The Early Years is an EP by Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on July 21, 1988, by now-defunct independent label Wop-Bop Records. It is Violeta de Outono's third official release.
It contains cover versions of songs by some of the band's major influences: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Gong, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Those recordings trace to as far as Violeta de Outono's inception in 1985, and were remastered for this release.
Ten years later, in 1999, the EP was reissued on CD under Voiceprint Records, containing an additional track recorded in 1995 as part of the Mulher na Montanha sessions. Unlike the four other tracks, this one was not made available digitially alongside the others.