SUB POP 200 Compilation Album (1988)

Sub Pop 200 is a compilation album released on December 28, 1988 in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene. It features songs (many of them first releases and otherwise unattainable) from Tad, The Fluid, Nirvana, Steven “Jesse” Bernstein, Mudhoney, The Walkabouts, Terry Lee Hale, Soundgarden, Green River, Fastbacks, Blood Circus, Swallow, Chemistry Set, Girl Trouble, The Nights and Days, Cat Butt, Beat Happening, Screaming Trees, Steve Fisk, and The Thrown Ups.

Many of these bands went on to be influential in the early 1990s and onwards. Most notable of these were Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River (who spawned Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone and later Temple of the Dog and Pearl Jam), The cover is an illustration by comics artist Charles Burns, who was regularly used by Sub Pop for covers and posters.

Tracklist:

1. Sex God Missy by Tad
2. Is It Day I’m Seeing? by The Fluid
3. Spank Thru by Nirvana
4. Come Out Tonight by Steven J. Bernstein
5. The Rose by Mudhoney (Amanda McBroom cover)
6. Got No Chains by The Walkabouts
7. Dead Is Dead by Terry Lee Hale
8. Sub Pop Rock City by Soundgarden
9. Hangin’ Tree by Green River
10. Swallow My Pride by Fastbacks (Green River cover)
11. The Outback by Blood Circus
12. Zoo by Swallow
13. Underground by Chemistry Set
14. Gonna Find a Cave by Girl Trouble
15. Split by The Nights and Days
16. Big Cigar by Cat Butt
17. Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive by Beat Happening
18. Love or Confusion by Screaming Trees (Jimi Hendrix cover)
19. Untitled by Steve Fisk
20. You Lost It by The Thrown Ups