Blue Cheer

Leigh Stephens ♦ Kak ♦ Silver Metre

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Group "B"

Stop Calling Me / She's Gone Hille-King (2:23) / Hille-King (2:29) Scorpio 402, ?/65 included Dickie Peterson

Group "B"

I Know Your Name Girl / I Never Really Knew Hille-King-Mays (2:22) / Peterson-Peterson (2:28) Scorpio 406, 3/66

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Jim King-vocals
Roger Hille-guitar
Jack May-guitar
Dickie Peterson-guitar
Jerri Peterson-guitar
Dave Damrell-bass
Danny Mihm-drums

Oxford Circle

Foolish Woman / Mind Destruction Oxford Circle (2:30) / Oxford Circle (5:10) World United 1002, 11/66

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Dehner Patten-lead guitar
Gary Yoder-rhythm guitar, vocals
Jim Keylor-bass
Paul Whaley-drums

Yoder & Patten to Kak; Dickie Peterson and Whaley to Blue Cheer; Danny Mihm to Flamin' Groovies

Festival Of Growing Things(7/1/67)

	Vincebus Eruptium
	Philips PHS-600-264
	1/16/68 T20 [UK: 7/68]
	Back Cover   Back Cover "Augustus Stanley Owsley III" reduced to just "Owsley"

Side One
Summertime Blues	Capehart-Cochran	3:43
Rock Me Baby	Josea-King	4:18
Doctor Please	Peterson	8:50
Side Two
Out Of Focus	Peterson	3:52
Parchment Farm	Allison	5:48
Second Time Around	Peterson	6:18

Note: Original issue printed on silver, textured paper.
 

Summertime Blues / Out Of Focus Capehart-Cochran (3:43) / Peterson (3:52) Philips 40516, 2/68 T20 reverse of picture sleeve is blank!

Miami Pop Festival(5/18/68)

Just A Little Bit / Gypsy Ball Peterson (3:24) / Peterson-Stephens (2:57) Philips 40541, 6/68 BB

Newport Pop Festival(8/4/68)

	Outsideinside
	Philips PHS-600-278
	9/68 BB [UK: 10/68]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   Fold-up Inside Cover   How It Opens   Album Sticker

Side One
Feathers From Your Tree	Peterson-Stephens-Wagner	3:29
Sun Cycle	Peterson-Stephens-Wagner	4:12
Just A Little Bit	Peterson	3:24
Gypsy Ball	Peterson-Stephens	2:57
Come And Get It	Peterson-Stephens-Wagner	3:13
Side Two
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Jagger-Richards	5:07
The Hunter	Jackson-Jones-Wells	4:22
Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger	Peterson-Stephens	1:38
Babylon	Peterson	4:22

Leigh Stephens to solo career, replaced by Randy Holden

Everything's Changing / Rain³ Yoder (4:05) / Yoder (1:58) Epic 10383, 9/68

Feathers From Your Tree / Sun Cycle Peterson-Stephens-Wagner (3:29) / Peterson-Stephens-Wagner (4:12) Philips 40561, 10/68

10/15/68: Blaises Club, London

Randy Holden out, replaced by Bruce Stephens

	Kak
	Epic BN-26429
	2/69 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
HCO 97658	Damrell-Grelecki-Lockheed-Patten-Yoder	1:35
Everything's Changing	Grelecki-Yoder	4:02
Electric Sailor	Damrell-Lockheed-Patten-Yoder	3:04
Disbelievin'	Yoder	3:56
I've Got Time	Yoder	3:37
Flowing By	Grelecki-Yoder	3:55
Side Two
Bryte 'N' Clear Day	Grelecki-Yoder	3:45
Trieulogy:		8:13
Golgotha	Yoder
Mirage	Grelecki-Yoder
Rain	Grelecki-Yoder
Lemonaide Kid	Yoder	6:00

	Red Weather
	Philips PHS-600-294
	3/69 [UK: 7/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Another Dose Of Life	Stephens	4:47
Drifting	Stephens	6:41
Indians	Koske-Stephens	4:47
I Grow Higher	Albronda-Stephens	5:39
Side Two
Red Weather	Stephens	3:14
If You Choose Too	Albronda-Stephens	5:10
Joannie Mann	Stephens	5:05
Chicken Pot Pie	Stephens	3:12

Note: Sessions evolved into Silver Metre (see below)
 

	New! Improved!
	Philips PHS-600-305
	4/69 BB [UK: 7/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
When It All Gets Old	Kellogg	2:51
West Coast Child Of Sunshine	Stephens	2:35
I Want My Baby Back	Stephens	3:12
Aces 'N' Eights	Peterson-Kellogg-Stephens	2:43
As Long As I Live	Peterson-Stephens	2:18
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Dylan	3:13
Side Two
Peace Of Mind	Holden	7:17
Fruit & Iceburgs	Holden	6:05
Honey Butter Lover	Holden	1:21

I've Got Time³ / Disbelievin' Yoder (2:56) / Yoder (3:59) Epic 10446, 5/69

West Coast Child Of Sunshine / When It All Gets Old Stephens (2:35) / Kellogg (2:51) Philips 40602, 5/69

Saki Zwadoo¹ / Red Weather Stevens (2:30) / Stevens (3:14) Philips 40628, 8/69

All Night Long¹ / Fortunes¹ Kellogg (2:06) / Peterson (2:20) Philips 40651, 11/69

	Blue Cheer
	Philips PHS-600-333
	1/70 [UK: 2/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
Fool	Grelecki-Yoder	3:31
You're Gonna Need Someone	Mayell-Stephens	3:32
Hello LA, Bye-Bye Birmingham	Bramlett-McDavis	3:31
Saturday Freedom	Stephens	5:55
Ain't That The Way (Love's Supposed To Be)	Kellogg-Peterson	3:10
Side Two
Rock And Roll Queens	Kellogg-Peterson	2:42
Better When We Try	Kellogg	2:48
Natural Man	Kellogg-Peterson	3:35
Lovin' You's Easy	Stephens	3:59
The Same Old Story	Grelecki-Yoder	4:12

Good Time Music¹ / Flight From The East¹ Yoder (2:18) / Yoder (4:10) Epic 10560, 1/70 Gary Lee Yoder solo single

Gary Yoder to Blue Cheer

Superstar / Now They've Found Me (Ballad Of A Well Known Gun) Rice-Weber (3:45) / John-Taupin (3:39) National General NGR-001, 2/70

Hello LA, Bye-Bye Birmingham³ / Natural Man Bramlett-McDavis (2:50) / Kellogg-Peterson (3:24) Philips 40664, 3/70

	Silver Metre
	National General NG-2000
	3/70
	Back Cover Inside Cover

Side One
Ballad Of A Well Known Gun	John-Taupin	3:39
Naughty Lady	Cowan-Sears	4:30
Gangbang	Stephens	4:42
Country Comforts	John-Taupin	3:23
Superstar	Rice-Weber	3:45
Side Two
Sixty Years On	John-Taupin	4:20
Compromising Situation	Cowan-Stephens	3:46
Cocklewood Monster	Cowan-Stephens	5:15
Nightflight	Cowan-Sears	4:15
Dog End	Cowan-Sears-Stephens	3:52

Note: Group evolved into Pilot—album released in 72
Sue, Lesley, Sunny are: Sue Glover, Lesley Duncan, and Sunny Wheetman
 

Ballad Of A Well Known Gun / Compromising Situation John-Taupin (3:39) / Coman-Stephens (3:46) National General NGR-010, 6/70

Fool² / Ain't That The Way (Love's Supposed To Be)² Grelecki-Yoder (2:40) / Kellogg-Peterson (2:27) Philips 40682, 6/70 A-side: Gary Yoder-guitar, vocals, harp

	BC#5 The Original Human Being
	Philips PHS-600-347
	9/70 BB [UK: 11/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
Good Times Are So Hard To Find	Housman-Mayell	3:22
Love Of A Woman	Peterson	4:34
Make Me Laugh	Kellogg	5:04
Pilot	Grelecki-Yoder	4:49
Babaji (Twilight Raga)	Mayell	3:47
Side Two
Preacher	Grelecki-Yoder	4:03
Black Sun	Grelecki-Yoder	3:30
Tears By My Bed	Kellogg	2:04
Man On The Run	Peterson	3:52
Sandwich	Grelecki-Yoder	5:02
Rest At Ease	Grelecki-Yoder	5:36

Pilot³ / Babaji (Twilight Raga) Grelecki-Yoder (3:20) / Mayell (3:47) Philips 40691, 12/70

	Oh! Pleasant Hope
	Philips PHS-600-350
	4/71 [UK: 11/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Hiway Man	Mayell-Grelecki-Yoder	4:20
Believer	Grelecki-Yoder	3:55
Money Troubles	Peddicord	4:04
Traveling Man	Grelecki-Yoder	3:08
Side Two
Oh! Pleasant Hope	Peddicord	2:37
I'm The Light	Housman-Mayell	5:43
Ecological Blues	Mayell	2:23
Lester The Arrester	Kellogg	3:09
Heart Full Of Soul	Peterson	4:38

All done—reformed for 1983 album.

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