Blue Cheer [Import]

Blue Cheer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Akarma Italy
• ASIN: B00005LQO4
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,275 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fool

2. You're Gonna Need Someone

3. Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham

4. Saturday Freedom

5. Ain't That the Way (Love's Supposed to Be)

6. Rock and Roll Queens

7. Better When We Try

8. Natural Man

9. Lovin' You's Easy

10. The Same Old Story

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB JAPANESE REISSUE!, December 18, 2007

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Rafael "RaFael" (Brazil, SC Joinville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Cheer (Mlps) (Audio CD)

Highly recommendable for mini lp fans and collectors! highly limited release, only 2000 copy.

SONG LIST :

1. FOOL
2. YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE
3. HELLO L.A. BYE-BYE BIRMINGHAM
4. SATURDAY FREEDOM
5. AIN'T THAT THE WAY(LOVE'S SUPPOSED TO BE)
6. ROCK AND ROLL QUEENS
7. BETTER WHEN WE TRY
8. NATURAL MAN
9. LOVIN' YOU'S EASY
10. THE SAME OLD STORY
11. ALL NIGHT LONG(MONO)
12. FORTUNES(MONO)
13. FOOL(ALTERNATE VERSION)(MONO)
14. AIN'T THAT THE WAY(REMIX)(MONO

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Blue Cheer - self-titled (Akarma), November 23, 2006

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Cheer (Audio CD)

Originally released in late 1969,this was Blue Cheer's fourth 'actual' album.Not bad,considering that Dickie Peterson is the sole original member.Cuts here that I thought were decent are "Fool","Saturday Freedom"(penned by guitarist Bruce Stephens),a possible anthem(?)"Better When We Try" and "The Same Old Story".Line-up:Dickie Peterson-bass&vocals,Bruce Stephens-guitar&vocals,Ralph Kellogg-keyboards and Norman Mayell-drums.Not 'quite' as good as their first three efforts,but still worth checking out.Old school heavy blues rock.

3.0 out of 5 stars An "improvement" over the so-called "New improved", June 25, 2010

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Shelby Lambert (Bethany, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Cheer (Audio CD)

Yeah, they were moving further away from their old heavy metal sound, but at least this wasn't the mess that their last album, the poorly titled "New Improved" was, with lineup changes mid-stream and a sound that was all over the board, regressing at times towards mid-60 Monkees. With a line-up that was more solidified here, it seems they could finally concentrate on better songwriting and making some decent music. Dare I say, there were even some up-beat moments on this album--"Rock and Roll Queens", perhaps one of the first ever tributes to the "groupie" phenomena that was just starting to gain steam around this time (Grand Funk Railroad would have "Mr. Limousine Driver" later in '69), "Ain't That The Way (Love's Supposed to Be)"--a 'better than' Rolling Stones-type rocker, a nice remake of Delaney and Bonnie's "Hello L.A./Bye-Bye Birmingham" with a cool organ riff, and perhaps the one song that should have been a hit and THE feel-good song of the Summer of '69, "Saturday Freedom". When I think of that year, what all that went on, and how fun it was, "Saturday Freedom" is the first song that actually comes to my mind!
Again, a solid performance, and just simple good songs with nice catchy melodies and weren't 'too simplistic' and regressive like "New Improved" was. Definitely the one bright spot of their post-heavy metal period, that was progressive in it's own way, even if it wasn't "heavy". Much better than the next two albums--something about the addition of Gary Yoder in 1970-71 drove this band to sound REALLY druggy in a "boring, Pink Floyd"-sort of way. But this was a decent lineup here--again, not a "heavy" group, but at least a "fun" bunch, and it genuinely seems like they had fun on this record