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Yes Sir, I Will, released by Crass in 1983 (see 1983 in music), was the band's final 'official' album. The record consists of one single track (broken into two) made up of a bitter and virulent attack on then prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her government in the aftermath of the Falklands War, set over a raging and an almost free-form improvised backing provided by the groups' instrumentalists. Many of the 'lyrics' of this piece, parts of which can be read at [1], are extracted from drummer Penny Rimbaud's extended poem Rocky Eyed.

The title of the record is ironic, taken from a news cutting reporting a conversation attributed to have taken place between Prince Charles and a badly burned soldier who had returned from the Falklands;

"Get well soon," the Prince said. And the heroic soldier replied "Yes sir, I will".

File:Yesiriwill.jpg

Above; inner sleeve artwork of Yes Sir I Will

A film made by artist Gee Vaucher to accompany Yes Sir I Will was shown at the UK National Film Theatre's Stuff the Jubilee festival of punk films in 2002, and the track has been recently remixed by Penny Rimbaud to incorporate additional jazz instrumentation to augment the original performance.

Personnel

Crass - Producer
Joy DeVivre - Vocals
Phil Free - Guitar
Gee - Voices, Artwork
Judy - Typing
Eve Libertine - Vocals
John Loder - Engineer
N.A. Palmer - Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Voices
Penny Rimbaud - Drums, Vocals
Pete Wright - Bass
Paul Ellis - Piano, Strings
Steve Ignorant - Vocals
Mr. Gee - Voices, Artwork

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-'''''Yes Sir, I Will''''', released by [[Crass]] in [[1983]], was the band's final 'official' album. The record consists of one single track (broken into two) made up of a bitter and virulent attack on then [[prime minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and her government in the aftermath of the [[Falklands War]], set over a raging and an almost free-form [[free improvisation|improvised]] backing provided by the groups' instrumentalists. Many of the 'lyrics' of this piece, parts of which can be read at [http://www.southern.com/southern/label/CRC/07010a.html], are extracted from drummer [[Penny Rimbaud]]'s extended poem ''Rocky Eyed''.
+<table align="right"><tr><td>[[Image:CrassYesSir,IWill.jpg]]</tr></td></table>'''''Yes Sir, I Will''''', released by [[Crass]] in [[1983]] (see [[1983 in music]]), was the band's final 'official' album. The record consists of one single track (broken into two) made up of a bitter and virulent attack on then [[prime minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and her government in the aftermath of the [[Falklands War]], set over a raging and an almost free-form [[free improvisation|improvised]] backing provided by the groups' instrumentalists. Many of the 'lyrics' of this piece, parts of which can be read at [http://www.southern.com/southern/label/CRC/07010a.html], are extracted from drummer [[Penny Rimbaud]]'s extended poem ''Rocky Eyed''.
 The title of the record is ironic, taken from a news cutting reporting a conversation attributed to have taken place between [[Prince Charles]] and a badly burned soldier who had returned from the Falklands;
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 A film made by artist [[Gee Vaucher]] to accompany ''Yes Sir I Will'' was shown at the [[UK]] [[National Film Theatre]]'s ''Stuff the Jubilee'' festival of [[punk rock|punk]] films in 2002, and the track has been recently remixed by Penny Rimbaud to incorporate additional [[jazz]] instrumentation to augment the original performance.
+==Personnel==
+*Crass	 - 	Producer
+*Joy DeVivre	 - 	Vocals
+*Phil Free	 - 	Guitar
+*Gee	 - 	Voices, Artwork
+*Judy	 - 	Typing
+*Eve Libertine	 - 	Vocals
+*John Loder	 - 	Engineer
+*N.A. Palmer	 - 	Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Voices
+*Penny Rimbaud	 - 	Drums, Vocals
+*Pete Wright	 - 	Bass
+*Paul Ellis	 - 	Piano, Strings
+*Steve Ignorant	 - 	Vocals
+*Mr. Gee	 - 	Voices, Artwork