Available Discographies
Index
The Afghan Whigs
- Singles and EPs
- Albums
Archers of Loaf
- Singles
- Albums and EPs
The Fluid
- Singles
- Albums and EPs
Jale
- Albums and 7"s
Love Battery
- Singles
- Albums and EPs
Rocket from
the Crypt
- Singles
- Albums and EPs
- Rocket Pack
Owner's List
Screaming Trees
- Albums and 7"s
Sub Pop Singles Club
- Version 1
- Version 2
Sub Pop Singles By Catalogue Number
- SP12 to SP50
- SP51 to SP100
- SP101 to SP150
- SP151 to SP200
- SP201 to SP250
- SP251 to SP300
Team Dresch
- Albums and 7"s
Tiger Trap/Go Sailor
- Albums and 7"s
Tuscadero
- Albums and 7"s
The Twilight Singers
- Albums and 7"s
Velocity Girl
- Singles
- Albums and EPs
Pette Discographies
A Record Collector's Guide to
Sub Pop Singles
7" Singles
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From this point onward, Sub Pop started to really lose some momentum. For several years, starting in the mid-90s, I was very uninterested in many of the label's releases. As always, there were a few highlights. From the collector's perspective, there wasn't much happening. Almost all of the releases were exclusively on black vinyl (I think the market research told them that people didn't care about colored vinyl; additionally, it was more expensive to press and carried with it risk of pressing delays). Also, these pressings were largely not difficult for the collector to find. There are a few exceptions, but not many. This point also marks the time at which we see the clear cutoff of vinyl I have or have had in my collection. As a result, I am missing quite a few pictures. I will fill it out someday. Maybe. |
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SP 251 - Lou Barlow - I am not
Mocking You/Survival/Helpless Heartbreak b/w Dirty Mind/Forever Instant
Sub Pop Singles Club single #62, released December 1993. Limited to 1500 copies, all on pink vinyl. This was it...the end of the first run of the Singles Club. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 253 - Monopoly Queen - Let's Keep It Friendly b/w
Monopoly Queen
Lisa Suckdog. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 255 - Ripe - Something Fierce b/w The Eggplant Family
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 257 - Velocity Girl - Sorry Again b/w Marzipan
Not their best work, but solid. This single came out to coincide with the release of their second album, Simpatico! Great album. Black vinyl. Very easy to find. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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The following record marked a very sad point in Sub Pop history...the (temporary) demise of the yellow Sub Pop label. It was phased out for a while in favor of the black labels you see below, with which each had an olive green ring around the border and silver print. There are a couple of other releases with yellow labels below, but this was the beginning of the black label. After several years, they resurrected the yellow labels (either for the beginning of Singles Club V2 or shortly beforehand), but from roughly 1994-1998, it was all black labels. |
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SP 258 - Von Ryan's Express - Ghetto Pose b/w Lucky
Sevens
Very loud. Not much else to say about this one. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 262 - The Hardship Post - Slick Talkin' Jack b/w If
I...
Black vinyl Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 263 - Pond - Moth b/w You Don't Quite Get It Do You
But You're Thinking Hard
The A side of this one is one of my all-time favorites to be released on the Sub Pop label. Definitely the best song Pond ever wrote. B-side is forgettable, but not bad. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 264 - Swell - Summer Songs EP - This is How It Starts
b/w Too Many Days w/o Thinking
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 266 - Eric's Trip - The Gordon Street Haunting EP -
I'm So Near Here/Lightly Feeling b/w Never Grow/Departure Song/Your Always
Right
Eric's Trip strikes back. This one is actually very difficult to find. The value fluctuates wildly. It can go for a lot (Eric's Trip fans are kind of psycho...), but can be had for $10 or so if you have good timing. Black vinyl. Summary:
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SP 267 - Sebadoh - Skull (Remix) b/w Punching Myself in
the Face Repeatedly Publically/Sing Something/Plate 'O' Hatred
Hey look - Sebadoh! Black vinyl. Summary:
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SP 271 - 5ive Style - Waiting on the Eclipse b/w Where
the Rio de Rosa Flows
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 272 - Red Red Meat - Idiot Son b/w Gauze
Black vinyl. Summary:
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SP 274 - Poison 13 - Love Me/Warsaw b/w What a Way To
Die/Strychnine
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 275 - Elastica - Stutter b/w Pussycat
Sub Pop's brief Brit-pop obsession took hold with the release of this one. This and the Supergrass single were both fairly valuable for a short period of time, but the bands' popularity died down after a year or two (no new material / UK music fans are fickle), and the values of the singles went with them. The release of the Helter Shelter box set (all four British band singles in a very limited box) did not help, either. As collectors, we thought that box set was going to skyrocket in value, due to its scarcity and due to the popularity of the bands involved at the time. In the end, all it did was dilute the market with extra copies of the British singles. Oh well. Interesting packaging, though. Cardboard die-cut sleeve, with a second cardboard internal full sleeve. Red vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Cardboard die-cut sleeve, with a second cardboard internal full sleeve.
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SP 276 - S*M*A*S*H - Barrabas b/w Turn On the Water
Brit-pop 7" #2. Same double sleeve set-up as the Elastica single. Nice Afghan Whigs cover on the b-side. Olive green vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Cardboard die-cut sleeve, with a second cardboard internal full sleeve.
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SP 278 - The Grifters - Queen of the Table Waters b/w
Return To Cinder
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 279 - Jessamine - Your Head is So Small It's Like a
Little Light b/w Soon the World of Fashion
The most interesting thing about this single is the packaging. It is encased in a multi-level cardboard thing with a bolt screwed the middle. Good times. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Multi-level cardboard thing with a bolt screwed the middle.
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SP 280 - Supersuckers - On the Couch b/w Nitroglycerine
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 281 - Supergrass - Lose It b/w Caught By the Fuzz
Brit-pop single #3. See SP275 above for more of a description of this series. This one probably received the most hype of the four, and this band definitely ended up having the most staying power. I was never really into them, though. Elastica was much better. Yellow vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Cardboard die-cut sleeve, with a second cardboard internal full sleeve. Rumors: Solid yellow version.
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SP 282 - 5ive Style - Kiki's Cookout b/w Hot Box
Black vinyl. Summary:
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SP 283 - Shudder To Think - X-French Tee Shirt b/w Shake
Your Halo Down
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 286 - Zumpano - Wraparound Shades b/w Orange Air
Went on to become the New Pornographers. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 287 - The American Psycho Band - Falls Church b/w My
War
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 290 - The Denison/Kimball Trio - Landshark b/w
Whirlpool
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 291 - Friends of Dean Martin - Polena b/w Seashells
This band ended up having to change its name due to copyright infringement. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 293 - Sportsguitar - Gong Gong b/w Tits
Swiss indie rock. Half-naked chick on the sleeve. What more do you want? Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 294 - Gene - Be My Light, Be My Guide b/w I Can't Help
Myself
The final Brit-pop installment. I know nothing about this band. Blue vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Cardboard die-cut sleeve, with a second cardboard internal full sleeve.
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SP 295 - The Hardship Post - Watchin' You b/w My Sunshine
This one has a couple of different colors, but I have no idea how rare they are relative to one another. I may revise the estimated values on these, but I do not believe any of them to be particularly valuable. Two different types of orange vinyl & black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 296 - Supersuckers - Born With a Tail b/w Are You
Ready?
This song had two distinct 7"s, roughly 20 catalogue numbers apart...never figured that one out. This is the rarer of the two, and it comes in an interesting sleeve in the shape of a file folder. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: File folder manila sleeve
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SP 297 - Tindersticks - Here b/w Harry's Dilemma
Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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SP 298 - Moonsocket - Accept Fear b/w Someone Else's Love
I know nothing about this single. Black vinyl. Summary:
Sleeve: Full glossy
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