ASFB mastered their albums at Cleveland Recording. Housed in an older building on Euclid Avenue it was eventually torn down to make way for the burgeoning growth of Cleveland State University. ASFB recorded alongside some well-known "Great Lakes" rock groups. The Outsiders, "Time Won't Let Me," Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music," the Lemon Pipers "Green Tambourine," the Human Beinz  "Nobody But Me," Grand Funk Railroad's first seven albums and the James Gang albums were all recorded here using the Cleveland Orchestra whenever needed. The engineer and owner, Ken Hamann, teamed up with Nashville producer, Rob Galbraith, on all of ASFB's recordings. The band met Rob while on tour in Nashville in 1971 when Glenn, Larry, Randy and Joe taped a demo of a few songs at the Columbia Studio. Rob also recorded an impromptu version of Old Rugged Cross that appears on more than one album.

The All Saved Freak Band played throughout the eastern portion of North America and Canada. As guests of the city of New Orleans, they played and testified at Mayor Moon Landrieu's private Mardi Gras reception held at City Hall, playing in Jackson Square during the day. Drummer Tom Eritano couldn't make the trip and Val Fuentes, drummer for It's A Beautiful Day and New Riders of the Purple Sage, flew in from California to fill in. He and Joe Markko were band mates playing blues/rock on Chicago's North side in the very early 1960's. ASFB also performed at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, playing as headliners at the Man and His World pavilion. Following a series of concerts at "Spring Break" in Fort Lauderdale, national publications as diverse as Christianity Today, Rolling Stone Magazine and the National Courier began carrying articles about the group.

Obsessively focused on the work of "winning the lost," personal work was stressed at all concert events. Indian reservations in Canada, mental institutions in Maine, prisons in Ohio, rotundas and halls of State office buildings, International Exposition Halls, camps of migrant workers, tents at County Fairs, Churches in most states east of the Mississippi, open-air platforms, Music Halls, military bases, colleges, amphitheaters, nursing homes, parking lots, street corners and hay lofts ― the band's flexibility allowed it to present a variety of musical expressions best serving the needs of evangelism. Creating their own label, Rock the World Enterprises [changed to 'War Again' on the final recording], the group was entirely self-financed. For most of its existence, ASFB charged nothing to travel and perform/minister. Impossible to sustain such a policy, the band eventually sent contracts  asking  for  $200 per concert. None of the  band members has  ever received any  money for their appearances or recordings.
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By the time of its dissolution late in 1979, the music of the All Saved Freak Band had been played on hundreds of radio stations in a dozen different countries of the world. Ministering in the street, in concert and across denominational lines for more than a decade, the band's demise was based on irreconcilable differences between band members and the leadership of their home church. Larry, Ed and the Massmann sisters would attempt to continue the effort until 1980 but one of the most creative and original groups in the early history of CCM was gone following the departures of Joe Markko and Glenn Schwartz in 1979.

In early 1997, former band members became aware of a growing presence on the World Wide Web, search engines yielding sites from historians, "boot-leggers" and individuals selling rare, vinyl copies of their music. Feeling the need to "tie up lose ends," stop illegal internet sales and formalize their esoteric legacy, members undertook a nine-year effort that culminates in this website. Trade Marking the name, securing signed Copyright and Performance Contracts, pursuing prosecution for illegal internet sales, licensing rights to current producers and the release of a "Best of" collection for collectors and friends, ASFB members are bringing resolution to their story.

to be continued...
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