VARIOUS / CRASS PRESENTS – Bullshit Detector Two (2023 Reissue) – 2LP – Black Vinyl

2LP – Black 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: Dont 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. Waiting For Bardot – Voice Of U.K.
A2. Omega Tribe – Nature Wonder
A3. Suspects – Random Relations
A4. Your Funeral – Think About It
A5. Deformed – Freedom
A6. Krondstadt Uprising – Receiver Deceiver
A7. No Label – Let’s Get It Right
A8. The Rejected Same Old Songs

B1. Boffo – Garageland
B2. XS – Fuck The System
B3. Polemic Attack – Manipulated Youth
B4. A. Gardener – A. Gardener’s Song
B5. Toxic – Tradition Of Slaughter
B6. 1984 – Breakup
B7. Unknown Artist – Insert
B8. Toxik Ephex – Police Brutality
B9. Sic – Low
B10. Molitov Cocktail – Ain’t Got A Clue
B11. Naked – Mid 1930’s (Pre-war Germany)

C1. Capital Punishment – We’ve Realised The Truth Now
C2. Anthrax – All The Wars
C3. Endangered Species – Slaughter Of The Innocent (Curiosity Kills)
C4. Pseudo Sadists – War Games
C5. Total Chaos – Psycho Analysis
C6. Dougie – War Without Winners
C7. St. Vitus Dancers – The Survivor
C8. Stegz – Christus Erection
C9. Metro Youth – Brutalised

D1. Normality Complex – Black Market Shadow
D2. Youth In Asia – Power & The Glory
D3. Riot Squad – Security System
D4. Destructors – Agent Orange
D5. The Pits – U.K. In Dreamland
D6. The Bored – Riot Style
D7. Toby Kettle – Theatre Comment
D8. Chumbawamba – Three Years Later
D9. Passion Killers – Start Again
D10. Amerikan Arsenal – Get Off Yr Ass