Butter 08 – Butter [Plastic Case] (CD, US)

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).

In the US Grand Royal is 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.

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.

[additional credits detailed below]

04. Dick Serious
Trombone: Josh Roseman
Trumpet: Ravi Best

05. 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.

06. It’s The Rage
Keyboard Solo: Sean Lennon
Drums: Timo Ellis

10. Degobrah
And Introducing: Evan Bernard – Vocals

COVER: “Butter” (as part of butter artwork)

REAR: Tracklisting, barcode, ‘Drop’ and Grand Royal logo with the following text “Produced by Russell Simins, Jamey Staub and Yuka Honda. (p)© 1996 Grand Royal P.O. Box 26689 L.A. CA 90026. All Rights Reserved. www.grandroyal.com”

INSIDE SLEEVE: As per ‘Sleeve Notes’ and the following text.

“All Songs by Butter 08.
Miho Hatori – Vocals, Piano, Organ, Drums
Yuka Honda – Farfisa, Hammond B3, Juno 60, Piano, DJ-70, Guitars, Bkgrnd Vocals
Rick Lee – Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Samples
Mike Mills – Bass Guitar, Bkgrnd Vocals
Russell Simins – Drums, Vocals, Guitar, Bass

Recorded and Mixed with Jamey Staub at GREENE STREET RECORDING
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Band Photos – Michael Lavine
Cover Photos – Joe Wittkop
New York Skyline Photo – Lance Accord

Guest Musicians:
Sean Lennon – Keyboard solo on “It’s The Rage”
Timo Ellis – Drums on “It’s The Rage”
Josh Roseman – Trombone on “Dick Serious”
Ravi Best – Trumpet on “Dick Serious”
And Introducing
Evan Bernard – vocals on “Degobrah”

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.”

DISC: “Butter 08, (p)© 1996 Grand Royal Records. All Rights Reserved.”

BARCODE: 7 58148 0029 2 8

MATRIX: “IFPI L792 145921-2XD2-6213-A DISCTRONICS USA *GR029 ADV*”