Blue Cheer (Heavy Acid Psychedelic Blues Rock {US})

Blue Cheer foi uma banda de rock americana que inicialmente se apresentou e gravou no final dos anos 1960 e início dos anos 1970 e esteve esporadicamente ativa até 2009. Com sede em São Francisco, Blue Cheer tocou em um blues rock psicodélico ou estilo acid rock, e também é creditado como sendo alguns dos primeiros pioneiros do heavy metal, com seu cover de "Summertime blues" às vezes citado como o primeiro do gênero. Eles também foram considerados influentes no desenvolvimento de gêneros tão díspares quanto punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, rock experimental e grunge.

HISTÓRIA

CARREIRA PRINCIPAL: 1966-1969

Blue Cheer foi formada em 1966 por Dickie Peterson. Peterson já havia estado com a banda baseada em Davis, Andrew Staples & The Oxford Circle, junto com os futuros membros da Blue Cheer, Paul Whaley e Gary Lee Yoder. A formação original da Blue Cheer era o cantor e baixista Peterson, o guitarrista Leigh Stephens e Eric Albronda como baterista. Albronda foi posteriormente substituído por Whaley, que se juntou ao irmão de Peterson, Jerre (guitarra), Vale Hamanaka (teclados) e Jere Whiting (vocal, gaita). Albronda continuou sua associação com a Blue Cheer como membro da gestão da banda, além de ser o produtor ou co-produtor de cinco álbuns da Blue Cheer.

A banda era dirigida por um membro inativo dos Hells Angels chamado Allen "Gut" Terk. No início, foi decidido que o line-up deveria ser reduzido. Foi dito que a Blue Cheer decidiu adotar uma configuração de power trio depois de ver Jimi Hendrix se apresentar no Monterey Pop Festival, mas mais tarde foi provado que esta era uma afirmação falsa. Hamanaka e Whiting foram convidados a sair. Jerre Peterson não queria permanecer no grupo sem eles, então também saiu, deixando Peterson, Stephens e Whaley como um trio.

Seu primeiro sucesso foi uma versão cover de "Summertime blues" de Eddie Cochran, de seu álbum de estréia "Vincebus eruptum" (1968). O single alcançou a posição 14 na parada Billboard Hot 100, seu único sucesso, e o álbum alcançou a posição 11 na parada Billboard 200. No Canadá, a música alcançou a posição número 3 na parada da revista RPM.

O single "Summertime blues" foi acompanhado pela canção original de Dickie Peterson, "Out of focus". Peterson também contribuiu para o álbum com os oito minutos de "Doctor, please" e "Second time around", que apresenta o frenético solo de bateria de Paul Whaley. Preenchendo o álbum, a banda tocou os covers blues: "Rock me, baby", de B.B. King, e "Parchman farm" de Mose Allison, mas renomeada como "Parchmant farm".

O grupo passou por várias mudanças na formação, a primeira ocorrendo após o lançamento de "Outsideinside" em 1968, depois que Leigh Stephens deixou a banda devido a diferenças musicais ou, como alguns relatam, surdez. Ele foi substituído por Randy Holden, ex-integrante da banda de rock de garagem de Los Angeles, The Other Half. No álbum "New! Improved!", de 1969, havia guitarristas diferentes no lado 1 e no lado 2 (Randy Holden e Bruce Stephens) devido à saída inesperada de Holden da banda. Após a saída de Holden, a formação da banda inicialmente consistia em Dickie Peterson (baixo), Tom Weisser (guitarra) e Mitch Mitchell (bateria), antes de Whaley retornar e Bruce Stephens se juntar à banda. Mais tarde, Ralph Burns Kellogg também se juntou à banda nos teclados. O estilo da Blue Cheer agora mudou para um som de hard rock mais comercial à la Steppenwolf ou Iron Butterfly. No quarto álbum da Blue Cheer, Paul Whaley deixou a banda e foi substituído por Norman Mayell, e após o lançamento do quarto álbum, Bruce Stephens também deixou a banda e foi sucedido por Gary Lee Yoder.

Segundo Peterson, o estilo de vida do grupo nesse período causou problemas com a indústria fonográfica e a imprensa. Peterson disse que o grupo ficou indignado com a Guerra do Vietnã e com a sociedade em geral.

RECONFIGURAÇÕES, INATIVIDADE E PRIMEIRO HIATO ESTENDIDO: DÉCADA DE 1970

A nova formação de Peterson, Kellogg, Mayell e Yoder em 1970 viu o lançamento de "The original human being", seguido por "Oh! Pleasant hope" de 1971. Quando "Oh! Pleasant hope" falhou nas paradas de vendas, a Blue Cheer se separou temporariamente em 1971.

Houve uma retomada temporária em 1974 com Peterson sendo acompanhado pelo irmão Jerre, Ruben De Fuentes (guitarra) e Terry Rae (bateria) para algumas datas da turnê. Este agrupamento continuou brevemente em 1975 com o ex-baixista da Steppenwolf Nick St. Nicholas substituindo Peterson. O grupo ficou praticamente inativo por quase três anos, até 1978.

Peterson voltou entre 1978 e 1979 com uma nova formação de Tony Rainier na guitarra e Mike Fleck na bateria. Esta versão do grupo saiu em turnê americana em 1979, tocando principalmente em casas noturnas. A banda tocou apenas material dos dois primeiros álbuns "pesados" da Blue Cheer, abrindo seus shows com "Summertime blues".

OUTRAS RECONFIGURAÇÕES, MUDANÇA PARA A ALEMANHA, SEGUNDO E TERCEIRO HIATOS ESTENDIDOS: DÉCADA DE 1980 A 1998

A Blue Cheer estava mais uma vez inativa no início dos anos 1980. Houve outra tentativa de se reunir em 1983, mas não deu certo. Em 1984, Peterson teve mais sorte quando voltou com Whaley e Rainier como Blue Cheer e um novo álbum "The beast is back", lançado pelo selo de Nova York Megaforce Records. Whaley saiu novamente em 1985 quando o baterista Brent Harknett assumiu, apenas para ser sucedido por Billy Carmassi em 1987. Nesse mesmo ano, Dickie liderou outra nova formação do Cheer que tinha Ruben De Fuentes de volta na guitarra e Eric Davis na bateria. Em 1988, a formação mudou mais uma vez, sendo agora composta por Dickie Peterson (baixo), com Andrew "Duck" MacDonald (guitarra) e Dave Salce (bateria).

De 1989 a 1993, Blue Cheer excursionou principalmente na Europa. Durante esse tempo, a banda tocou com bandas de rock clássico, bem como bandas emergentes: Mountain, Outlaws, Thunder, The Groundhogs, Ten Years After, Mucky Pup, Biohazard e outras. Em 1989, a banda lançou seu primeiro álbum oficial ao vivo, "Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg". Este álbum foi gravado durante a primeira turnê europeia do Blue Cheer em décadas.

1990 viu o lançamento do álbum de estúdio "Highlights and lowlives", composto de heavy metal baseado no blues e uma balada. O álbum foi co-produzido pelo notável produtor grunge Jack Endino e pelo produtor Roland Hofmann. A formação era Peterson, Whaley na bateria e MacDonald nas guitarras.

Blue Cheer seguiu "Highlights and lowlives" com o muito mais pesado "Dining with the sharks". Duck MacDonald foi substituído pelo ex-guitarrista alemão da Monsters, Dieter Saller, em 1990. Também foi apresentada uma participação especial do guitarrista da Groundhogs, Tony McPhee. O álbum foi co-produzido por Roland Hofmann e Blue Cheer. Gary Holland (ex-Dokken, Great White e Britton, substituiu Whaley na bateria em 1993.

No início dos anos 1990, Peterson e Whaley se mudaram para a Alemanha. Em 1992, Peterson gravou seu primeiro álbum solo, "Child of the darkness", na Colônia com uma banda chamada The Scrap Yard. O álbum apareceu cinco anos depois no Japão pela Captain Trip Records. Depois que Peterson voltou para os Estados Unidos em 1994, a Blue Cheer ficou inativo de 1994 a 1999.

O RETORNO DA BLUE CHEER: 1999 A 2009

Em 1999, Peterson e Whaley se reuniram com o guitarrista MacDonald para retomar a turnê como Blue Cheer. Essa configuração de banda permaneceu praticamente constante de 1999 até a morte de Peterson em 2009.

Em 2000, Blue Cheer foi o tema de um álbum tributo, "Blue explosion: A tribute to Blue Cheer", apresentando bandas como Pentagram, Internal Void, Hogwash e Thumlock.

Peterson e Leigh Stephens estavam juntos mais uma vez no Blue Cheer com o baterista Prairie Prince no Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp no Golden Gate Park de San Francisco em 29 de outubro de 2005, e sua animada performance atraiu velhos roqueiros como Paul Kantner e outros dos bastidores para observar . Eles fizeram algumas gravações na Virgínia no inverno de 2005 com Joe Hasselvander da Raven e Pentagram na bateria, devido a Paul Whaley ter optado por permanecer na Alemanha. Enquanto Hasselvander tocou em todo o álbum, sua contribuição foi reduzida à bateria em cinco canções, com Paul Whaley regravando as partes da bateria no restante do álbum. Isso porque Whaley estava pronto para voltar à banda e sentiu que ele deveria contribuir com o álbum, antes da turnê. O CD resultante, "What don't kill you...", lançado em 2007, apresenta contribuições de Whaley e Hasselvander como consequência.

O vídeo da Blue Cheer de "Summertime blues" apareceu no documentário de 2005 "Metal: A headbanger's journey", onde Geddy Lee da Rush se referiu ao grupo como uma das primeiras bandas de heavy metal.

MORTE DE PETERSON E SEPARAÇÃO: 2009

Em 12 de outubro de 2009, Peterson morreu na Alemanha após o desenvolvimento e disseminação do câncer de próstata. Após a morte de Peterson, o guitarrista de longa data da Blue Cheer, Andrew MacDonald, escreveu no site do grupo que "Blue Cheer acabou. Por respeito a Dickie, Blue Cheer (nunca) se tornará uma banda de turnê viável novamente". Menos de dez anos depois, em janeiro de 2019, o baterista Paul Whaley morreu de insuficiência cardíaca.

DISPUTA SOBRE A PROPRIEDADE DO NOME DA BANDA

Nos últimos anos, surgiu uma disputa quanto à propriedade do nome da banda Blue Cheer. Foi relatado que, no início da década de 2000, o ex-guitarrista da Blue Cheer Randy Holden, auxiliado por Randy Pratt da banda The Lizards, havia registrado o nome da banda Blue Cheer. A associação de Holden com o Blue Cheer foi bastante breve: sua única produção gravada com a banda são três faixas em "New! Improved!" de 1969. O assunto irritou Dickie Peterson, dada sua posição como co-fundador da banda e o único membro contínuo desde seu início, mas não parece ter sido resolvido.

De acordo com Randy Pratt, este relatório não é totalmente preciso. Pratt fornece comentários não citados como segue:

"O nome da banda Blue Cheer foi registrado em 2000 pelo fã e músico profissional Randy Pratt. Pratt colocou a marca registrada na posse do ex-guitarrista do Blue Cheer, Randy Holden, depois que Dickie Peterson disse que havia terminado com o Blue Cheer e não queria mais nada com ele, com seu único interesse futuro em sua nova banda, Mother Ocean".

LEGADO

Blue Cheer é frequentemente creditada como uma das primeiras pioneiras do heavy metal e sua versão de "Summertime blues" foi citada como a primeira música de heavy metal. De acordo com Tim Hills em seu livro, "The many lives of the crystal ballroom", "Blue Cheer foi o epítome da psicodelia de San Francisco". Jim Morrison, da The Doors, caracterizou o grupo como "a banda mais poderosa que já vi" e Eric Clapton os definiu como "provavelmente os criadores do heavy metal". Blue Cheer influenciou bandas do final dos anos 1970 como a banda de hardcore psicodélico do Leste Europeu Galloping Coroners.

A Blue Cheer também foi amplamente reconhecido como a banda mais barulhenta de todos os tempos na época em que surgiram. Billy Altman relatou que em um show de 1968 a banda estava "tão barulhenta, na verdade, que em apenas algumas canções, grande parte da multidão na seção da orquestra da frente estava fugindo".

"Blue Cheer" era o nome de uma variedade de LSD feita pelo químico e patrono da Grateful Dead, Owsley Stanley, e a banda provavelmente recebeu esse nome, embora o nome existisse antes, como o nome de um sabão em pó após o qual a própria variedade de LSD foi nomeado.

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Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues rock or acid rock style, and are also credited as being some of the earliest pioneers of heavy metal, with their cover of "Summertime blues" sometimes cited as the first in the genre. They have also been noted as influential in the development of genres as disparate as punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge.

HISTORY

MAIN CAREER: 1966-1969

Blue Cheer was formed in 1966 by Dickie Peterson. Peterson had previously been with the Davis-based band Andrew Staples & The Oxford Circle along with future Blue Cheer members Paul Whaley and Gary Lee Yoder. The original Blue Cheer personnel were singer and bassist Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and Eric Albronda as drummer. Albronda was later replaced by Whaley, who was joined by Peterson's brother Jerre (guitar), Vale Hamanaka (keyboards), and Jere Whiting (vocal, harmonica). Albronda continued his association with Blue Cheer as a member of the band management, as well as being the producer or co-producer of five Blue Cheer albums.

The band was managed by an inactive member of the Hells Angels named Allen "Gut" Terk. Early on, it was decided that the line-up should be trimmed down. It was said that Blue Cheer decided to adopt a power trio configuration after seeing Jimi Hendrix perform at the Monterey Pop Festival, but later it was proved that this was a false claim. Hamanaka and Whiting were asked to leave. Jerre Peterson did not want to remain in the group without them, so he departed as well, leaving Peterson, Stephens and Whaley as a trio.

Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime blues" from their debut album "Vincebus eruptum" (1968). The single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their only such hit, and the album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 3 on the RPM Magazine chart.

The "Summertime blues" single was backed with Dickie Peterson's original song "Out of focus". Peterson also contributed to the album the eight-minute "Doctor, please" and "Second time around", which features Paul Whaley's frantic drum solo. Filling out the record, the band cranked out blues covers: "Rock me, baby", by B.B. King, and "Parchman farm", by Mose Allison, but retitled "Parchmant farm".

The group underwent several line-up changes, the first occurring after the 1968 release of "Outsideinside" after Leigh Stephens left the band due to musical differences or, as some report, deafness. He was replaced by Randy Holden, formerly of Los Angeles garage rock band The Other Half. On 1969's album "New! Improved!", there were different guitarists on side 1 and side 2 (Randy Holden and Bruce Stephens) due to Holden's unanticipated departure from the band. Following Holden's departure the band's line-up initially consisted of Dickie Peterson (bass), Tom Weisser (guitar), and Mitch Mitchell (drums), before Whaley returned and Bruce Stephens joined the band. Later, Ralph Burns Kellogg also joined the band on keyboards. Blue Cheer's style now changed to a more commercial hard rock sound à la Steppenwolf or Iron Butterfly. By the Blue Cheer's fourth album, Paul Whaley had left the band and had been replaced by Norman Mayell, and following the release of the fourth album Bruce Stephens also left the band and was succeeded by Gary Lee Yoder.

According to Peterson, the group's lifestyle during this period caused problems with the music industry and press. Peterson said the group was outraged by the Vietnam War and society in general.

RECONFIGURATIONS, INACTIVITY AND FIRST EXTENDED HIATUS: DECADE OF 1970

The new line-up of Peterson, Kellogg, Mayell and Yoder in 1970 saw the release of "The original human being", followed by 1971's "Oh! Pleasant hope". When "Oh! Pleasant hope" failed to dent the sales charts, Blue Cheer temporarily split up in 1971.

There was a temporary resumption in 1974 with Peterson being joined by brother Jerre, Ruben De Fuentes (guitar) and Terry Rae (drums) for some tour dates. This grouping continued on briefly in 1975 with former Steppenwolf bassist Nick St. Nicholas replacing Peterson. The group was then largely inactive for nearly three years, until 1978.

Peterson returned in between 1978 and 1979 with a fresh line-up of Tony Rainier on guitar and Mike Fleck on drums. This version of the group went out on an American tour in 1979, primarily playing nightclubs. The band played only material from the first two "heavy" Blue Cheer albums, opening their shows with "Summertime blues".

FURTHER RECONFIGURATIONS, RELOCATION TO GERMANY, SECOND AND THIRD EXTENDED HIATUS: DECADE OF 1980 TO 1998

Blue Cheer was once again inactive in the early 1980s. There was another attempt to reunite in 1983, but that fell through. In 1984, Peterson had better luck when he returned with Whaley and Rainier as Blue Cheer and a brand new album "The beast is back", which was released on the New York label Megaforce Records. Whaley left again in 1985 as drummer Brent Harknett took over, only to be succeeded by Billy Carmassi in 1987. That same year, Dickie led yet another new lineup of the Blue Cheer that had Ruben De Fuentes back on guitar and Eric Davis on drums. In 1988, the line-up changed once again, being now composed of Dickie Peterson (bass), with Andrew "Duck" MacDonald (guitar) and Dave Salce (drums).

From 1989 to 1993, Blue Cheer toured mainly in Europe. During this time, the band played with classic rock acts as well as then-up-and-coming bands: Mountain, Outlaws, Thunder, The Groundhogs, Ten Years After, Mucky Pup, Biohazard and others. In 1989, the band release its first official live album, "Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg". This album was recorded during Blue Cheer's first European tour in decades.

1990 saw the release of the "Highlights and lowlives" studio album, composed of blues-based heavy metal and one ballad. The album was co-produced by notable grunge producer Jack Endino and producer Roland Hofmann. The line-up was Peterson, Whaley on drums and MacDonald on guitars.

Blue Cheer followed up "Highlights and lowlives" with the much heavier "Dining with the sharks". Duck MacDonald was replaced by German ex-Monsters guitar player Dieter Saller in 1990. Also featured is a special guest appearance by Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee. The album was co-produced by Roland Hofmann and Blue Cheer. Gary Holland (ex-Dokken, Great White and Britton, replaced Whaley on drums in 1993.

In the early 1990s, Peterson and Whaley re-located to Germany. In 1992, Peterson recorded his first solo album, "Child of the darkness", in Cologne with a band named The Scrap Yard. The album appeared five years later in Japan on Captain Trip Records. After Peterson came back to the U.S. in 1994, Blue Cheer was dormant from 1994 to 1999.

THE RETURN OF BLUE CHEER: 1999 TO 2009

In 1999, Peterson and Whaley got together with guitarist MacDonald to resume touring as Blue Cheer. This band configuration remained largely constant from 1999 until Peterson's death in 2009.

In 2000, Blue Cheer was the subject of a tribute album, "Blue explosion: A tribute to Blue Cheer", featuring such bands as Pentagram, Internal Void, Hogwash and Thumlock.

Peterson and Leigh Stephens were together once again in Blue Cheer with drummer Prairie Prince at the Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on October 29, 2005, and their lively performance drew old rockers like Paul Kantner and others from backstage to observe. They did some recordings in Virginia in Winter 2005 with Joe Hasselvander of Raven and Pentagram on drums, due to Paul Whaley choosing to remain in Germany. While Hasselvander played on the entire album, his contribution was reduced to drums on five songs, with Paul Whaley re-recording the drum parts on the balance of the album. This was because Whaley was set to rejoin the band and it was felt that he should contribute to the album, prior to touring. The resulting CD, "What doesn't kill you...", released in 2007, features contributions from both Whaley and Hasselvander as a consequence.

Blue Cheer's video for "Summertime blues" made an appearance in 2005 documentary "Metal: A headbanger's journey", where Geddy Lee of Rush referred to the group as one of the first heavy metal bands.

DEATH OF PETERSON AND DISBANDMENT: 2009

On October 12, 2009, Peterson died in Germany after the development and spread of prostate cancer. After Peterson's death, longtime Blue Cheer guitarist Andrew MacDonald wrote on the group's website that "Blue Cheer is done. Out of respect for Dickie, Blue Cheer (will) never become a viable touring band again". Under ten years later, in January 2019, drummer Paul Whaley died of heart failure.

DISPUTE OVER OWNERSHIP OF BAND NAME

In recent years, a dispute has arisen as to ownership of the Blue Cheer band name. It was reported that, as of the early decade of 2000, former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden, assisted by Randy Pratt of The Lizards band, had trademarked the Blue Cheer band name. Holden's association with Blue Cheer was quite brief: his only recorded output with the band is three tracks on "New! Improved!" from 1969. The matter had upset Dickie Peterson, given his position as a co-founder of the band and the only continuing member since its inception, but does not appear to have been resolved.

According to Randy Pratt, this report is not entirely accurate. Pratt provides uncited commentary as follows:

"The Blue Cheer band name was trademarked in 2000 by fan and professional musician Randy Pratt. Pratt put the trademark in former Blue Cheer guitarist Randy Holden's possession after Dickie Peterson said he was finished with Blue Cheer and wanted nothing to do with it ever again, with his sole future interest in his new band, Mother Ocean".

LEGACY

Blue Cheer is often credited as one of the very earliest pioneers of heavy metal and their version of "Summertime blues" has been cited as the first heavy metal song. According to Tim Hills in his book, "The many lives of the crystal ballroom", "Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia". Jim Morrison of The Doors characterized the group as "the single most powerful band I've ever seen" and Eric Clapton defined them as "probably the originators of heavy metal". Blue Cheer influenced such late 1970s bands as East-European psychedelic hardcore band Galloping Coroners.

Blue Cheer was also widely recognized as the loudest band ever at the time when they emerged. Billy Altman reported that at a 1968 concert the band was "So loud, in fact, that within just a few songs, much of the crowd in the front orchestra section was fleeing".

"Blue Cheer" was the name of a variety of LSD made by chemist and Grateful Dead patron Owsley Stanley and the band was probably named after that, although the name existed earlier, as the name of a laundry detergent after which the LSD variety itself was named.

Membros

Dickie Peterson - baixo,

vocal (1967-1972, 1974-1975, 1978-1979,

1984-1994, 1999-2009, falecido em 2009)

Leigh Stephens - guitarra (1967-1968, 2005)

Paul Whaley - bateria (1967-1969, 1969,

1984-1985, 1990-1993, 1999-2004,

2005-2009, falecido em 2019)

Eric Albronda - bateria (1967)

Jerre Peterson - guitarra

(1967, 1974-1975, falecido em 2002)

Vale Hamanaka - teclados (1967)

Jere Whiting - vocal, gaita (1967)

Randy Holden - guitarra (1968-1969)

Mitch Mitchell - bateria

(1969, falecido em 2008)

Tom Weisser - guitarra (1969)

Bruce Stephens - guitarra, vocal

(1969, falecido em 2012)

Ralph Burns Kellogg - teclados,

baixo (1969-1972, falecido em 2003)

Norman Mayell - bateria, guitarra (1969-1972)

Gary Lee Yoder - guitarra, vocal

(1969-1972, falecido em 2021)

Troy Spence Jr. - guitarra (1972-1974)

James L. Curry - bateria (1972-1974)

Ruben De Fuentes - guitarra

(1974-1975, 1987-1988)

Terry Rae - bateria (1974-1975)

Nick St. Nicholas - baixo, vocal (1975)

Tony Rainier - guitarra (1978-1979, 1984-1987)

Mike Fleck - bateria (1978-1979)

Brent Harknett - bateria (1985-1987)

Billy Carmassi - bateria (1987)

Eric Davis - bateria (1987-1988)

Andrew "Duck" MacDonald - guitarra

(1988-1990, 1999-2005, 2005-2009)

David Salce - bateria (1988-1990)

Dieter Saller - guitarra (1990-1994)

Gary Holland - bateria (1993-1994)

Prairie Prince - bateria (2005)

Joe Hasselvander - bateria

(2004-2005, 2009)

STUDIO

ALBUMS

Vincebus

eruptum (1968)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. Summertime blues

02. Rock me baby

03. Doctor please

04. Out of focus

05. Parchment farm

06. Second time

around

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Outsideinside (1968)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. Feathers

from your tree

02. Sun cycle

03. Just a little bit

04. Gypsy ball

05. Come and get it

06. (I can't get no)

Satisfaction

07. The hunter

08. Magnolia

Caboose

babyfinger

09. Babylon

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New! Improved! (1969)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. When

it all gets old

02. West Coast

child of sunshine

03. I want my body back

04. Aces 'n' eights

05. As long as I live

06. It takes a lot to laugh,

it takes a train to cry

07. Peace of mind

08. Fruit & iceburgs

09. Honey butter

lover

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Blue Cheer (1969)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. Fool

02. You're gonna

need someone

03. Hello L.A., bye

-bye Birmingham

04. Saturday freedom

05. Ain't that the way

(Love's supposed to be)

06. Rock and roll queens

07. Better when we try

08. Natural man

09. Lovin' you's easy

10. The same old story

11. All night long

 (mono, bonus)

12. Fortunes

 (mono, bonus)

13. Fool (alternate

version mono, bonus)

14. Ain't that the way

(remix mono, bonus)

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BC #5: The original

human being (1970)

[1970, Philips Records]

01. Good times

are so hard to find

02. Love of a woman

03. Make me laugh

04. Pilot

05. Babaji

06. Preacher

07. Black sun

08. Tears in my bead

09. Man of the sun

10. Sandwich

11. Rest at

ease

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BC #5: The original

human being (1970)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. Good times

are so hard to find

02. Love of a woman

03. Make me laugh

04. Pilot

05. Babaji

06. Preacher

07. Black sun

08. Tears in my bead

09. Man of the sun

10. Sandwich

11. Rest at

ease

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Oh! Pleasant hope (1971)

[2017, Universal Music]

01. Hiway man

02. Believer

03. Money troubles

04. Traveling man

05. Oh! Pleasant hope

06. I'm the light

07. Ecological blues

08. Lester the arrester

09. Heart full of soul

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Highlights and

lowlives (1990)

[1990, The Magnum Music Group]

01. Urban soldiers

02. Hunter of love

03. Girl from London

04. Blues steel dues

05. Big trouble in paradise

06. Flight of the Enola Gray

07. Hoochie coochie man

08. Down and dirty

09. Blues Cadillac

(bonus)

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Dining with

the sharks (1991)

[1991, Nibelung Records]

01. Big noise

02. Outrider

03. Sweet child

of the Reeperbahn

04. Gunfight

05. Audio whore

06. Cut the costs

07. Sex soldier

08. When two

spirits touch

09. Pull the trigger

10. Foxy lady

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What doesn't

kill you... (2007)

[2007, Rainman Inc.]

01. Rollin' dem bones

02. Piece o' the pie

03. Born under

a bad sign

04. Gypsy rider

05. Young lions in paradise

06. I don't know about you

07. I'm gonna get to you

08. Malajusted child

09. Just a little

bit (Redux)

10. No relief

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COMPILATIONS

The beast

is back (1984)

[1998, Steamhammer Records]

01. Nightmares

02. Summertime blues

03. Ride with me

04. Girl next door

05. Babylon

06. Heart

of the city

07. Out of focus

08. Parchment

farm

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Louder than God: The

best of Blue Cheer (1986)

[1986, Rhino Records]

01. Summertime blues

02. Out of focus

03. Parchment farm

04. Feathers

from your tree

05. Just a little bit

06. Babylon

07. Magnolia

Caboose babyfinger

08. Come and get it

09. Peace of mind

10. Fruit & icebergs

11. Fool

12. Hello L.A., bye-

bye Birmingham

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Good times are so hard to find:

The history of Blues Cheer (1988)

[1988, PolyGram Records]

01. Sumertime blues

02. Out of focus

03. Parchment farm

04. Feathers

from your tree

05. The hunter

06. Babylon

07. Peace of mind

08. Fruit and icebergs

09. Fool

10. Hello L.A.,bye-

bye Birmingham

11. Saturday freedom

12. Good times

are so hard to find

13. Pilot

14. Preacher

15. Hiway man

16. I'm the

light

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7 (2012)

[2012, ShroomAngel Records]

01. Summertime blues

02. Route 66

03. Take me away

04. I want

you once again

05. Out of focus

06. Starlight

07. Child of

the darkness

08. Blues Cadillac

09. Lies

10. Feelin'

ok

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Blue Cheer - Summertime blues - 1968

Blue Cheer - Sun cycle - 1968

Blue Cheer - Gypsy ball - 1968

Blue Cheer - Oh! Pleasant hope - 1971