Mudhoney

“Touch Me I’m Sick” b/w “Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More”

scum stats: one of 10-15 copies pressed on red vinyl

“The shot heard ‘round the world” as so aptly described by the winter ’97 Sub Pop mail order catalog.

Already having the brown and black vinyl versions that never came with picture sleeves (not to mention 2-3 of the pic sleeve copy variants), this recent arrival is a welcome addition to my off-overlooked Sub Pop collection.

Is there a better debut single in rock and roll history? “Bo Diddley” and “That’s Alright Mama” are up there, for sure, but I honestly can’t say they’re better.

If you’ve lived under a rock for the past THIRTY years, do not fret, this is the place to start. Enjoy.

side note: oh MAN how I hate the “haze” that is on EVERY LAST COPY of this record that came without a picture sleeve. all copies were originally housed in a particularly dumb kind of mylar sleeve that ends up “off-gassing” and leaving a cloudy discoloration on the grooves. even copies being sold by guitarist Steve Turner recently on eBay state that the band realized what was happening mere months after release and took ALL copies out of the mylar, but to no avail, as that plastic made it’s mark QUICK.