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==Album information==
==Album information==
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" EP.
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" EP. However, problems were encountered when workers at the Irish pressing plant contracted to manufacture the record refused to handle it due to the allegedly [[Blasphemy|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, 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" single.


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A later repress of ''The Feeding of The 5000'' (subtitled ''The Second Sitting'') released on Crass records in 1980 restored the missing track.
However problems were encountered when workers at the Irish pressing plant contracted to manufacture the disc refused to handle it due to the allegedly [[Blasphemy|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, 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" single.


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The song "They've Got a Bomb" also features a period of silence within it, inspired by [[John Cage]]'s "[[Four Minutes Thirty Three Seconds|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 warfare|nuclear war]].
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A later repress of ''The Feeding Of The 5000'' (subtitled ''The Second Sitting'') released on Crass records in 1980 restored the missing track.


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"[[Feeding the multitude|The feeding of the five thousand]]" is a well-known phrase in Christian tradition, being the name of a [[Bible|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. Feeding is now only a few hundred short of going golden, though I don't suppose we'll hear too much about that in the music press"<ref> Rimbaud, Penny, ''In Which Crass Voluntarily Blow Their Own...''(1986) http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/biog.html</ref>.
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The song "They've Got A Bomb" also features a period of silence within it, inspired by [[John Cage]]'s "[[Four Minutes Thirty Three Seconds|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 warfare|nuclear war]].


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On August 16th, 2010, ''The Feeding of the 5000'' was rereleased as the first volume of ''The Crassical Collection''. As well as being digitally remastered from the original analogue studio tapes, the release also contains additional artwork by [[Gee Vaucher]], bonus material and a 64-page booklet of lyrics and liner notes by [[Penny Rimbaud]] and [[Steve Ignorant]]<ref>http://blog.southern.com/2010/08/the-feeding-of-the-five-thousand-on-crassical-collection/</ref>.
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"[[Feeding the multitude|The feeding of the five thousand]]" is well-known phrase in Christian tradition, being the name of a [[Bible|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. Feeding is now only a few hundred short of going golden, though I don't suppose we'll hear too much about that in the music press"<ref> Rimbaud, Penny, ''In Which Crass Voluntarily Blow Their Own...''(1986) http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/biog.html</ref>.

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On August 16th, 2010, "The Feeding Of The 5000" was rereleased as the first volume of 'The Crassical Collection'. As well as being digitally remastered from the original analogue studio tapes, the release also contains additional artwork by [[Gee Vaucher]], bonus material and a 64-page booklet of lyrics and liner notes by [[Penny Rimbaud]] and [[Steve Ignorant]]<ref>http://blog.southern.com/2010/08/the-feeding-of-the-five-thousand-on-crassical-collection/</ref>.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 21:39, 9 September 2010

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The Feeding of the 5000 is the first album by Crass, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). Crass never gained a large mainstream audience, but their virulently anti-establishment lyrics and anarchist politics brought the band a committed following upon the record’s release.

Album information

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" EP. However, problems were encountered when workers at the Irish pressing plant contracted to manufacture the record 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, 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" single.

A later repress of The Feeding of The 5000 (subtitled The Second Sitting) released on Crass records in 1980 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. Feeding is now only a few hundred short of going golden, though I don't suppose we'll hear too much about that in the music press"[1].

On August 16th, 2010, The Feeding of the 5000 was rereleased as the first volume of The Crassical Collection. As well as being digitally remastered from the original analogue studio tapes, the release also contains additional artwork by Gee Vaucher, bonus material and a 64-page booklet of lyrics and liner notes by Penny Rimbaud and Steve Ignorant[2].

Track listing

Side 1

  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"

Side 2

  1. "Fight War, Not Wars"
  2. "Women"
  3. "Securicor"
  4. "Sucks"
  5. "You Pay"
  6. "Angels"
  7. "What a Shame"
  8. "So What"
  9. "Well?....Do They?"

Crassical Collection Bonus Tracks

Ignorant & Rimbaud In Duo [Stormtrooper]

  1. 'Do They Owe Us a Living?'
  2. 'Blackburn Rovers - thread track'

Crass In Soho

  1. 'Heartbeat of the Mortuary'
  2. 'Do They Owe Us a Living?'
  3. 'Demolition'
  4. 'I Don't Like It'
  5. 'Pissedorf - thread track'

Crass In Demo

  1. 'End Result'
  2. 'G's Song'
  3. 'General Bacardi'
  4. 'Securicor'
  5. 'Angela Rippon'
  6. 'Major General Despair'
  7. 'Do They Owe Us a Living?'
  8. 'Punk is Dead'
  9. 'Come to Southern Studios - run out track'

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Rimbaud, Penny, In Which Crass Voluntarily Blow Their Own...(1986) http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/biog.html
  2. ^ http://blog.southern.com/2010/08/the-feeding-of-the-five-thousand-on-crassical-collection/
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