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Corpus Christi Records is a British
independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
started by some of the members of
Crass Crass was an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977 who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a lifestyle, and a resistance movement. Crass popularized the anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, ...
and their recording engineer and business partner John Loder, to release records by artists who did not perhaps fit in with some of the stricter ideals of the
Crass Records Crass Records was an independent record label that was set up by the anarchist Punk rock, punk band Crass. Overview and history Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own D ...
label. Several of the artists on the label had debuted with 7-inch single/EP releases on Crass Records, but Corpus Christi was used for future releases. According to Crass' Penny Rimbaud, the label was set up to allow artists who had started on the Crass label to set up their own record deal with Loder of Southern Studios under Crass' guidance. Some of the artists on the label, however, such as UK Decay, Icons of Filth, and the American band Crucifix were signed by Loder without any prior involvement with Crass. The label was active between 1982 and 1987, and its releases were regularly placed highly in the
UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the ...
, with Conflict's ''It's Time to See Who's Who'' LP topping the indie album chart in 1983. The label reappeared in the late 2000s to put out a compilation of two early Conflict 7-inch EPs on a 12-inch.


Catalogue

Chart placings shown are from the
UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the ...
.
*Christ It's 1 (1982) UK Decay – ''Rising From The Dread'' 12-inch EP (#9) *Christ It's 2 (1983) The Very Things – "Gong Man" 7-inch *Christ It's 3 (1983) Conflict – ''
It's Time To See Who's Who ''It’s Time to See Who’s Who'' is the debut album from the British punk rock band Conflict. It was released in 1983 by Corpus Christi Records, and rerecorded and released in 1994 as ''It's Time to See Who's Who Now'' on the band's own lab ...
'' LP (#1) *Christ It's 4 (1983) Conflict – '' To a Nation of Animal Lovers'' EP (#4) *Christ It's 5 (1983) Omega Tribe – ''No Love Lost'' LP (#2) *Christ It's 6 (1983) Rudimentary Peni – ''Death Church'' LP (#3) *Christ It's 7 (1983) Icons of Filth – ''Used, Abused, Unamused'' 7-inch EP (#20) *Christ It's 8 (1983) The Cravats – '' The Colossal Tunes Out'' LP *Christ It's 9 (1983)
The Fits The Fits were a punk rock band from Blackpool, Lancashire, England, who were active between 1979 and 1985, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. They reformed in 2011. History The Fits formed in Blackpool in October 1979, with an initial ...
– "Tears of a Nation" 7-inch (#15) *Christ It's 10 (1984) Annie Anxiety – '' Soul Possession'' LP (#7) *Christ It's 11 (1983) Crucifix – ''
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'' LP (#7) *Christ It's 12 (1984) Omega Tribe – "It's a Hard Life" 7-inch/12" (#5) *Christ It's 13 (1984) Alternative – '' If They Treat You Like Shit, Act Like Manure'' LP *Christ It's 14 (1985) Lack of Knowledge – ''Sirens are Back'' LP *Christ It's 15 (1987) Rudimentary Peni – ''The EP's of RP'' 12-inch *Christ It's 16 (198?) Conflict – ''The House That Man Built / To A Nation of Animal Lovers'' 12-inch


See also

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References


External links


Corpus Christi Records at discogs.com
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