The Blue Marble was the second (and final) Sagittarius

Sagittarius (band)

Sagittarius was an American late 1960s studio group, devised by the record producer and songwriter, Gary Usher.-History:Usher had been involved with music as a songwriter since the early 1960s , and soon branched out into production work...

 album, released in 1969 by the newly formed Together Records. The title song is by Lee Mallory

Lee Mallory

Lee Mallory was a singer, songwriter and guitarist who was part of such projects as The Millennium and Sagittarius. His most successful single was a cover of the Phil Ochs/Bob Gibson song "That's The Way It's Going To Be". The song, produced by Curt Boettcher, reached #86 on the charts and was a...

 and Gary Usher

Gary Usher

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. By and large a Gary Usher creation, the album remained in obscurity for most of its post-release, due to the collapse of Usher's Together Records Label. On this album, Usher used the Moog Synthesizer

Moog synthesizer

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 extensively, and left lead vocals relatively bare (in contrast to previous Sagittarius material, on which the vocals were showered with harmonies). Also in contrast to Present Tense, Usher takes the majority of the lead vocals, with collaborator Curt Boettcher

Curt Boettcher

Curt Boettcher was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer from Wisconsin. His career spanned 1964 to 1983...

 singing lead only on "In My Room" and "Will You Ever See Me" and Chuck Girard

Chuck Girard

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 (whom Gary Usher had known during his days producing the Hondells

The Hondells

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) singing lead on "Gladys" and "I See In You". Most of the songs were written in the psychedelic pop mold. The album is also notable for its forays in to Country and Western music styles, at many times utilizing pedal steel guitar (played by Red Rhodes

Red Rhodes

Rhodes played pedal steel on many country rock, pop and rock albums with The Monkees, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters and many other groups. He is most often remembered for his work with former Monkee Michael Nesmith on Nesmith's first solo albums in the early 1970s...

). The record spawned a minor hit with the cover of the Beach Boys' "In My Room" (which Usher co-wrote with Brian Wilson), which featured Curt Boettcher on vocals and reached #86 on the charts.

The album was reissued on CD

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 by Poptones

Poptones

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, and features 5 bonus tracks. Four of the tracks were from singles (two of which weren't included on the original release, the Sandy Salisbury/Gary Usher composition "Navajo Girl", sung by Chuck Girard, and a cover of Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson

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's "I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City" ), and the fifth track is an alternate version of "Will You Ever See Me". The track listing below is for the original LP.

On October 28, 2008, Sundazed Records

Sundazed Records

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 reissued the album on both CD and Vinyl. The new reissue is sourced from the original analog master tapes, unlike previous reissues which were sourced from a vinyl copy. The reissue includes the "Navajo Girl" and "I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City" singles as bonus tracks.

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"