The Original Human Being

1970 studio album by Blue Cheer

The Original Human Being

Studio album by

Blue Cheer

Released| September 1970
Recorded| 1970
Studio| Mercury Sound Studio West, San Francisco, California
Genre| Psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, country rock
Length| 44:30
Label| Philips
Producer| Gary Lee Yoder, Eric Albronda, Norman Mayell (track 1)
Blue Cheer chronology
| Blue Cheer
(1969)  | The Original Human Being
(1970)  | Oh! Pleasant Hope
(1971)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

The Original Human Being is Blue Cheer's fifth album. It was released in 1970 and shows Blue Cheer exploring a more psychedelic and laid‑back rock and roll with horn sections on a few of the songs. This album features a very unusual, and different, song for Blue Cheer: "Babaji (Twilight Raga)", which features extensive use of sitar and synthesizer. These instruments were only used one other time in the song "I'm the Light" on the album Oh! Pleasant Hope.

## Track listing[edit]

Side one

1. "Good Times Are So Hard to Find" (Kent Housman, Norman Mayell) – 3:22
2. "Love of a Woman" (Dickie Peterson) – 4:35
3. "Make Me Laugh" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 5:06
4. "Pilot" (Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Lee Yoder) – 4:49
5. "Babaji (Twilight Raga)" (Mayell) – 3:46 (instrumental)

Side two

1. "Preacher" (Grelecki, Yoder) – 4:01
2. "Black Sun" (Grelecki, Yoder) – 3:31
3. "Tears in My Bed" (Kellogg) – 2:06
4. "Man on the Run" (Peterson) – 3:58
5. "Sandwich" (Grelecki, Yoder) – 5:01
6. "Rest at Ease" (Grelecki, Yoder) – 5:35

## Personnel[edit]

Blue Cheer

* Dickie Peterson – bass, guitar, lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 9)
* Gary Lee Yoder – guitar, harmonica, vocals, harp, lead vocals (tracks 1, 4–8, 10–11), producer
* Ralph Burns Kellogg – organ, piano, synthesizer, bass
* Norman Mayell – drums, guitar, percussion, sitar, producer on track 1

Production

* Eric Albronda – producer
* Mark Harman, George Horn – engineers
* Russ Gary – mixing and editing at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California

## References[edit]

1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Blue Cheer - The Original Human Being review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2020-03-16.

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Blue Cheer

* Dickie Peterson
* Leigh Stephens
* Eric Albronda
* Paul Whaley
* Vale Hamanaka
* Randy Holden
* Ralph Burns Kellogg
* Gary Lee Yoder
* Nick St. Nicholas
* Andrew "Duck" MacDonald
* Prairie Prince
* Joe Hasselvander

Studio albums|

* Vincebus Eruptum
* Outsideinside
* New! Improved!
* Blue Cheer
* The Original Human Being
* Oh! Pleasant Hope
* The Beast Is Back
* Highlights and Lowlives
* Dining with the Sharks
* What Doesn't Kill You...

Live albums|

* Blitzkrieg Over Nüremberg

Singles|

* "Summertime Blues"
* "Just a Little Bit"
* "The Hunter"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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