Alright, I'm going to start going local for the next few picks. In the 1994-1996 category, I pick the classic 10" split EP by The Primrods & Wagbeard.
You can still find copies of this around at Sloth or Melodiya. It was put out by Pornstar / Sloth records (back when Dave Muir used to actively put out albums).
The Primrods were my hands-down favorite Calgary band for a long time. This four song side features them at their best, with P5 as the front man. Paul would go on to front The New 1-2 (who were awesome), and was also in XL-Birdsuit and, after a move to Edmonton, Twin Fang. (They were both awesome too.)
The good people at Catch & Release records put out a compilation called
Sh*t Side Story, which includes all the songs from this record, plus earlier tunes from their cassettes.
Wagbeard was equally great. The three tunes on here are great. The biggest testament I ever saw to how loved this band was in Calgary was the reunion show at the Night Gallery in 98 or 99. I never saw that room so full for anything else. I thought the floor was going to collapse.
Here's the video for Wagbeard's 'Too Easy' , which isn't on this record, but who cares: