A Record Collector's Guide

Seaweed released a good handful of albums while they were active. In my opinion, it took a little while for them to hit stride, but they did, and with really solid results. Let's take a look...

Seaweed

Tupelo TUP LP 28 / TUP CD 28 / TUP MC 28, released 1990 (UK)

This was officially a Tupelo release in the UK, but also contained Leopard Gecko's logo. It was a compilation of Seaweed's first three singles, two of which were on Leopard Gecko, and the other on K. Most copies of this record were on black vinyl. However, a blue marble vinyl version exists as well. I don't know how many of those were pressed, but that version is pretty rare. The record also came with a folded Seaweed poster.

Poster

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Spanaway

Hollywood HR62009-1 LP / HR62009-2 CD / HR62009-4 Cassette, released 1995 (U.S.)

Hollywood PRCD62009-2 CD / PRCS-62009-4 Cassette (U.S.)

Hollywood/For All the Right Reasons EV2A 0035 LP / EC2A 0034 CD (UK)

Seaweed's only major label release hit the market after the popularity of their sound had already started to decline. I have no numbers to back this up, but it certainly seemed as though the Spanaway album did not do all that well at the time. It has had some real staying power, though. It seems to have way more supporters now than it ever did in the mid-'90s. And it is a solid album. A lot of people consider this to be Seaweed's best album. I prefer the two previous albums, but it is still very good. The U.S. vinyl was black. There was also a UK version on a neon yellow-green color vinyl. It was licensed from Hollywood to the For All the Right Reasons label. The sleeve for the UK version was also a little different - the silver parts were done in a shiny silver foil. On the U.S. version, it was just a flat grey color. The U.S. one had a printed inner sleeve containing the lyrics. On the UK release, that information was printed on a separate insert. As with many vinyl releases on Hollywood, the value of both versions of this record took off over time. It seems as though Hollywood pressed small quantities when they did press vinyl.

Insert

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Actions & Indications

Merge MRG150 LP / MRG150CD, released 1999 (U.S.)

Motor Music MM199cd (Brazil)

Merge MRG150 LP, released 2015 (U.S.)

A few years after Seaweed's unceremonious departure from Hollywood Records, they put out one additional album on Merge. All on black vinyl and still fairly easy to find. In 2015, Merge remastered and re-released Actions & Indications. This one was also on black vinyl, but came with an additional track, which had previously only been available on the import version, and then three more download-only exclusive tracks. The re-release remains easy to procure.

Original Pressing

Re-press

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