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

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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

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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

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, 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.

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. *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)

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– "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

References

External links

Corpus Christi Records at discogs.com
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