The Essential Blue Öyster Cult

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Annotation

℗ «2012 Sony Music Entertainment»

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Tracklist

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1Digital Media
#TitleLength
1Cities on Flame With Rock and Roll4:04
2Before the Kiss, a Redcap4:58
3Stairway to the Stars
engineer:
David Lucas and Billy Robertson
associate producer:
David Lucas
producer:
Murray Krugman and Sandy Pearlman
bass:
Joe Bouchard (in 1971-10)
guitar:
Donald Roeser (in 1971-10)
guitar and keyboard:
Eric Bloom (in 1971-10) and Allen Lanier (in 1971-10)
lead vocals:
Eric Bloom (in 1971-10)
vocals:
Joe Bouchard (in 1971-10) and Donald Roeser (in 1971-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1972) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1972)
recorded at:
The Warehouse in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1971-10)
recording of:
Stairway to the Stars (in 1971-10)
writer:
Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser and Richard Meltzer
publisher:
Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc., Sony Tunes, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (in 1972)
3:43
4Transmaniacon MC
engineer:
David Lucas and Billy Robertson
associate producer:
David Lucas
producer:
Murray Krugman and Sandy Pearlman
bass:
Joe Bouchard (in 1971-10)
guitar:
Donald Roeser (in 1971-10)
guitar and keyboard:
Eric Bloom (in 1971-10) and Allen Lanier (in 1971-10)
lead vocals:
Eric Bloom (in 1971-10)
vocals:
Joe Bouchard (in 1971-10) and Donald Roeser (in 1971-10)
recorded at:
The Warehouse in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1971-10)
recording of:
Transmaniacon MC (in 1971-10)
writer:
Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser and Sandy Pearlman
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (in 1972)
3:22
5Buck’s Boogie (live)
live recording of:
Buck’s Boogie (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Albert Bouchard and Buck Dharma
publisher:
Blue Öyster Cult Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
5:18
6The Red & The Black4:23
7O.D.’d on Life Itself4:47
87 Screaming Diz‐Busters7:01
9Career of Evil4:00
10Flaming Telepaths5:19
11Astronomy6:25
12Hot Rail to Hell (live 1974)
live recording of:
Hot Rails to Hell (in 1974)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Bouchard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc. (in 1973) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (in 1973)
5:28
13Harvester of Eyes (live 1974)4:53
14M.E. 262 (live 1974)8:03
15Born to Be Wild (live 1974)6:26
2Digital Media
#TitleLength
1(Don’t Fear) The Reaper5:09
2This Ain’t the Summer of Love2:22
3E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (live at Columbus Municipal Auditorium, Columbus, GA - April 1978)5:18
4Godzilla
additional engineer:
Thom Panunzio and Corky Stasiak
assistant engineer:
Sam Ginsberg, Jay Krugman, Rod O’Brien, Gray Russell and David Thoener
engineer:
John Jansen and Shelly Yakus
producer:
Blue Öyster Cult, Murray Krugman, David Lucas and Sandy Pearlman
mixer:
Shelly Yakus
bass guitar:
Joe Bouchard (in 1977-07)
drums (drum set) and harmonica:
Albert Bouchard (in 1977-07)
guitar:
Eric Bloom (in 1977-07), Joe Bouchard (in 1977-07), Buck Dharma (in 1977-07) and Allen Lanier (in 1977-07)
keyboard:
Allen Lanier (in 1977-07)
lead vocals:
Eric Bloom (in 1977-07) and Buck Dharma (in 1977-07)
vocals:
Albert Bouchard (from 1977-06 until 1977-07) and Joe Bouchard (in 1977-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1977) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1977)
recorded at:
The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1977-07)
recording of:
Godzilla (in 1977-07)
lyricist and composer:
Donald Roeser
publisher:
Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc., Sony Tunes, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Universal Music Publishing Group
3:42
5I Love the Night4:25
6Goin’ Through the Motions3:13
7In Thee
recording engineer:
Gary Ladinsky (in 1979)
additional assistant engineer:
Lou Schlossberg and Geoff Sykes
producer:
Tom Werman
mixer:
Gary Ladinsky
bass guitar:
Joe Bouchard
guitar:
Eric Bloom, Buck Dharma and Allen Lanier
keyboard:
Allen Lanier
percussion and synthesizer:
Albert Bouchard
strings:
Jai Winding (in 1979)
lead vocals:
Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma
vocals:
Albert Bouchard and Joe Bouchard
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1979)
mixed at:
The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
In Thee (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
Allen Lanier
3:50
8Black Blade6:40
9The Marshall Plan
engineer:
Martin Birch and Clay Hutchinson
producer:
Martin Birch
arranger:
Blue Öyster Cult
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1980) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1980)
recorded at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States (in 1980)
mixed at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States
recording of:
The Marshall Plan (in 1980)
writer:
Blue Öyster Cult
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
5:27
10Veteran of the Psychic Wars
engineer:
Martin Birch and Clay Hutchinson
producer:
Martin Birch
additional percussion:
Tony Cedrone (in 1981), Bill Civitella (in 1981) and Buck Dharma (in 1981)
strings arranger:
Jesse Levy
arranger:
Blue Öyster Cult
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (in 1981)
recorded at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States (in 1981)
mixed at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States
recording of:
Veteran of the Psychic Wars (in 1981)
lyricist:
Michael Moorcock
composer:
Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock
publisher:
Filmtrax Copyright Holdings Inc, Sony/ATV, Sony/ATV Tunes and Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc. (in 1981)
4:50
11Joan Crawford
engineer:
Martin Birch and Clay Hutchinson
producer:
Martin Birch
bass guitar [bass]:
Donald (Buck Dharma) Roeser (from 1980 until 1981)
effects [sound effects]:
Buck Dharma (from 1980 until 1981)
strings arranger:
Jesse Levy
arranger:
Blue Öyster Cult
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (in 1981) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1981)
recorded at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States (from 1980 until 1981)
mixed at:
Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States
recording of:
Joan Crawford (from 1980 until 1981)
writer:
Albert Bouchard, John Lennert Rigg and David R. Roter
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc. (in 1981)
4:54
12Burnin’ for You4:32
13Roadhouse Blues (live at the Country Club, Reseda, CA - December 1981)9:07
14Shooting Shark
engineer:
Dave Wittman
producer:
Bruce Fairbairn
bass:
Randy Jackson (in 1983-05)
drums (drum set):
Rick Downey (in 1983-05)
saxophone:
Marc Baum (in 1983-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983)
mixed at:
The Automatt in San Francisco, California, United States
recording of:
Shooting Shark (in 1983-05)
lyricist and composer:
Donald Roeser and Patti Smith
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
7:11
15Take Me Away4:32
16Dancin’ in the Ruins4:02