Crass – Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead

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Label:	Crass Records – BOLLOX 2U2
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo Box Set
Country:	UK
Released:	1982
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Punk

Tracklist

	Christ - The Album
A1	Have A Nice Day	2:41
A2	Mother Love	2:48
A3	Nineteen Eighty Bore	4:05
A4	I Know There Is Love	2:43
A5	Beg Your Pardon	3:04
A6	Birth Control 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Vocals – Joy De Vivre	2:55
A7	Reality Whitewash Strings – The Southern Symphonietta	3:10
B1	It's The Greatest Working Class Rip-Off	3:28
B2	Deadhead	2:14
B3	You Can Be Who?	2:58
B4	Buy Now Pay As You Go	2:20
B5	Rival Tribal Revel Rebel (Pt. 2)	3:08
B6	Bumhooler	3:12
B7	Sentiment (White Feathers) Synthesizer – Phil Free (2) Vocals – Joy De Vivre	3:30
B8	Major General Despair	4:28
	Well Forked - But Not Dead
C1	Banned From The Roxy Voice [Voiceover] – Radio Caroline (5)	2:57
C2	The Sound Of One Hand	1:13
C3	Punk Is Dead	2:12
C4	Nagasaki Nightmare	4:28
C5	Darling	1:47
C6	Bata Motel Blues	0:26
C7	Berkertex Bribe	1:37
C8	Fold It In Half	0:57
C9	Big Hands	0:34
C10	Hearth-Throb Of The Mortuary Lead Guitar – Steve Herman (2)	1:10
C11	Bumhooler	2:38
C12	Big A Little A	4:30
C13	First Woman	0:55
D1	Arlington 73	1:23
D2	Bomb Plus Bomb Tape Producer – Doubleday Multimedia	4:00
D3	Contaminational Power	1:44
D4	I Ain't Thick	1:47
D5	G's Song	0:28
D6	Securicor	2:04
D7	I Can't Stand It Lead Guitar – Steve Herman (2)	1:09
D8	Shaved Women	2:51
D9	A Part Of Life	0:36
D10	Do They Owe Us A Living	1:16
D11	So What	1:24
D12	Salt 'n' Pepper	2:06

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Crass
Copyright © – Crass
Recorded At – Southern Studios
Recorded At – 100 Club
Recorded By – Real Time Music (2)
Mixed At – Southern Studios
Mastered At – Utopia Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios
Pressed By – MPO
Designed At – Exitstencil Press

Credits

Artwork [Poster Was Painted By] – G. Sus*
Backing Vocals – Peeve Libido
Bass – Sybil Right
Design [Overall Package Was Designed By] – Crass
Drums, Effects [Radio] – Elvis Rimbaud
Engineer – John Loder (tracks: A1 to B8)
Lead Guitar – Phil Free (2)
Lead Vocals – Peeve Libido (tracks: C4, C5, C7, D8)
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.11] – Phil Russell (3)
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.12] – Pastor Niemoeller*
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.14] – Penny Rimbaud
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.16] – Pete Wright
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.17] – Leo Tolstoy*
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.19] – Mo Tsu
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.20] – Mo Tsu
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.21] – Martin Luther King*
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.22] – Gerard A. Vanderhaar
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.23] – M. Gandhi*
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.24] – The Mob (3)
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.4] – Jean Paul Marat
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.6] – Charles Manson
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.7] – Ronald Reagan
Liner Notes [Booklet Notes Pg.8] – Phil Russell (3)
Producer – Crass
Rhythm Guitar [Rhythm Sitar] – $ri Hari Nana B.A*
Tape [Tape Collages] – G. Sus*
Typography [Typesetting] – Bread 'n Roses
Vocals – Steve Ignorant
Written-By – Crass

Notes

All songs on the "Christ - The Album" studio disc have tape collages by G. Sus. at the start of each track. Essentially these are snippets of comments, ments, radio broadcasts etc. sometimes pertaining to the track that follows.

The voice-over on "Roxy" is by Mitch from the long-lost Radio Caroline. "The Sound Of One Hand" is an adaptation of a traditional Japanese Zen story. "Heart-throb Of The Mortuary" and "I Can't Stand It" were our first efforts in a studio, a small 4 track in Soho, made in summer 1977. "Heart-throb" was later played on some pirate radio show, the name of which none of us can , and it is from that show that this track has been taken. The lead guitar on "Heart-throb" and "Can't Stand It" is played by Steve Herman who was in the band for its first few months. "The Bomb Tape" is an adaptation of a tape produced by Doubleday Multimedia to whom we are most grateful. The end of "Securicor" and beginning of "I Can't Stand It" are from a cassette recording of a gig we did at the Action Space Drill Hall, London on Nov. 16th 1977. The Insert tapes, "Arlington 73", etc. were made throughout the period that we were recording and mixing the studio album.

"Christ - The Album" was recorded and mixed at Southern Studios, London, between July 1981 and February 1982.

The live recording was made on a 4 track machine on the 9th June 1981 at the 100 Club, London by Real Time Music.

The box was embossed with a small Crass logo (2.25 cm) and in addition to the two records it contained a 30 x 58 cm poster "An Institution is the Lengthened Shadow of One Person", a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1841 essay "Self-Reliance" painted by Gee (G. Sus) and the 28 page booklet: "A Series of Shock Slogans and Mindless Token Tantrums".

This one has the text "CHRIST-THE ALBUM cat. no.BOLLOX 2U2 / PAY NO MORE THAN 5-00 CRASS" on the spine of the box.
Made in on the back of the box and on labels (Side A & C).

All material C P A CRASS 1982
Typesetting was by Bread 'N Roses to whom we are most grateful.

Christ - The Album Mastered at Utopia Studios, London.
Pressed at MPO Averton.

Durations do not appear on this release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (In runouts): MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched): BOLLOX 2U2 A3 ψ IN WAR THERE IS NO REASON - ONLY CRUELL BARBARIC FUTILITY MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched): BOLLOX 2U2 B-3 THE DAWN IS IN US MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout C etched): BOLLOX 2U2 C-3 FOR WAR THERE IS NO REASON - ONLY CRUEL BARBARIC UTILITY... MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout D etched): BOLLOX 2U2 D-3 THE DAWN IS FOR US MPO

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead (2×LP, Album, Box Set, )	Crass Records	BOLLOX 2U2	UK	1982
New Submission	Christ - The Album (Cassette, Album)	Crass Records	BOLLOX2U2C	UK	1982
New Submission	Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead (2×LP, Album, Box Set, )	Crass Records	BOLLOX 2U2	UK	1982
New Submission	Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead (2×LP, Album)	Crass Records	BOLLOX 2U2	UK	1982
Recently Edited	Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead (2×LP, Album)	Crass Records	BOLLOX 2U2	UK	1982