To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Blue Öyster Cult‘s eponymous debut album, Legacy Recordings (Sony Music Entertainment), will release “a monumental career-spanning” 17 disc anthology under the title: Blue Öyster Cult – The Columbia Albums Collection. Scheduled for release on 30 October 2012 the collection will include their 14 albums (Studio & Live), 2 rarities CDs and the Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD.
Blue Öyster Cult – The Columbia Albums Collection includes:
01 Blue Öyster Cult (1972 c/w bonus tracks)
02 Tyranny and Mutation (1973 c/w bonus tracks)
03 Secret Treaties (1974 c/w bonus tracks)
04 On Your Feet Or On Your Knees (1975 | 2012 remaster)
05 Agents Of Fortune (1976 c/w bonus tracks)
06 Spectres (1977 c/w bonus tracks)
07 Some Enchanted Evening CD (1978 c/w bonus tracks)
08 Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD (1978 – live)
09 Mirrors (1979 | 2012 remaster)
10 CultÖsaurus Erectus (1980 | 2012 remaster)
11 Fire Of Unknown Origin (1981 | 2012 remaster)
12 Extraterrestrial Live (1982 | 2012 remaster)
13 The RevÖlution By Night (1983 | 2012 remaster)
14 Club Ninja (1985 | 2012 remaster)
15 Imaginos (1988 | 2012 remaster)
16 Rarities
17 Radios Appear: The Best Of The Broadcasts
Originally formed in Long Island as Soft White Underbelly in 1967, Blue Öyster Cult combined adventurous lyrical themes with an aggressive instrumental sound. With passion and intelligence on display in equal measure, Blue Öyster Cult became the thinking fan’s rock band and a sign of life in a sea of dull, anemic soft-pop. Anthems like “Godzilla,” “Harvester of Eyes” and “Don’t Fear the Reaper” stretched the boundaries of rock topics while lead guitarist Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser became a hero to legions of budding axe-wielders. The band’s mystique extended to their album artwork, resulting in some of the most distinctive and iconic LP covers of the rock era. Blue Öyster Cult – The Columbia Albums Collection gathers the essential pieces of the Blue Öyster Cult story into one mind-boggling totality.
