Best Before 1984 (VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label:
Crass Records – CAT NO. 5 R
Series:
As It Was In The Beginning
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country:
UK
Released:
May 20, 2019
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Punk
A1        Do They Owe Us A Living? (Demo)    1:51
A2        Major General Despair (Demo)    1:16
A3        Angela Rippon (Demo)    1:01
A4        Reality Asylum    6:37
A5        Shaved Women    4:41
A6        Bloody Revolutions    6:18
B1        Nagasaki Nightmare    8:23
B2        Big A Little A    6:13
B3        Rival Tribal Rebel Revel    3:09
C1        Sheep Farming In The Falklands (Flexi-Single Version)    5:22
C2        How Does It Feel?    4:24
C3        The Immortal Death    3:58
C4        Don't Tell Me You Care    3:34
C5        Sheep Farming In The Falklands (7" Version)    3:53
D1        Gotcha    3:03
D2        You're Already Dead    4:27
D3        Nagasaki Is Yesterday's Dogend    2:00
D4        Don't Get Caught    3:10
D5        Smash The Mac    4:00
D6        Do They Owe Us A Living? (Live)    1:30
Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Artwork, Video Editor [Videos], Tape – Ge. Sus*
Bass, Vocals – Pete Wright
Drums – Penny Rimbaud
Edited By – Mel Jefferson
Engineer – David Motion (tracks: D5), John Loder (tracks: A1 to D4, D6)
Film Editor [Films] – Mick Duffield
Lead Guitar – Phil Free (2)
Remastered By – Alex Gordon (9)
Rhythm Guitar – Hari Nana
Vocals – Eve Libertine, Joy De Vivre, Steve Ignorant
Comes in gatefold sleeve with two inserts and a download code.

From front sticker:
CRASS RECORDS
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"

Song origins:
A1,- A3 - Demos from an early recording session on 27th February 1978 (previously unreleased)
A4, A5 - From the "Reality Asylum" 7" single, released in 1979
A6 - From the "Bloody Revolutions / Persons Unknown" split 7" with Poison Girls, released in 1980

B1, B2 - From the "Nagasaki Nightmare" 7" single, released 1980
B3 - From the "Rival Tribal Rebel Revel" flexi-single, released in 1980 (later released on 7" vinyl)

C1 - From an anti-war flexi-single released anonymously in 1982
C2 - C4 - From the "How Does It Feel (To Be The Mother of a Thousand Dead)?" 7" single, released in 1982
C5 - From the "Sheep Farming in The Falklands" 7" single, released in 1983

D1 - From the "Sheep Farming in The Falklands" 7" single, released in 1983
D2 - D4 - From the band's final 7" single, "You're Already Dead", released in 1984
D5 - Previously unreleased, recorded in 1984
D6 - Recorded live at the band's final gig at Aberdare, Wales in 1984
 

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: PUNK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/25/2019