This is a CD single that I didn’t buy at the time when it was released in late October 1992, and so I can’t take any credit for helping it reach the giddy heights of #52 in the UK singles chart. The reason for not doing so was to do with economics. I already had the album Dirty, and I wasn’t prepared to shell out £4 for a single in which the lead track would be a cleaned-up version of the album track with the swear words either bleeped out or replaced.
It would be at least 15 years later, and for the princely sum of £1 in a second-hand shop, that I brought the CD single back to Villain Towers and learned that Youth Against Fascism (Clen-Ex Mix) was quite different. Yes, the swear words had been removed, but the tune was a different mix to that of the album. The album version had been produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Andy Wallace, while the single was all down to Vig. It’s a slightly louder take on things and Thurston Moore‘s vocal delivery is not as buried:-
mp3: Sonic Youth – Youth Against Fascism (Clen-Ex Mix)
mp3: Sonic Youth – Youth Against Fascism (Album Version)
The album version was the fourth track on the single. The two tracks were sandwiched by these:-
mp3: Sonic Youth – Purr (Mark Goodier Session)
mp3: Sonic Youth – The Destroyed Room (Previously Unreleased)
The original version of Purr can be found on Dirty. This slightly slower and semi-acoustic take was recorded for a BBC Radio 1 session, broadcast on 20 July 1992.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
I just heard Sonic Youth CD for a pound and counted your lucky stars for you. It’s… it’s a lot of lucky stars. I have not heard these versions before. So I’m borrowing your lucky stars and thanking you for making my day
I’ve not heard the Clean Ex version before either am glad you finally parted with that pound and then posted here.