Over the last few years I've picked up some great Nardcore records. For anyone who is unfamilliar, 'Nardcore' is a term that describes hardcore punk bands from Oxnard, a city that is located in Southern California, roughly 50 miles north of Los Angeles, and has a strong skateboard and surfing community as well as more than its fair share of hardcore bands, dating back to the early 80s.
Back in 2022 I picked up a compilation LP that Indecision Records released in 2020 called 'Nardcore For Life'. I really enjoyed that record and it definitely helped ignite an interest in the Nardcore scene. Recently a test press appeared on eBay and I was intent on winning it. In the end I got it, and for only $23.46 (plus postage). Like a few other Indecision Records tests from the last few years, this comes in a spray painted sleeve.
A couple of months after I picked up the 'Nardcore For Life' comp, in November 2022, I picked up another compilation called simply 'Nardcore'. The version I got was a repress on It's Alive Records, although the compilation was originally released by Mystic Records back in 1984. Well, I got a test press of this one too, and it came in a regular sleeve:
I'm really not sure which version this is a test press of. It has a 2018 date written on the labels, but also has 'Mystic' written on it. According to discogs (which isn't always right), the only pressing of this in 2018 was on It's Alive Records, not Mystic. So something doesn't quite add up. But anyway, whatever, it's still a cool find.
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