First Two 7"s on a 12"

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First Two 7"s on a 12"
Compilation album by Minor Threat
Released	March 1984
Recorded	April 1981 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	Minor Threat: 9:20 In My Eyes: 7:38 Total: 16:58
Label	Dischord
Producer	Skip Groff and Minor Threat
Minor Threat chronology
Out of Step (1983) First Two 7"s on a 12" (1984) Salad Days (1985)

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First Two 7"s on a 12" (also known as the Minor Threat LP) was a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Minor Threat. It was released in March 1984 through Dischord Records. The compilation consisted of the group's first two extended plays, Minor Threat (originally released June 1981) and In My Eyes (originally released December 1981). First Two 7"s on a 12" featured the same cover as the Minor Theat EP, depicting vocalist Ian MacKaye's younger brother Alec (Untouchables, The Faith) . The image has been imitated by punk bands such as Rancid on their album …And Out Come the Wolves and in the Major Threat ad campaign by Nike.

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"Straight Edge", a song from the Minor Threat EP, inadvertently inspired the straight edge movement. The song seemed to be a call for abstinence from drugs and alcohol—a then-unpopular notion in the punk rock scene, which initially found a small, but dedicated following.

Another Minor Threat song, from In My Eyes, "Out of Step", further demonstrates the aesthetic: "Don't smoke/ Don't drink/ Don't fuck/ At least I can fucking think/ I can't keep up/ Can't keep up/ Can't keep up/ I'm out of step with the world." Some in Minor Threat—Jeff Nelson in particular—took exception to what they saw as MacKaye's imperious attitude on the song.^{[citation needed]}

"In My Eyes" is an anti-smoking,^{[citation needed]} anti-peer pressure song which has been covered by Rap Metal band Rage Against the Machine among others. This song, along with "Straight Edge" and "Out of Step", helped to solidify views of Minor Threat as a band with an anti-drug platform.

"Guilty of Being White" led to false accusations of racial prejudice, due to perceived similarities between the song's lyrics and that of white power rhetoric which often frames the majority race as victims at the hands of a minority group. However, MacKaye has strongly denied such intentions and said that some listeners misinterpreted his words. According to him, the song was written about his experiences growing up in Washington, D.C. at a time of high racial tension, where the majority race in his school was African-American and many black students were hostile towards whites. Slayer later covered the song, though perhaps not entirely in the spirit in which MacKaye wrote it: they changed the lyric "guilty of being white" to "guilty of being right" at the song's climax. MacKaye has stated that he was offended by the change.

"Minor Threat" is a youth anthem which has been covered by such rock bands as Sublime, Silverchair, Rise Against and Pennywise.

"Steppin' Stone" is a Monkees cover. It has been covered by such other famous punk bands as the Sex Pistols, State of Alert, Government Issue, and D.S.-13.

Track listing

Minor Threat EP

All songs written and composed by Ian MacKaye, except where noted. 

Minor Threat EP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Filler" (written by Minor Threat)	1:32
2.	"I Don't Wanna Hear It"	1:13
3.	"Seeing Red" (written by Jeff Nelson and MacKaye)	1:03
4.	"Straight Edge"	0:45
5.	"Small Man, Big Mouth"	0:55
6.	"Screaming at a Wall"	1:32
7.	"Bottled Violence" (written by MacKaye and Brian Baker)	0:54
8.	"Minor Threat" (written by MacKaye and Lyle Preslar)	1:27
Total length:		9:20

In My Eyes EP

In My Eyes EP
No.	Title	Length
9.	"In My Eyes"	2:49
10.	"Out of Step (With the World)"	1:20
11.	"Guilty of Being White"	1:17
12.	"Steppin' Stone" (written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart; originally performed by Paul Revere & the Raiders)	2:12
Total length:		7:38

Personnel

• Ian MacKaye - lead vocals
• Lyle Preslar - guitar
• Brian Baker - bass
• Jeff Nelson - drums

Production

• Skip Groff; Minor Threat - producers
• Don Zientara - engineer
• Minor Threat; Don Zientara - mixing
• Skip Groff - mastering
• Jeff Nelson - graphic design
• Susie Josephson - cover art (Minor Threat)
• Gary Cousin - front cover art (In My Eyes)
• Anna Connolly - back cover art (In My Eyes)