Eric Albronda 1968
© Jim Marshall
Released July 2012!
Remastered from original master tapes, this material was recorded in 1979 and remained unreleased to this day.
Sometimes referred
to as the original “Beast is Back”album, the tapes were presented to various labels when
Megaforce signed the band for an album deal in the mid 1980’s. Released on 150gram multicolored vinyl and a beautiful gate fold
cover.
Numbered and limited to only 500 copies
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Spinning image designed by Judy Herzog and Carol Watts as the original album cover art for Blue Cheer 7, 1979
Albums produced or co-produced by Eric Albronda :
| Blue Cheer | - | Outside Inside | 8/68 |
| Blue Cheer | - | Blue Cheer | 12/69 |
| Blue Cheer | - | The Original Human Being | 9/70 |
| Blue Cheer | - | OH ! Pleasant Hope | 4/71 |
| Blue Cheer | - | The Beast Is Back | 2/85 |
| Leigh Stephens | - | Red Weather | 2/69 |
| Pilot | - | Pilot | 10/71 |
| Blue Cheer | - | Cheer #7 (recorded 4/1979) | 7/12 |
Recent Albums / Videos produced by Eric Albronda :
| Reader's Digest | - | Yosemite National Park (Video) | 1990 |
Yosemite National Park
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When The Power Goes
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Yosemite
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San Francisco
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Eric Albronda was born on November 18, 1945 in California and raised in San Francisco.
At age 6 serious music studies began. All through early Grade School he studied music and
played / performed in the school band and school orchestra. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, a keen interest developed in the San Francisco music scene of the mid and late sixties. Eric began to associate with the Merry Pranksters, Ken Kesey, Neil Cassady and various musicians of the San Francisco music scene, including Andrew Staples and the Oxford Circle of Davis, California. Eric Albronda and his music partner Jerry Russell wanted to be active in the music scene in San Francisco and began to methodically start a band. First came Dickie Peterson from Andrew Staples, who moved to San Francisco with Eric and Jerry. Next came Leigh Stephens and Blue Cheer was born. Eric began playing drums with the band but was later replaced by Paul Whaley which formed the now famous Blue Cheer. Eric went on to be part of Blue Cheer's management team and later developed an interest in producing the music. After securing a contract for Leigh Stephens, Eric and Leigh moved to England where they produced Red Weather with various studio musicians from England. England was where Eric learned most of his production skills. Also in England Eric did sound work at the Royal Albert Hall and also produced a record for Bruce Stephens called Pilot. 5 years were spent in England learning the art of music production. Eric returned to The United States and produced several Blue Cheer Records and also other projects. Short summary made from an online interview with Eric Albronda |