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1	Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs	1:27
2	One Chapter In The Book	1:00
3	Fake Contest	1:44
4	Beacon Sighted Through Fog Guitar – Joe Baiza	1:00
5	Mutiny In Jonestown	1:06
6	East Wind / Faith Guitar – Joe Baiza	2:10
7	Pure Joy	1:30
8	'99	1:00
9	The Anchor	2:30
10	Sell Or Be Sold	1:45
11	The Only Minority	1:00
12	Split Red	0:52
13	Colors	2:05
14	Plight	1:37
15	The Tin Roof	1:08
16	Life As A Rehearsal	1:35
17	This Road	1:26
18	Polarity	1:44

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Music Lab
• Overdubbed At – Total Access Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Total Access Recording Studios
• Copyright (c) – Thunderspiels
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – SST Records
• Glass Mastered At – JVC

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – Mike Watt
• Drums – George Hurley
• Guitar, Vocals – D. Boon
• Illustration [Drawing Back Cover] – D. Boon, G. Jacobelly*
• Illustration [Drawing Front Cover] – Raymond Pettibone*
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Spot
• Written-By – Boon* (tracks: 5, 10 to 14), Hurley* (tracks: 6 to 9), Watt*

Notes

All songs ©1982 tHUNDERsPIELS (BMI)
℗1982 SST Records

the basic tracks for this album were recorded in the early AM hours of July 3, 1982 at Music Lab studios (studio B) in Hollywood, CA
guitar and vocal overdubs were done on two seperate days in August, 1982 and then spot did a final mix shortly after that at Total Access Studio, Redondo Beach, CA

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (text): 0 18861-0014-2 5
• Barcode (scanned): 0018861001425
• Matrix / Runout: SSTCD 014 1T MFD BY JVC
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SST-014, SST014	Minutemen	What Makes A Man Start Fires? ‎(LP, Album)	SST Records, SST Records	SST-014, SST014	US	1983
SSTC 014	Minutemen	What Makes A Man Start Fires? ‎(Cass, Album, CrO)	SST Records	SSTC 014	US	1991
SST014, SST-014	Minutemen	What Makes A Man Start Fires? ‎(LP, Album, RE)	SST Records, SST Records	SST014, SST-014	US	Unknown
SST CD 014	Minutemen	What Makes A Man Start Fires? ‎(CD, Album, RE)	SST Records	SST CD 014	US	Unknown
SST 014	Minutemen	What Makes A Man Start Fires? ‎(LP, Album, RP)	SST Records	SST 014	US	Unknown