BFA were a ska band from Windsor. As far as I know they only released this ep. The record was released on their own label Bourgeouise Dog Productions. The songs on this back cover are the songs found on the ep.
JFA and the Sun City Girls were both on Placebo Records, which was a label that released bands out of the Pheoniz scene. JFA were a skate team as well and one of the best from the skate punk scene. Sudden Impact were a local band that were a bunch of skaters and made them perfect as an opening act. This show took place at the Turning Point.
This was the first recording that Sudden Impact released. They self-released it as a cassette like most Toronto bands did at the time. Tim Yohannon reviewed the tape as "Totally hot HC-type tape, folks. No let-up, meat and potatoes thrash, delivered with commitment. Lest you howl "generic," go to a new wave show, then go home and play this. It'll be a breath of fresh air. (from Maximum Rocknroll #19, November 1984)". The songs on here are:
Jeff Bale wrote this review for MRR of the Red Tide ep. This appeared in issue #15, which came out in July 1984. Click on image to enlarge it to a readable size.