Crass - Stations Of The Crass

Original Release Date

1979

Release Information

UK 2xLP 1979 (Crass - 521984)

1 Mother Earth
2 White Punks On Hope
3 You've Got Big Hands
4 Darling
5 System
6 Big Man, Big M.A.N.
7 Hurry Up Garry
8 Fun Going On
9 Crutch Of Society
10 Heard Too Much About
11 Chairman Of The Bored
12 Tired
13 Walls
14 Upright Citizen
15 The Gasman Cometh
16 Demoncrats
17 Contaminational Power
18 Time Out
19 I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick
20 [untitled]
21 System
22 Big Man, Big M.A.N.
23 Banned From The Roxy
24 Hurry Up Garry
25 Time Out
26 They've Got A Bomb
27 Fight War, Not Wars
28 Women
29 Shaved Women
20 You Pay
21 Heard Too Much About
22 Angels
23 What A Shame
24 So What
25 G's Song
26 Do They Owe Us A Living?
27 Punk Is Dead

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UK CD 2010 (Crass - CC02). Subtitled: The Crassicial Collection

Stations Of The Crass
1 Mother Earth 4:13
2 White Punks On Hope 2:22
3 You've Got Big Hands 1:43
4 Darling 1:56
5 System 0:56
6 Big Man, Big M.A.N. 2:46
7 Hurry Up Garry 1:11
8 Fun Going On 2:14
9 Crutch Of Society 1:55
10 Heard Too Much About 1:07
11 Chairman Of The Bored 1:19
12 Tired 3:20
13 Walls 3:08
14 Upright Citizen 3:18
15 The Gasman Cometh 3:18
16 Demoncrats 3:21
17 Contaminational Power 2:03
18 Time Out 2:12
19 I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick 4:26
20 Radio Radicals - Thread Track 2:21
The John Peel Session - BBC Maida Vale 4, 28th March 1979
21 Shaved Women 3:06
22 They've Got A Bomb 4:25
23 Tired 2:39
24 G's Song 1:11
25 Mother Earth 4:00
26 Gozonabit - Run Out Track 1:00

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UK CD 2019 (Crass - 521984 CDR)

1 Mother Earth 4:12
2 White Punks On Hope 2:22
3 You've Got Big Hands 1:43
4 Darling 1:56
5 System 0:56
6 Big Man, Big M.A.N. 2:46
7 Hurry Up Garry 1:11
8 Fun Going On 2:16
9 Crutch Of Society 1:52
10 Heard Too Much About 1:09
11 Chairman Of The Bored 1:19
12 Tired 3:20
13 Walls 3:08
14 Upright Citizen 3:15
15 The Gasman Cometh 3:17
16 Demoncrats 3:20
17 Contaminational Power 2:02
18 Time Out 2:16
19 I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick 4:25
20 [untitled] 1:21
21 System / Big Man Big M.A.N / Banned From The Roxy / Hurry Up Garry / Time Out / They've Got A Bomb / Fight War Not Wars 12:52
22 Women / Shaved Women / You Pay / Heard Too Much About 7:11
23 Angels / What A Shame / So What / G's Song 7:19
24 Do They Owe Us A Living? 2:06
25 Punk Is Dead 1:57

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 1, 106 wks

Credits

1979 2xLP/2019 CD:

Steve Ignorant - lead vocals
Eve Libertine - vocals on Darling, Demoncrats and Shaved Women
Joy de Vivre - vocals on Walls and Women
Phil Free - lead guitar, backing vocals
N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Pete Wright - bass; vocals on Tired, Fun Going On, Upright Citizen and You Pay
Penny Rimbaud - drums, radio, tape
G - backing vocals, radio, piano on Walls, artwork
other members of Crass
Mick - filmworks
Seaman Stockton - T&2

Sides 1/2/3 recorded at Southern Studios, London, 11 August 79
Side 4 recorded by real time at Pied Bull, Islington, London 7th August 79
All songs written and produced by Crass

Additional credit on 2019 CD (sticker):

Remastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios, as close as possible to the sound of the original release. "as it was in the beginning"

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The Crassicial Collection:

1-19 Southern Studios 11th & 12th August 1979
21-25: BBC Maida Vale 4, 28th March 1979

Steve Ignorant - vocals
Eve Libertine - vocals on Darling, Demoncrats, Shaved Women
Joy de Vivre - vocals on Walls
Phil Free - lead guitar, backing vocals
N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Pete Wright - bass guitar, vocals on Tired, Fun Going On, Upright Citizen
Penny Rimbaud - drums, electronic effects
G Sus - backing vocals, piano on Walls, artwork, design

John Loder - recording engineer

Remastered - November 2008
Remastering engineer – Harvey Birrell
Remastering production – Penny Rimbaud

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: Even harder on the ears than Feeding, this is a double set consisting of three studio sides and a live side. The formula, by and large, is unchanged, but they surprise with Joy De Vivre's impressive 'Walls' (Crass go disco believe it or not), the ultra-catchy, almost Sham 69-ish 'I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick' and an untitled ditty featuring just Ignorant and a piano. The live side is OK, but unnecessary. A superb record.

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UK 2xLP 1979 (Crass - 521984). Click here for more

UK CD 2010 (Crass - CC02). The Crassical Collection. Click here for more

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