The single wasn't banned. The pressing plant refused to press the original Feeding Of The 5000 12" (on Small Wonder) due to "blasphemous" opening track, Asylum. So Crass set up Crass Records and released the track on a 7" (with Shaved Women on the b-side) themselves. Later on they re-released the Feeding 12" on their label , with (a slightly altered version of) Asylum as the opening track.
I have two versions of feeding. Do you know why they called the Crass versions "The Second Sitting".? Because the Crass records were the second pressings. Small Wonder were raided in 1978 and told to remove reality Asylum from the album, else. They release the 7inch version AFTER the second sitting. The silent version was released BEFORE the second sitting.
Whod think of this now. I'm thinking of peace and quiet. With the occasional fart.and back to quiet. Sirens. Quiet. Opening of a door. Peace and quiet.
I got this song stuck inside my head now, it is in everyone's.
Thanks for posting. I love this track! My band currently covers this song!
LOL
ROAsXe lol
Fun fact; Dresden, a Perth industrial band from the early 90s, did just that.
more true now than ever.
I have the 7" and the first album pressing. I also remember when they banned the single and Crass had the intelligent mind to record the silence
The single wasn't banned.
The pressing plant refused to press the original Feeding Of The 5000 12" (on Small Wonder) due to "blasphemous" opening track, Asylum. So Crass set up Crass Records and released the track on a 7" (with Shaved Women on the b-side) themselves.
Later on they re-released the Feeding 12" on their label , with (a slightly altered version of) Asylum as the opening track.
I have two versions of feeding. Do you know why they called the Crass versions "The Second Sitting".? Because the Crass records were the second pressings. Small Wonder were raided in 1978 and told to remove reality Asylum from the album, else. They release the 7inch version AFTER the second sitting. The silent version was released BEFORE the second sitting.
Pretty good, but the live version is much better.
Steve not so big on free speech nowadays is he
Whod think of this now. I'm thinking of peace and quiet. With the occasional fart.and back to quiet. Sirens. Quiet. Opening of a door. Peace and quiet.
Lyrics?
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Snap, crackle, pop.
More poignant then ever!