Previous Jefferson Starship vocalists Diana Mangano and Darby Gould also contributed vocals to the album. Gaiman convinced Slick to let the band use a previously unreleased recording from 1970 and Slick's vocals appear on the hidden track at the end of the album. Kantner and Grace Slick's daughter China attempted to convince Slick to sing again, but she did not want to return to performing. Jack Casady appears on "Maybe for You" but did not participate in the recording of the album. Richardson and David Freiberg recorded vocals for other songs that had been planned for Balin.
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Instead, manager Gaiman took the track "Maybe for You" that had appeared on the German version of Windows of Heaven and substituted it for Marty's contribution. Marty Balin was to have recorded lead vocals for a cover of Bruce Cockburn's " If I Had a Rocket Launcher" and Buffalo Springfield's " For What It's Worth" but his art touring schedule conflicted with studio sessions and he could not attend. Although Donny Baldwin now handled the drums on tour, Prairie Prince returned for the studio sessions. The band made the decision that the album would be mostly acoustic, so band member Slick Aguilar did not contribute on most of the songs included. At the time studio sessions began, the band consisted of Paul Kantner, Slick Aguilar, Chris Smith, Cathy Richardson, Donny Baldwin, and David Freiberg. As the band's personnel continued to change, it was uncertain who would participate in the new album. The album would be recorded in California. Once Richardson joined the band, Gaiman and Kantner decided the time was right to record the album, partly to have an album ready in time for the 2008 US presidential elections. Diana Mangano also left around the same time and was replaced by vocalist Cathy Richardson. Prairie Prince decided to leave after being with the band since 1992. In 2007 Marty Balin began to tour less with the band, turning a majority of his time to taking care of his disabled daughter. The next plan was to record in Amsterdam, but the financing could not be put together and the project was left in limbo as the band continued to tour. Manager Michael Gaiman had visited the University of Havana to set up recording for the band, but the United States Department of State wouldn't allow the venture. A song list and Gaiman's notes were published along with the Lyrica book, which included 21 songs selected by Kantner, Balin and Gaiman. In the book, a new album is mentioned as "es posible?", entitled "The Cuba Project: Flores de la Noche." Marty Balin had been pushing for a classic style Jefferson Starship album, but Kantner and manager Michael Gaiman pushed for the idea of recording older protest songs in Cuba. In 2003, Paul Kantner published a book of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship lyrics, entitled Lyrica: Paul Kantner's Theory of Everything. JEFFERSON STARSHIP - JEFFERSON'S TREE OF LIBERTY
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