Ep332: What Happened to SST Records w Jim Ruland

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

SST Records is one of the most important music labels in history, yet the story of SST remains subject to rumour and hearsay. We talk to Jim Ruland, author of "Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records" about what happened to SST Records.

Topics include:

The last sentence of the book
What Greg Ginn will do about the legacy of SST Records
How does the current day SST operate?
Response from Greg about participating in this book
Has SST continued to pay royalties to its artists?
Bands who have secured their rights to SST recordings
Challenges of getting people to speak to Jim on the record
The records that had the biggest impact on SST
Hard to find SST releases
CeSSTone publishing and missing titles from digital libraries
Was there an event or time that marked a change in the SST's fortunes
How Greg's personality was shaped by frustration and that impact on the label
Do any master tapes or pressing plates still exist?
Meat Puppets requesting their master tapes
Ensuring the book stood up to any legal scrutiny
The evolution of the label from the early punk releases
Timing of Black Flag's "What The…" album
The lack of SST Promotional vinyl copies
Used SST vinyl and inserts
Purchasing SST vinyl for the project
What SST bands should people give an additional listen to?
SST passing on the opportunity to sign Nirvana
Soundgarden signing with SST
Were there ever any overages for SST to be purchased by a major label?
What can be done to course correct the legacy of SST Records?
What will happen to SST materials when Greg passes?
How do you think SST will be remembered?
Interview wrap up

Claim your pre-order access to chapter 1 and Q&A with Jim and Keith Morris.

Jim's "Message from the Underworld" blog

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Jim Ruland, author of Corporate Rock Sucks, The Rise and Fall of SST Records,
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1:05.6	Hey everyone, it's Nate. Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Vinyl Guide. It's a rough week for humanity in
1:12.5	general. Taylor Hawkins is no longer with us. There's people dying in Ukraine, and we may be on the
1:17.8	edge of a Third World War, but hopefully this podcast is an oasis in a sea of horseshit for everyone.
1:24.4	As I said, my name is Nate. Welcome to the vinyl guide. I speak to my heroes here about
1:28.8	music records and various nerdery. And today I reckon we hit all of those categories and more.
1:34.7	Author Jim Rulin is with us and we are going to talk SST Records and his new book, Corporate Rock
1:42.2	Sucks, The Rise and Fall of SST Records out shortly,
1:46.6	and it is absolutely fantastic. I've had my mitts on a copy of this book in recent weeks.
1:51.8	I can't say enough great things about it. Jim is fast becoming one of my favorite authors,
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