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label the previous year, was in attendance for their set and offered to release the group's material. Abunai! remained with the label for its subsequent three albums and two EPs, though the band also released songs on a variety of compilations elsewhere.
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in 1997, where they also sold copies of a self-released and titled cassette taken from their initial sessions.
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