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Sub Pop Singles SP 151 - SP 200

This record exists on a few different colors of vinyl.  The powdered blue version is the one I have seen most often.  There are actually (at least) three different blue versions (thanks to Gregg Conover for the pictures).  The pink one is the rarest.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

	Comparison of Blues

Odd single.  Rumor has it that this band was actually Seaweed.  I've never heard a definitive opinion on this.  The single showed up on green vinyl and mostly transparent light blue vinyl with some light white and black marbling.   

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sub Pop Singles Club single #44, released June 1992.  Limited to 2916 copies, all on blue vinyl.  The unconditional love of Rocket from the Crypt meets Sub Pop.  Fabulous single...but I am a slightly biased Rocket from the Crypt loyalist. 

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sub Pop Singles Club single #45, released July 1992.  Limited to 2933 copies, almost entirely on clear vinyl.  There are very few copies on white vinyl on the market.  It is not easy to find.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full cardboard matte

Clear

White

Most copies of this one were on "sub-neon puke yellow-green-clear" vinyl (seriously, that description came straight from Sub Pop).  There were some other copies on a green marble vinyl.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Yellow-ish

Green

Available on pink marble and green marble vinyl.  Not much difference in value between the two.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

Sub Pop Singles Club single #46, released August 1992.  Limited to 2752 copies, all on lavender vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sub Pop Singles Club single #47, released September 1992.  Limited to 2746 copies, all on blue marble vinyl.  The degree of marbling varies from one copy to another.  There are some out there that are basically solid blue (thanks to Gregg Conover for the pic).

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Turquoise marble vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

Blue Marble

Solid Blue

This is a pretty easy single to find.  It comes on green marble, purple marble and blue vinyl...possibly other colors as well.  Thanks to Jason for the blue picture.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

It's hard to believe, but this was the only Sub Pop release by Gas Huffer.  There are  four known colors of this single: green, blue, light blue and brown with slight marbling.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

The second Sub Pop single from Seaweed.  Seaweed was peaking at this point.  They were putting out some solid music.  This single was available on orange vinyl (most common) and clear vinyl (slightly less common).  Sub Pop says the first 2000 were on orange.  There is also a pink marble version, but it is very rare.  It looks like the orange one, but is definitely distinct (thanks to Gregg Conover for the pics).

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Orange	Clear
Pink Marble	Pink/Orange Comparison

This one is in the running for least valuable Sub Pop single ever.  Available on pink vinyl and blue vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Red vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

The Supersuckers' second Sub Pop single.  This one has a spectacular Ice Cube cover on it.  It's been out for 15 years, and that track never gets old.  It showed up on yellow marble and pink vinyl. I came across another copy at one point that is more red than pink, and has some marbling in it.  I think this one falls into the pink category, but it is definitely distinct and very rare.  The two pictures below were scanned on the same scanner.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Yellow Marble

Pink

Reddish-Pink

This 7" was a giveaway, included with Sassy magazine.  I am still trying to figure out how this one happened.  Well, okay, I know how it happened...Sub Pop tried everything around this time to push their brand to markets that would not normally ever see it.  That's how we ended up with Sub Pop meets Sega - "That Virtua Feeling" CD, the Sub Pop-Urban Outfitters collaborative CD, and "Tad Does Disney"...okay, that one I made up, but some part of you wanted to believe me.  Anyway, all of these were on green vinyl and came in plain white cardboard sleeves.

Summary:

Sleeve: Plain white cardboard

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

This was a double 7"...not bad...most copies had the Green Magnet School 7" on yellow vinyl and the Six Finger Satellite one on red vinyl.  This is said to be the first pressing.  There is a version of this release where both are on purple vinyl.  It is a bit rarer.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

Sub Pop Singles Club single #48, released October 1992.  Limited to 2341 copies, all on yellow vinyl.  See how easy this is when there's only one color?  Where's the fun in that, though?

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

Sub Pop Singles Club single #49, released November 1992.  Limited to 2205 copies, all on "magenta" vinyl.  They call it magenta.  Yeah, it's red.  I suppose it has a slight pink tint to it...but really, it's red.  Come on, now, people.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press

This single was Pond's first appearance on the Sub Pop scene.  These were all on white vinyl, and it was purportedly a pressing of 2000.  Supposedly, there is a slight color variation in the print on the sleeve, and some copies had the band name in an olive-green color, while others are in a lime-green.  Every copy I've seen has looked the same.  According to Sub Pop, 600 of the 2000 sleeves had green print.  Now, does this mean lime green or olive green?  I assume lime green, since olive green is the one I keep seeing.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full matte

Great single.  But then again, I'm a sucker for female-fronted 90's indie bands.  At this point, Sub Pop was mostly pressing single colors of vinyl...except for this one.  The initial pressing was on green vinyl.  There are LOTS of these out there.  It is by far the most common.  Then, there are the others...it exists on blue, yellow marble, clear, brown marble (often called "cola") and white vinyl.  The blue, yellow marble and brownish ones show up every so often.  The clear one is a little rarer.  My clear copy has a little pink in it, which leads me to believe there may be pink copies floating around.  The white one seems to be the rarest.  My white copy has a slight yellowish tint to it...it's more of an off-white or eggshell color.  I'd say probably 90% of the copies out there are on green, and the rest are on the other colors.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sub Pop Singles Club single #50, released December 1992.  Limited to 2218 copies, all on green vinyl...in theory...I came across a Wolverton Brothers single in 2007 on a clear-grey vinyl that I had never seen before.  Well, on Sub Pop's discography page, I just noticed this:

"SP180 - JOHN SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION - BIG YULE LOG BOOGIE / MY CHRISTMAS WISH - GREEN VINYL (SOME FUCKUPS CLEAR LILAC VINYL W/WOLVERTON LABLES & SLEEVES)"

Well, I went back and checked, and sure enough...it's the Jon Spencer record.  It looks as though they mixed up the catalogue numbers of the two releases in the trail-off wax, and it led to this error pressing.  So there you go...there is a very rare version of the Jon Spencer Singles Club record on clear lilac vinyl, with Wolverton Brothers labels and sleeves.  Crazy.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Error Press

Sub Pop Singles Club single #51, released January 1993.  Limited to 2015 copies, all on white vinyl.  There is a mispress of the SP180 Jon Spencer record out there on clear lilac vinyl (see above) with Wolverton Brothers labels and sleeves.  It is very rare, but it is not actually the Wolverton Brothers record.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Tad strikes again.  Almost all on blue vinyl.  There are black ones as well, but they are much rarer.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

This single was first released as a 5" orange vinyl single, limited to1000 copies.  They didn't put labels on the 5"s, so they look a little funny.  It was then also released as a yellow vinyl 7".  There is also a black vinyl version of the 7", but it is much rarer.  I don't know the press run quantity of the 7", but the 5" is a tougher find than the yellow 7".  

Summary:

5" Sleeve: Clear plastic sleeve w/ paper insert; 
7" Sleeve: Full glossy

5" Orange

7" Yellow

7" Black

Boy, should this single never have happened.  It's torturously bad.  The A Side is much worse than the B Side.  All on black vinyl. 

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover

Yep, that House of Pain.  Why, you ask?  It's a mystery.  This single contained two remixes of Shamrocks and Shenanigans, and all copies were on (what else?) green vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

I love the B-side of this single.  The song was on one of Hazel's albums, but I like the single version a little better.  Almost all copies of this record were on grey vinyl.  There are a few black ones on the market, but they are very rare.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Still one of the better band names ever.  Red vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Yeah, that happened.  It's fun, in all of its drunken splendor.  Black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

This will be the last Dwarves single featured here.  This one's pretty solid.  All on black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Canada begins to invade Sub Pop land with this double 7".  Jale would go on to release a few really solid singles and albums on Sub Pop, and Eric's Trip developed a really dedicated following with their releases as well (they never really grabbed me, though).  Pretty good single overall.  All on black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover

Sub Pop Singles Club single #52, released February 1993.  Limited to 2000 copies, all on yellow vinyl.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sub Pop Singles Club single #53, released March 1993.  Limited to 2125 copies, all on clear vinyl.  There has been renewed interest in this single in the past year or so.  It has been selling for a lot more money in auctions.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Test pressing: Black vinyl, small hole, plain white labels.

Test Press