Ultramega OK

Last year my most played record was Soundgarden's 1994 'Superunknown' LP, which I finally got into 30 years after its initial release. This then pushed me into listening to more Soundgarden records, and pushing the ones that I don't own further up my wants list. When I saw a colour vinyl copy of their first LP, 'Ultramega OK' on ebay UK, I knew that I wanted to make a play for it. I watched it for a few days and then threw in a last second bid. Initially I thought I might get it for a bargain price, but at the climax I ended up paying more than I thought I would have to. But still, I got an almost perfect copy.

This LP came out back in 1988 on SST Records. Like a lot of the more popular SST releases, this one originally came on black vinyl but then got repressed on colour vinyl in the early 90s. There are three colour vinyl versions out there, and I would have been happy with any of them, as I have never owned a copy of this LP previously.

For a record that is 30+ years old, this copy is in great condition, still in the shrinkwrap and with the 'color vinyl' sticker still attached. I used to hate these stickers back in the 90s because I thought they looked tacky, but over time I have grown to love them, to the point where if a record comes on colour vinyl but does not have the sticker, I'm less interested.

What's also interesitng about this copy is that it has a small insert. It seems generally pretty rare for any SST releases to have come with any kind of insert other than an SST catalog.

I'd never really spent much time with this record previously as I'd always thought it was sub par. But having revisited it recently, I can safely say that I was wrong... just like I was with 'Superunknown'. Oh, what a fool I have been.