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).
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)