Sputnik / JonnyX And The Groadies split 7" [unreleased / 1996]

I'm not sure how many copies of this unreleased 7" were actually pressed, or how many found their way out into the wild over the years, but I've managed to acquire two copies over time. One of them actually has the JonnyX And The Grodies song titles written on the dust sleeve, so I did my best to decipher the chicken scratches.

Sputnik & JonnyX And The Groadies

[split 7" / unreleased]

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National Guard - Unreleased LP [1996]

National Guard's last hurrah came in the form of an unreleased LP in mid 1996.  Intended to come out on a record label that was to be run by Billy Galaxy, the full recording never ended up seeing the light of day.  As things fell through with the CD, the band was also beginning to go through some changes, and with some personnel changes, National Guard ceased to exist by the end of the year.

Recorded at Anonymous Noise in May of 1996 with Karl Brummers, who also engineered recordings by the likes of The Weaklings, Atomic 61, The Automatics and Everclear, there were 21 tracks in total.  Two of those tracks (US Upset and No Way) did get released on the One Big Happy Slam Pit compilation CD.

So here it is, in its full form, the unreleased National Guard LP at 320k and remastered from the master DAT tape.

National Guard - Unreleased LP

[1996]

https://www.mediafire.com/?3u85gk9j1nup94x

The Drapes - All We Could Afford 7" [1996]

The Drapes were a skate punk band from Gresham.  I recall seeing them quite a bit in the mid 90s, but I was unaware that they were still active as late as 2003 when they put out a full length on Orange Recordings.  I'm going to dig further back today by presenting their "All We Could Afford!" 7 inch from 1996 on Over The Counter Records out of Wyoming.

The Drapes - All We Could Afford!

[1996 - Over The Counter Records]

http://www.mediafire.com/?90vr79mdilhqk21

Sputnik - Demo 1996

Sputnik were a punk band from Battleground, WA that ran in the same circle as bands like Compound and National Guard.  They put out this 18 track demo tape in 1996, and also recorded and pressed a split 7" with Johnny X & The Groadies that never got sold to the public at large.

Sputnik - Demo 1996

http://www.mediafire.com/?zwnnt858snisgn6