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Sagittarius
Blue Marble
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. In My Room
2. From You Unto Us
3. Will You Ever See Me
4. Gladys
5. I Sing My Song
6. The Blue Marble
7. Lend Me a Smile
8. I Still Can See Your Face
9. I See in You
10. Cloud Talk
11. I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City [mono]
12. I Still Can See Your Face [mono]
13. In My Room [mono]
14. Navajo Girl [mono]

CD Details

All Artists: Sagittarius
Title: Blue Marble
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/28/2008
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Oldies, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 090771626127, 090771626127

Synopsis

Album Description

The shimmering follow-up to Present Tense, 1968's pop-psych cult classic by producers Gary Usher and Curt Boettcher's studio-only project Sagittarius ("My World Fell Down"), 1969's The Blue Marble once again finds Usher crafting still more sunshiney, Beach Boys-esque dreamscapes. As he did for Present Tense, Usher called on the cream of L.A.'s studio pros as well as members of the like-minded Millennium, and the results are once again magnificent. Layered with creamy vocal harmonies, brass, flute, and Moog synthesizer, The Blue Marble will have fans of the Millennium, the Association, the Yellow Balloon, and similarly grandiose baroque pop acts positively floating on air. Sourced from the original Together Records analog masters, this CD edition contains four bonus tracks.

CD Reviews

Argh! I knew it!

David Goodwin | Westchester, NY United States | 09/03/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I knew that right after I plunked down the $... for the Japanese reissue of this album, Poptones would reissue it themselves. Bah.In any case...Blue Marble is, and let's establish this right off the bat, *very* different from Present Tense; gone are the latter's more trippy leanings, and Blue Marble as a whole tends more towards what I saw one reviewer call a "spiritual earthiness." It also, in my opinion, isn't quite as strong as Present Tense, although Gary Usher (and this IS Gary Usher's project...Boetccher isn't nearly as involved as he was before) manages to still turn out an impressive piece of work. By the way, if this is anything like the Japanese issue of the CD (and since it shares a tracklisting, I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that the discs are exactly the same), it's taken from record, NOT from the master tapes...which disappointed me further. If you're looking for something like Present Tense, be wary, but Blue Marble (along with Gladys, and its other VERY well-thought-out tunes) is a worthy purchase in and of itself."