Minutemen – The Politics of Time

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Artist: Minutemen | Label:SST | Format: LP | Genre: Rock| VinylCondition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Minutemen
The Politics of Time
SST277 – re-issue LP

In their sadly abbreviated career, the Minutemen proved themselves to be an incredibly prolific outfit–touring and recording incessantly between 1980 and 1985. THE POLITICS OF TIME is a mixed bag that goes back to their earliest incarnation as the Reactionaries. It may not be the place for the uninitiated to investigate the group, but fans will appreciate this collection for the way it captures the Minutemen in a variety of settings and documents their rapid musical growth, their penchant for experimentation, and the sheer hurricane force they generated.
The 28 songs here were recorded between 1980 and 1983, in places as diverse as Copenhagen, Brixton, England, “a dried riverbed in the Mojave Desert” and “the shed in the back of George’s house.” So it will come as no surprise that the sound is often dodgy, but with the Minutemen, poor sound quality never diminished the impact of the songs. “Party With Me Punker” sounds like it was recorded in a shed, but that’s part of its charm.
The Minutemen: D. Boon (vocals, guitar); Mike Watt (vocals, bass); George Hurley (drums).

Tracklisting:
Base King
Working Men Are Pissed
I Shook Hands
Below The Belt
Shit You Hear At Parties
The Big Lounge Scene
Maternal Rite
Tune For Wind God
Party With Me Punker
The Process
Joy Jam
Tony Gets Wasted In Pedro
Swing To The Right
Raza Si!
Times
Badges
Fodder
Futurism Restated
Hollering
Suburban Dialectic
Contained
On Trial
Spraycan Wars
My Part
Fanatics
Ack Ack Ack Ack
The Big Blast For Youth

NEW SEALED re-issue LP