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The Olympic Death Squad

Blue

SIDE ONE

This Is Riot Gear
Maple Leaf
Show Your Age
Newfoundland
Sometimes I Can Breathe

SIDE TWO

Ski Jump
Wakefield Street
Short Sleeve
The Anti-Kidnapping Song
Yeah, Uh-Huh

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MARK E Sammy Supreme My Man 7 inch album

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THE OLYMPIC DEATH SQUAD Blue vinyl LP album

THE OLYMPIC DEATH SQUAD
Blue
vinyl LP jacket
front

THE OLYMPIC DEATH SQUAD Blue vinyl LP album back

THE OLYMPIC DEATH SQUAD
Blue
vinyl LP jacket
back

THE OLYMPIC DEATH SQUAD
Blue
compact disc
cover

LINER NOTES

PLAYERS

Mark Robinson, vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums

RECORDED BY

Matt Letsinger,

and Jonah Rainey,

at Letsrain, 5316 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, USA

January, 1996

MIXED BY

Mark Robinson,

and Ian Jones,

at Evil Genius, Arlington, Virginia, USA

MASTERED BY

Steve Murphy,

at Avalon, in the Monacle Building, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Mark Robinson,

PHOTOGRAPHY

Kurt Calloway, live performance (1994-1995)

Evelyn Hurley, Halloween (1995)

Lynn Robinson, portrait (1987)

COVER DESIGN

Mark Robinson, Teen-Beat Graphica

ET CETERA

"Dedicated to Bridget Cross, The Cold Cold Hearts, and Lois Robinson."

Unrest's Tim Moran had planned to show up for the recording session and perform additional guitar parts, but didn't make it because of the 12 inches of snow in Arlington, Virginia that morning.

REVIEW

"Olympic Death Squad was one of many Mark Robinson projects following the breakup of Unrest and was largely eclipsed by Air Miami (which reunited Robinson with Unrest's Bridget Cross) and Flin Flon. The composition of Olympic Death Squad's Blue is pretty much as one would expect from Robinson, and this is a very good thing -- while the album opener "This Is Riot Gear" is in the exact angular rock style of Flin Flon's debut, much of the album is laid-back and jangling, both recalling late-period Unrest and falling in line with Air Miami (minus the polished production and use of electronics.) Blue's sound is rawer and more low-fi than any of Robinson's projects (excepting early Unrest), and not as focused as Air Miami's slick pop or Flin Flon's scratchy rock, but Robinson's skill as a songwriter and his usually on-target musical aesthetics make it just as worthwhile as his other work."
- Nitsuh Abebe, The All-Music Guide

"I got nothing to say really...except I just listened to my LP of this and thought, man, it's too bad this is such an unknown gem, so I should go write a review of appreciation on Amazon. If you like Unrest, this is probably the best offshoot, and I'm including Grenadine and Air Miami, which are better known, but not as simple and perfect. This was a great live show, too. Wish I had an Olympic Death Squad t-shirt."
- Andy Davis, Amazon