BUTTHOLE SURFERS PSYCHIC POWERLESS ANOTHER MAN'S SAC LP 1984 HC Primus Ween

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Butthole Surfers ?– Psychic ... Powerless ... Another Mans Sac
Label:  Touch And Go ?– T & GLP#5
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country:  US
Released:  1984
Genre:  Rock
Style:  Indie Rock, Experimental
Tracklist:
A1 Concubine A2 Eye Of The Chicken A3 Dum Dum A4 Woly Boly A5 Negro Observer A6 Butthole Surfer B1 Lady Sniff B2 Cherub B3 Mexican Caravan B4 Cowboy Bob B5 Gary Floyd
Companies:
Published By – Second Harvest Music
Credits:
Photography By [Back Cover And Label] – Macioce
Notes:
© 1984 Second Harvest Music.  Jacket made in Canada.  Label states "69 RPM".
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Etched A): WARD 9 002 A 69 with your mama in a boat PRC-1 T+GLP#5-1 Matrix / Runout (Etched B): WARD 9-002 B NOT TO WORRY PRC-2 T+G#5LP-B
American experimental rock band founded by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. 
Members:  Gibby Haynes 1981–present  Paul Leary 1981–present  King Coffey 1983–present  Jeff Pinkus 1986–1994, 2008-present  Teresa Taylor 1983–1985, 1986–1989, 2008-present
Butthole Surfers is an American rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas, in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second drummer from 1983 to 1985, 1986 to 1989, and 2009. The band has also employed a variety of bass players, most notably Bill Jolly and Jeff Pinkus.
Rooted in the 1980s hardcore punk scene, Butthole Surfers quickly became known for their chaotic and disturbing live shows, black comedy, and a sound that incorporated elements of psychedelia, noise, punk rock and, later, electronica, as well as their use of sound manipulation and tape editing. The Buttholes have a well-reported appetite for recreational drugs, an evident influence on their sound. Although they were respected by their peers and attracted a devoted fan base, Butthole Surfers had little commercial success until 1996's Electriclarryland. The album contained the hit single "Pepper" which climbed to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac is the first full-length studio album by American noise rock band Butthole Surfers, released in December 1984 by Touch and Go Records and Fundamental Records. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers. This was the Surfers' first album on Touch and Go, and was originally released on clear vinyl. It was reissued on Latino Buggerveil in 1999.
The album's back cover and label photos were produced by artist Michael Macioce.
The band embarked on a decidedly more psychedelic direction with their first LP. However, while the album's first half, and in particular "Cherub," have definite psychedelic qualities, elements of traditional punk ("Butthole Surfer"), blues ("Lady Sniff"), surf rock ("Mexican Caravan"), and country rock ("Gary Floyd") are also on display.
Dum Dum is also notable for being another song in the Butthole Surfers' catalogue to be based around parts of a Black Sabbath song whilst the lyrics revolve around an entirely different concept from the original. The drums are lifted in this instance, from Children of the Grave, from the Master of Reality album.
Many of Psychic...'s tracks were enhanced with extensive tape editing and, in some cases, the addition of non-traditional instrumentation, including the barrage of bizarre sounds (spitting, vomiting, Spanish radio station, etc.) heard in "Lady Sniff." Lead vocalist Gibby Haynes debuted a new vocal technique by singing through a bullhorn for some songs, and played saxophone on "Negro Observer" and "Cowboy Bob." This was the first Surfers studio album to feature double drummers King Coffey and Teresa Nervosa, and the last with bass player Bill Jolly, who had also performed on the band's first two releases.
Approximately half the songs on this album, including "Negro Observer," "Lady Sniff," "Cherub," "Mexican Caravan," "Cowboy Bob," and "Gary Floyd," are staples of the Surfers' live shows.
According to guitarist Paul Leary, Psychic... was recorded in a very substandard studio. Leary also claims he and Haynes were living in a tool shed at the time of the sessions.
The Surfers weren't under contract to any record label when they recorded this album. Upon its completion they offered it to Alternative Tentacles, who had released the band's first two EPs but could not afford to distribute the new project. This, combined with questions the group had regarding Alternative Tentacles' handling of royalties from Butthole Surfers and Live PCPPEP, resulted in the album ultimately being released on Touch and Go.
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"Best Butthole Surfer album, in my opinion - the drugs were definitely working overtime for them on this one...  Super-clean all-around..."
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