I was also lucky enough to see both of these bands live in 1991. The demo / 7” was incredible and “Darkest Before the Dawn” was groundbreaking. That being said Turning Point is my favorite hardcore band of all time…everything they did was gold.
This is of course out of print, but you can grab this shit on CD for less than a buck at Amazon right now, 'cause people are dumbasses and there are actually those out there who would rather listen to three-chord old school hardcore than some jams with actual fucking feeling (not to mention legitimate musical value). I can't get enough of this shit, and totally flipped over both these bands the first time I heard these four songs: Every fucking song is complete and total mastery on every level: Two of Turning Point's best songs ever (I don't give a fuck what anyone says, their more "emo" sounding stuff was the shit), as well as two of No Escape's finest (although their most golden tune, the unfuckwithable "Silenced", was on the "Rebuilding" compilation in 1990, along with another of Turning Point's unforgettable gems, "Broken", ironically enough). I believe the 7" was originally released in 1991 on Temperance Records, and then it was reissued on CD years later (plus all of the tracks have appeared on various other CD releases over the years, from which I've ripped them for this post). both of these bands were from New Jersey, and this is without question the greatest split ever released in the history of mankind. I figure I haven't gushed about New Jersey in awhile, so. I'm going on vacation tomorrow, so I'm gonna keep this one kinda short since most of the people reading this are probably already familiar with these bands, and if not, you can look 'em up on Google for background information and all that jazz.