A Long Day's Night

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A Long Day's Night
A long days night cover.jpg
Artist Blue Öyster Cult
Released September 24, 2002
Recorded June 21, 2002 at Navy Pier/Skyline Stage, Chicago, IL
Length 78:02 (CD)
120 minutes (DVD)
Label Sanctuary Records
Producer Steve Schenck

A Long Day's Night is the fourth live album by Blue Öyster Cult. It was recorded on June 21, 2002, the summer solstice of that year, and released on September 24, 2002 by Sanctuary Records. It is the final album released under Sanctuary, who dropped the band due to Curse of the Hidden Mirror's poor sales.

The concert was released on both CD and DVD, with the DVD containing six more songs than the CD and the CD containing a performance of "Astronomy" that was excluded from the DVD. Both the CD and DVD were remastered in 2020 by Frontiers Music SRL, with the new Blu-ray release having a 5.1 surround sound mix and upscaled 1080p video, as well as never-before-seen performances of "Astronomy" and "Joan Crawford", the latter of which was not present on either versions of the original album.

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Blue Öyster Cult[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

  • Steve Schenck – producer, management
  • Roger Reiss – recording engineer
  • Timothy Powell – recording engineer
  • Mike Czaszwicz – engineer
  • Jacob Campbell – engineer
  • Rich Tozzoli – mixing engineer
  • Steve "Woody" LaCerra – audio consultant, crew
  • Ioannis – art direction, design, digital paintings
  • Alan Chappell – art direction, design
  • Darryl Maxwell – photos
  • Bill Lotzko – crew
  • Eric Gormley – crew
  • Jeff Spencer – crew
  • Special thanks to Nick Miller, Buddy Sorolick, Denise McGowan, Tom Lipsky, Dan Russo, Debbi West, Jessica Loss, Michael McConnell, Lillian Laureano, Bob Jacoby, Darrell Ewalt, Brian Mackewich, Gary Moscato

Track listing[edit | edit source]

  • + Title as it appears on the album

CD/LP[edit | edit source]

# Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
Side one
1 Stairway to the Stars Meltzer, A. Bouchard, Roeser Bloom 3:53
2 Burning For You+ Meltzer, Roeser Roeser 4:39
3 OD'd on Life Itself+ Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom 4:41
4 Dance on Stilts John Shirley, Roeser Roeser 5:49
Side two
5 Buck's Boogie Roeser Instrumental 6:26
6 Quicklime Girl+ A. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom 4:58
7 Harvest Moon Roeser Roeser 4:42
Side three
8 Astronomy J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom 10:19
9 Cities on Flame+ Pearlman, Roeser, A. Bouchard Bloom 5:53
10 Perfect Water Roeser, Jim Carroll Roeser 5:22
Side four
11 Lips in the Hills Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer Bloom 4:22
12 Godzilla Roeser Bloom 8:44
13 Don't Fear The Reaper+ Roeser Roeser 8:14

DVD/Blu-ray[edit | edit source]

# Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1 Stairway to the Stars Meltzer, A. Bouchard, Roeser Bloom TBA
2 Burning For You+ Meltzer, Roeser Roeser TBA
3 OD'd on Life Itself+ Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom TBA
4 E.T.I.+ Roeser, Pearlman Bloom TBA
5 Dance on Stilts John Shirley, Roeser Roeser TBA
6 Harvester of Eyes Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer Bloom TBA
7 Buck's Boogie Roeser Instrumental TBA
8 Quicklime Girl+ A. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom TBA
9 Flaming Telepaths A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman, Roeser Bloom TBA
10 Harvest Moon Roeser Roeser TBA
11 Last Days of May+ Roeser Roeser TBA
12 Cities on Flame+ Pearlman, Roeser, A. Bouchard Bloom TBA
13 M.E. 262+ Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman Bloom TBA
14 Perfect Water Roeser, Jim Carroll Roeser TBA
15 Lips in the Hills Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer Bloom TBA
16 Godzilla Roeser Bloom TBA
17 Don't Fear The Reaper+ Roeser Roeser TBA
18 Dominance and Submission A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman Bloom TBA
19 The Red and the Black A. Bouchard, Pearlman, Bloom Bloom TBA
Blu-ray Bonus Tracks
20 Joan Crawford A. Bouchard, David Roter, Jack Rigg Bloom TBA
21 Astronomy J. Bouchard, A. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom TBA
Bonus Features
- Band Interviews
- Fan Interviews
- Behind the Scenes Footage

Discography

Blue Öyster Cult

Studio albums

Blue Öyster CultTyranny and MutationSecret TreatiesAgents of FortuneSpectresMirrorsCultösaurus ErectusFire of Unknown OriginThe Revölution by NightClub NinjaImaginosCult ClassicHeaven ForbidCurse of the Hidden MirrorThe Symbol RemainsGhost Stories

Live albums

On Your Feet or on Your KneesSome Enchanted EveningExtraterrestrial LiveA Long Day's NightHard Rock Live Cleveland 201440th Anniversary - Agents of Fortune - Live 2016iHeart Radio Theater N.Y.C. 201245th Anniversary Live in LondonLive at Rock of Ages Festival 201650th Anniversary Live - First Night

Compilations

Bad ChannelsSt. Cecilia: The Elektra RecordingsThe Columbia Albums Collectiön (SamplerRaritiesRadios Appear: The Best of the BroadcastsHarvester of Lives)

Live videos

Black and BlueLive 1976Some OTHER Enchanted EveningOn Tape Forever (Vol. 1Vol. 2Vol. 3Vol. 4Vol. 5Vol. 6Vol. 7Vol. 8Vol. 9Vol. 10)

Solo albums

Buck Dharma

Flat OutBuck Dharma Archive Series (Volume IVolume IIVolume III)

Joe Bouchard

Jukebox in My HeadTales from the IslandNew Solid BlackThe Power of MusicPlayin' HistoryStrange LegendsAmerican Rocker

Albert Bouchard

IncantationSurrealistRe ImaginosImaginos II: Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting)Imaginos III: Mutant Reformation