The Original Human Being

The Original Human Being
Studio album by Blue Cheer
Released	September 1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, country rock
Length	44:30
Label	Philips
Producer	Eric Albronda, Ralph Burns Kellogg
Blue Cheer chronology
Blue Cheer (1969)Blue Cheer1969 The Original Human Being (1970) Oh! Pleasant Hope (1971)Oh! Pleasant Hope1971

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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Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Preacher" (Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder) – 4:01
2. "Black Sun" (Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder) – 3:31
3. "Tears in My Bed" (Ralph Burns Kellogg) – 2:06
4. "Man on the Run" (Dickie Peterson) – 3:58
5. "Sandwich" (Gary R. Grelecki, Gary Yoder) – 5:01
6. "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