2015re-issue with two bonus tracks

GuitaristLeigh Stephens quit Blue Cheer after touring in support of theirsecond album, Outsideinside, but he may have been amused by thefact it took three men to replace him when the band cut their nextalbum. There are two different and distinct bands at work on New!Improved! Blue Cheer; on the album’s first six tunes, foundingmembers Dickie Peterson (bass and vocals) and Paul Whaley (drums)are joined by Bruce Stephens on guitar and Ralph Burns Kellogg onkeyboards, and this lineup bears little musical resemblance to thewildly over-amped power trio that cut Vincebus Eruptum less thantwo years before. This new edition of Blue Cheer was still stronglyinfluenced by the blues, but the raw physical impact of the bandhad been significantly buffered, and Bruce Stephens rootsy guitarwork was in a completely different league from the old band’sbone-crushing onslaught. The gentle country-rock of As Long As ILive and the dynamic, percussive boogie of When It All Gets Oldwould have been inconceivable coming from Blue Cheer Mk. One, andwhile the notion of comparing them brings to mind that old clichéabout apples and oranges, Peterson’s vocals do reveal a lot morenuance on these recordings, and Whaley’s more tightly controlleddrumming gives the band a lean groove they didn’t have before. Onside two, Blue Cheer return to power trio format with Randy Holden(formerly of the Other Half) on guitar, and while his style is alsoconsiderably different from Leigh Stephens, his fondness foroverwhelming volume and fierce, extended solos makes hiscontributions feel a lot more like the group’s formative work;Peterson and Whaley also sound a lot more like their old selveshere, calling up a thunderous report to match Holden’s thick butgraceful leads, and if Blue Cheer are a more subtle and artful bandwith Holden on guitar, his contributions suggest an evolution fromthe towering proto-metal of Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside,rather than the dramatic stylistic departure of the album’s firsthalf. Unfortunately, the possibilities suggested by Holden’smaterial went unrealized when he quit the band shortly after makingNew! Improved! Blue Cheer; with him they might have made anotheralbum that, unlike this mixed bag, would have lived up to the boastof the title.

Tracklist:
1. When It All Gets Old
2. West Coast Child Of Sunshine
3. I Want My Body Back
4. Aces N Eights
5. As Long As I Live
6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
7. Peace Of Mind
8. Fruit And Iceburgs
9. Honey Butter Lover
10. Summertime Blues-demo 1967
11. Doctor Please-demo 1967

Condition cover: nm

Condition cd: nm

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