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BLUE CHEER

 One of the earliest power trios, and proto-metal pioneers for their uncompromisingly loud vision of acid rock.

San Francisco-based Blue Cheer was what, in the late '60s, they used to call a "power trio": 

Dickie Peterson (bass, vocals), Paul Whaley (drums), and Leigh Stephens (guitar). 

They played what later was called heavy metal, and when they debuted in January 1968 with the album 

Vincebus Eruptum and a Top 40 cover of Eddie Cochran's hit "Summertime Blues," they sounded louder 

and more extreme than anything that had come before them. As it turned out, they were a precursor 

of much that would come after. Unfortunately, Blue Cheer itself didn't get much chance to profit from its prescience. 

Shortly after its breakthrough, the group was wracked by personnel changes. 

Leigh Stephens was replaced by Randy Holden after the release of the second album, Outsideinside (August 1968).

Holden left during the recording of the third album, and Bruce Stephens (vocals, guitar), and 

Ralph Burns Kellogg (keyboards) joined to finish New! Improved! Blue Cheer (March 1969)

1968    LP    PHILIPS RECORDS    STEREO   SBL 7860 (vinyl)   (852 120 BY) [cover]

MADE IN ENGLAND (Vinyl)    ORIGINAL PRESSING

MADE IN THE NETHERLANDS (Cover) FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE [Vinyl housed to the left when folded out]

This version: original UK copy (vinyl) housed into an original Dutch cover

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LABEL: PHILIPS -  BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (rear) 852 120 BY

Catalog on labels: SBL.7860 (852 112 BY) 852 120 1Y / SBL.7860 (852 1120 BY) 852 120 2Y

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 852120  1Y  ?1  420  1  1 1 

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 852120  2Y  ?1  420  1  5 

On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.....Prohibited"

?1968

Arrenged by Blue Cheer

Produced by Abe (Voco) Kesh

Rights Society / Publishing: Blue Cheer Music USA, Mirage Music, Tee Pee Music

On inside cover: Outside sessions recorded at: Gate Five, Sausalito......

.....Muir Beach, Calif........Department of Marine & Aviation, N.Y.C.

Inside sessions recorded at: A&R Studios, N.Y.C............Record Plant, N.Y.C.....

.....Pacific Recorders, Inc., San Mateo, Calif.

tracklisting

Side A: FEATHERS FROM YOUR TREE - SUN CYCLE

JUST A LITTLE BIT - GYPSY BALL - COME AND GET IT

Side B: (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - THE HUNTER

MAGNOLIA - BABYLON

  grading

RECORD from VG to VG(+) but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Blue Cheer's debut album, Vincebus Eruptum, was widely and accurately described as 

"the loudest record ever made" when it first appeared in early 1968, and the band seemingly had the 

good sense to realize that for sheer brutal impact, there was little chance they could top it. 

So for their second LP, Outsideinside (which appeared a mere seven months later), rather than 

aim for something bigger and more decibel intensive, Blue Cheer decided to see how much polish 

they could add to their formula without blunting the skull-crushing force of their live attack. 

While Vincebus Eruptum was cut in simple and straightforward form with minimal overdubs, 

Outsideinside found Blue Cheer embracing the possibilities of the recording studio; Leigh Stephens 

overdubbed multiple guitar parts on several tunes, while the mix sends his leads flying 

around the room, though aggressive use of panning and the monstrous, fuzzy growl of his tone 

gets cleaned up on some tunes (check out the wah-wah solos on "Gypsy Ball"), 

though the results are still as gentle as a chainsaw...(AllMusic)