Tubetop - 20th Century Masters: The Singles Collection (1996)

At long last I've followed up my Tubetop Three Minute Hercules post some six months ago. Please click on the hyperlink for my commentary and bio details on this criminally overlooked Posies spin-off project from the mid-90s. I said it then, and I'll say it again, Tubetop were Seattle, guitar pop wunderkinds of near-monumental proportions, and are about as gratifying as anything you're likely to hear in the "power-pop" realm.

In addition to Hercules, Tubetop issued two singles of their own, and a split 7" with The Model Rockets. Tracks 1, 2, and 5 later appeared in rerecorded incarnations on Tubetop's aforementioned lone album. "Love Germ" & "Vixen," from the band's single on Laundry Room Records, are entirely exclusive to this release, and I gotta tell ya, it took me a couple years to track this piece of wax down. The sleeve of the C/Z Records single ("Bleeder" & "With You") features the band's name in a shiny, maroon veneer (mylar perhaps?), that unfortunately failed to translate from my scanner. Nevertheless, enjoy.
 

01. Bleeder

02. With You

03. Love Germ

04. Vizen

05. The Rules

06. World Won't Let Me (by The Model Rockets)

1 & 2 Laundary Room Records 7" (1996)

3 & 4 C/Z Records (1996)

5 & 6 - split 7" w/ Model Rockets on Collective Fruit Records (1996)
 

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