Jeff Bond - Man and His Mountain / Alone. 1971 USA ~ Denver, Colorado

Very interesting two sider here. The a) side is a pleasant piece of sunshine pop with piano and horns. Bond has a soothing voice. Very professional sounding. It's the b) side that I think would have collectors going wild if they only knew about it. Definitely downer folk with flute, tympani, and chimes. Haunting.

There's mixed information out there on who Bond is. 45Cat says his real name is Neal Bond and he plays with the modern southern rock band Braxton Bragg Band from Portland. I'm pretty sure that's not correct.  RYM had him mislabeled as the more famous author, most notably for the music of Star Trek. I've fixed that.

The label MARK also doesn't show up other than one entry in 45cat by a band called Blackbird. 

Own.

3.0 / 4.0

Charles J. Foley (Charlie) - Witches Ogres and Mint / Overture (To the Sabbath). 1974 USA ~ Lincoln, Nebraska

Wow - this one is completely extinct from the modern historical record. Nowhere to be found - at all! And it's good folk too - a bit of Dylan and some dark themes. I would expect this to be a big hitter if it ever gets discovered.

Own. Found at a record store in Denver (2022).

7/27/22 (first listen / review); 1/1/25 (new entry)

Those Two - Baby I Know / I'm Gonna Walk With You. 1966 USA

Garage folk with typical influences of the day like The Beatles, Byrds, Mamas and Papas, etc... Dual female, male vocals. Not sure where they're from.

Found in Bozeman, Montana. The Discogs photo is my copy. Will sell it eventually.

8/15/24

3/3

Happy - When and How / Letting Easy Take Me. 1974 USA-Virginia

The a) side is a complete stunner. Starts off beautiful enough with acoustic guitar and keys, which leads to a goose bump inducing mellotron strings chord progression. This track is absolutely loaded with mellotron strings, and is particularly gorgeous when the guitarist plays an equally beautiful lightly amplified jazzy solo on top. What an absolute monster of a track, the pinnacle of psychedelic folk. The flip is completely different and is southern rock, though despite the jarring contrast, is pretty good actually. There's some unusual drumming up front, and the latter half has the guitarist back out front with another great solo! Love his style, expressive but subdued.

Ownership: SP: 1974 Studio 1. Online acquisition (2022). Since I added this to Discogs, it's really taken off.

5.0 / 3.5

2/5/22