Green River-Come On Down (1985)
Artist: Green River
Format: 12" EP
Cat: HMS 031
Year of Release: 1985
Country and Year of Edition: US 1989 reissue red label
Date of Sale: 6/7/23
Sell Price: $10.50
Condition: G+/F water damage, vinyl needs cleaning
Discogs Last Sold: 7/11/22 M/M $24.99
Low:$10.50 G+/F
Median: $21.51
Average: $21.98
High: $35.81
Current low price: $26.88 M/M
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 7
Have/Want: 177/125
Where Sold: Galena, IL
Time It Took To Sell: 8 years
Where and When Bought: New Newbury Comics late 80's $6.99 sticker still on it
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+
Sad To See It Go: No
The debut 6 song EP of grunge kings Green River, the band that spawned Mudhoney and, duh, Pearl Jam. They moved on to Sub Pop for the full length and even redid a track from this, "Swallow My Pride." At the time, I thought it was another radio worthy band on Homestead, but didn't really think of them beyond that until I saw Mudhoney in the fall of '88 before they went to London and played to 40 people with Urge Overkill, Afghan Whigs and the Alternative Tentacles band Stickdog at the Middle East in Cambridge. One of the early shows of legendary Boston promoter Billy Ruane. Once Mudhoney went over the pond, Homestead repressed this early Green River release on their "red" label for people like me who were familiar, but didn't buy it the first time around.
I don't recall playing this more than once and filing it away. Every radio station I was on had a copy in their library. It was completism of all things Mark Arm. The EP kicks off with the possibly an interpolation of Blue Oyster Cult's "R. U. Ready 2 Rock,"
"New God" reminds me that despite never actively going beyond a start to finish listen, there is an air of familiarity to the whole thing. The band was broken up, so it had to be radio shows. Time kind of healed the "rift" and there were some reunion gigs for Sub Pop's anniversary and the like. One thing that must be noted with Green River is the guitars sound more rocking than Mark Arm. Mark sometimes sounds a little buried in an echo tunnel. This doesn't impede the overall rocking impact of the side 2 closer "Tunnel of Love." One may forget that Mudhoney's Steve Turner was guitar on this one as well Stone Gossard but not on the later records.
Solid record.overall.
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