Let the Tribe Increase explained

Let the Tribe Increase
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Mob
Cover:	Let the Tribe Increase cover.jpg
Released:	1983
Recorded:	6–9 December 1982
Studio:	Spaceward Studios, Cambridge
Genre:	Anarchopunk, post-punk, punk
Label:	All the Madmen Records
Prev Title:	Ching
Prev Year:	1981

Let the Tribe Increase is the only studio album by English anarcho-punk band The Mob. It was released in 1983,^[1] through record label All the Madmen, and is considered an early example of the anarchopunk genre.^[2]

History

Let the Tribe Increase was the groups first (and only) LP. It was preceded by three singles: Crying Again, Witch Hunt, and No Doves Fly Here, all songs which were included on Let the Tribe Increase.^[3] The album was originally released in 1983 on All the Madmen Records. The address used on the front cover was of the Freedom Press bookshop in London, as all band members were living in squats and co-ops at the time, and did not have a permanent address ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by The Mob

Side A

1. "Another Day Another Death"
2. "Cry of the Morning"
3. "Dance On (You Fool)"
4. "Raised in a Prison"
5. "Slayed"
6. "Our Life Our World"

Side B

1. "Gates of Hell"
2. "I Wish"
3. "Never Understood"
4. "Roger"
5. "Witch Hunt"

Personnel

• Mark Wilson - "warbled" vocals, "strummed" guitar
• Curtis Youe - "plucked" bass
• Josef Porter - drums
• Josef Porter, Mark Wilson, Stephen "Wilf" Wilmott - "Artbitz" (artwork)

Notes and References

1. Book: Glasper, Ian . 2007 . The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980 to 1984 . Cherry Red Books.
2. Book: Berger, George . 2009 . The Story of Crass . . 237 . 9781604860375 . 29 April 2013.
3. Web site: The Mob (3). .
4. Web site: All the Mad Men.