Anti-Nowhere League - We Are The League LP

[Lyndon NoFuture]

Did you know that there are TWO pressings of this LP on ABCD. The cover and labels are the same, but the matrix numbers are different - LMNOP1 A1/B1 and LMNOP1 A2/B2.

They have different versions of the 'Animal' track.

When I first heard this album in 1983/4, it had been copied to cassette. I loved it and bought my own copy ... which had a different version of Animal. Only now have I got myself a copy of the first pressing. I mentioned this difference to the band when I saw them back in 1983/4, and was told that it was re-recorded for "legal reasons".

The differences are the lyrics. The second version starts off with "Hello Mrs Shaw ... can I borrow your lawnmower". The first pressing does not have this, one of the lines of the chorus is "I'm a child molester", rather than "I'm your next door neighbour" and the bit starting "I dream of naked ladies leaping over me ..." is different.

I don't know what version is on the CD and other repressings ... but you guys might ...

[upstart]

I knew that there were 2 different versions, but I never knew how to tell the difference.
Thanks for clearing that up Lyndon.
The only versions I have ever heard had the child molester line in it, but you post itn't clear as to which version has that. so I would assume that the is the most common pressing.
I think ABCD yanked it due to some censourship stuff that was going on at the time, especially as the first 7" was supposedly recalled.

[uk82]

if they cencored the LMNOP1 A1/B1 it would make sense if the cencored version got the matrix as LMNOP1 A2/B2...



Just saw yesterday that my Riot/Clone - blood on your hands 7" have the matrix numbers A7/B7

[upstart]

uk82 said:

Just saw yesterday that my Riot/Clone - blood on your hands 7" have the matrix numbers A7/B7

Something like 5k of them pressed though.
You can't really tell what pressing any of them are, except for stickers or writing updating contact or info details.
I think it may have been one big pressing.

[NewtownNeurotic]

I remember when my high school band covered Animal, first time we played it live I noticed the singer was singing the "I'm a child molester" line, and as I only had the other censored version (which seems more common in the US) and didn't know about the other version, I just thought to myself, christ he really is a sick bastard!
Now I only have the uncensored one and want to pick up a censored copy cheap. Does the uncensored have the dark-red print on black labels as well? I could've sworn my old censored copy had white text on black labels, but I'm not 100% sure. I always found it weird too that this LP, with all the fanfare it received and the resulting success of it, never came with any sort of insert.

[Lyndon NoFuture]

My two copies are identical in every way to look at ... until you look at those matrix numbers.

[upstart]

I keep forgetting to check my copy here, but I always recall "I'm an Animal" including the line "I;m a child molester"