BOC-L Digest - 12 Aug 2012 to 14 Aug 2012 (#2012-101)

[Chris Baker]

"Special guests and other surprises", huh?

If I thought this meant a one-night-only reunion of the original lineup I'd
fly across the country (as little as I can afford to), but I can't imagine
that anything of the sort is in the works.  (Albert..?)

from the band site:
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Blue Öyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection includes:

1. Blue Öyster Cult (1972 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)
2. Tyranny and Mutation (1973 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)
3. Secret Treaties (1974 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)
4. On Your Feet or on Your Knees (1975 - live) - 2012 Remaster
5. Agents of Fortune (1976 - studio - with 2001 CD bonus tracks)
6. Spectres (1977 - studio - with 2007 CD bonus tracks)
7. Some Enchanted Evening CD (1978 - live - with 2007 CD bonus tracks)
8. Some OTHER Enchanted Evening DVD (1978 - live)
9. Mirrors (1979 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
10. CultÖsaurus Erectus (1980 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
11. Fire of Unknown Origin (1981 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
12. Extraterrestrial Live (1982 - live) - 2012 Remaster
13. The RevÖlution By Night (1983 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
14. Club Ninja (1985 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
15. Imaginos (1988 - studio) - 2012 Remaster
16. Rarities
17. Radios Appear: The Best of the Broadcasts

In addition, the Blue Öyster Cult - The Columbia Albums Collection box set
comes with a special download code good for four live concert broadcasts as
well as as a forty page booklet chock full of photos and liner notes from
celebrated music writer and guitarist Lenny Kaye.
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I'm psyched about the remasters that we haven't heard yet, not particularly
surprised that there are no bonus tracks indicated but presumably that's
where the Rarities come in.  I'd certainly prefer the rarities skew early
rather than late  - i.e. I don't much care about stuff deemed not good
enough for Club Ninja :)

-Chris


On 8/14/12 2:00 AM, "BOC-L automatic digest system"
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> Date:    Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:33:56 -0700
> From:    gary shindler <bewlay68 at YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: BOC news
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> BLUE OYSTER CULT ANNOUNCE 40TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET & SPECIAL NYC CONCERT
> Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will
> celebrate the 40th anniversary of Blue Öyster Cult--unleashed in 1972, the
> eponymous debut album from America's heaviest psychedelic metal band presaged
> punk, thrash and hardcore--with the release of Blue Öyster Cult - The Columbia
> Albums Collection, a ...
> monumental career-spanning BÖC library comprised of 16 CDs (the full official
> canon plus two discs of rarities) and the mythic Some OTHER Enchanted Evening
> DVD (a blistering concert video from 1978). The highly-collectible boxed set
> will be available Tuesday, October 30.
> 
> Blue Öyster Cult (led by founding members Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma"
> Roeser) will perform an historic New York City/Times Square show--featuring
> special guests and other surprises--at the Best Buy Theater (44th & Broadway,
> Manhattan) on Sunday, October 28 (doors at 7pm). Tickets go on sale, Friday,
> August 17. Reserved seating is available for the show.
> 
> A limited number (100) of individual deluxe VIP packages for the Times Square
> Show will also be offered. Designed to provide the ultimate BÖC experience,
> each deluxe VIP package includes Blue Öyster Cult - The Columbia Albums
> Collection (in advance of street date!) in addition to a guaranteed seat in
> the first five rows of the Best Buy Theater for the BÖC Times Square concert;
> a pre-show meet & greet with the band; an autographed limited edition Blue
> Öyster Cult event poster and an exclusive commemorative laminate.
> 
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