| The Beginning | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Mercyful Fate |
| Cover: | MFthebeginning.JPG |
| Released: | 24 June 1987 |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 44:53 |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Producer: | Jac Hustinx, Henrik Lund, Tony Wilson |
| Prev Title: | Don't Break the Oath |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Return of the Vampire |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
The Beginning is a compilation album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate released on 24 June 1987 through Roadrunner Records consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP and different versions of 4 tracks from the album Melissa.
|¹ From "The Friday Rock Show". 19 March, 1983
|² From the "Black Funeral" single (B side)
|³ From the Metallic Storm compilation (Remaster only)