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.

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The Red Barons - Bomb Out Of Your Mind / You Do. 1971 USA ~ New York ~ Pennsylvania

Both sides are consistent folk rock jangly pop styled. Led by a one Cheryl Barnes, her vocals recall a bit of Janis Joplin and Canned Haat. Or even Jean Ritchie. There's some old organ in play. The music sounds more like 1967 than '71. It appears the band were from the New York / Pennsylvania border, and there's some Appalachia in here too.

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