Editing Rarities

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Rarities''}}{{Infobox album
|title=''Rarities''
|image=Rarities cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|released=October 30, 2012
|recorded=May 17, 1975 at Commack, NY (track 1)<hr>April 3, 1972 at Rochester, NY (tracks 2–5)<hr>August 22, 1979 at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, CA (tracks 6–10)<hr>1975 (track 11)<hr>1977 (track 12)<hr>1984 (tracks 13–15)<hr>1969 (tracks 16–17)<hr>December 28, 1980 at Dothan, AL (track 18)<hr>1988 (track 19)
|length=78:01
|label=Sony Music<br>Legacy Recordings
|producer=Murray Krugman<br>[[Sandy Pearlman]]<br>Steve Schenck<br>George Geranios<br>Bob Devere<br>Jay Lee
|previous-album=''[[The Columbia Albums Collectiön]]''<br>(concurrent)
|next-album=''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]''<br>(concurrent)}}
{{Youmay|the compilation from ''The Columbia Albums Collectiön''|the [[Rarities Vol. 1|Record Store Day release]] or its [[Rarities Vol. 2|sequel]]}}'''''Rarities''''' is a compilation album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It was released on October 30, 2012 by Legacy Recordings as part of [[The Columbia Albums Collectiön]]. The album contains several demos, recordings from the Stalk-Forrest Group sessions, and previously-unreleased live performances.

== Personnel ==
=== Blue Öyster Cult ===
* [[Eric Bloom]] – vocals, guitar, drums
* [[Donald Roeser|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] – lead guitar, vocals, drums
* [[Allen Lanier]] – keyboards, guitar
* [[Joe Bouchard]] – bass, vocals
* [[Albert Bouchard]] – drums, vocals, guitar

=== Additional performances ===
* "The Amazing" Sam Judd – band introductions
* Stephen King – vocals ("Stephen King Spoken Intro")

=== Production ===
* [[Murray Krugman]] – producer (tracks 1–5, 12)
* [[Sandy Pearlman]] – producer (tracks 1–5, 12)
* [[Steve Schenck]] – producer (tracks 6–10)
* George Geranios – producer (tracks 11, 13–15, 18)
* Bob Devere – producer (tracks 16–17)
* Jay Lee – producer (tracks 16–17)

== Track listing ==
* <sup>+</sup> Title as it appears on the album
* <sup>-</sup> Cover song
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Title
!Writer(s)
!Lead vocals
!Length
|-
|1
|[[Stairway to the Stars]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser, Meltzer
|Bloom
|4:13
|-
|2
|[[The Red and the Black|The Red & the Black]] <font size=1>(live)</font><sup>+</sup>
|A. Bouchard, Pearlman, Bloom
|Bloom
|4:36
|-
|3
|[[Buck's Boogie]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Roeser
|Instrumental
|5:19
|-
|4
|[[Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|A. Bouchard, Pearlman, Roeser
|A. Bouchard
|4:04
|-
|5
|[[Workshop of the Telescopes]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Bloom, Roeser, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Lanier, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:40
|-
|6
|[[Dr. Music]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Meltzer, J. Bouchard, Roeser
|Bloom
|4:09
|-
|7
|[[The Vigil]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Roeser, Sandy Roeser
|Roeser
|7:20
|-
|8
|[[The Great Sun Jester]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Michael Moorcock, John Trivers, Bloom
|Bloom
|5:49
|-
|9
|[[In Thee]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Lanier
|Roeser
|3:52
|-
|10
|[[Mirrors (song)|Mirrors]] <font size=1>(live)</font>
|Roeser, Bruce Abbott
|Roeser
|4:48
|-
|11
|[[Steppin' Razor]] <font size=1>(demo)</font>
|Joe Higgs
|Bloom
|2:54
|-
|12
|[[Godzilla]] <font size=1>(live, mono version)</font>
|Roeser
|Bloom
|3:42
|-
|13
|[[Double Talk]]
|J. Bouchard
|J. Bouchard
|3:48
|-
|14
|[[Rebel]]
|Roeser, Bloom
|Bloom
|3:54
|-
|15
|[[Summa Cum Laude]]
|Roeser
|Roeser
|4:21
|-
|16
|[[I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep|I'm on the Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep]]<sup>+</sup>
|Bloom, A. Bouchard, Pearlman
|Bloom
|3:22
|-
|17
|[[John L. Sullivan]]
|A. Bouchard, Meltzer
|Bloom
|1:37
|-
|18
|[[I Want You (She's So Heavy)]] <font size=1>(live)</font><sup>-</sup>
|John Lennon, Paul McCartney
|Bloom
|5:29
|-
|19
|[[Stephen King Spoken Intro]]
|Pearlman
|Stephen King
|1:04
|}

=== Track information ===
* Track 1 recorded May 17, 1975 at Commack, Long Island, NY
* Tracks 2–5 recorded April 3, 1972 at Rochester, NY, originally released on promo-only ''The Blue Öyster Cult Bootleg EP''.
* Tracks 6–10 recorded August 22, 1979 at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, CA
* Track 7 originally released on ''Setlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult Live''
* Tracks 13–15 intended for soundtrack to 1984's ''Teachers'', but were cut
* Tracks 16–17 recorded in 1969 by Soft White Underbelly
* Track 17 originally released on BÖC catalog promo-only sampler CD
* Track 18 recorded December 28, 1980 at Dothan, AL
* Track 19 recorded in 1988 for "[[Astronomy]]" intro during the ''[[Imaginos (album)|Imaginos]]'' sessions
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