Complete History Volume One is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 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 Government Issue

Government Issue

Government Issue was an American hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C. active from 1980 to 1989. The band experienced many changes in membership during its nine-year existence, with singer John Stabb as the only consistent member in an ever-fluctuating lineup that at various times included...

, compiling the band's recordings from 1982 to 1985. It was released March 28, 2000 through Dr. Strange Records

Dr. Strange Records

Dr. Strange Records is a record label and record store located in Alta Loma, California. It started out as an apartment-based distro in 1988 and became a record label in 1989, run out of the "Doc's" apartment until 1997 when the store was first opened....

, with a companion album, Complete History Volume Two, released in 2002. Together, the two Complete History albums collect nearly all of the band's recorded output. Volume One intentionally omits the 1981 Legless Bull EP

Extended play

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 and the tracks "Hey Ronnie" and "Lie, Cheat, and Steal" released on the Flex Your Head

Flex Your Head

Flex Your Head is a punk rock compilation album. It was originally released in January 1982, and was re-released on CD in August 1995. A remastered CD version was released in 2002...

compilation, as both of these releases are still in print through Dischord Records

Dischord Records

Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...

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Disc 1

Disc 2

Band

• John Stabb – lead vocals
  Singing
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   (all tracks)
• Marc Alberstadt – drums
  Drum kit
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   (all tracks)
• Tom Lyle – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   (tracks 1–5 on disc 1), guitar (tracks 6–45 on disc 2), producer
  Record producer
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   (tracks 1–5 and 23–35 on disc 1, tracks 23–35 on disc 2)
• Brian Baker
  Brian Baker (musician)
  Brian Baker is an American punk rock musician. He is best known as one of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, and as a guitarist in Bad Religion since 1994 alongside Greg Hetson...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (tracks 1–5 on disc 1), producer (tracks 1–5 and 23–45 on disc 1, tracks 1–5 and 23–35 on disc 2)
• Mitch Parker – bass guitar (tracks 6–22 on disc 1)
• Mike Fellows – bass guitar (tracks 23–35 on disc 1, tracks 13, 14, and 17 on disc 2)
• Lenny Leonard – bass guitar (tracks 36–45 on disc 1, tracks 1–5, 7–11, 16, 18, 23, 25–32, 34, and 35 on disc 2)
• Rob Moss – bass guitar (tracks 12 and 21 on disc 2)
• Mitch Parker – bass guitar (tracks 19 and 20 on disc 2)
• Steve Hansgen
  Steve Hansgen
  Steve Hansgen was a bass player in the hardcore band Minor Threat, joining them in the fall of 1982 to allow bassist Brian Baker to switch over to second guitar....
  
   – bass guitar (tracks 24 and 33 on disc 2)

Production

• Tom Scott – recording engineer (all tracks on disc 1, tracks 1–5 on disc 2), producer (tracks 23–35 on disc 1), remix
  Remix
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   engineer (tracks 36–45 on disc 1, tracks 1–5 on disc 2)
• Ian MacKaye
  Ian MacKaye
  Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk bands Minor Threat and The Teen Idles, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well...
  
  – producer and backing vocals (tracks 6–17 on disc 1)
• Don Zientara – recording engineer (tracks 6–17 on disc 1)
• Barbara Milne – recording engineer (tracks 36–45 on disc 1, tracks 1–5 on disc 2)
• Steve Carr – recording engineer (tracks 36–45 on disc 1, tracks 1–5 on disc 2)
• Jim Fox – recording engineer (tracks 23–35 on disc 2)
• Phillip Roves – recording engineer (tracks 23–35 on disc 2)
• Chris Biondo – recording and remix engineer (tracks 23–35 on disc 2)
• Doug Johnston – recording engineer for this compilation
• Jeff Caudill – art direction and design