Joy (EP)
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Joy is a three-song seven-inch EP
by American hardcore punk
band Minutemen
. Recorded not long after the release of their first EP Paranoid Time
, it was the first release that Minutemen had issued on their own New Alliance Records
label in 1981. Their prolific nature would continue when their first full-length album The Punch Line
hit record store shelves three months after the release of Joy.
The EP also appears as part of the My First Bells
cassette and the Post-Mersh Vol. 3
CD, both on SST Records
. SST reissued the EP in 1987 not long after buying New Alliance Records from Mike Watt
. When SST took over the New Alliance label and back catalogue, the label redated the copyright on the EP to be 1987, causing some fans to believe that the EP contained previously unreleased material. The EP was also reissued as a 10" colored vinyl EP and in 1988 as a three-inch CD.
According to the record's liner notes, the entire EP was recorded and mixed in five hours.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by American hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band Minutemen
Minutemen (band)
Minutemen were an American hardcore punk band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980. Composed of guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley, Minutemen recorded four albums and eight EPs before Boon's death in an automobile accident in December 1985...
. Recorded not long after the release of their first EP Paranoid Time
Paranoid Time
Paranoid Time is the first EP by American hardcore punk band Minutemen. It is also the second ever release by the SST record label, founded by Black Flag's Greg Ginn and Chuck Dukowski.-History of the record:...
, it was the first release that Minutemen had issued on their own New Alliance Records
New Alliance Records
New Alliance Records was the record label founded by The Minutemen's D. Boon and Mike Watt and longtime friend and associate Martin Tamburovich after the example of Black Flag's SST Records...
label in 1981. Their prolific nature would continue when their first full-length album The Punch Line
The Punch Line
The Punch Line is the first 12-inch and third record release by influential American punk rock band Minutemen, and the fourth-ever release from SST Records. Less than half the length of most LPs, the total playing time for all eighteen songs is a mere fifteen minutes...
hit record store shelves three months after the release of Joy.
The EP also appears as part of the My First Bells
My First Bells
My First Bells is a compilation album from the American punk rock band Minutemen, released on SST Records in 1985....
cassette and the Post-Mersh Vol. 3
Post-Mersh Vol. 3
Post Mersh 3 is the 1989 compilation release by the punk band the Minutemen. It contains the EP's Paranoid Time , Bean-Spill , and Tour-Spiel , the 1981 Joy single, and The Politics of Time .- Track listing :...
CD, both on SST Records
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
. SST reissued the EP in 1987 not long after buying New Alliance Records from Mike Watt
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; , he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen...
. When SST took over the New Alliance label and back catalogue, the label redated the copyright on the EP to be 1987, causing some fans to believe that the EP contained previously unreleased material. The EP was also reissued as a 10" colored vinyl EP and in 1988 as a three-inch CD.
According to the record's liner notes, the entire EP was recorded and mixed in five hours.
Other Personnel
- Mike Patton - record producer
- Jon St. JamesJon St. JamesJon St. James is an American guitarist, songwriter–composer, producer and engineer whose Casbah Recording Studio was a part of Orange County, California's new music scene in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s. St. James' first album was as leader–frontman–songwriter of the progressive rock group...
- recording engineer - Tom Trapp - recording engineer