The Blue Marble (album)

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The Blue Marble
Studio album by Sagittarius
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	Sunshine Pop
Label	Together Records
Producer(s)	Gary Usher
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Sagittarius chronology
Present Tense (1968)	The Blue Marble (1969)	n/a

The Blue Marble was the second (and final) Sagittarius album, released in 1969 by the newly-formed Together Records. The title song is by Lee Mallory and Gary Usher. This album is generally not nearly as highly-regarded as the previous one. Part of this is because of the usage of a Moog synthesizer throughout the record, which is arguably beyond excessive. Another factor is that Gary Usher had a much larger role as a musician and vocalist on the album. His only vocal on the Present Tense album was on the last track, and it was heavily processed. On this album, he takes the vast majority of the lead vocals, and there are very few harmony vocals used on the album, in direct contrast to the bevy used throughout Present Tense. The record did, however, spawn a minor hit with the cover of In My Room, which featured Curt Boettcher on vocals and reached #86 on the charts.

The album was reissued on CD by Poptones, and features 5 bonus tracks. 4 of the tracks were from singles (two of which weren't included on the original release), and the fifth track is an alternate version of Will You Ever See Me. The track listing below is for the original LP.

[edit] Track listing

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"