CRASS FEEDING OF THE 5000 SMALL WONDER RECORDS
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THIS RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION ALL ROUND....THE VINYL LOOKS UNPLAYED,,,,THE INNER SLEEVE IS UNMARKED AND THE OUTER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT ALL ROUND CONDITION. THERE IS A SMALL PRICE LABEL ON THE OUTER WHICH I HAVE NOT REMOVED.....ALL IN ALL A GREAT RECORD FOR 32 YEARS OLD. The record came to be made when Pete Stennett, owner of Small Wonder Records, heard a demo that the band had recorded. Impressed by all of the material, he decided that rather than release a conventional single by the band, he would put all of their set onto an 18 track 12 inch EP. However problems were encountered when workers at the Irish pressing plant contracted to manufacture the disc refused to handle it due to the allegedly blasphemous content of the track "Reality Asylum" (referred to as "Asylum" on the record sleeve). The record was eventually released with this track removed and replaced by two minutes of silence, ironically retitled "The Sound Of Free Speech". This incident also prompted Crass to set up their own record label in order to retain full editorial control over their material, and "Reality Asylum" was shortly afterwards issued in a re-recorded and extended form as a 7 inch single. A later repress of The Feeding Of The 5000 (subtitled The Second Sitting) released on Crass records in 1981 restored the missing track. The song "They've Got A Bomb" also features a period of silence within it, inspired by John Cage's "4'33"." The band have acknowledged the influence of Cage, and said that the idea of the space in the song, when performed live, was to suddenly stop the energy, dancing and noise and allow the audience to momentarily 'confront themselves' and consider the reality of nuclear war.
"The feeding of the five thousand" is a well-known phrase in Christian tradition, being the name of a Biblical miracle in which a small amount of food is said to have fed 5000 people. According to drummer and spokesperson Penny Rimbaud: "We named the album 'The Feeding Of The Five Thousand' because 5000 was the minimum number that we could get pressed and some 4900 more than we thought we'd sell."
Steve Ignorant - Lead Vocals
Eve Libertine - Voice on "Asylum"
Joy de Vivre - Voice on "Women"
Phil Free - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
N.A. Palmer - Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals
Pete Wright - Bass/Vocals on "Securicor", "Sucks" and "You Pay"
Penny Rimbaud - Drums/Radio
Track Listing
1 Asylum 2 Do They Owe Us A Living? 3 End Result 4 They've Got A Bomb 5 Punk Is Dead 6 Reject Of Society 7 General Bacardi 8 Banned From The Roxy 9 G's Song 10 Fight War, Not Wars 11 Women 12 Securicor 13 Sucks 14 You Pay 15 Angels 16 What A Shame 17 So What 18 Well?....Do They?price rating
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