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- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

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'

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, 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

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under Crass' guidance. Some of the artists on the label, however, such as

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, and the

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band

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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

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'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" EPs on a 12".

Catalogue

Chart placings shown are from the

. *Christ It's 1 (1982)

- ''Rising From The Dread'' 12" EP (#9) *Christ It's 2 (1983) The Very Things - "Gong Man" 7" *Christ It's 3 (1983)

- '' It's Time To See Who's Who'' LP (#1) *Christ It's 4 (1983)

- '' 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 Rudimentary Peni are a British anarcho-punk band formed in 1980, emerging from the London anarcho-punk scene. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty, macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on a ...

- ''Death Church'' LP (#3) *Christ It's 7 (1983)

- ''Used, Abused, Unamused'' 7" EP (#20) *Christ It's 8 (1983)

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- '' The Colossal Tunes Out'' LP *Christ It's 9 (1983)

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- "Tears of a Nation" 7" (#15) *Christ It's 10 (1984)

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- '' Soul Possession'' LP (#7) *Christ It's 11 (1983)

- ''

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'' LP (#7) *Christ It's 12 (1984) Omega Tribe - "It's a Hard Life" 7"/12" (#5) *Christ It's 13 (1984)

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- '' 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)

- ''The EP's of RP'' 12" *Christ It's 16 (198?)

- ''The House That Man Built / To A Nation Of Animal Lovers'' 12"

References

External links

Corpus Christi Records at discogs.com
{{Authority control British independent record labels

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See also

References

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