Custard's debut album, "Buttercup/Bedford", was recorded in 1991. It was meant to be released on CD in March 1992, but things went awry. Unfortunately, the CDs never turned up on time for the album launch - forcing them to give away copies of the album away on cassettes to keep the audience happy. It was not until the end of 1992 that the band finally got their hands on the elusive CDs. By this time Custard had signed to Ra Records and had released their first "major label"release, an EP called "Gastanked". "Gastanked" was followed in 1993 by another EP, "Brisbane", and two singles - "Casanova" and "Singlette". By this time the band was onto its third drummer - Shane Brunn had been replaced by Gavin Herrenberg, who had subsequently been replaced by Danny Plant.