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A1	Search	0:51
A2	Tension	1:18
A3	Games	1:01
A4	Boiling	0:56
A5	Disguises	0:45
A6	The Struggle	0:40
A7	Monuments	0:48
A8	Ruins Vocals [In The Middle] – George Hurley	0:49
A9	Issued	0:38
B1	The Punch Line	0:40
B2	Song For El Salvador	0:31
B3	History Lesson	0:37
B4	Fanatics	0:30
B5	No Parade	0:50
B6	Straight Jacket	0:58
B7	Gravity	0:55
B8	Warfare	0:54
B9	Static	0:50

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – New Alliance Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – SST Records
• Recorded At – Media Art Studio

Credits

• Artwork [Back Cover] – George Hurley
• Artwork [Cover Art] – D. Boon
• Artwork [Insert] – Martyn Lyon*
• Bass, Vocals – Mike Watt
• Drums – George Hurley
• Producer, Engineer – Spot
• Vocals, Guitar – D. Boon

Notes

Original pressing with songs grouped into 7 bands across the 2-sides (4 on side A, 3 on B). Cover is a heavyweight pasteboard/tip-on style (cardboard colored inside, not white inside.) Labels shows a wide band marking, not a small one like later. No barcode.

©1981 new alliance music
℗1981 sst records
made in usa

Includes Insert: "Fundamentals Of Design"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, etched): SST 004A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, etched): SST 004B SEND IN THE CLOWNS!
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SST CD 004	Minutemen	The Punch Line ‎(CD, Album, RE)	SST Records	SST CD 004	US	1992
SST-004	Minutemen	The Punch Line ‎(12", Album, RE, RM)	SST Records	SST-004	US	Unknown
SST 004	Minutemen	The Punch Line ‎(12", Album, RE, RM)	SST Records	SST 004	US	1989
SST-004, SST 004	Minutemen	The Punch Line ‎(12", Album, RE, RP)	SST Records, SST Records	SST-004, SST 004	US	Unknown
SST-004	Minutemen	The Punch Line ‎(12", Album, RP)	SST Records	SST-004	US	Unknown