DOWNSTATE SOUNDS: RoFran Records [Urbana]

RoFran Enterprises was a studio and label owned and operated by Roger Francisco from roughly 1964 to 1974. Francisco was born in Decatur and grew up in Springfield, Illinois. He was a musician and audio engineer who had spent some time in Nashville before returning to central Illinois. Around 1964, Francisco opened a studio in his basement at 5 Rainbow Court in Urbana where he produced radio and television commercials as well as music by local groups. Initial singles were released on the RoFran label. Later “A Custom Product of RoFran Enterprises” or simply Custom was used on the label. In 1967, RoFran expanded its operation and moved into a new space at 115 West Main Street in downtown Urbana. By 1970 the studio had moved to 117 W. Washington in Urbana. In 1974, Francisco sold the business to Al Ierardi.

CAT #	ARTIST	TITLE	DATE
P-1001	The Intruders	Deception / Intrudin'	1965
P-1002	The Rogues	Gone To Stay / Wait Till the Summer	1965
P-1003	Lee Rust	Scramble / Do You Ever Kinda Wonder?	1965
P-1004	Lee Rust	Mystery House / Come on Back	1965
P-1005	Lee Rust	Try, Try to Leave / I’m Spoken For	1965
P-1006	Lee Rust	She’s Gone Tonight / World Made of Romance	1965
R-1010	Sound Studio One (aka The Prodigies)	Kysmyph (KIS-MIF) / Don’t Look Back	1966
P-1012	The Impalas	Kristina / Lost Beat	1966
ER-1013	The Prodigies	I Want To Do It / What’d I Say	1966
P-1014	The Quarternotes	My Baby Left Me / You And I (Are In Love)	1966
P-1018	The Lindsey Triplets	Tomorrow’s Another Day / Terry	1966
P-1019	Al Ierardi	Drifter / Dureen	1967
836R-2005	Sound Studio One	Never Tell / Never Marry (A Woman Who Is Taller Than You)	1968

Custom 45s of RoFran Enterprises

CAT #	ARTIST	TITLE	DATE	LABEL
P-1020	The Cliques	So Hard / Ballad of a Destitute Man	1967	Custom
P-1021	The Keepers	Why Have You Changed / Tiny Teardrops	1967	Custom
P-1022	Count Demon and His Four Members	(I Got To) Work With It / C-C Rider	1967	Star
1024	The Dearly Beloved	Cindy	1967	Custom
1026	Puppet, Dingbat & Odie	Transcontinental Balloon Ride / Julie	1967	Psychedelic
1028	The Ravins	Andy / I Had A Feeling	1967	Syndicate
836R-1030	The Shades of Blue	Not The Way Love Should Be / You Must Believe Me	1967	Shades
1034	The Camaros	I Need You No More / Just For The Love Of A Man	1968	Custom
1035	Howie Thayer and his Psycho-Electric Happening	Movin' Groovin' Fairy Tale / If Death Don't Get You (Then The Government Will)	1968	Psychedelic Sounds
1042	K. Sandra Wyman	Until It's Time For You To Go / Where Does It Lead	1968	Folksound
1044	Howie Thayer and his Psycho-Electric Happening	Bazap! / Side 2	1968	Psychedelic Sounds
1045	Soul Brothers	Twinkle Twinkle / Miss Delores Funk	1968	Soul
1047	Linda Fanakos	Candyland Town / Let's Make It Clear	1969	no label
1048	Leroy Knox and the Gaypoppers	The Mistakes I Made / Here I Am	1969	Soul Sounds
35921	Marvin Lee & The Midwesterns	I've Made My Mind Up (To Leave You Today) / Until My Dreams Come True		Century
39550	Al Ierardi	You're Not The Girl (I'm Looking For But You're The Girl I Found) / That Damn Ol' Hillbilly Tune		Century
44090	Mad John Fever	Breath & Thunder / One World Lost To Another		Century