New! Improved!

New! Improved!
Studio album by Blue Cheer
Released	March 1969
Length	32:07
Label	Philips Records Repertoire Version 36:34
Producer	Milan Melvin
Blue Cheer chronology
Outsideinside (1968) New! Improved! Blue Cheer (1969) Blue Cheer (1969)

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 & Iceburgs" (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)