V/A - A Bullshit Detector 2 LP

Crass Records, alongside One Little Independent Records, reissue their iconic three volume compilation series, ‘Bullshit Detector’. 

‘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.

TRACK LISTING

Voice Of The U.K. - Waiting For Bardot

Omega Tribe - Nature Wonder

Suspects - Random Relations

Your Funeral - Think About It

Krondstadt Uprising - Receiver Deceiver

Deformed - Freedom

No Label - Let’s Get It Right

The Rejected - Same Old Songs

Boffo - Garageland

XS - Fuck The System

Polemic Attack - Manipulated Youth

Gardener - A. Gardener’s Song

Toxic - Tradition Of Slaughter

1984 - Breakup

Unknown Artist - Insert

Toxik Ephex - Police Brutality

Sic - Low

Molitov Cocktail - Ain’t Got A Clue

Naked - Mid 1930’s (Pre-war Germany)

Capital Punishment - We’ve Realised The Truth Now

Anthrax - All The Wars

Endangered Species - Slaughter Of The Innocent (Curiosity Kills)

Pseudo Sadists - War Games

Total Chaos - Pyscho Analysis

Dougie - War Without Winners

St Vitus Dancers - The Survivor

Stegz - Christus Erection

Metro Youth - Brutalised

Normality Complex - Black Market Shadow

Youth In Asia - The Power & The Glory

Riot Squad - Security System

Destructors - Agent Orange

The Pits - U.K. In Dreamland

The Bored - Riot Style

Toby Kettle - Theatre Comment

Chumbawumba - Three Years Later

Passion Killers - Start Again

Amerikan Arsenal - Get Off Yr Ass