Post-Mersh Vol. 1

Post-Mersh, Vol. 1
Compilation album by The Minutemen
Released	1987
Genre	Alternative rock, hardcore punk, post-punk
Length	42:05
Label	SST
Producer	Spot
The Minutemen chronology
Ballot Result (1987) Post-Mersh Vol. 1 (1987) 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?

1. Search – 0:51 (Hurley, Watt)
2. Tension – 1:18 (Tamburovich, Watt)
3. Games – 1:01 (Boon, Watt)
4. Boiling – 0:58 (Hurley, Watt)
5. Disguises – 0:45 (Boon)
6. The Struggle – 0:40 (Boon)
7. Monuments – 0:48 (Hurley, Watt)
8. Ruins – 0:49 (Hurley, Watt)
9. Issued – 0:38 (Hurley, Watt)
10. The Punch Line – 0:40 (Watt)
11. Song For El Salvador – 0:31 (Boon)
12. History Lesson – 0:37 (Boon)
13. Fanatics – 0:30 (Watt)
14. No Parade – 0:50 (Boon)
15. Straight Jacket – 0:58 (Watt)
16. Gravity – 0:55 (Hurley, Watt)
17. Warfare – 0:54 (Hurley, Watt)
18. Static – 0:50 (Boon, Watt)
19. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs – 1:27 (Watt)
20. One Chapter in the Book – 1:00 (Watt)
21. Fake Contest – 1:44 (Watt)
22. Beacon Sighted Through Fog – 1:00 (Watt)
23. Mutiny in Jonestown – 1:06 (Boon/Watt)
24. East Wind/Faith – 2:10 (Hurley/Watt)
25. Pure Joy – 1:30 (Hurley/Watt)
26. '99 – 1:00 (Hurley/Watt)
27. The Anchor – 2:30 (Hurley/Watt)
28. Sell or Be Sold – 1:45 (Boon/Watt)
29. The Only Minority – 1:00 (Boon/Watt)
30. Split Red – 0:52 (Boon/Watt)
31. Colors – 2:05 (Boon/Watt)
32. Plight – 1:37 (Boon/Watt)
33. The Tin Roof – 1:08 (Watt)
34. Life As A Rehearsal – 1:35 (Watt)
35. This Road – 1:26 (Watt)
36. Polarity – 1:44 (Watt)

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".