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'''''The Columbia Albums Collectiön''''' is a compilation album by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It contains every album produced under their contract to [[Columbia Records]] (''[[Blue Öyster Cult (album)|Blue Öyster Cult]]''–''[[Imaginos]]''), as well as two compilation discs and a set of digital downloads. It was released on October 30, 2012 by the Legacy Recordings subsidiary of Sony Music.
'''''The Columbia Albums Collectiön''''' is a compilation album box set by [[Blue Öyster Cult]]. It contains every album produced under their contract to [[Columbia Records]] (''[[Blue Öyster Cult (album)|Blue Öyster Cult]]''–''[[Imaginos]]''), as well as two compilation discs and a set of digital downloads. It was released on October 30, 2012 by the Legacy Recordings subsidiary of Sony Music.


''[[Rarities]]'' is a compilation of demos, live performances, and pre-BÖC material that had yet to see an official release. ''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]'' is a compilation of several live performances from the height of their career.
''[[Rarities]]'' is a compilation of demos, live performances, and pre-BÖC material that had yet to see an official release. ''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]'' is a compilation of several live performances from the height of their career.
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# ''[[Some Enchanted Evening]]''
# ''[[Some Enchanted Evening]]''
## ''Some OTHER Enchanted Evening'' (DVD)
## ''Some OTHER Enchanted Evening'' (DVD)
# ''[[Mirrors]]''
# ''[[Mirrors (album)|Mirrors]]''
# ''[[Cultösaurus Erectus]]''
# ''[[Cultösaurus Erectus]]''
# ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]''
# ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin (album)|Fire of Unknown Origin]]''
# ''[[Extraterrestrial Live]]''
# ''[[Extraterrestrial Live]]''
# ''[[The Revölution by Night]]''
# ''[[The Revölution by Night]]''
# ''[[Club Ninja]]''
# ''[[Club Ninja]]''
# ''[[Imaginos]]''
# ''[[Imaginos (album)|Imaginos]]''
# ''[[Rarities]]''
# ''[[Rarities]]''
# ''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]''
# ''[[Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts]]''
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== The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler ==
== The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler ==
{{Main|The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler}}
Prior to the release of the box set, a promotional sampler CD was released containing selected tracks from throughout the compilation. It also featured a track not found in the final box set, a cover of The Who's "Substitute" performed at the Civic Center in Providence, RI in 1980.
Prior to the release of the box set, a promotional sampler CD was released containing selected tracks from throughout the compilation. It also featured a track not found in the final box set, a cover of The Who's "Substitute" performed at the Civic Center in Providence, RI in 1980.


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Latest revision as of 00:02, 20 April 2024

The Columbia Albums Collectiön
The columbia albums collection cover.jpg
Artist Blue Öyster Cult
Released October 30, 2012
Recorded 1969–1988
Length 819:24 (pre-released material)
459:36 (new material)
1279:00 (total)
Label Sony Music
Legacy Recordings
Producer Bruce Dickinson
Steve Schenck

Previous album

Next album

The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler

Rarities
(concurrent)

The Columbia Albums Collectiön is a compilation album box set by Blue Öyster Cult. It contains every album produced under their contract to Columbia Records (Blue Öyster Cult–Imaginos), as well as two compilation discs and a set of digital downloads. It was released on October 30, 2012 by the Legacy Recordings subsidiary of Sony Music.

Rarities is a compilation of demos, live performances, and pre-BÖC material that had yet to see an official release. Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts is a compilation of several live performances from the height of their career.

Harvester of Lives is a four-concert set of digital downloads available via a one-use code to those who purchased the collection. The concerts, though incomplete, took place from 1980 to 1986 and total five hours of material.

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Blue Öyster Cult[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

  • Bruce Dickinson – producer
  • Steve Schenck – producer
  • Vic Anesini – mastering
  • Maria Triana – mastering
  • Darren Salmieri – Legacy A&R
  • Bryan Koniarz – project director
  • Edward O'Dowd – design
  • Sandy Speiser – photos (pages 2–3)
  • Don Hunstein – photos (pages 7, 16–17, 24, 28–29, 38)
  • Art Maillet – photos (pages 18–19)
  • Thanks to Sean Brennan, John Conroy, Jeff Frederick, Vanessa Gonzales, Jeremy Holiday, John Jackson, Matt Kelly, Donna Kloepfer, Mike Kull, Jim Lane, Mike Panico, Jeffrey Schulberg, Tim Sturges, Tom Tierney

Album listing[edit | edit source]

  1. Blue Öyster Cult
  2. Tyranny and Mutation
  3. Secret Treaties
  4. On Your Feet or on Your Knees
  5. Agents of Fortune
  6. Spectres
  7. Some Enchanted Evening
    1. Some OTHER Enchanted Evening (DVD)
  8. Mirrors
  9. Cultösaurus Erectus
  10. Fire of Unknown Origin
  11. Extraterrestrial Live
  12. The Revölution by Night
  13. Club Ninja
  14. Imaginos
  15. Rarities
  16. Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts
  17. Harvester of Lives (digital download)

The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler[edit | edit source]

Main article: The Columbia Albums Collectiön Sampler

Prior to the release of the box set, a promotional sampler CD was released containing selected tracks from throughout the compilation. It also featured a track not found in the final box set, a cover of The Who's "Substitute" performed at the Civic Center in Providence, RI in 1980.

Track listing[edit | edit source]

  • - cover song
  • * incorrect credit
# Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1 Godzilla Roeser Roeser, Bloom 3:41
2 I Want You (She's So Heavy)- (Live) John Lennon, Paul McCartney Bloom 5:53
3 Wings of Mercury (Live) Karl Precoda Bloom 4:52
4 In Thee (Live) Lanier Roeser 3:53
5 (Don't Fear) The Reaper Roeser Roeser 5:08
6 Double Talk (Demo) J. Bouchard J. Bouchard 3:48
7 Veteran of the Psychic Wars J. Bouchard, P. Smith, Bloom, A. Bouchard, Roeser* Bloom 4:50
8 Burnin' For You Roeser, Meltzer Roeser 4:31
9 The Marshall Plan Blue Öyster Cult Bloom 5:23
10 Astronomy J. Bouchard, S. Bouchard, Pearlman* Bloom 6:28
11 Dancin' in the Ruins (Live) Larry Gottlieb, Justin Scanlon Roeser 4:19
12 O.D.'d on Life Itself Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman Bloom 4:48
13 The Great Sun Jester (Live) Bloom, Michael Moorcock, John Trivers Bloom 5:49
14 Arthur Comics (Live) A. Bouchard, Meltzer Roeser 3:16
15 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll Pearlman, Roeser, A. Bouchard A. Bouchard 4:03
16 Substitute- (Live) Pete Townshend Bloom 3:26

Discography

Blue Öyster Cult

Studio albums

Blue Öyster Cult • Tyranny and Mutation • Secret Treaties • Agents of Fortune • Spectres • Mirrors • Cultösaurus Erectus • Fire of Unknown Origin • The Revölution by Night • Club Ninja • Imaginos • Cult Classic • Heaven Forbid • Curse of the Hidden Mirror • The Symbol Remains • Ghost Stories

Live albums

On Your Feet or on Your Knees • Some Enchanted Evening • Extraterrestrial Live • A Long Day's Night • Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014 • 40th Anniversary - Agents of Fortune - Live 2016 • iHeart Radio Theater N.Y.C. 2012 • 45th Anniversary Live in London • Live at Rock of Ages Festival 2016 • 50th Anniversary Live - First Night • 50th Anniversary Live - Second Night • 50th Anniversary Live - Third Night

Compilations

Bad Channels • St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings • The Columbia Albums Collectiön (Sampler • Rarities • Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts • Harvester of Lives)

Live videos

Black and Blue • Live 1976 • Some OTHER Enchanted Evening • On Tape Forever (Vol. 1 • Vol. 2 • Vol. 3 • Vol. 4 • Vol. 5 • Vol. 6 • Vol. 7 • Vol. 8 • Vol. 9 • Vol. 10)

Solo albums

Buck Dharma

Flat Out • Buck Dharma Archive Series (Volume I • Volume II • Volume III)

Joe Bouchard

Jukebox in My Head • Tales from the Island • New Solid Black • The Power of Music • Playin' History • Strange Legends • American Rocker

Albert Bouchard

Incantation • Surrealist • Re Imaginos • Imaginos II: Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting) • Imaginos III: Mutant Reformation
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