Crass: C or D?

the first time I heard "Asylum" spoken word intro to Feeding, I practically screamed in excitement. "Jesus died for his own sins, not mine!"

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Seminal Punk Artists CRASS to Release Crassical Collection Featuring Collectible Editions of Classic Albums via One Little Independent

All Crassical Collection Releases to Include Remastered Audio, Rare Tracks, New Art and Comprehensive Liner Notes

One Little Independent Records has revealed details on the Crassical Collection, a collection of seminal avant-punk collective CRASS’ legendary albums, restored from the original analogue studio tapes.

Set for release in North America on October 30, the Crassical Collection includes Stations of the Crass (1979), Feeding of the Five Thousand (The Second Sitting) (1981), Penis Envy (1981), Christ – The Album (1982), Yes Sir, I Will (1983), Ten Notes on a Summer’s Day (1986) and Best Before 1984 (1986). Each of the records have been repackaged and bolstered by rare and unreleased tracks, and stunning new artwork from Gee Vaucher, who has lovingly created what could only be considered a true artifact.

The first six albums include two CDs, with the first disc being the main album remastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios and the second being a mixture of rare live and remastered studio recordings. Each package also includes a fold-out poster and a high-quality 60-page booklet featuring all lyrics along with extensive liner notes from band members Penny Rimbaud and Steve Ignorant, which shed light on the making of the records.

The Best Before 1984 Crassical Collection is brand-new and has also been remastered and features five fold-out posters and a 52-page booklet.

Pre-orders for the seven releases are available now via Amazon.

CDs are $24? Gah!

those remasters are a travesty, see above

also, this is very confusing. these revamped "Crassical" versions have already been put out once by Southern?

I've had the 2cd "Best before" on order for a year or more, fortunately they are honouring all the previous orders at the old price.

Will let you know if the extras are worth it..

the band writes a guide to their albums on Bandcamp

https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/crass-discography-list

I emailed OLI to find out when "Best before" was coming out. Ten minutes later, it arrived on my doorstep!

It's a similar package to the other "Crassical" cd's, two discs and booklet, plus copies of every foldy single sleeve, in miniature.

I've not played it yet, but I'd call it a bargain at the price I paid. Whether its worth £22 is up to youse, but.

This doesn't seem to have been mentioned here before. Click the "Crass Journal" link at the bottom of the page for an exhaustive 169-page chronicle of the disagreements between ex-members concerning the reissues. Essential reading for interested parties, I'd've thought.

http://www.crassicalcollection.com/

I think they're doingthem at £17 from the site plus p+p aren't they?
Was just looking up what people thought of the current batch before checking out where to start.
I hope this is the definiteive cd version now and there won't be another rejigging, but may be different medium in another few years anyway. Had meant to get the last batch of cds so I guiess getting a 2nd disc and possibly better packaging is a bonus.

Yes Sir, I Will remains to this day an unbelievable, relentless and inspiring record. i need to correct the fact that its the only one i actually own :-(

This has been doing the rounds on acid techno FB today - a great long read on the links between anarchism-punk and dance music, centred around Crass:

https://undeleted.wordpress.com/crass-go-disco/

Damn autocorrect… anarcho-punk even

amazing oral history, thanks for the link. I would buy that as a book.

at what point should you go to bed? is it when you're yelling "of course they do of course they do" at your elderly cat? he doesn't seem to mind

4 of Crass did a talk somewhere in London this week which I didn't go to. did anyone else?

I also noted that Eve Libertine did a performance this week with a trans musician backing her. I know it shouldn't be that notable but at the moment I will grab onto any kind of trans-positivity as a sign that not everyone my age and older is a cunt.

good on her, would love to hear about the talk!

i want that new book so bad! but it is $$$ and i think i have to get it from the U.K. only? which means extra shipping $$ too.

my friend who is an old boston skin went to see steve play in Boston not too long ago. he said it was awesome. i was a little jealous. he got a nice photo with steve too.

xp ooh I hadn't heard about that, looks awesome, and yeah UK shipping will be a lot

this episode of the digging with flo podcast is a great listen, a chat with penny about gardening and other things at dial house:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digging-with-flo-penny-rimbaud/id1692225522?i=1000644324800

it's on Spotify etc too btw