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Crass Records
backing vocals Peeve Libido
bass Sybil Right
drums, noises [radio] Elvis Rimbaud
tracks a1 to b8 engineer John Loder
lead guitar Phil Free
tracks c4, c5, c7, d8 lead vocals Peeve Libido
painting [poster was painted by], tape [tape collages] G Sus
producer, design [overall package was designed by] Crass
sitar [rhythm] Sri Hari Nana B.A.
typography [typesetting was by] Bread 'n Roses
vocals Steve Ignorant
Recorded At Southern Studios
Recorded At 100 Club
Mixed At Southern Studios
Copyright (c) Crass
Phonographic Copyright (p) Crass
Mastered At Utopia Studios
Lacquer Cut At Utopia Studios
Pressed By MPO
Christ - The Album was recorded and mixed at Southern Studios, London, between July 1981 and February 1982.
The live recording was made on a 4 track machine on the 9th June 1981 at the 100Club, London by Real Time Music.

The box is embossed with a small Crass logo (2.25 cm) and in addition to the two records it contained a 30 x 58 cm poster An Institution is the Lengthened Shadow of One Person (a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1841 essay Self-Reliance), and the 26-page booklet A Series of Shock Slogans and Mindless Token Tantrums.

This first edition has the text CHRIST-THE ALBUM cat. no.BOLLOX 2U2/PAY NO MORE THAN 5-00 CRASS on the spine of the box (see image #2).

Some copies contained the Sheep Farming In The Falklands flexi.

All material C P A CRASS 1982
Typesetting was by Bread 'N Roses to whom we are most grateful.

Christ - The Album Mastered at Utopia Studios, London.

Track B1 given as It's The Greatest Working Class Rip-Off in the tracklisting but with the correct title in the liner notes.
Matrix / Runout: BOLLOX 2U2 A-3 [Utopia lyre symbol] IN WAR THERE IS NO REASON - ONLY CRUEL BARBARIC FUTILITY MPO (Runout A-side, etching)
Matrix / Runout: BOLLOX 2U2 B-3 THE DAWN IS IN US MPO (Runout B-side, etching)
Matrix / Runout: BOLLOX 2U2 C-3 FOR WAR THERE IS NO REASON - ONLY CRUEL BARBARIC UTILITY... MPO (Runout C-side, etching)
Matrix / Runout: BOLLOX 2U2 D-3 THE DAWN IS FOR US MPO (Runout D-side, etching)



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