SCRATCH ACID - BESERKER - 1987 - US 12" EP - TOUCH AND GO RECORDS T & G #18

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Purchased Brand New in the 1980's, through mail order from Touch and Go Records, out of Chicago, Illinios. Still in Original Shrink Wrap with one end opened to access album. Played ONCE to record to cassette tape, I always used a Shure M91ED stylus and cartridge tracking at 1 gram. This is the first edition on Touch and Go Records and has the original inner sleeve with Credits and Lyrics. Also has a fold open Touch and Go Records catalog flyer.
Cover is in excellent Like New condition. There is a few "rougher" spots along the album access edge (see pictures). Back bottom left corner has a slight "dented" corner (see picture). All other edges and corners are nice. Spine is nice with prominent lettering which is centered.
Original inner sleeve is a glossy Lyric/Credit sleeve, that is in nice shape. There are no rips or tears, but there are splits at the bottom and on both sides (see pictures).  
There is a fold over Touch and Go Records Mechandise catalog flyer. There is one corner with a small folded over corner (see pictures). Flyer is in excellent shape.
Vinyl is in Like New condition. There is a very light "surface scuffing" visible on Side Two in critical sunlight. This was played ONCE to record to cassette tape, I always used a Shure M91ED stylus and cartridge tracking at 1 gram. Labels are in Like New condition. 
Side One: Mary Had a Little Drug Problem - For Crying Out Loud - Moron's Moron Side Two: Skin Drips - This is Bliss - Flying Houses
Technical data from Discogs in Bold below holds true for this edition:
Recorded at Studio West, Austin, Texas - September 1986
Mixed at Wink Tyler's ARS - October 1986

Printed inner sleeve (lyrics, credits).

© 1987 Scratch Acid
℗ 1987 Touch And Go Records

Jacket Made In Canada / (ois) Made In Canada

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched): (A) T+G#18 A₁
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched): (A) T+G#18 B₁

Scratch Acid was launched in Austin, Texas, in 1982. When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson (vocals), David Wm. Sims (guitar), Brett Bradford (guitar), David Yow (bass), and Rey Washam (drums). Anderson was kicked out of the band before they ever recorded an album, prompting Yow to move to vocals and Sims to move to bass.

Scratch Acid's first EP was released in 1984, by Texas indie record label Rabid Cat and featured the song "Lay Screaming", a track which vocalist David Yow indicated was "inspired by Marquis de Sade, reading his shit."

The band returned to Rabid Cat for their debut album, Just Keep Eating, released in 1986. When queried about the significance of the title in a February 1987 interview, the band called the title "kinda silly" and "an inside joke", related to the fact that they all had lived together and done well to just keep surviving. Eschewing pop sensibilities but instead pushing boundaries with noise, the band listed Sonic Youth, Big Black, and Butthole Surfers as their stylistic peers.

The band's third and final release, an EP entitled Berserker, was released by Touch and Go Records. A posthumous compilation CD entitled The Greatest Gift was released by Touch and Go Records in 1991.

Part of my personal punk collection.