My First Bells

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| name = My First Bells

| type = Compilation album

| artist = The Minutemen

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| released = 1985

| recorded = 1980–1983

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| genre = Alternative rock, hardcore punk, post-punk

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| label = SST (032)

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My First Bells is a compilation album by the American punk rock band Minutemen, released on SST Records in 1985.{{Cite web|last=Robbins|first=Ira|url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=minutemen|title=TrouserPress.com :: Minutemen|work=Trouser Press|access-date=March 14, 2020}}

The collection was released as a cassette and included the Minutemen's first five EPs and LPs, recorded and released between 1980 and 1983.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&q=My+First+Bells+minutemen&pg=PA741|title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul|first1=Vladimir|last1=Bogdanov|first2=Chris|last2=Woodstra|first3=Stephen Thomas|last3=Erlewine|date=October 13, 2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306533|via=Google Books}} It also included three songs released on other compilations: "9:30 May 2", "Clocks" and "Prelude".

The release totaled 62 songs.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=My+First+Bells+minutemen&pg=PA804|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=October 13, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}

It included:

• Paranoid Time EP, 1980, 7 songs
• "9:30 May 2" (released on compilation Cracks in the Sidewalk in 1980)
• "Clocks" (released on compilation Chunks in 1981)
• Joy EP, 1981, 3 songs
• The Punch Line LP, 1981, 18 songs
• Bean-Spill EP, 1982, 5 songs
• "Prelude" (written by Marc Bolan, released on compilation Life is Good, So Why Not Eat Health Foods in 1983)
• What Makes a Man Start Fires? LP, 1983, 18 songs
• Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat EP, 1983, 8 songs