Here’s my embarrassing Sunny Day Real Estate story: When the Rising Tide came out, I ended up snagging it on green vinyl. I was pretty stoked. I walked into the Newbury Comics in Shrewsbury, and saw it sitting there on the shelf. I knicked a corner and saw green vinyl. You know I was stoked. SDRE on colored vinyl? Shut it down, solid gold material. I already had it on cd so didn’t even play it. Just got home and stared at it. I then did my fucking best to track down pressing info. Oddly, I couldn’t find anything on Sub Pop’s site. I looked everywhere. It’s like the album didn’t even exist to them. I couldn’t figure out. BUT I did notice that Sub Pop had a phone number for customer service. Probably just a line to some intern who sits in the back of a warehouse. I called up with my question ready. After a few pleasantries, we got down to business.
me – “So I was curious. How many SDRE Rising Tide LPs did you guys press on green vinyl?”
intern – “None”
me – “None? Wait, how’s that possible? I bought one TODAY!”
intern – “Sub Pop didn’t release that album …”
me – [ red in the face ] “Oh, … I see … Sorry… Have a nice day.” [ click ]
The album was released by Time Bomb Recordings AFTER a split with Sub Pop. Contract was up, and I guess they weren’t super happy with the live album work. Whoops. I bet Sub Pop wasn’t psyched on my phone call.
And if you are a big dog, you better step up and get this original artwork from Chris Thompson. He did some famous art for SDRE. You’ll notice this fits right in. Best part of the item description? Note that seller had them in storage during a move where they were wrapped in newspaper. Panels 2 and 3 have the heaviest markings as shown. The seller believes that this adds to the work. LOL
If your pockets aren’t THAT deep, check out 123kearston’s other auctions for more inexpensive, yet awesome, hardcore shirts.
