KBC Band (album) explained

KBC Band
Type:	studio
Artist:	KBC Band
Cover:	KBCBand album.jpg
Released:	October 9, 1986
Recorded:	1986 at The Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Genre:	New wave, pop rock, hard rock
Length:	41:11
Label:	Arista
Producer:	KBC Band Jim Gaines John Boylan

KBC Band is KBC Band's only album, featuring Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and Jack Casady from Jefferson Airplane. The single "It's Not You, It's Not Me" was released shortly before the album's release.

When originally released, the album cover was printed on both the outside and inside. In one vinyl release, the inside jacket of the album had a picture of a road with a car traveling on it with sign in the distance that said: "Life is a test. Had this been a real life, you would have been told where to go and what to do" — a satire of the message broadcast by the Emergency Broadcast System.

Outtakes were included on the Marty Balin albums Balince and Nothin' 2 Lose: The Lost Studio Recordings.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Mariel" (Paul Kantner, Marty Balin) – 4:30
2. "It's Not You, It's Not Me" (Van Stephenson, Phil Brown) – 3:33
3. "Hold Me" (David Evan, Gene Heart) – 6:30
4. "America" (Kantner, Balin) – 6:18

Side two

1. "No More Heartaches" (Cary Sharaf) – 3:30
2. "Wrecking Crew" (Mark "Slick" Aguilar, Tim Gorman) – 3:42
3. "When Love Comes" (Heart, Evan) – 4:22
4. "Dream Motorcycle" (Kantner, Balin) – 3:47
5. "Sayonara" (Kazumasa Oda) – 4:59

Personnel

KBC Band

• Paul Kantner – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Balin – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jack Casady – bass
• Mark "Slick" Aguilar – lead guitar, background vocals
• Keith Crossan – saxophone, background vocals
• Tim Gorman – keyboards, background vocals
• Darrell Verdusco – drums, background vocals

Additional personnel

• Pete Escovedo – percussion on "Mariel"

Production

• KBC Band – producer on all tracks
• Jim Gaines – producer and engineer on all tracks except "Sayonara"
• John Boylan – producer on "It's Not You, It's Not Me" and "Sayonara", additional production on "When Love Comes" and "No More Heartaches"
• Paul Grupp – engineer on "Sayonara"
• Stephen Hart, Rick Sanchez, Robert Missbach, Maureen Droney – assistant engineers
• Stephen Hart – additional engineering
• Frank Filipetti – mixing engineer
• Moira Marquis – assistant mixing engineer
• Steven Shmerler – art direction
• Leon Leach – inner sleeve photography
• Dyer/Kahn, Inc. – design
• Milton Sincoff – art production
• Vincent Lynch, Lynchpin Productions – management
• Cynthia Bowman – public relations
• Recorded at the Plant, Sausalito and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
• Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position^[2]
1986	"It's Not You, It's Not Me"	The Billboard Hot 100	89
		Billboard Album Rock Tracks	6
1987	"America"	Billboard Album Rock Tracks	8

References

• KBC Band . . 1986 . Vinyl lyrics sleeve. . AL-8440 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . 21 December 2013.
2. Web site: KBC - KBC Band | Awards | AllMusic . allmusic.com . 21 December 2013.