Release Date: 08 September 2014
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Soul Jazz Records
£16.99
Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents No Seattle: Forgotten Sounds Of The North-West Grunge Era 1986-97 1st 2LP Vinyl Set
Overview:
· Two heavyweight double vinyl sets compilation bringing together the hidden, lost and forgotten sounds of the North-West grunge era.
· Fantastically in-depth sleevenotes featuring band interviews and exclusive photographs.
· All tracks sonically remastered.
· Initially a marginalised phenomenon, the underground grunge scene of Washington had barely a handful of adherents, strung out in isolated towns across the vast state of Washington. In those early days bands who showed
an allegiance to their roots of punk risked social ostracism and worse, yet this community of outsiders produced the biggest band in the world in 1991.
· The unforeseen success of Nirvana turned the record label Sub Pop from an underground phenomenon into the key back story of mainstream music’s must-read tales of the 90s: it became a new Motown, substituting Seattle for Detroit. Kurt Cobain’s death froze this saga into musical history forever
more.
· While taking nothing away from Nirvana or from Sub Pop, this release presents the complexity of the music scene of the North-West in its most infamous era. Rather than celebrating the (undeniable) talent of one band, one label, one city, this release ravels up the simple thread of music history and takes pleasure in its more tangled knots.
· In the late 80s and early 90s, the musical fire raging in Seattle burned so bright that no one could see pinpricks of light dotting the entire state of Washington. Beyond Seattle, the North-West skies were similarly ablaze with
music and creativity.
· This compilation features some of the divergent bands emerging out of the North-West during this era. Intensely researched and documented, it features bands who have now disappeared from history, after releasing maybe just a couple of singles, or an album, or never even making it onto
vinyl, alongside bands who continue to this day.
Featured Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. Starfish - This Town
2. Vampire Lezbos - Stop Killing the Seals
3. Nubbin - Windyyy
4. Saucer - Jail Ain't Stoppin' Us
5. Machine - Blind Man's Holiday
6. Medelicious - Beverly
7. Hitting Birth - Same 18
8. Nubbin - Wonderama
Disc: 2
1. Crunchbird - Woodstock Unvisited
2. The Ones - Talk To Me
3. Pod - 123
4. Thrillhammer - Alice's Palace
5. Yellow Snow - Take Me For A Ride
6. Helltrout - Precious Hyde
Release Date: 28 June 2024
Format: Box Set Vinyl
Label: Demon Records
£49.99
Release Date: 31 May 2024
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: NOW
£29.99
Release Date: 24 May 2024
Format: LP Triple Vinyl
Label: UMR
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Release Date: 24 May 2024
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Music On Vinyl At The Movies
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