Annotation
Christ - The Album was recorded and mixed at Southern Studios, London, between July 1981 and February 1982
Well Forked - But Not Dead: The live recording was made on a 4 track machine on the 9th June, 1981 at the 100 Club, London by Real Time Music. The voice-over on Roxy is by Mitch from the long-lost Radio Caroline. The Sound of One Hand is an adaption of a tradition Zen story. Heart-throb Of The Mortuary and I Can't Stand It were our first efforts in a studio, a small 4 track in Soho, made in summer 1977. Heart-throb was later played on some pirate radio show, the name of which none of us can remember, and it is from that show that this track has been taken. The lead guitar on Heart-throb and Can't Stand It is played by Steve Herman who was in the band for its first few months. The Bomb tape is an adaptation of a tape produced by Doubleday Multimedia to who we are most grateful. The end of Securicor and beginning of I Can't Stand It are from a cassette recording of a gig we did at the Action Space Drill Hall, London on Nov 16th 1977. The insert tapes, Arlington 73, etc., were made throughout the period that we were recording and mixing the studio album.
Notes from album booklet
Annotation last modified on 2021-10-31 13:08 UTC.
Tracklist
| || 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Have a Nice Day
| 2:45 | |
| 2 | Mother Love
| 2:52 | |
| 3 | Nineteen Eighty Bore
| 4:10 | |
| 4 | I Know There Is Love
| 2:47 | |
| 5 | Beg Your Pardon
| 3:08 | |
| 6 | Birth Control ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll
| 2:59 | |
| 7 | Reality Whitewash
| 3:28 | |
| 8 | It’s the Greatest Working Class Rip-off
| 3:21 | |
| 9 | Deadhead
| 2:17 | |
| 10 | You Can Be Who?
| 3:02 | |
| 11 | Buy Now Pay as You Go
| 2:23 | |
| 12 | Rival Tribal Revel Rebel, Part 2
| 3:09 | |
| 13 | Bumhooler
| 3:20 | |
| 14 | Sentiment (White Feathers)
| 3:36 | |
| 15 | Major General Despair
| 4:35 | |
| 2CD: Well Forked - but Not Dead | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Banned From the Roxy / The Sound of One Hand
| 4:30 | |
| 2 | Punk Is Dead
| 1:59 | |
| 3 | Nagasaki Nightmare
| 4:31 | |
| 4 | Darling / Bata Motel Blues
| 2:16 | |
| 5 | Berkertex Bribe / Fold It in Half
| 2:40 | |
| 6 | Big Hands / Heart-Throb of the Mortuary
| 2:15 | |
| 7 | Bumhooler
| 2:22 | |
| 8 | Big A Little A
| 4:27 | |
| 9 | First Woman
| 1:06 | |
| 10 | Arlington 73
| 1:25 | |
| 11 | Bomb Plus Bomb Tape
| 4:04 | |
| 12 | Contaminational Power
| 1:48 | |
| 13 | I Ain’t Thick
| 1:50 | |
| 14 | G’s Song
| 0:29 | |
| 15 | Securicor
| 1:42 | |
| 16 | I Can’t Stand It
| 1:49 | |
| 17 | Shaved Women / A Part of Life
| 3:21 | |
| 18 | Do They Owe Us a Living
| 1:22 | |
| 19 | So What / Salt ’n’ Pepper
| 3:37 | |
Credits
Release
| bass guitar: | Pete Wright (member of Crass) |
|---|---|
| drums (drum set): | Penny Rimbaud |
| guitar: | Phil Free (member of punk rock band “Crass”) N.A. Palmer |
| background vocals: | Eve Libertine |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/409556 [info] |
|---|---|
| ASIN: | UK: B000001TZZ [info] |
Release group
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/10047 [info] |
|---|---|
| Wikidata: | Q3675592 [info] |
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