In February 1978, “Crass Records” label released “The Feeding of the 5000”, the debut Crass album. It was recorded on October 29, 1978, at “Southern Studios”, and was produced by Steve Ignorant, Joy De Vivre, Eve Libertine, Phil Free, Pete Wright, N. A. Palmer and Penny Rimbaud. This album is considered to be one of the first punk albums to expound anarchist philosophies.
Personnel:
- Steve Ignorant- vocals
- Joy De Vivre- voices
- Eve Libertine- voices
- Phil Free- lead guitar, backing vocals
- N. A. Palmer- rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Pete Wright- lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Penny Rimbaud- drums, radio
- John Loder- engineer
- G(Gee Vaucher – artwork
Track listing:
- Asylum”
- Do They Owe Us a Living?
- End Result
- They’ve Got a Bomb
- Punk is Dead
- Reject of Society
- General Bacardi
- Banned from the Roxy
- G’s Song
- Fight War, Not Wars
- Women
- Securicor
- Sucks
- You Pay
- Angels
- What a Shame
- So What
- Well?…Do They?
