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V/A - What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?
Velocity Girl - Clock/Black Tambourine - Pam's Tan b/w Powderburns - Powderburns
Slumberland DRYL 001, released December 1989

This compilation contains the first ever Velocity Girl recording...which is terrible.  Sorry, folks.  There were many good moments in the few years Velocity Girl was together.  "Clock" was not one of them.  A very collectible record, though.  Also the first ever Slumberland record.  It used to go for a fair amount, but after the market for Velocity Girl records cooled, it became pretty affordable.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover w/ insert

Slumberland

Summershine

I Don't Care If You Go b/w Always (U.S.)
Slumberland DRYL 004, released August 1990

I Don't Care If You Go b/w Not At All (Australia)
Summershine shine 006, released 1990

The first real Velocity Girl single.  Bridget Cross on vocals.  The mail-order copies of the Slumberland version were on yellow vinyl.  Also released with a different (better) b-side on the Australian Summershine label.  Both used to go for a lot more money. 

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover w/ insert (U.S.)/Paper foldover (Aus)

Slumberland Yellow

Slumberland Black

Summershine

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

V/A - Screw 
Candy Machine - My Old Man/Jawbox - Footbinder b/w Geek - Hemingway Shotgun/Velocity Girl - What You Say
Simple Machines SMR 04, released 1991

Simple Machines did this series of compilation 7"s named after...well, simple machines...this was the 4th in the series, and contained the Velocity Girl song "What You Say."  The first pressing was of 1500 on what they called see-through maroon vinyl.  It looks black unless you hold it up to the light, and then it looks brown...see pics below.  I don't know if it was later re-pressed or not, but these days, it is easy to find.  There is a sleeve variation I have run across.  Most of the copies I have seen have a green accent color, but I have also encountered versions with blue accented sleeves.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover w/ insert

Backlit

My Forgotten Favorite b/w Why Should I Be Nice To You?
Slumberland DRYL 010, released January 1992

My Forgotten Favorite might be the best song Velocity Girl ever did.  Truly excellent.  Versions of this record vary greatly, though.  Four different sleeves, three colors of vinyl...all mixed and matched.  There were three sleeves with the same grey base color, with varying accent colors - blue, green, and brown.  The other one had a red base color with a "fuchsia" accent...that's what Slumberland called it...I put it in quotes because I am a guy, and don't deal in color names like fuchsia...I'd call it pink or purple, depending on the day.  All vary in scarcity a bit.  The blue is definitely the most common, followed by the green one, the brown one, and then the red one.  

The three colors of vinyl were black, red marble, and purple marble.  Black is most common, then purple, and the red one is the rarest.  I have no hard numbers to back these claims up.  I am basing solely on how often I have seen them for sale over the years.  

Apparently, there were a few copies of this that were released with Velocity Girl promotional pillow cases.  I have never seen one of these up close, but have had a couple of opportunities to buy them.  Sellers always put high price tags on them, though, and I have never been willing to cough up that much for them.   

This is another record that used to sell for a few bucks, and does so no longer.  If you find the rarer combinations, it can go for $20 or so.

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover w/ loose insert

V/A - WMBR Presents: Clear the Room!
The Jesus Lizard - Monkeytrick b/w Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - 2x4s/Velocity Girl - Not At All
No Life NL01, released 1992

Live compilation released to benefit WMBR.  Good live version of "Not At All."  Black vinyl, limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies.

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover w/ insert

V/A - Sassy 7"
Codeine - Hard to Find / Velocity Girl - Crawl b/w Beat Happening - Not a Care in the World / Sebadoh - Soulmate
Sub Pop SP171, released 1992

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.

Test Press

Crazy Town b/w Creepy, released 1992
Sub Pop SP179
Sub Pop Europe SP60/227 7"
Sub Pop Europe SP61/228 12" 

At this juncture, 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.

The European version is mostly (but not entirely) on green vinyl.  There is also a blue vinyl version out there that I know to exist.  It is much rarer.  The 12" also contains the song My Forgotten Favorite.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy (U.S.) / Foldover paper (Eur)

SP60/227 Green	SP61/228 12"

Velocity Girl/Tsunami Split - Season's Greetings
Velocity Girl - Merry Christmas, I Love You b/w Tsunami - Could Have Been Christmas
Simple Machines SMR 014, released December 1992

Velocity Girl and Tsunami - together again...remember when there were a whole bunch of good bands in DC?  I do.  Red vinyl.  For some reason (possibly the oversized sleeve...), every copy I ever see of this record has had its sleeve beaten to hell.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover

Audrey's Eyes b/w Stupid Thing
Sub Pop Europe SP112/288, released 1993

Europe-only single on clear vinyl.  The shipping would probably cost you more than the record.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover

Sorry Again b/w Marzipan
Sub Pop SP257, released 1994

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

Your Silent Face b/w You're So Good To Me
Merge MRG 061, released 1994

V-Girl & Merge...had to happen eventually.  Covers of New Order & the Beach Boys.  Not much more to say.  Black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover w/ insert

Magnapop/Velocity Girl Split Flexi
Magnapop - Slowly Slowly / Velocity Girl - Marzipan
Giveaway with Pop Culture Press #31, released 1994

One-sided blue flexi.  That is all.  Should be cheap if you can find it.

Summary:

Outer Sleeve

I Can't Stop Smiling b/w Marzipan
Sub Pop Europe SP130/322, released 1994

Interesting collector's pack assembled in 1994.  Limited to 1000 copies.  In Europe, this single was released in retail stores, packaged in the outer gatefold sleeve.  The left side of the gatefold sleeve is designed to hold this single, and the right side is designed for the next single (Labrador - see below).  It was sold in the States as a double single, pretty much exclusively at the Sub Pop Megamart store in Seattle.  The double single set shows up for sale with great frequency.  Black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy in a white gatefold glossy outer gatefold sleeve.

Sticker Sheet

Keith tells me that in the UK, this record was a giveaway along with the ¡Simpatico! LP at a handful of independent record stores in England.  As mentioned above, the only way this was sold in the U.S. was bundled with the I Can't Stop Smiling single at the Megamart.  Black vinyl with a sticker sheet.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Sticker Sheet

V/A - Club Spangle Number 2
The Spinanes - Sunday / Jale - The Unseen Guest b/w Velocity Girl - The All-Consumer / Pond - Sideroad
Spangle SPANG 002, released 1995

This was a British compilation 7" with a few songs from releases that Sub Pop was promoting in 1995.  Nothing particularly interesting here.  Black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Full glossy

Seven Seas b/w Breaking Lines
Heaven HV13, released October 1995

This was a UK release, bridging the gap between the ¡Simpatico! and Gilded Stars albums.  Black vinyl.

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover w/ several inserts

Nothing b/w Anatomy of a Gutless Wonder
Sub Pop SP341, released February 1996

Released in conjunction with the Gilded Stars & Zealous Hearts album.  Exists on red and black vinyl.  The red vinyl copies were produced in England, and beyond the vinyl color, are slightly different.  First, the red ones have small holes.  There is also some extra text on the backs of the sleeves. 

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover w/ insert attached

Velocity Girl/Chisel Split 7"
Velocity Girl - Breaking Lines b/w Chisel - Morley Timmons
Shute No. 8, released March 1997

The songs on this single were recorded long before the record was released, and the record came out, in Velocity Girl's case, after the band had broken up.  

Summary:

Sleeve: Paper foldover w/ insert

Live - Pretty Sister b/w Crazy Town
4/13/93 - Slims, San Francisco, CA
Static Discs

Hey, look - someone made a bootleg!  Who knew?  I don't know much more about it than is listed above.  I have seen this on black and light blue vinyl.  There may be other versions.

Summary:

Sleeve: Thick-stock paper foldover