Crass Bullshit Detector

Crass Records, alongside One Little Independent Records, reissue their iconic three volume compilation series Bullshit Detector on 12” vinyl, available in both classic black and limited-edition grey. 

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.  

Vol 1  

1. Andy T – Jazz on a Summers Day 
2. Counter Attack – Don’t Wanna Fight For You 
3. The Alternative – Change It 
4. Clockwork Criminals – We Are You 
5. Reputations in Jeopardy – Girls Love Popstars 
6. Crass – Do They Owe Us a Living? (Drums and vocals only) 
7. Amebix – University Challenged 
8. The Pranx – 2 Years 2 Late 
9. The Sinyx – Mark of the Beast 
10. Frenzy Battalion – Thalidomide 
11. Icon – Cancer 
12. The Speakers – Why 
13. A.P.F. Brigade – Anarchist Attack 
14. Fuck The C.I.A. – Right or Wrong 
15. Caine Mutiny and the Kallisti Apples of Nonsense – Morning Star 
16. The Sucks – Three 
17. Porno Squad – Khaki Doesn’t Go with My Eyes 
18. S.P.G. Murders – Soldiers 
19. The Eratics – National Service 
20. Red Alert – Who Needs Society? 
21. The Snipers – War Song 
22. Armchair Power – Power 
23. Disrupters – Napalm 
24. Andy T. – Nagasaki Mon Amour 
25. Action Frogs – Drumming Up Hope (Ferret Skank)