Video: The Guise - She Don't Tell Secrets

The Guise

Turns out, an obscure band from Columbus in the 1980s that only released one seven inch single does not have a massive amount of press coverage. So I got nothing for this Wednesday, sorry!

New Additions: She Don't Tell Secrets seven inch single by The Guise

Sometimes in the many hours of crate-digging at various record stores across town, stumbling upon one unknown record in a local bin opens up a rabbit hole of information. That's the case with, from what I've figured out so far, the only release by The Guise from 1983 on Doubletree Records that I found at Magnolia Thunderpussy a few months back. Turns out Doubletree was a second sub-label of Kingsmill Studio, which released nearly a hundred records on the main Blue Ash Records in the 1970s and 80s. The Guise also appeared on Volume 3 of the Q-FM Hometown Series with a song called "You Don't Have To Cry," a track similar to their power-pop style on this single.

Know Yer Band: The Guise

Band: The Guise

Members
Bass, Vocals – Jack Crow
Drums – Lester Sunday
Guitar, Vocals, Piano – Jeff Crow
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Chris Gianvito
Vocals, Percussion – Tony "Spok" Ball

Releases
1983 - She Don't Tell Secrets 7" single (Doubletree Records)

The Q-FM 96 Hometown Compilations

As mentioned in a few previous posts, Q-FM 96 put out a number of "Hometown" compilations throughout the 1980s featuring an interesting variety of artists over the years. Q-FM keeps a Q-Seum page of their history and includes some screenshots. Nine total compilations were released between 1980 and 1988 - eight on vinyl and the last on cassette.

A lot of the material is expectedly radio friendly 80s AOR, pop and singer/songwriter. Occasionally, some more diverse material made the cut, such as the Willie Phoenix band The Buttons (Vol. 1), Rosie and The Jetboys (Vol. 3), Oswald And The Herringbones (Vol. 5), as well as discoveries like The Guise (Vol. 3) and Columbus (Vol. 4).