Sub Pop 200 (1988 Seattle, US) | Early Sub Pop & Grunge History | Full Vinyl Rip

Repost: Youtube recently took down this great album and I'm putting it back up in the hopes that it stays up for everyone to enjoy. This is Sub Pop 200, released December 1988 on Sub Pop (SP 25). Limited 3x12" box set compilation, and one of the best snapshots of early Sub Pop right before the whole Seattle thing goes nuclear. This original vinyl set came in a black box with a booklet, and the art was by Charles Burns, who was basically part of the label’s visual DNA back then. What I love about this set is it doesn’t pretend the scene was one sound. It’s grunge, garage, noise, psych, and weird folk all smashed together. The sequencing is perfect too. You go from Tad and The Fluid straight into an early Nirvana cut, then you get this spoken-word left turn with Steven Jesse Bernstein, and it keeps bouncing between bands that would become legends and bands that just documented the moment and disappeared. Most of this stuff was recorded in Seattle around 1988, with the usual suspects behind the board in that era (Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, and friends), so it’s got that real early Sub Pop sound. Not cleaned up. Not polite. Just loud, fast, and honest. This is the kind of comp that explains why people started paying attention in the first place. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my personal copy. 00:00 Tad "Sex God Missy" 04:29 The Fluid "Is It Day I'm Seeing?" 07:26 Nirvana "Spank Thru" 10:54 Steven J. Bernstein "Come Out Tonight" 13:39 Mudhoney "The Rose" 17:44 The Walkabouts "Got No Chains" 23:23 Terry Lee Hale "Dead Is Dead" 26:54 Soundgarden "Sub Pop Rock City" 30:13 Green River "Hangin' Tree" 34:29 Fastbacks "Swallow My Pride" 37:34 Blood Circus "The Outback" 41:13 Swallow "Zoo" 44:24 Chemistry Set "Underground" 49:09 Girl Trouble "Gonna Find A Cave" 52:05 The Nights And Days "Split" 54:28 Cat Butt "Big Cigar" 57:58 Beat Happening "Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive" 01:01:56 Screaming Trees "Love Or Confusion" 01:05:24 Steve Fisk "Untitled" 01:08:36 The Thrown Ups "You Lost It" 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ #subpop200 #subpop #grunge #seattlerock #1988vinyl #vinylrip #vinylcommunity #vinylpiper