Editing Harvester of Lives

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Harvester of Lives''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Harvester of Lives''
|image=Harvester of lives cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=October 30, 2012
|recorded=September 8, 1980 at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA (tracks 1–16)<hr>June 16, 1981 at Bonds International Casino, New York City (tracks 17–28)<hr>July 24, 1983 at Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA (tracks 29–41)<hr>March 27, 1986 at Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA (tracks 42–52)
|length=304:58
|label=Sony Music<br>Legacy Recordings
|producer=George Geranios<br>Steve Schenck
|previous-album=''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]''<br>(concurrent)
|next-album=''[[Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014]]''}}
'''''Harvester of Lives''''' is a compilation album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on October 30, 2012 by [[Columbia Records]] as a free download to owners of ''[[The Columbia Albums Collectiön]]''. The album contains most of four concerts that had previously not seen an official release:
* September 8, 1980 – The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA
* June 16, 1981 – Bonds International Casino, New York City
* July 24, 1983 – Perkins Palace, Pasadena, CA
* March 27, 1986 – Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Eric Bloom]] – vocals, guitar, drums
* [[Donald Roeser|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals, drums
* [[Allen Lanier]] – keyboards, guitar (tracks 1–41)
* [[Joe Bouchard]] – bass, vocals (tracks 1–41)
* [[Albert Bouchard]] – drums, vocals, guitar (tracks 1–28)
* [[Rick Downey]] – drums (tracks 29–41)
* [[Jon Rogers]] – bass, vocals (tracks 42–52)
* [[Tommy Zvonchek]] – keyboards (tracks 42–52)
* [[Jimmy Wilcox]] – drums (tracks 42–52)

=== Production ===
* [[George Geranios]] – producer (tracks 1–41)
* [[Steve Schenck]] – producer (tracks 17–52)
* "The Amazing" Sam Judd – band introduction

== Track listing ==
* <sup>+</sup> Title as it appears on the album
* <sup>-</sup> Cover song
{| class="article-table"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Disc one'''
|-
|1
|Intro/[[Dr. Music]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Meltzer, J. Bouchard, Roeser
|Bloom
|4:26
|-
|2
|[[Lips in the Hills]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, Meltzer
|Bloom
|5:09
|-
|3
|[[Unknown Tongue]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|A. Bouchard, David Roter
|Bloom
|5:30
|-
|4
|[[Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser, Pearlman
|A. Bouchard
|6:06
|-
|5
|[[The Marshall Plan]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Lanier, Roeser
|Bloom
|6:12
|-
|6
|[[Divine Wind]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Roeser
|Bloom
|6:06
|-
|7
|[[Then Came the Last Days of May]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|8:07
|-
|8
|[[It's Not Easy]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
|Bloom
|8:30
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Disc two'''
|-
|9
|[[ME 262]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:25
|-
|10
|[[Black Blade]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers
|Bloom
|8:50
|-
|11
|[[Godzilla]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Roeser
|Bloom
|6:27
|-
|12
|[[5 Guitars]] ([[Golden Age of Leather|Golden Age]] Version) <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser
|Instrumental
|6:01
|-
|13
|[[Born to Be Wild]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Mars Bonfire
|Bloom
|7:43
|-
|14
|[[Arthur Comics]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|3:16
|-
|15
|[[Roadhouse Blues]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Jim Morrison
|Bloom
|3:57
|-
|16
|[[(Don't Fear) The Reaper]] <font size=1>(KSAN Broadcast)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|7:37
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Disc three'''
|-
|17
|Dr. Music <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Meltzer, J. Bouchard, Roeser
|Bloom
|3:41
|-
|18
|[[Burnin' For You]] <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Roeser, Meltzer
|Roeser
|4:18
|-
|19
|[[Fire of Unknown Origin (song)|Fire of Unknown Origin]] <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|J. Bouchard, Patti Smith, Bloom, A. Bouchard, Roeser
|Bloom
|4:00
|-
|20
|[[Joan Crawford]] <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|A. Bouchard, David Roter, Jack Rigg
|Bloom
|5:03
|-
|21
|[[Veteran of the Psychic Wars]] <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Bloom, Michael Moorcock
|Bloom
|4:38
|-
|22
|[[Hot Rails to Hell]] <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|J. Bouchard
|J. Bouchard
|4:53
|-
|23
|ME 262 <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:12
|-
|24
|(Don't Fear) The Reaper <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|6:51
|-
|25
|Godzilla <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|Roeser
|Bloom
|10:24
|-
|26
|Born to Be Wild <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Mars Bonfire
|Bloom
|6:16
|-
|27
|5 Guitars <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser
|Instrumental
|5:17
|-
|28
|Roadhouse Blues <font size=1>(ABC: A Night On The Road)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Jim Morrison
|Bloom
|6:24
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Disc four'''
|-
|29
|[[Stairway to the Stars]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser, Meltzer
|Bloom
|4:30
|-
|30
|[[Harvester of Eyes]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer
|Bloom
|3:38
|-
|31
|[[Workshop of the Telescopes]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Lanier, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:30
|-
|32
|[[Before the Kiss, a Redcap]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Lanier, Krugman, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|6:30
|-
|33
|[[Born to Rock]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Neal Smith, Roeser
|Roeser
|3:41
|-
|34
|Hot Rails to Hell <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|J. Bouchard
|J. Bouchard
|4:58
|-
|35
|[[7 Screaming Diz-Busters]] <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|10:46
|-
|36
|Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser, Pearlman
|Bloom
|5:57
|-
|37
|Burnin' For You <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Roeser, Meltzer
|Roeser
|4:56
|-
|38
|Joan Crawford <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, David Roter, Jack Rigg
|Bloom
|5:54
|-
|39
|Born to Be Wild <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Mars Bonfire
|Bloom
|7:05
|-
|40
|(Don't Fear) The Reaper <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|6:31
|-
|41
|Roadhouse Blues <font size=1>(RKO Radio Networks: Captured Live)</font><sup>-</sup>
|Jim Morrison
|Bloom
|10:40
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Disc five'''
|-
|42
|[[R. U. Ready 2 Rock|R.U. Ready 2 Rock]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font><sup>+</sup>
|Pearlman, A. Bouchard
|Bloom
|5:55
|-
|43
|[[Dominance and Submission]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman
|Bloom
|5:50
|-
|44
|[[White Flags]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Hugh Leggatt, Gordon Leggatt
|Bloom
|4:55
|-
|45
|[[Take Me Away]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Bloom, Aldo Nova
|Bloom
|7:20
|-
|46
|[[Dancin' in the Ruins]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Larry Gottlieb, Justin Scanlon
|Roeser
|4:20
|-
|47
|[[Shadow Warrior]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, Eric van Lustbader
|Bloom
|5:44
|-
|48
|Burnin' For You <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Roeser, Meltzer
|Roeser
|5:19
|-
|49
|Godzilla <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Roeser
|Bloom
|10:57
|-
|50
|(Don't Fear) The Reaper <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Roeser
|Roeser
|8:09
|-
|51
|Crowd <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|N/A
|N/A
|0:42
|-
|52
|[[Wings of Mercury]] <font size=1>(King Biscuit Flower Hour)</font>
|Karl Precoda
|Bloom
|4:52
|}
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