On Your Feet or on Your Knees
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On Your Feet or on Your Knees
| Artist | Blue Öyster Cult |
|---|---|
| Released | February 27, 1975 |
| Recorded | April 27 and October 5–21, 1974 at Academy of Music, New York City Paramount Theatre, Portland, WA Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA Show Palace, Phoenix, AZ Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ |
| Length | 78:13 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Producer | Murray Krugman Sandy Pearlman |
On Your Feet or on Your Knees is the first live album by Blue Öyster Cult. It was released on February 27, 1975 by Columbia Records, peaking at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 on April 19 and holding for two weeks. It is their highest-charting release and was certified Gold by RIAA in 1977.
This album spawned one single, a studio version of "Born to be Wild" on side A and the live version from the album on side B, which did not chart.
Personnel[edit | edit source]
Blue Öyster Cult[edit | edit source]
- Eric Bloom – vocals, stun guitar, synthesizer
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals
- Albert Bouchard – drums, guitar, vocals
- Joe Bouchard – bass, vocals
- Allen Lanier – rhythm guitar, keyboards
Production[edit | edit source]
- Murray Krugman – producer
- Sandy Pearlman – producer
- Tom Scott – engineer
- Kurt Kuntzel – engineer
- Aaron Baron – engineer
- Tim Geelan – engineer
- Pete Weiss – engineer
- Jerry Smith – engineer
- Jack Douglas – engineer, mixing
- Howie Lindeman – recordist
- Rod O'Brian – recordist
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Scott Muni – intro
- Carroll Dodd – intro, lights
- Elliott Krowe – road manager
- Rick Downey – crew chief
- Mo Slotin – crew
- George Geranios – sound engineer
- Richard Holtz – lights
- Bruce Slayton – business manager
- John Berg – cover photo, design
- Gerard Huerta – cover design
- Belinda Rain – sky design
- Don Hunstein – back cover photo
- Special thanks to Roy Erickson, Norman Hunter, Shelly Grafman, Allison Steele, Maxanne Sartori, Malcolm Davis, Dick Kalt, Phil Charles, Jonathon Coffino, Don DeVito, Paul Rappaport, Mike Klefner, and Pastori Music
- "Buck's Boogie" dedicated to Ron McCoy
Track listing[edit | edit source]
- + Title as it appears on the album
- - Cover song
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side one | ||||
| 1 | The Subhuman+ | Bloom, Pearlman | Bloom | 7:30 |
| 2 | Harvester of Eyes | Roeser, Bloom, Meltzer | Bloom | 4:55 |
| 3 | Hot Rails to Hell | J. Bouchard | J. Bouchard | 5:55 |
| Side two | ||||
| 4 | The Red and the Black | A. Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman | Bloom | 4:33 |
| 5 | Seven Screaming Diz-Busters+ | A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Roeser, Pearlman | Bloom | 8:27 |
| 6 | Buck's Boogie | A. Bouchard, Roeser | Instrumental | 7:40 |
| Side three | ||||
| 7 | Last Days of May+ | Roeser | Roeser | 4:35 |
| 8 | Cities on Flame+ | Pearlman, Roeser, Bouchard | A. Bouchard | 4:08 |
| 9 | ME 262 | Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman | Bloom | 8:47 |
| Side four | ||||
| 10 | Before the Kiss (A Redcap)+ | Pearlman, Krugman, Lanier, Roeser | Roeser | 5:05 |
| 11 | Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You)- | Calvin Carter | Bloom | 8:59 |
| 12 | Born to Be Wild- | Mars Bonfire | Bloom | 6:06 |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- "Buck's Boogie" was dedicated to Ron McCoy, a Los Angeles DJ.