came out, Epic released a 3-song promotional 12" version with a completely different set of tracks. This one had two more tracks that were otherwise never released. It did not have a picture sleeve; instead, it came in a standard black cutout sleeve with a label on it. The 3-song version is much harder to find than the 4-song version. Summary:
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| Bed of Roses 12" - Epic EAS 2296 Same song on both sides of this 1990 promo 12", all on black vinyl. The sleeve was a plain black one with a label on it. It came out shortly before the full length Uncle Anesthesia album. Summary:
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Uncle Anesthesia LP - Epic In January 1991, we saw the first Screaming Trees major label album. It was a concept album, and it had mixed results. I've always thought it was pretty good overall. Black vinyl, released in at least the U.S. and Europe. I have the U.S. and German versions pictured here. There was probably also a UK version, and perhaps some others. Summary:
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Anthology - SST Years 1985-1989 - SST 260 Once Screaming Trees made the jump to Epic, SST put out this 1991 compilation of the best of their four SST releases. This one, to the best of my knowledge, was never released in color vinyl form. It was released as a double LP on black vinyl. Summary:
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Sweet Oblivion LP - Epic This 1992 album was the band's greatest commercial success. It's a fantastic album. It came on the heels of the extremely successful Singles soundtrack, which contained Screaming Trees' best known song, Nearly Lost You (also released on Sweet Oblivion). This is probably one of my all-time favorite complete albums. I have no idea how many different versions of this record were released. It was a major label release with good label support, and as a result, it was released in several countries. I know at the very least, there were U.S., Dutch and Korean versions, am guessing that there is a different German one, possibly a UK one and quite probably a Japanese pressing. However, I would also believe it if the Dutch pressing were the only one for Europe (that seemed to be the trend with some of the other releases of this time period). I am willing to bet there are more than the ones I have mentioned, though. The European picture below is a placeholder until I get a better image. The U.S. version was called the "One Foot in the Grave Limited Vinyl Version." It had a plain black sleeve with a label on the front and another on the back, and was sealed in plastic along with a cd sized booklet. Summary:
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Sweet Oblivion Sessions Flexi - For Celebrations Past b/w
E.S.K. - blue 7" flexi - Epic ES7 4699 Okay...Epic released a promo flexi. Who knew? A fairly tough find these days. Summary:
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Nearly Lost You/E.S.K. b/w Song of a Baker/Winter Song
(acoustic) 12" - Epic 658237 6 A 12" single for Nearly Lost You came out in the U.K. and Holland. As far as I can tell, it was the same version in both countries. The sleeve says "Sony Music UK," but the label on the record says "Made in Holland." It shows up for sale regularly. Black vinyl. Summary:
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Dollar Bill b/w (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley For Me
7" Picture Disc - Epic 659179 7 Dollar Bill b/w (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley For Me/Tomorrow's Dream 12" - Epic 659179 6 There were a couple of versions of the Dollar Bill single. One was a 7" picture disc, and other was a yellow vinyl 12". Both were European releases, and both are pretty common. I think they were UK pressings, but they may have been Dutch. There is no mention of any country on the sleeves or on the labels. The 7"s were numbered, but there are several thousand of them (10,000?) in circulation. What I find interesting is that the disc itself is numbered, not the sleeve. Summary:
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Split Promo 7" with Paul Westerberg - Nearly Lost
You b/w Dyslexic Heart - Epic 34-74419 This was a U.S. promo 7" concurrent with the promotion of the Singles soundtrack. It has a plain record label paper sleeve. Somewhat rare, black vinyl. Summary:
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Dust LP - Epic/Sony 483980 2 Screaming Trees' last album, Dust, really left a lot to be desired. The first single that they released from Dust, All I Know, was quite good, but I can really do without most of the rest of it. It had the feel of a band knowing the end was near and mailing in the performance. But that's just my opinion. Many people like it. Black vinyl. Summary:
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Sworn and Broken b/w Butterfly - Epic
663870 7 The final Screaming Trees release, from the Dust album. This single was a UK (or Dutch) release, on white vinyl. The sleeve isn't even really a sleeve; it's a two-sided insert. It is numbered, but I have no idea how many were pressed. It's pretty common. Summary:
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