Frank and Company – Show Me The Way / Can I Take You Home. USA

The A) side has a wonderful funk beat with fuzz guitar and organ on top. Excellent track. The B) side is a slow dance soul number with organ in the backdrop that surprisingly breaks into a power ballad, with a cool fuzz solo. Nice two sider.

Ownership: SP: 19?? A.D.Y. Online acquisition (2021)

4/19/21 (first listen); 12/11/21 (review / new entry)

Quimm - Indian Woman / Rock God. 1972 USA-Ohio

From Marietta. A) side is a soft MOR-ish ballad. The B) side opens with ominous organ and lightly strummed electric guitar. And then it breaks into a Uriah Heep like heavy rocker with organ, riffing guitar chords, and David Byron like vocals. A killer little track. This is the side that makes it a keeper.

Ownership: SP: 1972 Revelation. Online purchase (2021).

4/19/21 (first listen); 12/11/21 (review / new entry)

Crossfire - King Will Come / Truth. 1978 USA-Virginia

The A) side is a mix of hard rock and prog, with excellent guitar and organ. Great guitar solo as well. The flip starts off with a cool groove and breaks from there into an organ prog styled riff, followed by an excellent Allman Brothers like jazzy psych guitar. And it just continues on with an excellent organ solo to boot. One of our best discoveries of the year!

Totally guessing about Virginia, since that's where the label is based.

Ownership: SP: 1978 Casey. Online acquisition (2021).

4/19/21 (first listen); 12/11/21 (review / new entry)

Faustus - Come on Down / Days of Swashbuckling. 1978 USA-Illinois

This is one of those bands that have a better moniker and titles than the actual music. The A) side is a mix of boogie rock and melodic AOR. The latter saving the effort. The B) side is much better with a mix of earnest hard rock and prog rock ambition. There's some faint mellotron as a backdrop. For whatever reason, I'm most reminded of Ethos here. Not a life changer, but worth tracking down.

Hard to tell where the group is from. Plenty of references to north central Illinois, Chicago, and St. Louis. They managed to finally get an album out in 1983, which looks to be an attempt at radio stardom. That which did not happen obviously.

Ownership: SP: 1978 Golden Eagle. Online acquisition (2021)

Looks like we ended up with the exact same copy as the original poster once had on Discogs! Ours has the signatures in the same place. It's too exact to be a coincidence.

5/3/21 (first listen); 12/11/21 (review / new entry)

Strongbow - If You're Goin to the City / Change. 1973 USA-Columbus

This is the same Strongbow who released a well respected album a couple of years later. This single predicts their future sound, as it's similar in construct. Neither tune is on the album proper. The A) side is good times rock n' roll, not so interesting of a tune, but features absolute bitchin' Hammond organ and electric guitar solos. Mariano Rivera is in the house - and got a save! The B) is a much more interesting tune based on an organ dirge, that also has some splendid guitar soloing. This is a good two sider worth seeking out.

Ownership: SP: 1973 Epodus. Online acquisition (2021)

5/4/21 (first listen); 12/11/21 (review / new entry)