Crass - Merry Crassmas

Christmas greetings to you all :) and in the spirit of the season here's the wonderful Christmas single from that jolly bunch of lads (& ladies) Crass. The Merry Crassmas single was originally released in 1981 and features two sides of jolly yuletide hits. Perfect for a family Christmas.


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Rather than having a turkey on your table this Christmas why not try something different. You can get yourself some good vegan recipes from the Old Punks Never Die site.

Or check out the following...
THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
VEGAN & VEGETARIAN BLOG TRACKER

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Hit Parade - Bad News / Plastic Culture EPs (Crass Records)

Here is a re-post of the Bad News and Plastic Culture EPs by Hit Parade. The downloads are in FLAC or 320kbps mp3 format so just grab whichever one you want.

Hit Parade was Dave Hyndman from Belfast, with occassional assistance by members of Crass on backing vocals but mostly it was Dave. The Bad News EP was released in 1983 on Crass Records and rather than guitars, bass and drums it uses drum boxes and samplers. There is also a second EP, Plastic Culture which was released in 1984 that contains extended versions of a couple of tracks. In fact Media Song is basically an extended version/remix of Bad News from the first EP.

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(text from Southern Records)
This record exposes the tyranny of the British Government's attacks on Northern Ireland. Borrowing from Outta Control: Paper of the Belfast Anarchists, the record sleeve/poster details the atrocities of prisons in which "political criminals" are locked up for speaking out against the unjust, violent sectarian state which has long ignored outcries from its inhabitants. The sleeve/poster pictures those who died in peaceful demonstrations and hunger strikes, specifically, the "H Block" hunger strike. "Britains role in Northern Ireland, both on the streets and in legislative methods is clearly repressive and designed to keep in check a rebellious section of the population...which seeks to take control of and responsibility for its own future.

AS LONG AS POPULATIONS ARE UNABLE TO TAKE A UNITED STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION, THEY WILL REMAIN SUBSERVIENT TO IT.

Here's the tracklistings...

BAD NEWS EP
01) Here's What You Find In Any Prison
02) More Faces
03) Bad News
04) H Block

PLASTIC CULTURE EP
05) Product Of The Troubles
06) Media Song

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D&V - Inspiration LP & Nearest Door EP (Crass Records)

Here's a rip of both releases by D&V on Crass Records. D&V only consisted of Andy Leach on drums and Jef Antcliffe on vocals, hence the name D&V (Drums & Vocals). This download consists of The Nearest Door EP which was released in 1983 and the hugely titled album Inspiration Gave Them The Motivation To Move On Out Of Their Isolation which was released in 1985. I hadn't heard the album in about 20 years and I was pretty surprised at how much I enjoyed it when I ripped it. The backing tracks were arranged and played by Penny Rimbaud using samples built up from vocal and percussive sources and the vocals of Eve Libertine & Joy de Vivre. Frankly it's pretty experimental in places but considering it's basically drums & vocals they've done a really good job.

A special mention goes to The Saucer People for reminding me about D&V and to The Loftmonkey for sending me the vinyl (check out his ebay shop over to the right or just click here).

The downloads are in FLAC or 320kbps mp3 format so just grab whichever one you want.

[FLAC FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE D&V COLLECTION
[MP3 FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE D&V COLLECTION

Here's the EP tracklisting...
A1) Jekyll And Hyde
A2) Wake Up
A3) High Above
A4) Today's Conclusion
B1) Step Inside
B2) Dignity
B3) S21RN

Here's the album tracklisting...
A1) Get Around Sound
A2) Al Sithi
A3) Waiting
A4) Goodbye 23 (School Rule Blues)
A5) Unstable Table
A6) Winter Warmer
A7) A New New Beginning
A8) Epsilon Estate
B1) Don't Ever Give In (The Reason Is Within...)
B2) The Present Situation
B3) A Light Hearted Account
B4) The New Beginning
B5) Epsilon
B6) Sometimes
B7) Tomorrow Is Here

[FLAC FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE D&V COLLECTION
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This download (as well as lots of other good stuff including music, vegan recipes and reviews) is also available at the excellent Old Punks Never Die site.

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DJ Embryo - A Political Message Mix

This is an anarcho punk mix I did recently. It only goes on for 45 minutes & as well as lots of the old classics there is some not really anarcho stuff as well. I decided to do this 'cos of a photo that made me laugh I saw over at the oldpunksneverdie.com site. I've also added 3 ebooks to the download (mobi & html/txt formats). The Conquest Of Bread by Petr Kropotkin, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins & The Last Of The Hippies by Penny Rimbaud

Special mention should go to Cassetteboy for some of the speeches... and for inspiring me to do some of my own.

... and as an added bonus see if you can find the hidden message :)

DOWNLOAD A POLITICAL MESSAGE MIX

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Face [Cross Stitched Eyes]
02) Under The Sea Wind [Blyth Power]
03) Capitalism Is Cannibalism [Anthrax]
04) Kings & Punks [Conflict]
05) Duty Calls [Omega Tribe]
06) Axe Man [Amebix]
07) Vampire State Building [Rudimentary Peni]
08) In Darkness [Anti-Sect]
09) Dignity [D&V]
10) Can't Cheat Karma [Zounds]
11) Animal Welfare [Anti-System]
12) Myxomatosis [Flux Of Pink Indians]
13) Evil Speak [Icons Of Filth]
14) Rats [Subhumans]
15) One Nation Under The Bomb [Conflict]
16) Nagasaki Nightmare [Crass]

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The Cravats - In Toytown & Bonus Tracks

This download is the In Toytown album by The Cravats that was released on Small Wonder Records in 1980. The Cravats were a post-punk band from Redditch near Birmingham, England & played kinda experimental rock. This is a surprisingly good album & I've even included a couple of unreleased tracks at the end of the download. The two bonus tracks were produced by Penny Rimbaud from Crass & I got them from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site.

DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Still
02) In Your Eyes
03) Welcome
04) Pressure Sellers
05) One In A Thousand
06) X.M.P.
07) All Around The Corner
08) Ceasing To Be
09) Gordon
10) Live For Now
11) Tears On My Machine
12) The Hole
13) All On Standby
14) Tripex Zone

BONUS TRACKS (128kbps)
15) Dregs (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)
16) You Are Driving Me (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)

DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

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Flux Of Pink Indians - 1980 Demo, Neu Smell EP & Last Bus To Dresden EP

Here's a assortment of tracks from Flux Of Pink Indians. Included in the download is the Last Bus To Dresden EP from when they were going under the name The Epileptics. There is also an early 6 track demo which was recorded in 1980 and finally there is also the Neu Smell EP which was released on Crass Records in 1981. Flux Of Pink Indians were an anarcho-punk band originating from Bishops Stortford in the UK. The single covers etc. are included in the downloads.

I originally got the demo from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site so a big thanks to them. There's loads of good stuff there so you should check it out.

DOWNLOAD THE FLUX COLLECTION

Here's the tracklistings...

The Epileptics - [1979] Last Bus To Debden EP (320kbps)
01) Target On My Back
02) What Have You Got To Smile About
03) Tube Disasters
04) Two Years Too Late

NOTE: My copy of the single has a scratch on track 3 but I've included a 128kbps version with no scratch.

Flux Of Pink Indians - [1980] Demo (128kbps)
01) Tube Disasters
02) Sick Butchers
03) Left Me To Die
04) Background Of Malfunction
05) Is There Anybody There
06) Life After Death

Flux Of Pink Indians - [1981] Neu Smell EP (320kbps)
01) Neu Smell
02) Tube Disasters
03) Poem
04) Sick Butchers
05) Background Of Malfunction

DOWNLOAD THE FLUX COLLECTION

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Crass - Christ: The Extras (Live/Practice)

Ladies & Gentlemen, it's Christ....

This download is some of the more obscure extras from the band Crass.

Christ: The Bootleg was recorded live in Nottingham in the UK on February the 5th 1984 during the band's last tour. This was originally released in 1989, with permission from the band, through Allied Recordings and then reissued in 1997 by No Idea Records.

The other part of the download is a couple of rehearsal sessions from 1981 just prior to releasing Christ The Album. I originally got the rehearsal recordings from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site so go and check it out.

There's more Crass stuff available on the site. Get the Merry Crassmas single here and there's also the flexi version of Rival Tribal Revel Rebel.

DOWNLOAD CHRIST: THE EXTRAS

Christ: The Bootleg (320kbps)...
  01) The Falklands (Introduction)
  02) Yes Sir, I Will
  03) Nineteen Eighty Bore
  04) Don't Get Caught
  05) Mother Earth
  06) Mother Love
  07) Smash The Mac
  08) Bata Motel
  09) Darling
  10) Poison In A Pretty Pill
  11) Gotcha
  12) Big A, Little A
  13) Yes Sir, I Will
  14) Major General Despair
  15) Take It As Entertainment
  16) You're Already Dead

Christ: The Rehearsal 01 (128kbps)
  01) Beg The Question
  02) Bumhooler
  03) Reality Whitewash (Take 1)
  04) Reality Whitewash (Take 2)
  05) Reality Whitewash (Take 3)
  06) Reality Whitewash (Take 4)
  07) Mother Love
  08) You Can Be You

Christ: The Rehearsal 02 (128kbps)
  01) Have A Nice Day
  02) Mother Love
  03) Nineteen Eighty Bore
  04) I Know There Is Love
  05) Beg The Question
  06) Birth Control
  07) Reality Whitewash
  08) The Greatest Working Class Rip Off
  09) Buy Now Pay As You Go
  10) You Can Be Who
  11) Deadhead
  12) Bumhooler
  13) Major General Despair
  14) Feathers

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The Cravats - In Toytown & Bonus Tracks [New Links]

This download is the In Toytown album by The Cravats that was released on Small Wonder Records in 1980. The Cravats were a post-punk band from Redditch near Birmingham, England & played kinda experimental rock. This is a surprisingly good album & I've even included a couple of unreleased tracks at the end of the download. The two bonus tracks were produced by Penny Rimbaud from Crass & I got them from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site.

[14 SEPT 2012] NEW LINK
DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Still
02) In Your Eyes
03) Welcome
04) Pressure Sellers
05) One In A Thousand
06) X.M.P.
07) All Around The Corner
08) Ceasing To Be
09) Gordon
10) Live For Now
11) Tears On My Machine
12) The Hole
13) All On Standby
14) Tripex Zone

BONUS TRACKS (128kbps)
15) Dregs (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)
16) You Are Driving Me (Penny Rimbaud Original Mix)

[14 SEPT 2012] NEW LINK
DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - IN TOYTOWN

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Bullshit Detector 2 (Crass Records)

This download isn't one of mine but thanks to the Old Punk you can get volume two of the Bullshit Detector series on Crass Records in FLAC (Lossless) format at the Old Punks Never Die site. In fact while you're waiting for your download to finish you can also get yourself some vegan recipes to try, pick up some home gardening tips or just check out the other music on the site.

Here's what Mr OP had to say...
The 'Bullshit Detector' series of three releases offered the chance for any @-punk with a tape recorder and something to say to get heard. Whether that was always a good thing or not, at least in technical or musical terms, can be (and has been) debated. What is undeniable is that these records offer a unique insight into @-punk culture in its heyday. Even the 'bad' tracks seem to fit in with the overall sense and purpose of the album and are certainly worth hearing at least once.

Heres the tracklisting (FLAC format)...
01) Voice Of U.K. [Waiting For Bardot]
02) Nature Wonder [Omega Tribe]
03) Random Relations [Suspects]
04) Think About It [Your Funeral]
05) Receiver Deceiver [Kronstadt Uprising]
06) Freedom [Deformed]
07) Let's Get It Right [No Label]
08) Same Old Songs [The Rejected]
09) Garageland [Boffo]
10) Fuck The System [XS]
11) Manipulated Youth [Polemic Attack]
12) A. Gardener's Song [A. Gardener]
13) Tradition Of Slaughter [Toxic]
14) Breakup [1984]
15) Insert [Unknown Artist]
16) Police Brutality [Toxik Ephex]
17) Low [Sic]
18) Ain't Got A Clue [Molitov Cocktail]
19) Mid 1930's (Pre-War Germany) [Naked]
20) We've Realised The Truth Now [Capital Punishment]
21) All The Wars [Anthrax]
22) Slaughter Of The Innocent (Curiosity Kills) [Unknown Artist]
23) War Games [Pseudo Sadists]
24) Psycho Analysis [Total Chaos]
25) War Without Winners [Dougie]
26) The Survivor [St. Vitus Dancers]
27) Christus Erection [Stegz]
28) Brutalised [Metro Youth]
29) Black Market Shadow [Normality Complex]
30) Power & The Glory [Youth In Asia]
31) Security System [Riot Squad]
32) Agent Orange [Destructors]
33) U.K. In Dreamland [The Pits]
34) Riot Style [The Bored]
35) Theatre Comment [Toby Kettle]
36) Three Years Later [Chumbawamba]
37) Start Again [Passion Killers]
38) Get Off Yr Ass [Amerikan Arsenal]

To get this download in FLAC format (as well as lots and lots of other good stuff) just take yourself over to the Old Punks Never Die site.

Crass - Rival Tribal Revel Rebel (Flexi Version)

Here's an 'alternative' version of Rival Tribal Revel Rebel by Crass. This was released on a flexi disc in 1980 and the download is in FLAC format.

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The Cravats (Crass Records)

Here's another single from my recent sort out. The Cravats were a punk rock band from Redditch near Birmingham, England. They only released one single on Crass Records but had a few other releases on Small Wonder Records and the like. Again this is not your standard anarcho-punk fare but something a little different and definitely worth hearing. You can check out the wikipedia page for The Cravats here.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Rub Me Out
02) When Will We Fall

DOWNLOAD THE CRAVATS - RUB ME OUT EP

Hit Parade (Crass Records)

Hit Parade was Dave Hyndman from Belfast, with occassional assistance by members of Crass on backing vocals but mostly it was Dave. This EP was released in 1982 on Crass Records & rather than guitars, bass & drums it is anarcho-dance!?!, using drum boxes & samplers. I've also included a rip of the Plastic Culture 12" EP, which was released in 84.

(text from Southern Records)
This record exposes the tyranny of the British Government's attacks on Northern Ireland. Borrowing from Outta Control: Paper of the Belfast Anarchists, the record sleeve/poster details the atrocities of prisons in which "political criminals" are locked up for speaking out against the unjust, violent sectarian state which has long ignored outcries from its inhabitants. The sleeve/poster pictures those who died in peaceful demonstrations and hunger strikes, specifically, the "H Block" hunger strike. "Britains role in Northern Ireland, both on the streets and in legislative methods is clearly repressive and designed to keep in check a rebellious section of the population...which seeks to take control of and responsibility for its own future.

AS LONG AS POPULATIONS ARE UNABLE TO TAKE A UNITED STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION, THEY WILL REMAIN SUBSERVIENT TO IT.

[FLAC FORMAT] DOWNLOAD THE HIT PARADE COLLECTION
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Here's the tracklistings...

BAD NEWS EP
01) Here's What You Find In Any Prison
02) More Faces
03) Bad News
04) H Block

PLASTIC CULTURE EP
05) Product Of The Troubles
06) Media Song

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Sleeping Dogs (Crass Records)

I've been digging through some old singles recently so I thought I'd post a few up. The "Beware Sleeping Dogs" EP was released on Crass Records in 1982 and rather than being your standard anarcho-punk this is definitely more of an experimental style. The Sleeping Dogs were the first American band on Crass Records though the American singer/poet Annie Anxiety had released the Barbed Wire Halo EP in 1981 (Cheers to SP for reminding me). Although this EP was released over 25 years ago the lyrics are still valid today covering subjects like American imperialism and war.

Here's the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) Same Old Story
02) Concrete
03) Suzy's Song
04) (I Got My Tan In) El Salvador
05) Soldier

DOWNLOAD BEWARE SLEEPING DOGS EP