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 style, and is also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal (their cover of "Summertime Blues" is sometimes cited as the first in the genre), punk rock, stoner rock, doom metal, experimental rock, and grunge. 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 called the group "The single most powerful band I've ever seen."
New! Improved! is the third album by Blue Cheer, first released in March 1969 on Philips Records. It Was re-released in 1994 by Repertoire with two bonus tracks. It was re-released in 1999 by Italian indie label Akarma Records. The album features Randy Holden on guitar on side B (tracks 7-9). This is the only studio recording of Holden with Blue Cheer.
Personnel: Dickie Peterson – bass guitar, vocals Paul Whaley – drums Bruce Stephens – guitar (tracks 1–6) Ralph Burns Kellogg – keyboards (tracks 1–6) Randy Holden – guitar (tracks 7–9)
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