Marty Balin — Balin (1981) | Record Plant Sausalito Archive

Session

Type: Studio Session
Date Recorded: December 1, 1980

Archive note

DISCOVERY 2026-06-14: Found via Wikipedia/Discogs search. Recorded December 1980–March 1981 at The Village Recorders (Los Angeles) and The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA. Mixed at The Record Plant, Sausalito. One track ('Elvis And Marilyn') recorded at White Rabbit Studios, Sausalito. Multi-studio credit; Sausalito portion confirmed via Wikipedia credits. DATE PRECISION: APPROXIMATE — recorded Dec 1980 to Mar 1981. CENSUS 2026-06-15: Confirmed recorded and mixed at The Plant Recording Studios, 2200 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA — Wikipedia explicitly credits 'The Village Recorders (Los Angeles) and The Record Plant (Sausalito)' for recording; 'Mixed at The Record Plant.' Engineer: Tom Flye (house engineer at Record Plant Sausalito). Assistant engineers: Clif Jones, Ann Fry. 'Elvis and Marilyn' separately recorded at White Rabbit Studios (also Sausalito). Label: EMI America. Released May 11, 1981. Strong confirmation: Tom Flye credit + explicit Sausalito studio name. MERGE 2026-08-13 (Tier 1 duplicate consolidation, Gate 1 approved by Tom): This record is the survivor of a duplicate pair. The retired row was ('Marty Balin — Balin', created 2026-06-04, Verified), same album, same sessions. Two values existed only on that row and are carried here: 1. CATALOG NUMBER: EMI SO-17054. Now populated on this record. 2. URL RULING (originally written on the retired row, 2026-06-04): the Recording URL on that row pointed to discogs.com/master/228119, which is the WRONG master and links to an unrelated release, possibly Zappa. The correct Discogs master is 336953. Liner notes on release r12517343 read: 'Recorded At: The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, Calif. and The Record Plant, Sausalito, Calif. Mixed At: The Record Plant.' Engineer credits on that release match this record: Tom Flye, with assistants Ann Fry and Clif Jones. DO NOT reinstate master 228119 on this record. Date note: the retired row carried 1981-01-01 (year placeholder). This record's 1980-12-01 is the better value and was kept, consistent with the Dec 1980 to Mar 1981 session window both rows agree on. No URL or attachment fields were populated on either row at merge time, so no Recording URL was displaced.