BLUE CHEER New Improved ORIGINAL 1969 US 1st PRESS IN SHRINK - MINT/UNPLAYED
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£ 26
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Jan 12, 2018
Sold Date
Jan 2, 2018
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£ 25
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BLUE CHEER New! Improved! ORIGINAL 1969 US 1st PRESS IN SHRINK - MINT/UNPLAYED
BLUE CHEERNew! Improved! Blue Cheer
1969 PHILIPS (PHS-600-305) ORIGINAL US FIRST PRESSING
STUNNING COPY - UNPLAYED AND LIKE-NEW - COVER STILL IN SHRINKWRAP (opened)
MATRIX: PHS 600305A- M1 I-I / PHS 600305B- M2 II-II
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE WITH PRICE STICKER FOR $1.69 (on the shrinkwrap)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE
Guitarist Leigh Stephens quit Blue Cheer after touring in support of their second album, Outsideinside, but he may have been amused by the fact it took three men to replace him when the band cut their next LP.
There are two different and distinct bands at work on New! Improved! Blue Cheer; on the album's first six tunes, founding members Dickie Peterson (bass and vocals) and Paul Whaley (drums) are joined by Bruce Stephens on guitar and Ralph Burns Kellogg on keyboards, and this lineup bears little musical resemblance to the wildly over-amped power trio that cut Vincebus Eruptum less than two years before.
This new edition of Blue Cheer was still strongly influenced by the blues but Bruce Stephens' rootsy guitar work was in a completely different league from the old band's bone-crushing onslaught.
The gentle country-rock of "As Long as I Live" and the dynamic, percussive boogie of "When It All Gets Old" would have been inconceivable coming from Blue Cheer Mk. One, and while the notion of comparing them brings to mind that old cliché about apples and oranges, Peterson's vocals do reveal a lot more nuance on these recordings, and Whaley's more tightly controlled drumming gives the band a lean groove they didn't have before.
On side two, Blue Cheer return to power trio format with Randy Holden (formerly of the Other Half) on guitar, and while his style is also considerably different from Leigh Stephens', his fondness for overwhelming volume and fierce, extended solos makes his contributions feel a lot more like the group's formative work; Peterson and Whaley also sound a lot more like their old selves here, calling up a thunderous report to match Holden's thick but graceful leads, and if Blue Cheer are a more subtle and artful band with Holden on guitar, his contributions suggest an evolution from the towering proto-metal of Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside, rather than the dramatic stylistic departure of the album's first half
Side One:
When It All Gets Old (2:51)
West Coast Child Of Sunshine (2:35)
I Want My Baby Back (3:12)
Aces 'N' Eights (2:43)
As Long As I Live (2:18)
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (3:13)
Side Two:
Peace Of Mind (7:17)
Fruit & Iceburgs (6:05)
Honey Butter Lover (1:21)
LABELS: MINT
A pristine set of labels - no spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT/MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new with just one superficial and harmless hairline
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As clean, crisp, sharp and fresh as the day it was made - deletion punch hole but nothing else to fault
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period - additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
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