The Politics Of Time

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A1	–Minutemen	Base King Written-By – Boon*, Watt*	1:12
A2	–Minutemen	Working Men Are Pissed Written-By – Watt*	1:17
A3	–Minutemen	I Shook Hands Written-By – Watt*	0:58
A4	–Minutemen	Below The Belt Written-By – Hurley*, Watt*	0:56
A5	–Minutemen	Shit You Hear At Parties Written-By – Boon*, Watt*	1:06
A6	–Minutemen	The Big Lounge Scene Written-By – Watt*	1:23
A7	–Minutemen	Maternal Rite Written-By – Boon*	1:13
A8	–Minutemen	Tune For Wind God Guitar [Other] – Joe BaizaWritten-By – Boon*, Hurley*, Baiza*, Watt*	3:05
A9	–Minutemen	Party With Me Punker Written-By – Watt*	0:54
A10	–Minutemen	The Process Written-By – Boon*, Watt*	1:17
A11	–Minutemen	Joy Jam Clarinet – SpotWritten-By – Boon*, Hurley*, Watt*, Spot	4:46
B1	–The Reactionaries	Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro Vocals [Singing] – Martin TamburovichWritten-By – Lazaroff*, Watt*	2:10
B2	–Minutemen	Swing To The Right Written-By – Watt*	0:41
B3	–Minutemen	¡Raza Si! Vocals [Singing] – D.*, Mike*Written-By – Watt*	0:58
B4	–Minutemen	Times Written-By – Watt*	0:45
B5	–Minutemen	Badges Written-By – Watt*	0:35
B6	–Minutemen	Fodder Written-By – Boon*, Watt*	0:42
B7	–Minutemen	Futurism Restated Written-By – J. Boon*, Watt*	1:30
B8	–Minutemen	Hollering Written-By – Watt*	0:58
B9	–Minutemen	Suburban Dialectic Written-By – Watt*	0:42
B10	–Minutemen	Contained Vocals [Singing] – D.*, Mike*Written-By – Hurley*, Watt*	0:57
B11	–Minutemen	On Trial Written-By – Watt*	0:39
B12	–Minutemen	Spraycan Wars Written-By – Watt*	0:55
B13	–Minutemen	My Part Written-By – Boon*	1:35
B14	–Minutemen	Fanatics Written-By – Watt*	0:32
B15	–Minutemen	Ack Ack Ack Written-By – Talley/Jones*, Johansen*	0:41
B16	–Minutemen	The Big Blast For Youth Saxophone – Martin TamburovichTrumpet – Dirk VandenbergWritten-By – Boon*, Vandenberg*, Hurley*, Tamburovich*, Watt*	1:20

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – New Alliance Records
• Published By – New Alliance Music
• Published By – Inane Artists Music
• Recorded At – Casbah Studio
• Remixed At – Telemusic Studio
• Recorded At – KPFK
• Recorded At – Bla Bla Cafe
• Recorded At – Longshoremen's Hall
• Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-16516

Credits

• Artwork – D. Boon, Raymond Pettibon
• Bass – Mike Watt
• Drums – George Hurley
• Guitar, Vocals [Singing] – D. Boon
• Producer – Mike Patton (tracks: A1 to A7)
• Remix – Ethan James (tracks: A1 to A7)
• Vocals [Singing] – Mike Watt (tracks: A6, B2, B4 to B8)

Notes

Collection of live recordings and random tracks made from 1/79 to 9/24/83.

B1 recorded 1/79 as The Reactionaries.

First pressing. Second pressing has "Marketed by SST Records" printed on the bottom left of the back cover.

All songs published by New Alliance Music (BMI) except B15 Inane Artists Music.

℗ 1984 New Alliance Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Etched runout side A): YOU CAN TAKE THE PUNK OUT OF THE SHED.... L-16516 NAR-017-A
• Matrix / Runout (Etched runout side B): BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SHED OUT OF THE PUNK. L-16516-X NAR-017-B
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NAR-C017	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(Cass, Album)	New Alliance Records	NAR-C017	US	1986
NAR-017	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(LP, Album, RP)	New Alliance Records	NAR-017	US	1986
SSTC 277	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	SST Records	SSTC 277	US	1991
SST 277	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(LP, Album, RE)	SST Records	SST 277	US	1991
SST CD 277	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(CD, Album, RE)	SST Records	SST CD 277	US	1991

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