Butter 08 – Butter (LP, US)

27 August 1996

Grand Royal

GR 029

A1. 9MM A2. Shut Up A3. Butter of 69 A4. Dick Serious A5. How Do I Relax A6. It’s the Rage B1. Mono Lisa B2. What Are You Wearing B3. Sex Symbol B4. Degobrah B5. Hard to Hold B6. Butterfucker
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Black vinyl album in gatefold sleeve with white paper die-cut inner sleeve (almost identical design to the card sleeve cd edition) and Grand Royal catalogue. The insert also lists a ‘Butter’ 7″ in the coming soon section which was presumably never released There is an official video for this Butter of 69 directed by Evan Bernard which can be seen on youtube.com. This album is frequently referred to as being Butter 08 by Butter 08, untitled and eponoymous but the promo CD of this album and Butter of 69 promo both refer to this album as Butter which is actually the one and only word on the cover (even imprinted on a block of butter). Many places list the catalogue number for this item as ‘GR029CD’ but the vinyl and CD issue appear to have the exact same catalogue no. of ‘GR029’ with the only identifiable difference being an additional ‘- A’ and ‘- B’ added to the end of the no. on the run-out on the vinyl and an ‘adv’ on the underside of the CD. The catalogue numbers are probably ‘GR 029 1’ (vinyl) and ‘GR 029 2’ (CD) as these are the standard codes used in barcodes. Grand Royal also issued a one track promo CD of Butter of 69 and promo album both with band photos not on the commercial release. The album was available on CD (w/card or plastic sleeve), vinyl and on CD in Japan with bonus tracks. A remix of Degobrah appeared in the film City of Industry. “In 1996, the scene surrounding Grand Royal proved to be the height of New York City cool, and Butter08 was The Dirty Mac of that era. The brainchild of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins, the group featured director Mike Mills on guitar, along with Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto and Rick Lee of Skeleton Key. Their sole self-titled LP was a hot mess of fuzzed-out dance-funk and broken punk-soul that served as the hidden gem of this particular era of Grand Royal dominance, albeit one a listener could only appreciate if they went whole-hog into the scene that existed around this imprint.” – discogs.com (28 June 2020)
SONG CREDITS:
All Songs by BUTTER 08 Vocals/Piano/Organ/Drums: Miho Hatori Farfisa/Hammond B3/Juno 60/Piano/DJ-70/Guitars/Bkgrnd Vocals: Yuka Honda Guitar/Bass/Percussion/Samples: Rick Lee Bass Guitar/Bkgrnd Vocals: Mike Mills Drums/Vocals/Guitar/Bass: Russell Simins Produced: Russell Simins, Jamey Straub and Yuka Honda. Recorded/Mixed with Jamey Staub at GREENE STREET RECORDING Mastered: Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk [additional credits detailed below] A4. Dick Serious Trombone: Josh Roseman Trumpet: Ravi Best A5. How Do I Relax Contains a sample from “Summer Samba” performed by Walter Wanderley (Marcos Valle & Paulo Sergio Valle) published by Duchess Music Coporation (BMI) Performed by Walter Wanderly, Under License from Polygram Special Markets, A Division of Polygram Group Distribution, INC. A6. It’s The Rage Keyboard Solo: Sean Lennon Drums: Timo Ellis B4. Degobrah And Introducing: Evan Bernard – Vocals
SLEEVE NOTES / INFORMATION:
“Thanks! Natalie Carlson, Mike Diamond, Chavez, Greene Street Recording, Tom Harrington, Josh Wertheimer, Phil Painson, Dave Harrington, Danny Madorsky, Dougie Bowne, The Chocolate Genius, Boche, Peter Arsenault, Joey At Jemtone, Ben Wheelock, The Odessa, Bouley, The Hat, The East Village, Grand Royal, Jenna and Roy The King of Limousines!”
DETAILS:
ARTWORK: Band Photos – Michael Lavine Cover Photos – Joe Wittkop BARCODE: 7 58148-0029-1 1 RUN-OUT GROOVE ENGRAVING: A: “GR-029-A F-1 687.1 ( ) MASTERED BY CAPITOL WALLY” B: “GR-029-B F-1 MASTERED BY CAPITOL WALLY 687.2 ( )” [‘Mastered by Capitol’ is machine-stamped, ‘Wally’ is a signature and both words are upside down in relation to the other text]