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The Politics of Timeis the seventh overall release, third album-length release, and first compilation by Americanhardcore punkbandthe Minutemen.[7]
Released in between theirBuzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat12-inch EP andDouble Nickels on the Dimedouble album on their ownNew Alliance Recordslabel, the album compiles seven tracks meant for a non-SSTMinutemen studio album that never materialized, a variety of live tracks of varying recording quality (most done with ordinary cassette machines), and a recording by the Minutemen’s predecessor bandThe Reactionaries.
Part of the sleeve note on the back cover facetiously asks listeners to “note the quality of the recording” on the live version of “Fanatics” (fromThe Punch Line). While the recording is an almost undiscernible mess, the cut is apparently included for its historical importance as according toHenry Rollinsin his bookGet In The Van, on this night at the end of the song,D. Boonhad jumped into the audience with his guitar on, hollering the title word of the song while “knock[ing] those skinheads [in the audience] over likebowling pins”.
Also of note is a live recording of “Futurism Restated”, which had earlier appeared on the 7-inch EPBean-Spill. The version that appears on this album contains a full extra verse of lyrics not found in the other version (although the lyrics are almost completely undiscernable and the album lacks a lyric sheet.)
The Politics of Timewould later end up as a song title onDouble Nickels on the Dime.
SST Records, after buying New Alliance fromMike WattandMartin Tamburovichin 1987, reissuedThe Politics of Timeon SST in 1987 on vinyl and cassette, as part of thePost-Mersh Vol. 3CD in 1989, and as its own CD in 1991. -Wikipedia
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