Mark Arm-The Freewheelin' Mark Arm (1992)


Artist: Mark Arm

Title: The Freewheelin' Mark Arm

Label: Sub Pop

Format: 7"

Cat #: SP 87

Year of Release: 1992

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Sub Pop Singles Club Black

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 1/10/21

Sell Price: $5.99

Discogs Last Sold: 12/5/20 VG+/VG+ $5.00

Low: $2.03

Median: $6.11

High:  $14.46 M/M 5/3/20

Current low price: $4.82 NM/NM

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 20

Have/Want: 408/81

Where Sold:  Cattaraugus, NY

Time it took to sell: 6 years

Where and When Bought: Sub Pop Singles Club Subscription

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

Coming hot off the heels of the invasion of Kuwait, Mark Arm took time out from Mudhoney to cover Bob Dylan's anti-war chestnut "Masters of War" and parodied the front cover of the album from which it came.  The cover was a bit grungier than I remember.  The B-side "My Life With Ricketts" rightfully credits Bo Diddley for his beat, although Mark completely did his own lyrics.

This was part of the Sub Pop Singles club 2 singles that arrived in the mail every other month from the Seattle monolith. This was still in the "paper fold in a baggy" phase before the covers got glossy in the more commerically popular years of grunge.  I was very big on Mudhoney seeing them in 1988 at the Middle East Upstairs on a bill that featured Urge Overkill, Stickdog and Afghan Whigs added last minute because nobody showed up at the Rat.  I didn't even know "Touch Me I'm Sick" existed or who they were--I was there for Stickdog (!) and Urge and sat at the table with the Whigs drummer and discussed Led Zeppelin bootlegs that he wanted down the street at Second Coming Records.  Less than 50 people were there.  Maybe less than 30.

I did however recognize Mark Arm's big head from Green River albums, so I was not totally oblivious.  By the time they came back they played at Ground Zero, the goth club down the street and they had accumulated all the British tabloid press that made them the talk of the town and a major headliner.  My the time this single came out, grungemania was in full effect and Mudhoney went away from proto-Blue Cheer and more garage rock influenced. 

 This single was an enjoyable stop gap between those eras.

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