Crass Feeding of the 5 Thousand

Crass – The Feeding Of The Five Thousand

		The Sound Of Free Speech
		Do They Owe Us A Living?
		End Result
		They've Got A Bomb
		Punk Is Dead
		Reject Of Society
		General Bacardi
		Banned From The Roxy
		G's Song
		Fight War, Not Wars
		Women
		Securicor
		Sucks
		You Pay
		Angels
		What A Shame
		So What
		Well?....Do They?

G*

Artwork, Coordinator [Coordination]
Penny Rimbaud

Drums, Noises [Radio]
Phil Free (2)

Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Differences between the several vinyl editions:
Small Wonder Records, sleeve without borders, Asylum replaced with silence (The Sound Of Free Speech) (1979)
Crass Records, borders, 'pay no more than £2.00' (1980)
Crass Records, borders, 'pay no more than £3.00' (1982)
Crass Records, borders, right border plain black' (?)
Crass Records, borders, 'flight or drive? survive' (2017)
Crass/Southern Records, borders, right border plain black, download card included (2011)
Crass Records, borders, right border "as it was in the beginning" remastered edition, distributed by One Little Indian (2019)

Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand 12", 45 RPM, EP, Repress, Stereo	Small Wonder Records – WEENY 2, Small Wonder Records – WEENY TWO, Crass Records – 521984 +1 more label...	UK	1979	UK — 1979	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand 12", 45 RPM, EP	Small Wonder Records – WEENY 2, Small Wonder Records – WEENY TWO, Small Wonder Records – 621984 +1 more label...	UK	1979	UK — 1979	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1980	UK — 1980
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", EP, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1980	UK — 1980	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Reissue, White Label	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1980	UK — 1980	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, EP, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, EP, Repress, Test Pressing	Crass Records – 621984	UK	1982	UK — 1982	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	1987	Europe — 1987	Needs Changes
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	1987	Europe — 1987	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release	ALF – A-313	Poland	1991	Poland — 1991	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	US	1995	US — 1995	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Reissue	Nikt Nic Nie Wie – NNNW 60	Poland	1997	Poland — 1997	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	Europe	2005	Europe — 2005	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Crassical Collection) CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – CC01	UK	2010	UK — 2010	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984, Southern Records – 621984	UK	2011	UK — 2011	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, Album, ReissueWhite	Crass Records – 621984	UK	2017	UK — 2017	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand Cassette, Unofficial Release	Not On Label – none	US	2017	US — 2017	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) LP, 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo	Crass Records – 621984 R	UK	2019	UK — 2019	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – 621984 CDR	UK	2019	UK — 2019	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Crassical Collection) 2 × CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered	Crass Records – CC01 R	UK	2020	UK — 2020	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984 CD	Canada		Canada	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Repress, Stereo	Crass Records – 621984. CD., Crass Records – 621984CD	UK & Europe		UK & Europe
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984C	UK		UK	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 Cassette, Album, Repress	Crass Records – 621984C	UK		UK	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The Five Thousand (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Repress180 grams vinyl	Crass Records – 621984	France		France	Recently Edited
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album, Reissue	Crass Records – 621984. CD.	UK & Europe		UK & Europe	New Submission
	The Feeding Of The 5000 CD, Album	Crass Records – 621984. CD., Crass Records – 621984CD	UK & Europe		UK & Europe
	The Feeding Of The 5000 (The Second Sitting) 12", 45 RPM, Repress	Crass Records – 621984	UK		UK	New Submission

Edited 2 months ago

My copy of this record has switched labels. A label plays side B and lable B plays side A.
Does anyone know if the first and second small wonder pressings of 'The Feeding of the 5000' contained a separate sheet poster of the 'Hand on the Fence' image, that was used for the centre of the fold out poster sleeve for all of the subsequent pressings of 'The Feeding of the 5000' on crass records?
I have a copy of this EP & the A label plays the B side & the B side plays the A label. Anyone else have the same issue with their copy?
Edited 11 months ago

Wrong images for this on..Side 2 label should have the MADE IN FRANCE line just under the end of the CRASS RECORDS line.
I'm very impressed with these reissues. Beautiful layouts, quiet vinyl—and most importantly—the music has a clear presentation and unexpectedly wide sound stage. I'm hoping for more punk reissues like these.
"With the first 5000 pressings we decided to forward cassette copies to people requesting them."

So, that means there is a cassette version in existence?
Edited 3 years ago

Does this 2019 edition sound different versus the white vinyl pressing from 2017?
This sounds so good, punchy, thick, warm and analog with exceptional clarity for this fierce music.
Matrix/runout Side A : S7 621984-A-2 KR FROM WEENY ACORNS - 23 (the 2 within the 3)
Matrix/runout Side B : 2 (rotated) S7 THE MIGHTY A.N.O.K. DOTH GROW. 621984-B- (then 2 scratched out and 1 scribed above) KR
Actually I have two first presses and a second press here, and the covers and vinyl are all identical down to the matrix numbers (the matrix numbers are slightly to the right of the label on the second press to where they are on the first press, but that may just vary with the individual copy). Even the origianl inner sleeve reading "uk patent no. 1,125,555." is the same. I think the only difference is the insert. With no evidence from anyone else to the contrary, I am amending the listings now.