The Original Human Being

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Released September 1970 Length 44:30 Release date September 1970		Recorded 1970 Artist Blue Cheer Label Philips Records

The Original Human Being(1970) Oh! Pleasant Hope(1971) Genres Psychedelic rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock, Blues rock, Country rock Producers Eric Albronda, Ethan James Similar Oh! Pleasant Hope, New! Improved!, The Beast Is Back, Outsideinside, Highlights and Lowlives

Blue cheer the original human being full album

The Original Human Being (or BC#5) 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.

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Side one

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

Side two

"Preacher" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 4:01
"Black Sun" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 3:31
"Tears in My Bed" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 2:06
"Man on the Run" (Dickie Peterson) – 3:58
"Sandwich" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 5:01
"Rest at Ease" (Gary R. Grelecki / Gary Yoder) – 5:35

Personnel

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)

Ralph Burns Kellogg – organ, piano, synthesizer, bass

Norman Mayell – guitar, percussion, sitar, producer, drums

Songs

1Good Times Are So Hard to Find3:22
2Love Of A Woman4:35
3Make Me Laugh5:07

References

The Original Human Being Wikipedia

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