SCRATCH ACID - SCRATCH ACID - 1984 EP 1st EDITION - RABID CAT RECORDS RAB-004-SA

$

150

Purchased Brand New in the 1980's, through mail order from Touch and Go Records out of Chicago, Illinois. 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 Rabid Cat Records and has the one-sided Credit/Lyric insert.
Cover is in excellent condition. There is a slightly "dented" top back left corner and the top back right corner has a diagonal "pinch crease" visible (see pictures). All other edges and corners are nice, excluding the album access edge which has a couple of "rougher" edges along it (see pictures). Spine is nice with prominent lettering which is so close to being centered.
Original inner sleeve is a white paper sleeve, that has a couple of  light creases, and is starting to turn color from age. There are no rips or tears. Splitting on bottom and both sides (see pictures). One-sided Lyric/Credit sheet is in Perfect shape.
Vinyl is Like New. 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. A very fine specimen of this edition.
Side One: cannibal - greatest gift - monsters - owner's lament Side Two: She Said - Mess - el Espectro - Lady Screaming
Technical data below in Bold from Discogs holds true for this edition:
Rec.~Earth & Sky studio Austin, Tx. 7/84.

Includes a single sided lyric/credit sheet.

This pressing has no Greg Lee Processing number in the runouts unlike Scratch Acid - Scratch Acid.

© Rabid Cat Publishing, BMI 1984.

Printed in U.S.A. (on spine)
Jacket Made in Canada (on back)

• Matrix / Runout (Etched runout side A): A RAB-SA 004 A1-1-1- PRC
• Matrix / Runout (Etched runout side B): A RAB-SA 004 B1-1-1- PRC
• Rights Society: BMI

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.