Blue Cheer - I'm The Light (US 1971)

I'm the light is the sixth track from Blue Cheer's sixth, and last album until 1983, Oh! Pleasant Hope. It was released in 1971 and features less psychadelia and more blues-rock & hard rock. This is an unusual Blue Cheer album in that Dickie Peterson only sings lead on three songs. Another unusual aspect is that the song "I'm the Light" features extensive use of the sitar and synthesizer, although on the previous album The Original Human Being the song "Babaji (Twilight Raga)" also featured extensive use of the aforementioned instruments.

This song is also included on their compilation Good Times Are So Hard To Find, released in 1990.

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• blue
• cheer
• i'm
• the
• light
• oh!
• pleasant
• hope
• 1971
• 70s
• blues-rock
• hard
• rock
• psychedelia
• dickie
• peterson

[DIYrecordings]

Rest in Peace, Dickie!!! Thanks for the music!

[blackitalian36]

I LEFT FOR NAM TO THIS SONG SEMPER FI

[auntwayne]

@PhiZappaCrappa Wrongo, I still have a good turn table, and,play this album too.

[WarHogable]

All the comments below. I did not read to see if any stated the common knowledge that their first LP is credited as the first Heavy Metal LP ever. Yes they constantly evolved and changed members. I think this last Phillips LP was their Best !

[pfordsq]

No one's laughing , here , though I guess I never compared them to any British group , even the ones that influenced them , in my mind. When I got turned on to the first two LPs , I wanted MORE , tho' I'd heard about the changes....I'd just seen the "Human Be-In" film , not knowing their track was from 1967. I also thought Holden stayed with them , longer. But , I bought all their albums , found myself enjoying them on different levels.

[PhiZappaCrappa]

@notfragile33 That's certainly debatable!

[PhiZappaCrappa]

@pfordsq I didn't know alot of that history (thanks!), and in retrospect it makes sense to me now. Lotsa my peers at the time were divided about this seminal S.F. R&R band, many losing interest when the 'heavy metal' thing changed. Now don't get me wrong, I've always been big-time into 'hard rock', but BC was diff'rent = I wuz into every album! The sitar, the country thing, the electronics. Don't laugh at me, but I've always likened them to an Amerikan Pink Floyd.

[pfordsq]

@pfordsq BUT , THERE'S MORE... A lot of talent went thru that band. The power trio was too volatile a combination to last . Holden is a monster Guitarist , but he would've taken over the band , it seems. The Mint Tattoo LP you may love or hate , I always found it interesting. If that'd been more the direction BC had gone with Bruce and Ralph...They only really dabbled in "Country Rock" , a song here and there....I found a German Cassette of "Oh ! Pleasant Hope" recently.

[pfordsq]

@PhiZappaCrappa Dig ya deep. There's a lot more people , today , who are fans of all , or most , of the 6 Phillips LPs. A lot of people like the last two albums , because you had all these different personalities fighting it out fo supremacy, and Dickie often losing control of the reigns.....But, the B.C. that was mostly Yoder's band , with Mayell contributing some unusual material , was oftentimes strong , taken on it's own terms.

[PhiZappaCrappa]

@pfordsq BC wuz alot of things for me at different times. I bought each LP as they came out and I feel that my musical horizons expanded w/ each. From actually recording a party at my parents' house on dad's Webcor reel-to-reel, spinnin' "Vincibus Eruptum" in '68 to my 8-track copy of "Oh! Pleasant Hope!" in my car at college in '75. They certainly made my life my more 'full'. Dig? ;-)

[pfordsq]

@eurorocker79 That , we do. Dickie brought a lot of humor , and , yes , love , to the table. He was really concerned about all of us , the ones who were smart enough to catch their devastating later gigs , which sometimes only drew about 50 people. But , it was always fun , and they still took chances. Dickie was a no - bullshit guy. If something was wrong , he'd tell you , but not take it out on you. I don't think he regretted a thing.

[pfordsq]

@PhiZappaCrappa Esp. the 5th and 6th BC albums are gaining cult followings. Even Lester Bangs said tracks like these were unusually Psychedelic for the time. Gary Yoder did some interesting things, Dickie said it was'nt Blue Cheer , fair enough , but , a lot of it was unusual.