MARTY BALIN – “BLUE HIGHWAY”

A variety of Marty's musical styles are represented in his new album; Blue Highway.  14 New songs including "I Need Love," "City Lights," "Blue Highway," "Goddess," "Solidarity," "Versace" and the long awaited studio version of "Rocket Launcher."  

BLUE HIGHWAY:
  1 Blue Highway
  2.I Need Love
  3.City Lights
  4.Somehow The Tired Reach Home
  5.Don't Be Sad Anymore
  6.Sure Can Make Love    
  7.Goddess 
  8.Viva La Vida
  9.Versace
10.Drivin' Me Crazy
11.Rocket Launcher
12.Solidarity 
13.Papa John
14.Feelin' The Love Again

Produced by: Marty Balin, Mark “Slick” Aguilar, Jim "Pinky" Beeman, and Joe Vertino
Executive Producer: Joe Buckwald - "This one's for you Pop"
Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered at: Big 3 Studios - St. Petersburg, FL
Jim "Pinky" Beeman, Recording Engineer

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"I Need Love" - 1st single from Marty Balin's "Blue Highway" album

"I Need Love" Performed by: Marty Balin
Composed by: Jesse Barish
From the album "Blue Highway"
Produced by: Marty Balin, Mark "Slick" Aguilar, Jim "Pinky" Beeman, and Joe Vertino

NASHVILLE SESSIONS:
  1.Hide My Heart
  2.Mercy of the Moon
  3.Rising from the Ashes
  4.Lost Highway
  5.Nobody But You
  6.Pieces of the Rain
  7.Count On Me
  8.We Rise With Our Dreams
  9.Hold Me
10.Red Roses
11.Mercy of the Moon (Extended)

Producer: John Hug, Marty Balin, & Joe Vertino
Executive Producer: Joe Buchwald

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MERCY OF THE MOON:
  1 Hearts
  2.Today
  3.With Your Love
  4.Better Generation
  5.Do It For Love
  6.Caroline    
  7.Mercy of the Moon 
  8.Count On Me
  9.Solidarity
10.Miracles
11.Comin’ Back To Me
12.It’s No Secret 
13.Atlanta Lady
14.What Love Is
15.Summer Of Love
16.Runaway
17.Volunteers
18.All We Really Need

Compilation Produced by: Marty Balin & Joe Vertino
Executive Producer: Joe Buchwald

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NOTHIN’ 2 LOSE:
  1. Nothin’ 2 Lose
  2. I’m The One
  3. U Know What I Like
  4. What About Love
  5. Camellia
  6. Devil Wears Lingerie
  7. Shape In The Night
  8. What’s New In Your World
  9. Valerie
10. Yes Yes Yes
11. Shock Me
12. Mary Ann
13. Breathe Away
14. Maybe 4 U
15. Someone
16. Candles
17. Always

Producer: Marty Balin & Joe Vertino
Executive Producer: Joe Buchwald

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TIME FOR EVERY SEASON:
1. Free As A Bird
2. Viva La Vida
3. Dance You Out Of My Mind
4. Don't Be Sad Anymore
5. City Lights
6. Rockin' Blues
7. L.A. Girls
8. Dance All Night
9. Time For Every Season

Producer: Marty Balin & Joe Vertino
Executive Producer: Joe Buchwald

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ROCK JUSTICE

Drawing its inspiration from director Marty Balin's (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) real-life rock and roll courtroom saga, Rock Justice deftly satirizes the music industry and legal system simultaneously.
The Singer (Jesse Bradman - Eddie Money, Night Ranger) finds himself in a nightmare rock and roll courtroom, charged with the crime of failing to write a hit single.
The stellar cast of musicians, from seminal Bay Area bands such as Y&T, The Tubes, Rox. Rubinoos and The Nuns, act as trial participants, - testifying, prosecuting, defending, and ultimately deciding The Singer's fate in this ambitious piece of rock & roll theater.
Shot live at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco in 1979 and promptly locked up for over 25 years (irony duly noted), Rock Justice can now finally be seen in it s entirety. In conjunction with renewed efforts to bring the show to Broadway, The Singer may yet get his justice.

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BALIN:
"First solo album from Marty Balin"  Producer: John Hug
The Tracks are: Hearts, You Left Your Mark On Me, Lydia!, Atlanta Lady, Spotlight, I Do Believe In You, Elvis And Marilyn, Tell Me More & Music Is The Light.
Musicians on the Balin album: Marty Balin, Johnny DeCaro, John Hug, Bill Lewis, Steve Forman, Bobbye Hall, Ken Watson, Michael Boddicker, Mark Cummings, John Jarvis, Neil Larsen, Richard Bassil, Bill Champlin,  David Landau, Bill Lewis & Rick Nowels.
Available from American Beat Records / Original release year:1981                

LUCKY:
"A lucky man"  Producer: Val Garay
The Tracks are: Born To Be A Winner, What Do People Like, Just Like That, Do It For Love, What Love Is, Heart Of Stone, Palm Of Your Hand, Will You Forever, All We Really Need & When Love Comes.
Musicians on the Lucky album: Marty Balin, Waddy Wachtel, Louis Biancaniello, Kevin McCormick, Rick Marotta, Steve Goldstein, M.T. Benoit
EMI Records/Original release year: 1983

THERE'S NO SHOULDER:
"Japanese release"  Producer: Akira Inoue
The Tracks are: There's No Shoulder, Regrets of the Rain, I Can Fly & Long After Midnight.
Musicians on the There´s No Shoulder album: Marty Balin, Tsuyoshi Kon, Chuei Yoshokawa, Shigeru Okazawa, Akira Inoue, Keishi Urata, Hideo Yamaki, Motoya Hamaguchi, Hidefumi Toki, Ohno Strings & Eve. Producer: Akira Inoue
EMI Records (Japan) /Original release year: 1983

BETTER GENERATION:
"A new generation"  Producer: Marty Balin
The Tracks are: Better Generation, Skydiver, Mercy Of The Moon, Green Light, Let It Live, Wish I Were, Don't Change On Me, Let's Go, See The Light, It's No Secret, Even Though, Always Tomorrow, Treadin' Water, Lady Now, Volunteers & Summer Of Love.
Musicians on the Better Generation album: Marty Balin, Kerry Kearney, Karen Deal, Richard Bennett, Sonny Garrish, Biff Watson, Bernie Leadon, Terry McMillan, John Jarvis, Phil Naish, Willie Weeks, Ed Michaels & Harry Stinson.
GWE Records / Original release year: 1991

FREEDOM FLIGHT:
"A free journey"  Producer: Rich Landers
The Tracks are: You And Me, Oceans Apart, Anna (I Miss You), I Wanna Hold You Now, I Wish You Could Stay With Me, Party On Space Avenue, Come Back Home, You´re Are My Everything, You Mean The World To Me, Angel, Life Is Not The Same, Jupiter Help Me Get My Venus Back & It Used To Be Me.
Musicians: Marty Balin, Michael Severs, Jimmy Carter, Shannon Forrest, Dirk Johnson, Nannette Britt, Vickie Carrico, Kelli Bruce
Solid Discs/Original release year: 1997

THE TOWN CRIERS - Live In San Francisco:
This is the folk group that Marty Balin sung in before the Jefferson Airplane. Formed in the backroom of the S.F. folk club The Drinking Gourd in the Summer of 1963, The Town Criers (Marty Balin, Bill Collins, Jan Ellickson and Larry Vargo) played the club circuit for a year before breaking up. The Tracks are: 'Daddy Roll ’Em; 900 Miles; Virgin Mary; Go Home to the Valley; Hellbound Train; The Lesson; 99 Years to Go', and 'Jubilee'.
2008 Collector's Choice

TAKES OFF:
"Jefferson Airplane's debut album" Producer: Mathew Katz & Tommy Oliver
The Tracks are: Blues From An Airplane, Let Me In, Bringing Me Down, It's No Secret, Tobacco Road, Come Up the Years, Run Around, Let's Get Together, Don't Slip Away, Chauffeur Blues, And I Like It.
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul  Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Signe Anderson, Skip Spence
Original release RCA: 1966

SURREALISTIC PILLOW:
"Jefferson Airplane's second album - One of the great masterpieces of the sixties" Producer: Rick Jarard
The Tracks are: She Has Funny Cars, Somebody To Love, My Best Friend, Today, Comin' Back To Me, 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, D.C.B.A. -25, How Do You Feel, Embryonic Journey, White Rabbit, Plastic Fantastic Lover.
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul  Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Spencer Dryden
Original release RCA: 1967

AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S:
"Jefferson Airplane's third album and most daring masterpiece" Producer: Al Schmitt
The Tracks are: The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil, A Small Package of Value Will Come To You Soon, Young Girl Sunday Blues, Martha, Wild Time, The Last Wall of the Castle, Rejoyce, Watch Her Ride, Spare Chaynge, Two Heads, Won't You Try / Saturday Afternoon.
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Spencer Dryden
Original release RCA: 1967

CROWN OF CREATION:
"Jefferson Airplane's fourth album. Many consider it their greatest recorded acheivement" Producer: Al Schmitt
The Tracks are: Lather, In Time, Triad, Star Track, Share A Little Joke, Chushingura, If You Feel, Crown of Creation, Ice Cream Phoenix, Greasy Heart, The House at Pooneil Corners
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Spencer Dryden,
Original release RCA: 1968

BLESS IT'S POINTED LITTLE HEAD:
"Jefferson Airplane Live" Producer: Al Schmitt
The Tracks are: Clergy, 3/5th's of a Mile in 10 Seconds, Somebody To Love, Fat Angel, Rock Me Baby, The Other Side Of This Life, It's No Secret, Plastic, Fantastic Lover, Turn Out The Lights, Bear Melt
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Spencer Dryden,
Original release RCA: 1969

VOLUNTEERS:  "The last of the Jefferson Airplane albums to feature their classic lineup."                Producer: Al Schmitt        The Tracks are: We Can Be Together, Good Sheperd, The Farm, Hey Frederick,Turn My Life Down, Wooden Ships, Eskimo Blue Day, A Song For All Seasons, Meadowlands, Volunteers
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casidy, Spencer Dryden, Nicky Hopkins, Jerry Garcia, David Crosby, Steven Stills, Joey Covington, Ace of Cups
Original release RCA: 1969

GROOTNA:
Seducer: Marty Balin
The Tracks are: I'm Funky, Road Fever, Going To Canada, Waitin' For My Ship, That's What You Get, Full Time Woman, Young Woman's Blues, Customs (Is It All Over), Your Grandmother Loves You / I She It.  Recorded in 1971,Grootna is one of the great 'third generation' San Francisco rock bands which was to mutate into and record as Bodacious D.F.. 
Ze Group: Anna Rezzo, Slim Chance, Dewey DaGreaze, Vic Smith, Kelly Bryan,
Acadia 2002 / Original release Columbia Records: 1971

BODACIOUS DF:
Producer: Billy Wolf, Doc Storch, & Bodacious DF
The Tracks are: Drifting, Good Folks, The Witcher, Roberta, Second Hand Information, Drivin" Me Crazy, Twixt Two Worlds, Only album released for the Berkeley/San Francisco band.
Musicians: Marty Balin, Mark Ryan, Dewey DaGreaze, Vic Smith, Charlie Hickox.
Acadia 2003 / Original release RCA: 1973

DRAGON FLY:                                                                           "Jefferson Airplane evolves into Jefferson Starship"        Producer:Larry Cox. The Tracks are: Ride The Tiger, That's For Sure, Be Young You, Caroline (featuring Marty Balin), Devils Den, Come To Life, All Fly Away, Hyperdrive 
Musicians: Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Craig Chaquco, Papa John Creach, Pete Sears, John Barbata, Marty Balin,
Original release Grunt Records / RCA: 1974

RED OCTOPUS:                                                                          "The return of Marty Balin"  Producer: Jefferson Starship & Larry Cox. The Tracks are: Fast Buck Freddie, Miracles, Git Fiddler, Al Garimasu (There Is Love), Sweeter Than Honey, Play On Love, Tumblin, I want To See Another World, Sandalphon, There Will Be Love
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Craig Chaquco, Papa John Creach, Pete Sears, John Barbata,
Original release Grunt/RCA: 1975

SPITFIRE:                                                                                "1976's Spitfire was Jefferson Starship's follow-up to the number one album, Red Octopus."  Producer: Larry Cox & Jefferson Starship . The Tracks are: Crusin", Dance With The Dragon, Hot Water, St Charles, Song To The Sun /Ozymandias/Don't Let It Rain, With Your Love, Switchblade, Big City, Love Lovly Love
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Craig Chaquco, Pete Sears, John Barbata,
Original release Grunt/RCA: 1976

EARTH:                                                                                "1978's "Earth" marks the end of an era for Jefferson Starship--both Marty Balin and Grace Slick would leave the band prior to the next album"  Producer: Larry Cox & Jefferson Starship. The Tracks are: Love To Good, Count On Me, Count On Me, Crazy Feelin', Skatboard, Fire, Show Yourself, Runaway, All Night Long
Musicians: Marty Balin, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Craig Chaquco, Pete Sears, John Barbata,
Original release Grunt/RCA: 1978