touch and go. t&glp #5 / 11 tracks / dec 1984

UK: fundamental. save 5 / 11 tracks / jul 1985

RI (CD): touch and go. t&glp#5cd / 11 tracks / 1988

RI (CD): UK: fundamental. save 5 CD / 15 tracks / 1988

US (RI): latino buggerveil. lbv-03 / 11 tracks / 1999

The band couldn’t decide between three album titles so they used all three. First pressing on Touch and Go is on clear vinyl. The later UK version has a different cover sleeve; the Fundamental CD also includes the Cream Corn 12”, with alternate song titles for half of the EP songs. (“Comb” is renamed “Lou Reed” and “To Parter” is listed as “Two Part”). In the US, the Cream Corn tracks were instead added to the Rembrandt Pussyhorse CD and cassette.

The first “real” LP. Without the total chaos of their first EP and without the musical abilities of their subsequent releases this falls somewhere in the middle. I don’t know, it’s OK, it’s weird, there are good tracks, but out of their indie releases it’s got to be my least favorite Butthole Surfers album. [7]

Klingt etwas „aufgeräumter“ als die chaotischen ersten beiden 12“s, was nicht bedeuten soll, dass das nicht trotzdem sehr schräges Zeug ist. Trotzdem ist das eher eine Übergangs-Platte zwischen den komplett anarchistischen frühen EPs und den folgenden, etwas ausgefeilteren LPs. Gute Platte, gute Songs, aber für mich unter ihren Indie-LPs die schwächste.

Tracks: concubine / eye of the chicken / dum dum / woly boly / negro observer / butthole surfer // lady sniff / cherub / mexican caravan / cowboy bob / gary floyd