Cymarron / Michael Pagliaro – Rings / What The Hell I Got [year unknown; Underground Records]

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On the A-side of this split single,

the title track from Cymarron’s only album plunks along in a soft rock groove, with the keyboard backing providing the most striking part of the song.  Basically a ‘70s bachelor hook-up song, the lyrics attempt to entice a lover into the singer’s home with promises of good music on the stereo and pleasing conversation.  The B-side shifts to a guitar strut, with semi-plaintive vocals doing some shallow introspection without making any real progress.  Pretty weak on both sides, but as instrumentals, they might have been decent.