Tracklist

A1	–Minutemen	Base King
A2	–Minutemen	Working Men Are Pissed
A3	–Minutemen	I Shook Hands
A4	–Minutemen	Below The Belt
A5	–Minutemen	Shit You Hear At Parties
A6	–Minutemen	The Big Lounge Scene
A7	–Minutemen	Maternal Rite
A8	–Minutemen	Tune For Wind God
A9	–Minutemen	Party With Me Punker
A10	–Minutemen	The Process
A11	–Minutemen	Joy Jam
B1	–The Reactionaries	Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro
B2	–Minutemen	Swing To The Right
B3	–Minutemen	¡Raza Si!
B4	–Minutemen	Times
B5	–Minutemen	Badges
B6	–Minutemen	Fodder
B7	–Minutemen	Futurism Restated
B8	–Minutemen	Hollering
B9	–Minutemen	Suburban Dialetic
B10	–Minutemen	Contained
B11	–Minutemen	On Trial
B12	–Minutemen	Spraycan Wars
B13	–Minutemen	My Part
B14	–Minutemen	Fanatics
B15	–Minutemen	Ack Ack Ack
B16	–Minutemen	The Big Blast For Youth

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – SST Records

Credits

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

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NAR-017	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(LP, Album)	New Alliance Records	NAR-017	US	1984
NAR-017	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(LP, Album, RP)	New Alliance Records	NAR-017	US	1986
SST 277	Minutemen	The Politics Of Time ‎(LP, Album, RE)	SST Records	SST 277	US	Unknown
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