Crass - Yes Sir, I Will.
Original Release Date
1983Release Information
UK LP 1983 (Crass - 121984/2)
1 Yes Sir, I Will
2 Yes Sir, I Will
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UK CD 2010 (Crass - 121984/2.CD). Subtitled: The Crassicial Collection
CD1 : Yes Sir, I Will
1 Step Outside & Rocky Eyes 0:43
2 Anarchy's Just Another Word 4:42
3 Speed Or Greed ? 2:36
4 The Five Knuckle Shuffle 1:01
5 A Rock 'n' Roll Swindler 2:09
6 Burying Hatchet 12:28
7 Taking Sides 20:07
CD2 Why Don't You Fuck Off ?
1 Bird Of A Notion 1:49
2 Step Outside 0:40
3 Rocky Eyes 4:26
4 Anarchy's Just Another Word 2:38
5 Mouthing The Words 1:01
6 The Five Knuckle Shuffle 2:09
7 A Rock'n'Roll Swindler 12:47
8 Taking Sides 20:16
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UK CD 2019 (Crass - 1219841 CDR)
1 Yes Sir, I Will
Chart Placings
UK Indie Hit: 1, 19 wksCredits
LP/2019:
Eve Libertine, Steve Ignorant, Joy De Vivre - lead vocals
Pete Wright - bass
Phil Free - lead guitar
N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar and voice
Penny Rimbaud - drums and vocals
Gee - artwork and voice
Recorded and mixed at Southern Studios, March 1983.
Engineered by John Loder and produced by Crass.
Thanks to Paul Ellis for piano and strings, to Judy for typing and to all those who realise that nothing is going to change unless we can work together to make it do so.
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:
Liner notes: Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud
CD1: Southern Studios March 1983
CD2: Southern Studios May 2002
CD1 - 'Yes Sir, I Will'
Eve Libertine - vocals
Steve Ignorant - vocals
Joy de Vivre - vocals
Phil Free - lead guitar
N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar
Pete Wright - bass guitar
Penny Rimbaud - drums, vocals on track 2
G Sus - artwork/design - voice on track 1
John Loder - recording engineer
CD2 - 'Why Don't You Fuck Off?'
as above but -
Penny Rimbaud - vocals on track 4
G Sus - voice on track 2
plus
Ingrid Laubrock - tenor and alto saxes
Julian Siegel - upright bass and bass clarinet
Harvey Birrell - recording/remix engineer
Penny Rimbaud - production
Recorded and mixed at Southern Studios - March 1983 (except CD2 - May 2002)
Remastered at Southern Studios - January 2009
Remastering engineer – Harvey Birrell
Remastering production – Penny Rimbaud
Reviews & Opinions
PUNKY GIBBON: This is Crass' ultimate musical response to the Falklands conflict. Much less jovial than Sheep Farming, the album is comprised of Ignorant, De Vivre and Libertine talking and ranting over free-form, utterly unstructured improvised noise. And if it's not improvised, this is proof that they have no musical acumen whatsoever. Like Black Flag's jazz-jams, this is really boring. In amongst the audio misery are two good songs: 'What If I Told You To Fuck Off' has to be a parody of their early recordings, it just HAS to be. 'What Will You Do? What Will You Say?' sounds like Rod, Jane And Freddy armed with a Bakunin pamphlet and a piano. It's lovely. Unfortunately, the other 40-minutes defies entertainment on every level.
STEVE SPINALI, MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #7, JULY/AUGUST 1983: This is a profoundly different sort of CRASS album. It counterpoints a thrashy, wild instrumental backdrop with an extensive lyric essay attacking the politics of power, nuclear escalation, organized religion, and especially our sheep-like passivity which allows it all to happen. CRASS apparently feels that their message hasn't sunken in yet-- hence the numbing music and emphasis on words--and they obviously hope that action will replace boredom and endless posing in the contemporary punk scene.
OLD SHATTERHEAD, PUNK LIVES #7, 1983: No Crass, I won't. [read full review here]
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UK LP 1983 (Crass - 121984/2). Click here for more
UK CD 2010 (Crass - 121984/2.CD). The Crassicial Collection. Click here for more
UK CD 2019 (Crass - 1219841 CDR). Click here for more
