| The First Four Years | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Black Flag |
| Cover: | Black Flag - The First Four Years cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | January 1978 – April 1981 at Media Art Studios in Hermosa Beach, California |
| Genre: | Hardcore punk |
| Length: | 24:40 |
| Label: | SST Records |
| Producer: | Spot, Geza X, Black Flag |
| Prev Title: | Everything Went Black |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | My War |
| Next Year: | 1984 |