Soundgarden-Fopp (1988)

 

Artist:  Soundgarden

Title: Fopp

Fopp/Fopp (Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix)/Kingdom of Come/Swallow My Pride

Label:  Sub Pop

Format: 12" EP

Cat: SP17

Year of Release: 1988

Country and Year of Edition: US 1988 Limited edition of 2000 copies. Comes in die-cut sleeve (only backside). With large Sub Pop mailorder flyer and pressing information.

Listed Condition: VG+/G+ Deleted radio promo, writing in marker on cover, label; includes catalog insert

Sell Date: 7/9/22

Sell Price: $69.99

Discogs Last Sold:6/14/22 VG+/VG+ $86.73

Low: $55.00

Median: $70.70

Average: $72.00

High: $102.22 NM/NM

Current low price:$79.00 VG+/VG+

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 22

Have/Want: 474/435

Where Sold: Perry Hall, MD

Time it took to sell: 7 years

Where and When Bought: duplicate promo

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

The second EP from Soundgarden was later compiled with the first.  SST took over from Sub Pop for Ultramega OK before A&M took over for good.  For whatever reason, I didn't like Soundgarden when they came out, even though I played them on the radio.  I didn't see them until Louder Than Love, but by that point Ultramega was a household hit retroactively and preferred to that album.

Anyway, who gives a shit?  Sometime you gotta be won over with repeated reps.  As for this 4-track ep, opening with Ohio Players and closing with Green River with one original "Kingdom of Come" opening the second side.  Sounds fine to me today, I don't know what my problem was except for an early dislike for Cornell's vocals that went away. 

I had a duplicated promo of this that was marked up, but it had the original Sub Pop mail order flyer, so it still went for 70 bucks, about 10 less than one in better shape that sold recently.

Celebrity grunge in the grunge years.