Author: tracysigler | Posted: April 8th, 2006 | | Tags: 1989, Coffin Break, Helios Creed, music, Nirvana, vinyl, Yeast | No Comments »
Various: Nirvana, Helios Creed, Yeast, Coffin Break -- Teriyaki Asthma
- Artist: Various: Nirvana, Helios Creed, Yeast, Coffin Break
- Title: Teriyaki Asthma
- Year: 1989
- Format: Vinyl 7 in.
- Rating (1-10): 5
- Owner: Tracy
- Acquired: 1989 – Got it for myself at our store RIP Records in Norfolk, VA.
- Keeper: Maybe
This is a 7 inch compilation from C/Z Records. “Teriyaki Asthma” contains four songs by Seattle area artists, but I don’t think it was nearly as popular, or written about, as another C/Z compilation called “Deep Six.” The latter came out a couple years earlier, was a full LP, and had songs from Soundgarden and other notable area bands.
The Nirvana track is pre-Grohl and it’s more punked out than most Nirvana fans would be used to. Helios Creed’s cut is a virtually instrumental, acidic, lead guitar noodlefest, that gets boring before it’s over. The song by Yeast is just silly. And Coffin Break contribute a solid rocker that is by far the most interesting piece here.
Author: tracysigler | Posted: March 5th, 2006 | | Tags: 1988, Green River, music, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Sub Pop, vinyl | No Comments »
Various -- Sub Pop 200
- Artist: Various
- Title: Sub Pop 200
- Year: 1988
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 7
- Owner: Tracy
- Acquired: 1988 – Bought it directly from Sub Pop when we had our store, RIP Records in Norfolk, VA.
- Keeper: Yes
The track list below probably tells you everything you really need to know about this collection. Everyone from pre-David Grohl Nirvana to my heroes Soundgarden have recordings included on this three disk box set. It was packaged in a completely plain black box that included a 16 page insert filled with great band photography by Charles Peterson and the usual slick, streamline Sub Pop graphic design. In the early years those things defined Sub Pop almost as much as the music. The vinyl edition was limited to 5000. You can still buy the CD, but that’s crap.
“Remember, if it isn’t Sub Pop, it probably sucks.”
Side A
- “Sex God Missy” – Tad
- “Is It Day I’m Seeing?” – The Fluid
- “Spank Thru” – Nirvana
- “Come Out Tonight” – Steven J. Bernstein
Side B
- “The Rose” – Mudhoney
- “Got No Chains” – The Walkabouts
- “Dead Is Dead” – Terry Lee Hale
Side C
- “Sub Pop Rock City” – Soundgarden
- “Hangin’ Tree” – Green River
- “Swallow My Pride” – Fastbacks
Side D
- “The Outback” – Blood Circus
- “Zoo” – Swallow
- “Underground” – Chemistry Set
Side E
- “Gonna Find A Cave” – Girl Trouble
- “Split” – The Nights And Days
- “Big Cigar” – Cat Butt
Side F
- “Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive” – Beat Happening
- “Love Or Confusion” – Screaming Trees
- “Untitled” – Steve Fisk
- “You Lost It” – The Thrown Ups
