VARIOUS / CRASS PRESENTS - Bullshit Detector Three (2023 Reissue) - 2LP - Grey Vinyl

2LP - Limited Edition Grey Vinyl. 

Crass Records, alongside One Little Independent Records, reissue their iconic three volume compilation series, ‘Bullshit Detector’, on LP, available in both classic black and special edition grey vinyl.

‘Bullshit Detector’ was the name of a series of compilation LPs put together by the anarcho-punk band Crass and released on their own label. Three editions were released between 1980 and 1984, consisting of demo tapes, rough recordings and artwork that had been sent to the band.

The sound quality of the ‘Bullshit Detector’ series was mixed and often basic, or even poor, as Crass would master the tapes directly to record without any additional production or enhancement. For Crass, the expectation of a polished performance was missing the point.

After punk had already been co-opted, re-packaged and sold back to us, ‘Bullshit Detector’ volumes 1-3 were, and still are, seen by many to capture the purest ethos of punk culture, an event that inspired hundreds to take to their bedrooms and garages and join the DIY revolution.

Crass believed in the power of community and that their movement was for everybody. These compilations are an admittedly harsh but important part of that story; when Crass gave punk back to the people.

Sleeve notes from ‘Bullshit Detector Three’ read: “Don’t expect music when the melody is anger, when the message sings defiance, three chords are frustration when the words are from the heart.” 

Tracklist:

A1. Avert Aversion - Oh What A Nice Day
A2. Awake Mankind - Once Upon A Time
A3. A Nul Noise - Hibakusha
A4. Animus - Nuclear Piss
A5. Peroxide - Ministry Of Death (M.O.D.)
A6. Untitled - We Are Taught To Kill
A7. Xtract - Fight For Peace
A8. Verbal Assault - Not Yet Ron
A9. Fifth A Column - Counterfeit Culture
A10. Potential Victim - People

B1. 7th Plague - Rubber Bullets
B2. Rebel A - Genesis To Genocide
B3. Alienated - Living In Fear
B4. Barbed Wire - Weapons Of War
B5. Rob Williams - Lies
B6. Reality Control - The War Is Over
B7. Youthanasia - Power
B8. Sammy Rubette & Safety Match - The Ballad Of Maggie The Maggot
B9. Politicide - 51st State
B10. Markus Abused - The Killing Machine

C1. One Man's Meat - Your Country Misleads You
C2. Direct Action - Death Without A Thought
C3. Crag - Voice Your Protest
C4. Attrition - In Your Hand
C5. Napalm Death - The Crucifixion Of Possessions
C6. The Impalers - Sun, Sun, Sun
C7. Health Hazzard - Picture Show
C8. Phil Hedgehog - Radio TImes
C9. Malice - Faceless
C10. Michael Kingzett Taylor - Paranoia

D1. Brainwashed Pupils - The Demonstration
D2. No Defences - Work To Consume
D3. A.N.E.E.B. - Berlin Wall
D4. Carnage (6) - Carnage
D5. Warning (3) - Beasts Of Fiction
D6. State Of Shock - Excess Youth
D7. Neale Harmer - Hard Nut
D8. Dead To The World - Action Man
D9. Dandruff - Life In A Whiskey Bottle
D10. Richard III - Will You Care?
D11. Funky Rayguns - The Hare And The Tortoise