BLACK FLAG — The First Four Years

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Boxset / Compilation · 1983

Filed under Hardcore Punk
By BLACK FLAG

Tracklist


A1. Nervous Breakdown (02:08)
A2. Fix Me (00:57)
A3. I've Had It (01:26)
A4. Wasted (00:51)
A5. Jealous Again (01:52)
A6. Revenge (00:58)
A7. White Minority (01:03)
A8. No Values (01:45)
A9. You Bet We've Got Something Personal Against You! (00:52)
B1. Clocked In (01:30)
B2. Six Pack (02:19)
B3. I've Heard It Before (01:38)
B4. American Waste (01:32)
B5. Machine (01:25)
B6. Louie Louie (01:18)
B7. Damaged I (04:05)

Total Time 24:40

Line-up/Musicians


- Keith Morris / lead vocals (tracks 1-4)
- Ron Reyes / lead vocals (tracks 5-8)
- Dez Cadena / lead vocals (tracks 10-16), guitar (tracks 11-14)
- Greg Ginn / guitar
- Chuck Dukowski / bass, lead vocals (track 9)
- Brian Migdol / drums (tracks 1-4)
- Robo / drums (5-16)

About this release

CD and cassette released 1983 on SST Records (SST 021).

12" vinyl LP released 1988 on on SST Records (SST 021).

12" transparent gold vinyl LP released 1990 on on SST Records (SST 021).

CD released 21st April 1994 in Japan on King International (KKCP-14) / SST Records (SST CD 021). Reissued 2011.

Tracks A1 to A4 are from the "Nervous Breakdown" 7" EP (SST 001).
Tracks A5 to A9 are from the "Jealous Again" 12" EP (SST 003).
Track B1 is from the "Cracks in the Sidewalk" compilation (SST 005).
Tracks B2 to B4 are from the "Six Pack" 7" EP (SST 092).
Track B5 is from the "Chunks" compilation (SST 069).
Track B6 & B7 are from the "Louie Louie" 7" single (SST 175).

Compilation containing the band's first three EP's, a single, and a couple tracks from V.A. compilations.

Thanks to Unitron for the addition and Bosh66 for the updates

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Warthur
Black Flag's The First Four Years is a mean little companion piece to Damaged, collecting all of the band's single and EP releases preceding their classic debut. It actually works fairly well as an album in its own right - partly thanks to its modest 25 minute running time - and the evolution of the band from a mildly harder than average punk band to the hardcore punk demigods beginning to dabble in other musical territories they were on Damaged is intriguing to witness. I won't get too deep into the arguments over which vocalist is best because all of them have a broadly similar approach to spitting out the band's lyrics and lay the groundwork for Rollins to come in admirably.

If you are really addicted to alternate versions of songs from here and Damaged you can take a look at Everything Went Black, but for most I think this is the only significant compilation of pre-Rollins material you need - not least because the overlap of material between this and Damaged is comparatively slight.

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