Crass: Stations of the Crass

fet poster - mafarka

tidig press - Mimmiburger

The Crassical Collection continues apace, and the second release is the newly remastered "Stations Of The Crass". After many years of being out of print, this legendary album has been repackaged and bolstered by rare and unreleased tracks, and stunning new artwork from Gee Vaucher, who has lovingly created what could only be considered a real artefact.Included in this package is a 64-page booklet featuring extensive liner notes from band members Penny Rimbaud and Steve Ignorant which sheds light on the making of the record, plus a recreation of the original poster sleeve.

'Smarmy Tin Pan Alley shysters got in touch to inform us without a hint of irony that they could make us rich by 'marketing revolution'. Big label A&R heisters were to let us know that if we were prepared to 'clean up our act' there'd be a small fortune to be made. Needless to say, it wasn't difficult for us to tell them all to piss off.' 'Okay, lads,' announced the appointed producer of the day, John Sparrow, slapping his hands together as if somehow he might be able to magic the Beatles out of the ether, 'let's get going, but I warn you, no swearing.' 'Well, that's half our fucking songs out the window,' I complained.' ' 'Fucking hell', moaned Steve, 'd'ya think Abba would've put up with this kind of shit?'
Bonus tracks from their 1979 John Peel session. - tengil

Early pressing: foldout poster sleeve, "pay no more than £3.00" on front of sleeve - Pjär Skrikhals

Version 2

1. Mother Earth
2. White Punks On Hope
3. You''ve Got Big Hands
4. Darling
5. System
6. Big Man, Big M.A.N.
7. Hurry Up Garry
8. Fun Going On
9. Crutch Of Society
10. Heard Too Much About
11. Chairman of the Bored
12. Tired
13. Walls
14. Upright Citizen
15. The Gasman Cometh
16. Demoncrats
17. Contaminational Power
18. Time Out
19. I Ain''t Thick, It''s Just a Trick
20. System (live)
21. Big Man, Big M.A.N. (live)
22. Banned From The Roxy (live)
23. Hurry Up Garry (live)
24. Time Out (live)
25. They''ve Got A Bomb (live)
26. Fight War, Not Wars (live)
27. Women (live)
28. Shaved Women (live)
29. You Pay (live)
30. Heard Too Much About (live)
31. Angels (live)
32. What A Shame (live)
33. So What (live)
34. G''s Song (live)
35. Do They Owe Us A Living? (live)
36. Punk Is Dead (live)

Version 3

1. Mother Earth
2. White Punks On Hope
3. You''ve Got Big Hands
4. Darling
5. System
6. Big Man, Big M.A.N.
7. Hurry Up Garry
8. Fun Going On
9. Crutch Of Society
10. Heard Too Much About
11. Chairman Of The Bored
12. Tired
13. Walls
14. Upright Citizen
15. The Gasman Cometh
16. Demoncrats
17. Contaminational Power
18. Time Out
19. I Ain''t Thick, It''s Just A Trick
20. Radio Radicals - Thread Track
21. Shaved Women
22. They''ve Got A Bomb
23. Tired
24. G''s Song
25. Mother Earth
26. Gozonabit - Run Out Track

Version 4

1. Mother-Earth
2. White Punks On Hope
3. You´ve Got Big Hands
4. Darling
5. System
6. Big Man, Big M.A.N.
7. Hurry Up Garry (The Parsons Farted)
8. Fun Going On
9. Crutch Of Society
10. Heard Too Much About
11. Chairman Of The Bored
12. Tired
13. Walls (Fun In The Oven)
14. Upright Citizen
15. The Gasman Cometh
16. Demoncrats
17. Contaminational Power
18. Time Out
19. I Ain´t Thick, It´s Just A Trick
20. Untitled
21. System
22. Big Man, Big M.A.N.
23. Banned From The Roxy
24. Hurry Up Garry
25. Time Out
26. They´ve Got A Bomb
27. Fight War, Not Wars
28. Women
29. Shaved Women
30. You Pay
31. Heard Too Much About
32. Angels
33. What A Shame
34. So What
35. G´s Song
36. Do They Owe Us A Living?
37. Punk Is Dead