Post-Mersh Vol. 1

Infobox Album
Name = Post-Mersh, Vol. 1
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Minutemen


Released = 1987
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative, Punk
Length = 42:05
Label = SST
Producer = Spot
Reviews =
Last album = "Ballot Result"
(1987)
This album = "Post-Mersh Vol. 1"
(1987)
Next album = "Post-Mersh Vol. 2"
(1987)

"Post-Mersh, Vol. 1" is a compilation album by influential punk rock/alternative trio The Minutemen. It contains both "The Punch Line" (1981) and "What Makes a Man Start Fires?" (1983) respectively. These two releases are considered the first two "full length" albums recorded by the band.

Track listing

"Tracks 1-18 are The Punch Line"
"Tracks 19-36 are What Makes a Man Start Fires?"

#Search – 0:51 (Hurley, Watt)
#Tension – 1:18 (Tamburovich, Watt)
#Games – 1:01 (Boon, Watt)
#Boiling – 0:58 (Hurley, Watt)
#Disguises – 0:45 (Boon)
#The Struggle – 0:40 (Boon)
#Monuments – 0:48 (Hurley, Watt)
#Ruins – 0:49 (Hurley, Watt)
#Issued – 0:38 (Hurley, Watt)
#The Punch Line – 0:40 (Watt)
#Song For El Salvador – 0:31 (Boon)
#History Lesson – 0:37 (Boon)
#Fanatics – 0:30 (Watt)
#No Parade – 0:50 (Boon)
#Straight Jacket – 0:58 (Watt)
#Gravity – 0:55 (Hurley, Watt)
#Warfare – 0:54 (Hurley, Watt)
#Static – 0:50 (Boon, Watt)
#Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs – 1:27 (Watt)
#One Chapter in the Book – 1:00 (Watt)
#Fake Contest – 1:44 (Watt)
#Beacon Sighted Through Fog – 1:00 (Watt)
#Mutiny in Jonestown – 1:06 (Boon/Watt)
#East Wind/Faith – 2:10 (Hurley/Watt)
#Pure Joy – 1:30 (Hurley/Watt)
#'99 – 1:00 (Hurley/Watt)
#The Anchor – 2:30 (Hurley/Watt)
#Sell or Be Sold – 1:45 (Boon/Watt)
#The Only Minority – 1:00 (Boon/Watt)
#Split Red – 0:52 (Boon/Watt)
#Colors – 2:05 (Boon/Watt)
#Plight – 1:37 (Boon/Watt)
#The Tin Roof – 1:08 (Watt)
#Life As A Rehearsal – 1:35 (Watt)
#This Road – 1:26 (Watt)
#Polarity – 1:44 (Watt)

Musical personnel

*D. Boon - guitar, vocals
*Mike Watt - bass, vocals
*George Hurley - drums, oil drums, lead vocal in the middle of "Ruins"
*Joe Baiza - additional guitar on "Beacon Sighted Through Fog" and "East Wind/Faith".