New! Improved!

New! Improved!
Studio album by Blue Cheer
Released	April 1969 (1969-04)
Recorded	1969
Studio	Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock psychedelic rock blues rock
Length	31:25
Label	Philips
Producer	Milan Melvin
Blue Cheer chronology
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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.

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Track listing

Side one

1. "When It All Gets Old" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 3:01
2. "West Coast Child of Sunshine" (Bruce Stephens) – 2:41
3. "I Want My Baby Back" (Stephens) – 3:19
4. "Aces 'n' Eights" (Kellogg, Dickie Peterson, Stephens) – 2:47
5. "As Long as I Live" (Peterson, Stephens) – 2:20
6. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16

Side two

1. "Peace of Mind" (Randy Holden) – 7:22
2. "Fruit & Icebergs" (Holden) – 6:05
3. "Honey Butter Lover" (Holden) – 1:16
4. "All Night Long" (Kellog) - 2:06 (Repertoire Bonus Track)
5. "Fortunes" (Peterson) - 2:20 (Repertoire Bonus Track)

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)