Joy

“Joy” is a three-song EP by the Minutemen. The entire EP was recorded and mixed in five hours. It was the first release that the Minutemen had issued on their own New Alliance Records label in 1981. Their first full-length album “The Punch Line” hit record store shelves three months after the release of “Joy”, although “Joy” was recorded after “The Punch Line”.

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. This the the reissued version, as a coloured vinyl 10 inch. The cover is a little worn but still great, the vinyl is as good as new.