Thursday 26 January 2012

Two Blue Cheer albums on Sundazed

Did Blue Cheer make the first American Heavy Metal album? Does it really matter? What remains a true fact is that Vincebus Eruptum was louder than anything else on the scene when released in January of 1968. It even sounds brutally loud today. No compromise, it’s in your face music.

On the 30th of January Sundazed Records will release a new MONO remaster of Vincebus Eruptum. Listening to the sound samples on Sundazed page, it realy sounds even more forcefull  and primitive than the Stereo version.

The San Fransico trio of Dick Peterson (bass, vocals), Leigh Stephens (guitar) and Paul Whaley (drums) had started out as a quintet, but after seeing Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop they decided to become a power trio. Former drummer Eric Albronda co-produced the album.

Personal faves are the opening assault of Eddie Cochrans "Summertime Blues" and  the slow groove of  “Out Of Focus” and their storming rendition of  Mose Alisons “Parchment Farm”


TRACK LIST:
1. Summertime Blues
2. Rock Me Baby
3. Doctor Please
4. Out of Focus
5. Parchment Farm
6. Second Time Around  


(The links are the Stereo versions)

Visit the Sundazed Blue Cheer pages for more info and sound samples in Mono



Sundazed will also release the bands second album Outsideinside (August 1968) This time in remasterd Stereo.
The Outsideinside album were little bit “softer” compared with the previous record. A little bit more melodic in places  and had more worked out songs. The album also featured keyboards played by Ralph Burn Kelogg. Otherwise it is the same line-up. 
It is still heavy rock though."Feathers from Your Tree"  and  "Babylon" are good exemples. Why the title? Well, the album were both recorded outside and inside the studio.


TRACK LIST:
1. Feathers from Your Tree
2. Sun Cycle
3. Just a Little Bit
4. Gypsy Ball
5. Come and Get It
6. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
7. The Hunter
8. Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger
9. Babylon 


Visit the Sundazed Blue Cheer pages for more info and sound samples

Sundazed writes that "Both Sundazed compact disc editions are sourced from the original Uni Records reels, complete with their unique original cover designs and feature new essays by Doug Sheppard of Ugly Things magazine." For you vinyl junkies out there, both albums will be avaleble on LP as well.

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