Crass – The Feeding Of The Five Thousand

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Genre:	Rock
Style:	Anarcho-Punk
Year:	1979

Tracklist

		The Sound Of Free Speech
		Do They Owe Us A Living?
		End Result
		They've Got A Bomb
		Punk Is Dead
		Reject Of Society
		General Bacardi
		Banned From The Roxy
		G's Song
		Fight War, Not Wars
		Women
		Securicor
		Sucks
		You Pay
		Angels
		What A Shame
		So What
		Well?....Do They?

Credits (12)

G*
Artwork, Coordinator [Coordination]
Pete Wright
Bass
Penny Rimbaud
Drums, Noises [Radio]
Pecko*
Lacquer Cut By
Porky (5)
Lacquer Cut By
Phil Free (2)
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Notes

Differences between the several vinyl editions:
Small Wonder Records, sleeve without borders, Asylum replaced with silence (The Sound Of Free Speech) (1979)
Crass Records, borders, 'pay no more than £2.00' (1980)
Crass Records, borders, 'pay no more than £3.00' (1982)
Crass Records, borders, right border plain black' (?)
Crass Records, borders, 'flight or drive? survive' (2017)
Crass/Southern Records, borders, right border plain black, card included (2011)
Crass Records, borders, right border "as it was in the beginning" remastered edition, distributed by One Little Indian (2019)

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress, Stereo	Crass Records – 521984	UK	1979	UK — 1979
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand 12", 45 RPM, Album	Small Wonder Records – 621984	UK	1979	UK — 1979	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, White Label	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1980	UK — 1980	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Orlake Pressing	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, RR-12-12-80, WEA Pressing	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1981	UK — 1981
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	1987	Europe — 1987	Needs Changes
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	1987	Europe — 1987	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release	ALF – A-313	Poland	1991	Poland — 1991	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	US	1995	US — 1995
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Reissue	Nikt Nic Nie Wie – NNNW 60	Poland	1997	Poland — 1997	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	2005	Europe — 2005	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Crassical Collection) CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – CC01	UK	2010	UK — 2010
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, Album, Reissue	Southern Records – 621984	UK	2011	UK — 2011	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, Album, Reissue, White	Crass Records – 621984	UK	2017	UK — 2017
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release	Not On Label – none	US	2017	US — 2017	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo	Crass Records – 621984 R	UK	2019	UK — 2019	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – 621984 CDR	UK	2019	UK — 2019	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Crassical Collection) 2×CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – CC01 R	UK	2020	UK — 2020	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984 CD	Canada		Canada	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Repress, Stereo	Crass Records – 621984CD	UK & Europe		UK & Europe
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984C	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress, 180 grams vinyl	Crass Records – 621984				Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	UK & Europe		UK & Europe	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album	Crass Records – 621984CD	UK & Europe		UK & Europe
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, WEA Pressing	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	New Submission

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Reviews

theoffspring752 Apr 29, 2025
referencing The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (12", 45 RPM, Album, Repress, Stereo) WEENY 2

worst mixing of all time, even the remastered version sounds horrific
Babsantini Mar 10, 2025
Edited 3 months ago

referencing The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) (LP, Album, Reissue, White) 621984

My copy of this white vinyl version has the labels reversed. So did the pressing plan mistakenly press this at 33 and then Crass just went with it? Seems like this release has always been pressed at 45. Regardless it sounds good.
Babsantini Feb 28, 2025
referencing The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (12", 45 RPM, Album) WEENY 2

There are so many vinyl pressings now. Anyone have them all who can compare them?
sacredplague Jan 14, 2025
referencing The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) (12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Orlake Pressing) 621984

I assume I have yet another variant of this one:
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variant 10?): S34 621984 A-2 KR FROM WEENY ACORNS e3
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variant 10?): 621984 B-2̶ 1 KR 2 S31 THE MIGHTY A.N.O.K. DOTH GROW.
sacredplague Jan 14, 2025
referencing The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (12", 45 RPM, Album) WEENY 2

My version has "KR" on the runout instead of "MPO". Is this yet another variant? I believe I bought it in Cincinnati, Ohio in the late 90's or so.
Milioni1 Aug 25, 2024
referencing The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) (12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Orlake Pressing) 621984

Does anyone know if the different variants signify different times of production...???
thelilmonsterz Aug 20, 2024
referencing The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) (LP, 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo) 621984 R

One of the best sounding records in my collection. Swapped labels though.
freestyle_k Jul 10, 2024
referencing The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) (12", 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Orlake Pressing) 621984

The track Asylum, is this the same track as Reality Asylum from the first 7" Crass made?
Dave_On_A_Wave Dec 21, 2023
referencing The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (12", 45 RPM, Album) WEENY 2

I’m looking for a cover for this. DM me. Thanks in advance
Sr_Skeleto Nov 1, 2023
referencing The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (12", 45 RPM, Album) WEENY 2

if "621984" means that this was released 6 years before 1984 then that means that this first pressing was released in 1978... why is it listed as 1979?