Crass - Best Before

Original Release Date

1986

Release Information

UK 2xLP 1986 (Crass - Cat. No. 5)

1 Do They Owe Us A Living?
2 Major General Despair
3 Angela Rippon
4 Reality Asylum
5 Shaved Women
6 Bloody Revolutions
7 Nagasaki Nightmare
8 Big A Little A
9 Rival Tribal Rebel Revel
10 Sheep Farming In The Falklands
11 How Does It Feel?
12 The Immortal Death
13 Don't Tell Me You Care
14 Sheep Farming In The Falklands
15 Gotcha
16 You're Already Dead
17 Nagasaki Is Yesterday's Dogend
18 Don't Get Caught
19 Smash The Mac
20 Do They Owe Us A Living? (Live)

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UK CD 2019 (Crass - CAT.No 5CDR)

1 Do They Owe Us A Living? 1:52
2 Major General Despair 1:16
3 Angela Rippon 1:02
4 Reality Asylum 6:38
5 Shaved Women 4:42
6 Bloody Revolutions 6:18
7 Nagasaki Nightmare 8:23
8 Big A, Little A 6:13
9 Rival Tribal Rebel Revel 3:10
10 Sheep Farming In The Falklands 5:22
11 How Does It Feel? 4:25
12 The Immortal Death 3:58
13 Don't Tell Me You Care 3:34
14 Sheep Farming In The Falklands 3:54
15 Gotcha 3:04
16 You're Already Dead 4:27
17 Nagasaki Is Yesterday's Dog-End 2:00
18 Don't Get Caught 3:10
19 Smash The Mac 4:00
20 Do They Owe Us A Living? (Live) 1:30

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 7, 8 wks

Credits

1-3: 1977
4-5: 1979
6-9: 1980
10-13: 1982
14-15: 1983
16-19]: 1984
20: July 1984 (Last gig. Miners' benefit. Aberdare. Wales)

Steve Ignorant - vocals
Eve Libertine - vocals
Joy De Vivre - vocals
Hari Nana - rythm [sic] guitar
Phil Free - lead guitar
Pete Wright - bass, vocals
Penny Rimbaud - drums
Ge.Sus - artwork, videos, tapes
Mick Duffield - films
All tracks engineered by John Loder except 'Smash The Mac' which was engineered by David Motion.
Thanks to Mel Jefferson for his help in editing the compilation.
Special thanks to John, Sue and Natasha for their help at Southern Studios.

Additional Credits

1-3: Demos, previously unreleased, recorded 27th February 1978 at Southern Studios [not 1977 as cover states]
4-5: Reality Asylum 7", released May 1979
6: Bloody Revolutions split single, released May 1980
7-8: Nagasaki Nightmare 7", released February 1981
9: Rival Tribal Rebel Revel flexi 7", released 1981
10: Sheep Farming In The Falklands flexi 7", released May 1982
11-13: How Does It Feel? 7", released October 1982
14-15: Sheep Farming In The Falklands 7", released June 1983
16-18: You're Already Dead 7", released February 1984
19: Previously unreleased, recorded 1984
20: July 1984 (Last gig. Miners' benefit. Aberdare. Wales). Previously unreleased

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: A compilation of the band's many singles. Always concerned about value for money, they didn't issue album tracks on 45s, making this double set a necessary round up of such toe-tappers as 'Bloody Revolutions' and 'How Does It Feel (To Be The Mother Of A Thousand Dead)?' As a bonus there are three demos from 1978, snippets of radio interviews and a super-raw recording of 'Do They Owe Us A Living?' from their last ever gig, in 1984. (It wisely ignores novelty numbers like Merry Crassmas and Who Dunnit, which are useless anyway.) As essential as it gets.

MARTIN SPROUSE, MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #39, AUGUST 1986: An outstanding compilation of CRASS material most of which is taken from past singles. But there are three previously unreleased songs that document the band's musical growth. Recorded interviews and conversations are included, as well as a complete lyrics booklet that contains an essay about the bands history. Overall, very inspiring and highly recommended.

Additional Notes

The CD version omits some of the interview snippets.

Images

UK 2xLP 1986 (Crass - Cat. No. 5). Click here for more

UK CD 2019 (Crass - CAT.No 5CDR). Click here for more