Up Records was a Seattle based

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founded in 1994 by Chris Takino and Rich Jensen. Some of the label's best-known artists were Duster, 764-HERO,

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, Quasi and Tad. Chris Takino died of leukemia in 2000. The label was owned and managed by his partner Pete Ritchey until it was licensed to Sub Pop about 2018. The last update to the Up Records website was in 2007.

Discography

*UP000 Various Artists - Up Records Sampler 7" *UP001 Violent Green - You Make Me Wish I Had a Gun 7" *UP002 Juned - So White 7" *UP003 Mike Johnson - 100% Off 7" *UP004 Butterfly Train - Blame Weight 7" *UP005 Butterfly Train - Building Distrust From Trust CD/LP *UP006

Built To Spill Built to Spill is an American indie rock band that formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1992. Centered on lead vocalist and guitarist Doug Martsch, the only permanent member, Built to Spill has released nine albums since its inception. Martsch originall ...

There's Nothing Wrong With Love ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' is the second studio album released by American indie rock band Built to Spill. ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994, on the Up Records Up R ...

CD/LP/CS *UP007 Juned - Juned CD/LP *UP008 Mike Johnson - Where Am I? CD/LP/CS *UP009 Oswald Five-O - Blue TV 7" *UP010 Violent Green - Eros CD/LP/CS *UP011 Land of the Loops - Multi Family Garage Sale 7" *UP012 Hush Harbor - Hush Harbor CD/10" *UP013 Caustic Resin - Yeah 7" *UP014 Various Artists - Stacked Up! CD *UP015

- Distopian Dream Girl 7" *UP016 Juned - Possum 7" *UP017 Caustic Resin - Fly Me To The Moon CD/2xLP *UP018 Built To Spill / Caustic Resin CD/10" *UP019 Incredible Force of Junior - Blue Cheer 7" *UP020 Land of the Loops - Bundle of Joy CD/2xLP *UP021 Butterfly Train - Distorted Retarded Peculiar CD *UP022 Rick Sabo - Three Four 7" *UP023 Mocket - Pearl Drop 7" *UP024 Juned - Every Night For You CD/LP *UP025

The Pastels The Pastels are an indie rock group from Glasgow formed in 1981. They were a key act of the Scottish and British independent music scenes of the 1980s, and are specifically credited for the development of an independent and confident music scen ...

- Mobile Safari CD/LP *UP026 Incredible Force of Junior - Let the World Fall Apart CD/LP *UP027

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse. It was released on April 16, 1996, through Up Records. Musical style ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing t ...

CD/2xLP *UP028 764-Hero - High School Poetry 7" *UP029 Stinky Fire Engine - Giant 7" *UP031 Land of the Loops - Refried Treats CD/12" *UP032

Satisfact Satisfact is an American post-punk musical ensemble, band formed in 1996 in Washington State, bridging the post-hardcore movement with the nascent post-punk revival of the 21st century. They created 3 full-length albums which were released on ...

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The Unwanted Sounds of Satisfact ''The Unwanted Sounds of Satisfact'' is the debut album by American post-punk band Satisfact. Released on September 10, 1996 through Up Records, the album was produced by the musician Steve Wold, better known by his stage name Seasick Steve. The ...

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- Perfect From Now On 2xLP *UP034 Violent Green - From Cycles of Heat CD *UP035

- Interstate 8 CD *UP036 764-Hero - Salt Sinks, Sugar Floats CD/LP *UP037 Hot White Noon - Gutted End 7" *UP038

- Unfair Kind of Fame CD/2x7" *UP039 Duster - Transmission, Flux 7" *UP040 Quasi - R&B Transmogrification CD *UP041

- Illumination CD/LP *UP043 Dina Martina - Christmas With Dina Martina 7" *UP044

The Lonesome Crowded West ''The Lonesome Crowded West'' is the second studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on November 18, 1997, by Up Records. The two towers pictured on the album's cover are The Westin Seattle. Described as having a "white trash" ...

CD/2xLP *UP045 Various Artists - Up In Orbit! CD *UP046 764-Hero - We're Solids CD *UP047

- Other People's Lives 7" *UP048 Karp - Prisonshake 7" *UP049 Jana McCall - Self Titled CD *UP050 Duster - Stratosphere CD/LP *UP051 Small Stars - It's Getting Late 7" *UP052 Sick Bees - Push 7" *UP053 The Need - w/ Joe Preston & DJ Zena 10" *UP054 Quasi - Featuring "Birds" CD/2xLP *UP055 Tad - Oppenheimer's Pretty Nightmare 7" *UP056 Violent Green - Hangovers In The Ancient World CD/LP *UP057

Mike Johnson James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023. A member ...

- I Feel Alright CD/LP *UP058 Modest Mouse/764-Hero - Whenever You See Fit CD/12" *UP059 Dina Martina - The President's Day Song 7" *UP060 Various Artists - Up Next CD *UP061 764-Hero - Get Here and Stay CD/LP *UP062 Tiffany Anders - Running From Noplace to Nowhere CD *UP063 Brent Arnold - Sweetness/Perversion 7" *UP064 The Microphones - Bass Drum Dream 7" *UP065

- Illuminati CD *UP066

- One Wild Moment 12" *UP067 The Dark Fantastic - Self Titled CD *UP069

- Keep it Like a Secret LP *UP071 Octant - Shock-No-Par CD/LP *UP072 Quasi - Field Studies CD/2xLP *UP073

- Building Nothing Out Of Something CD/LP *UP074 Land of the Loops - Hurry Up and Wait CD *UP075 Duster - 1975 CD/LP *UP076 764-Hero - Garrison 7" *UP077 The Black Heart Procession - A 3 Song Recording EP CD/12" *UP078 Dina Martina - The Holiday Album CD *UP079 Up Records and Slabco: US Compilation CD *UP080 Land of the Loops - Puttering About a Small Land CD/2xLP *UP081 Sick Bees - My Pleasure CD *UP082 Polar Goldie Cats - Polar Night Stress CD *UP083

- Live 2xLP *UP085 The Concretes - Boy You Better Run Now CD/LP *UP086 764-Hero - Weekends of Sound CD/LP *UP088 Octant - Car Alarms and Crickets CD/LP *UP089 Enemymine - The Ice In Me CD/LP *UP090

- Night On the Sun 12" *UP091 Duster - Contemporary Movement CD/LP *UP092 Land of the Loops vs. Buckminster Fuzeboard - Single Girl Summer Home flexi-7" *UP093 Tiffany Anders - Funny Cry Happy Gift CD/LP *UP094 Jana McCall - Slumber CD *UP095 The Dark Fantastic - Goodbye Crooked Scar CD/LP *UP096

- Ancient Melodies of the Future LP *UP098 Caustic Resin - Keep On Truckin' CD *UP099 Doug Martsch - Now You Know LP *UP100

- What Would You Do CD *UP101 Brent Arnold & The Spheres - Last Boat CD *UP102 Sick Bees - The Marina Album CD *UP103 Up Records 10th Anniversary DVD *UP104

Helvetia Helvetia () is a national personification of Switzerland, officially , the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Flag of Switzerland, Swiss flag, and commo ...

- The Clever North Wind CD *UP105

- Gone Out Of Your Mind CD *UP106 Polar Goldie Cats - Feral Phantasms CD

Notes

External links

Archive of Official site

Archive of Online Store

Seattle Weekly profile of Up Records
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