v/a - sub pop 5

released 1982

this was sub pop's first music release (the previous 4 releases were in zine form and didn't have an accompanying cassette)

and apparently this is fairly hard to come by...there were roughly 2,000 copies made (it can be found on the ebay as part of a collection of 9 that's currently going for $19,999.99)

this was a simpler time...a time where you didn't wear a 50.00 flannel shirt or sport a pair of 200.00 boots...instead...you went into your dad's closet and took one of his shirts and you were happy to wear a pair of ratty shoes...you didn't have to spend your allowance to look like to just rolled out of bed and put on the first thing you saw

it's made up of folks mostly from the pacific northwest and the midwest that probably didn't get all that much attention outside of the area or their garages/basements

1 - visible targets - just for money
2 - beakers - what's important
3 - doug khan - reagan speaks for himself
4 - steve fisk - digital alarm
5 - cool rays - diary of you
6 - bruce pavitt - debbie
7 - pell mell - spy vs spy
8 - jungle nausea - job club
9 - neo boys - dirty white lies
10 - product one - it hurts me to remember
11 - nurses - rubber heads
12 - jad fair - it saw me
13 - the bohemians - switzer boy
14 - vague-leys - sofa or a chair
15 - sports of kinds - sing,mary,sing
16 - the men - men at work
17 - oil tasters - get out of the bathroom
18 - all night movies - slaughterhouse
19 - get smart - eat,sleep-a-go-go
20 - embarrassment - lifespan
21 - ray milland - tronada/the church of the subgenius - excerpts

DL: sub pop 5