VA - Bullshit Detector #3 2xLP

Crass Records released Bullshit Detector #3 in 1984. This was the last one, although another label resurrected the name and released a Bullshit Detector #4 in the 90s. I've never heard that one.

This includes the 1st Napalm Death vinyl appearance, although there's not much similarity with their later grindcore sound, perhaps not surprising since the line-ups changed so often.

The band Xtract are also on the Punk Dead - Nah Mate comp I posted yesterday.

Tracks

A01 - Avert Aversion - Oh What A Nice Day
A02 - Awake Mankind - Once Upon A Time
A03 - A Nul Noise - Hibashuka
A04 - Animus - Nuclear Piss
A05 - Peroxide - Ministry Of Death
A06 - Untitled - We Are Taught To Kill
A07 - Xtract - Fight For Peace
A08 - Verbal Assault - Not Yet Ron
A09 - Fifth Column - Counterfeit Culture
A10 - Potential Victim - People
B01 - 7th Plague - Rubber Bullets
B02 - Rebel A - Genisis To Genocide
B03 - Alienated - Living In Fear
B04 - Barbed Wire - Weapons Of War
B05 - Rob Williams - Lies
B06 - Reality Control - The War Is Over
B07 - Youthanasia - Power
B08 - Sammy Rubbette & Safety March - The Ballot Of Maggie T
B09 - Politicide - 51st State
B10 - Markus Abused - The Killing Machine
C01 - One Man's Meat - Your Country Misleads You
C02 - Direct Action - Death Without A Thought
C03 - Crag - Voice Your Protest
C04 - Attrition - In Your Hand
C05 - Napalm Death - The Crucifixion Of Possessions
C06 - Impalers - Sun, Sun, Sun
C07 - Health Hazard - Picture
C08 - Phil Hedgehog - Radio Times
C09 - Malice - Faceless
C10 - Michael Kingzett Taylor - Paranoia
D01 - Brainwashed Pupils - The Demonstration
D02 - No Defenses - Work To Consume
D03 - A.N.E.E.B. - Berlin Wall
D04 - Carnage - Carnage
D05 - Warning - Beasts Of Fiction
D06 - State Of Shock - Excess Youth
D07 - Neale Harmer - Hard Nut
D08 - Dead To The World - Action Man
D09 - Dandruff - Life In A Whiskey Bottle
D10 - Richard III - Will You Care
D11 - Funky Rayguns - The Hare And A Tortoise

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VA - Bullshit Detector #2 2xLP

The 2nd Bullshit Detector came out in 1982, again on Crass Records. Same as the 1st volume, these songs are taken from demo tapes of then unknown bands.

Omega Tribe, XS, Toxic Ephex and Riot Squad (South Africa) are some of my faves, but the stand-out track for me is the Naked song, which was just reissued/remastered etc on (once again) Overground Records, who seem to be on a roll with the anarcho reissues lately.

Tracks

A01 - Waiting For Bardot - Voice Of U.K.
A02 - Omega Tribe - Nature Wonder
A03 - Suspects - Random Relations
A04 - Your Funeral - Think About It
A05 - Deformed - Freedom
A06 - Kronstadt Uprising - Receiver Deceiver
A07 - No Label - Let's Get It Right
A08 - Rejected - Same Old Songs
B01 - Boffo - Garageland
B02 - XS - Fuck The System
B03 - Polemic Attack - Manipulated Youth
B04 - A.Gardener - A Gardener's Song
B05 - Toxic - Tradition Of Slaughter
B06 - 1984 - Breakup
B07 - Anon - Insert
B08 - Toxik Ephex - Police Brutality
B09 - Sic - Low
B10 - Molitov Cocktail - Ain't Got A Clue
B11 - Naked - Mid 1930s (Pre-War Germany)
C01 - Capital Punishment - We've Realised The Truth Now
C02 - Anthrax - All The Wars
C03 - Endangered Species - Slaughter Of The Innocent (Curiosity Kills)
C04 - Pseudo Sadists - War Games
C05 - Total Chaos - Psycho Analysis
C06 - Dougie - War Without Winners
C07 - St. Vitus Dancers - The Survivor
C08 - Stegz - Christus Erection
C09 - Metro Youth - Brutalised
D01 - Normality Complex - Black Market Shadow
D02 - Youth In Asia - Power & The Glory
D03 - Riot Squad - Security System
D04 - Destructors - Agent Orange
D05 - Pits - UK In Dreamland
D06 - Bored - Riot Style
D07 - Toby Kettle - Theatre Comment
D08 - Chumbawamba - Three Years Later
D09 - Passion Killers - Start Again
D10 - Amerikan Arsenal - Get Off Yr Ass

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VA - Bullshit Detector #1 12"

Released on Crass Records in 1980, this was a compilation of unsigned punk bands taken from demo tapes. As such the sound quality is pretty terrible throughout! Some of these bands would go on to release some great records, such as Amebix, Disrupters, Alternative. Icon changed their name to Icon AD and released a couple of singles with a poppier sound than their track on here. Overground records released a CD compiling those recently. Most of the other bands disappeared into the ether.

Is this the most music anyone's fitted on a 12" at 45RPM? I have no idea why Crass didn't press this at 33.

My favourite songs are Counter Attack, Icon, Eratics & Disrupters.

Tracks

A01 - Andy T - Jazz On A Summers Day
A02 - Counter Attack - Don't Wanna Fight For You
A03 - Alternative - Change It
A04 - Clockwork Criminals - We Are You
A05 - Reputations In Jeopardy - Girls Love Popstars
A06 - Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living
A07 - Amebix - University Challenged
A08 - Sceptics - Local Chaos
A09 - Sinyx - Mark Of The Beast
A10 - Frenzy Battalion - Thalidomide
A11 - Icon - Cancer
A12 - Speakers - Why
A13 - A.P.F. Brigade - Anarchist Attack
B01 - Fuck The C.I.A. - Right Or Wrong
B02 - Caine Mutiny & The Kallisti Apples Of Nonsense - Morning Star
B03 - Sucks - '3'
B04 - Porno Squad - Khaki Doesn't Go With My Eyes
B05 - S.P.G. Murders - Soldiers
B06 - Eratics - National Service
B07 - Red Alert - Who Needs Society
B08 - Snipers - War Song
B09 - Armchair Power - Power
B10 - Disrupters - Napalm
B11 - Andy T - Nagasaki Mon Amour
B12 - Action Frogs - Drumming Up Hope (Ferret Skank)

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Disrupters - Alive In The Electric Chair 12"

Now we have anarcho-punk from Norwich! The Disrupters re-formed last year, and played at the Steve Ignorant gig in November, which I couldn't go to as I was in the US at the time. They are however playing at Rebellion this summer, so hopefully I'll get to see them there.

This EP came out in 1985 on Radical Change Records. Recently Overground Records released a compilation of the Disrupters including lots of previously unreleased tracks - it's called Gas The Punx and you can buy it here!

6 Tracks:

A1 - Disrupters - Give Me A Rush
A2 - Disrupters - God's People
A3 - Disrupters - I'm Still Here
B1 - Disrupters - Tearing Apart
B2 - Disrupters - Well, Where Were You
B3 - Disrupters - Rot In Hell

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