Ep477: From Deep Six to Skin Yard Select - Daniel House of CZ Records
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Daniel House of CZ Records had a pivotal role in the Seattle music scene of the 1980s and early 1990s, including his work with Skin Yard, his time as a key employee at Sub Pop Records, and working with influential bands like Nirvana, Melvins, Soundgarden, the "Deep Six" compilation and lots more.
Topics Include:
- Introduction of Daniel House and CZ Records
- New Skin Yard seven-inch box set announced
- History of Ten Minute Warning band
- Formation of Skin Yard with Jack Endino
- Forming the seven-inch box set idea
- Deep Six compilation's initial release discussed
- UMen added to Deep Six compilation
- Chris Hanzsek starts CZ Records then transitions out
- Deep Six compilation initially sells poorly
- Daniel House takes over CZ Records operations
- A&M Records purchases Deep Six compilation masters
- Working simultaneously at Sub Pop and CZ Records
- Creation of Sub Pop's direct-to-retail store network
- House builds Sub Pop's international distribution connections
- Nirvana's Mexican Seafood track on Teriyaki Asthma
- Confrontation with Geffen Records over Nirvana tracks
- Missing songs on Bleach cassette recall story
- Sub Pop focusing marketing efforts on Mudhoney
- Early Seattle scene was small and intimate
- Current Skin Yard Select box set details
- Pink and red vinyl pressing information
- Production quality control issues at pressing plant
- Discussion of box set pricing and production costs
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:26.7 | And now on with the show. Welcome to the vinyl guide. The podcast for record |
| 0:32.4 | collectors and music nerds. Here's your host. The biggest record nerd of them all, |
| 0:36.9 | Nate Goyer. Ah, well, hey everyone, it's Nate host. The biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:43.4 | Ah, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate. Welcome to episode 477 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. Ladies and gentlemen, this week, we are welcoming |
| 0:47.6 | Daniel House of CZ Records, Skinyard, he's a former subpop employee. Daniel's a man who was there in the beginning. |
| 0:57.3 | Definitely deep in the thick of it and still stands today, as evidenced by his new box set. |
| 1:04.2 | Skinyard Select, that seven seven-inch singles, recordings and remasters of Skinyard tracks produced by Daniel alongside |
| 1:12.6 | music legend Jack and Dino, which you can marvel at and purchase at skinyardselect.com. |
| 1:20.3 | Now, today Daniel and I discuss his pivotal role in the Seattle music scene of the 80s and |
| 1:26.3 | early 90s, including his work running |
| 1:28.4 | CZ records, his time as an employee at subpop, his experiences with influential bands like |
| 1:34.2 | Nirvana, Melvin, Soundgarden, and lots more. We dive deep into the Deep Six compilation, the |
| 1:40.6 | record that was the first time on vinyl for many of the Seattle legends. So some |
| 1:45.4 | interesting tales on this one. You music nerds, I definitely hope you'll enjoy. And everyone, |
| 1:51.1 | yes, I am back in Sydney now. Yes, I had a great time in California and hosting tour of the |
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