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The Troubled Mind - Freedom (1969)

(Leon Patillo)
New Zealand New Zealand

B-side of a single on Festival NZ by Auckland-based band originally from Napier, previously known as The Troubled Minds.

See under the A-side The Troubled Mind – I'm Good For You for more details.


Fire - Freedom (1968)

(Leon Patillo)
USA USA
Original version?

Single on Colstar, the San Francisco label co-founded by New Zealand singer, producer and songwriter Ray Columbus during his 1966-68 sojourn in the USA. This was also on San Francisco International Pop Festival, a various-artists album on Colstar produced by Columbus.

B-side of I'm Good For You. The Troubled Mind's NZ single from 1969 covers both sides of this single. 

Written by American Christian singer Leon Patillo who formed Creation, aka Leon's Creation, in the late 60s and later played for Santana. So far I haven't found any evidence of a recording of this song by Patillo or Creation, or by anyone else.