Recordings - Recorded performances of Marcos can be found on Bluebirds CDs, the Shades of Blue (vols. I & II), which he co-produced, as well as on the CDs of other many Cincinnati area musicians, and compilations.

The Bluebirds - The Bluebirds have released 3 studio CDs (The Bluebirds, Argentina, and Laughing Boy) and one live CD, Attrition (recorded live at Allyn's Cafe). Besides Marcos, founder of the group, the members have included, Rick 'Bam' Powell, Charlie Fletcher, Don Aren, Chris Arduser, Michael Bany, and C.C. Thomas.

Shades of Blue - Co-produced by Marcos and Larry Goshorn, this award-winning series (Shades of Blue, Shades of Blue II) features many of the Cincinnati area's finest blues talents. Performers have included Keith Little, Bill Caffee, Big Joe Duskin, Sweet Alice Hoskins, Noah Hunt, Jeff Seeman, Kelley Richey, Gary Winter, Duane Irvin, Kenny Poole, Frank Vincent, Cal Collins, Gary Burbank, Larry Goshorn, Tim Goshorn, Greg Schaber, Don Aren, Roger Yeardley, and many more.

Marcos is currently mixing a CD of a live Shades of Blue concert held at Annie's.

Saturday Night Guitar Pull - "The Saturday Night Guitar Pull: Cincinnati Vol. 1" is the labor of love for Jim McKell and his Dave, who capture spontaneous acoustic live recordings of musicians usually performing their own material. The Cincinnati project is a true local all-star line-up featuring Larry and Tim Goshorn, Kenny Poole, Marcos Sastre, Bam Powell, Kelly Red, Rick Marksberry, Roscoe Justice and Kevin Fox, Ricky Nye and Steve Schmidt.

Click here to visit the The Saturday Night Guitar Pull web site.

Various Artists - Marcos can be found adding his guitar and vocals on many other CDs. He performed and sang on local music project such as Sheepless In Cincinnati, and Roger Yeardley's Communal Effort (both of which he co-produced).

You can find Bluebirds records all around the Cincinnati area, including Borders, Everybodys Records, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Shake-It, Allyn's Cafe.

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$12 + $2 S&H The concept of this album was to create a snapshot to capture the energy, hard-playing creativity, and fun of a BlueBirds Big Band performance. This album, unlike most live records, contains no overdubs on the instrumental tracks. A true live record. A mixture of BlueBirds originals and classic BlueBird covers. Album mixed by Irwin Musper. Mr Musper has mixed and recorded groups such as Van Halen, Chicago, the Scorpions, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and many more.

The addition of a horn section to the BlueBirds core group, makes the BlueBirds Big Band unique entity of its own. This live recording shows the Bluebirds in an atmosphere that allows them to stretch out and jam and bring new dimensions to their classic songs. As a bonus, the studio cut, Sleeping, is included. The second disk of this 2-CD set contains a 5.1 surround-sound mix and a picture gallery of the handsome lads in the BlueBirds Big Band. Released - 2007 Contact us for discount information, if you'd like to buy in quantity.

$12 + $2 S&H - A mixture of new BlueBirds originals such as 'Marathon Man', and BlueBird covers such as a very unique version of 'Whiter Shade of Pale'. This more compact version of the birds features Rick 'Bam' Powell on drums and vocals, Mike Fletcher on bass and vocals, Charlie Fletcher on keyboards and vocals, and Marcos Sastre on guitar and vocals, in addition to a host of cameos by renowned Cincy musicians like Chris Arduser, Randy Villars, Ricky Nye, Steve Schmidt, Don Aren, and Teddy Wilburn. Released 12/ 2007. 2 FREE downloads from this CD - see below

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Play and Download mp3 versions of Bluebirds and other Marcos-related songs here. Check back for new additions.

To play song, double-click on the name. To download a song, right-click on the song name, then Save Target As.

Land of The Free (4:19, 3.96 MB, mp3) From the Laughing Boy CD (Sastre) Marcos Sastre - Guitar and vocals, Charlie Fletcher - keyboards and vocals, Chris Arduser - drums and vocals, Don Aren - Bass.

Goin' Down (4:37, 4.23 MB, mp3) From Shades of Blue CD (Don Nix). Marcos Sastre - Guitar and vocals, Tim Goshorn - Guitar and vocals, Larry Goshorn - Guitar, vocals, tambourine.

Whiter Shade of Pale (5:14, 7.53 MB, mp3). From the CD Brawny Lads - Art and Commerce. You have not heard of version of this song lik this, guaranteed....