Blue Öyster Cult "Secret Treaties (2001 Reissue, Remastered, The Blve Öyster Cvlt Cöllection, USA, Columbia/Legacy, CK 85480)"

Secret Treaties is the third studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on April 5, 1974 by Columbia. It features the same band members and production team as their previous album.

The album spent 14 weeks in the US album charts, peaking at No. 53. It was certified gold by the RIAA in 1992.

In 1975, a poll of readers of the British magazine Melody Maker voted Secret Treaties the "Top Rock Album of All Time". In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums.

It is the only BÖC album that does not feature a track with lead vocals sung by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The band also did not write any of the lyrics to the album, handing that duty to producer Sandy Pearlman, rock critic Richard Meltzer and singer Patti Smith.

The cover, with art by Ron Lesser, depicts the band standing beside and sitting on a German ME 262 fighter aircraft; this scene is inspired by the song of the same name.

While the LP cover has the band name in red (a darker red on the Japanese LP), on the CD it is in lime green.

Lyrics to the lead-off track "Career of Evil" were written by future punk poet Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the band (and, at the time, girlfriend of BÖC keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Allen Lanier).

A few changes were made to "Career of Evil" on the single version. The vocals are different: only Eric Bloom is heard for most of the song, instead of Bloom and Albert Bouchard singing together. Also, one verse was removed ("Pay me..." to "...kneeling in the rain"). Part of the bridge was changed also, presumably to make the song more acceptable to radio: "do it to your daughter" became "do it like you ought to." The line "I want your wife to be my baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine, maybe tonight".

The transition between the tracks "Harvester of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths" is marked by a piece of classical music played on a music box. Members of the band recall that it was something the sound engineer had found on an unlabeled recording, but they could not identify it. The piece and its composer were uncredited on the album. It has since been identified as an excerpt from a waltz by Ion Ivanovici called Waves of the Danube (Donauwellen). The source of the original recording remains a mystery.

"Career of Evil" was the inspiration for the title of the 2015 novel of the same name written by J.K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

The compilation Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult contains a version of "Flaming Telepaths" without the music box intro. The original version with the complete sound effects is found on the compilation Workshop of the Telescopes.

The psychedelic folk group Espers covers "Flaming Telepaths" on their CD The Weed Tree in 2005.

In addition the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.

The album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Audio Fidelity. This edition contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

Track listing

1. "Career of Evil" Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:59
2. "Subhuman" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom 4:39
3. "Dominance and Submission" Sandy Pearlman 5:23
4. "ME 262" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:48
5. "Cagey Cretins" Richard Meltzer Albert Bouchard 3:16
6. "Harvester of Eyes" Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:42
7. "Flaming Telepaths" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser 5:20
8. "Astronomy" Sandy Pearlman Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard 6:28

2001 CD remaster bonus tracks

1. "Boorman the Chauffeur" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Joe Bouchard Joe Bouchard, Murray Krugman 3:13
2. "Mommy" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom 3:32
3. "Mes Dames Sarat" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Allen Lanier Allen Lanier 4:07
4. "Born to Be Wild" (non LP single) Mars Bonfire Mars Bonfire 3:40
5. "Career of Evil" (single version) Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:00

Total length: 56:07

Tracks 1-8: originally recorded and released in 1974 as Columbia KC 32858.

Tracks 9-11: previously unreleased outtakes from the "Secret Treaties" sessions.

Track 12: from Columbia single 3-10169, recorded 1974.

Track 13: A-side of Columbia single 3-10046, recorded 1974.

Recording information:

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers

Tim Geelan, Jerry Smith – engineers

Lehman Yates, Lou Schlossberg – recording

John Berg – cover design

Bruce Dickinson – production (2001 remaster)

Thom Cadley – mixing on tracks 10 and 11 (2001 remaster)

Vic Anesini – remastering (2001 remaster)

Blue Öyster Cult "Secret Treaties (2014 Reissue, Remastered, 30th Anniversary BURRN! Selection HM/HR, Blu-spec CD2, Japan, Sony Records, Intl., SICP 30661)"

Secret Treaties is the third studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on April 5, 1974 by Columbia. It features the same band members and production team as their previous album.

The album spent 14 weeks in the US album charts, peaking at No. 53. It was certified gold by the RIAA in 1992.

In 1975, a poll of readers of the British magazine Melody Maker voted Secret Treaties the "Top Rock Album of All Time". In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums.

It is the only BÖC album that does not feature a track with lead vocals sung by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The band also did not write any of the lyrics to the album, handing that duty to producer Sandy Pearlman, rock critic Richard Meltzer and singer Patti Smith.

The cover, with art by Ron Lesser, depicts the band standing beside and sitting on a German ME 262 fighter aircraft; this scene is inspired by the song of the same name.

While the LP cover has the band name in red (a darker red on the Japanese LP), on the CD it is in lime green.

Lyrics to the lead-off track "Career of Evil" were written by future punk poet Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the band (and, at the time, girlfriend of BÖC keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Allen Lanier).

A few changes were made to "Career of Evil" on the single version. The vocals are different: only Eric Bloom is heard for most of the song, instead of Bloom and Albert Bouchard singing together. Also, one verse was removed ("Pay me..." to "...kneeling in the rain"). Part of the bridge was changed also, presumably to make the song more acceptable to radio: "do it to your daughter" became "do it like you ought to." The line "I want your wife to be my baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine, maybe tonight".

The transition between the tracks "Harvester of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths" is marked by a piece of classical music played on a music box. Members of the band recall that it was something the sound engineer had found on an unlabeled recording, but they could not identify it. The piece and its composer were uncredited on the album. It has since been identified as an excerpt from a waltz by Ion Ivanovici called Waves of the Danube (Donauwellen). The source of the original recording remains a mystery.

"Career of Evil" was the inspiration for the title of the 2015 novel of the same name written by J.K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

The compilation Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult contains a version of "Flaming Telepaths" without the music box intro. The original version with the complete sound effects is found on the compilation Workshop of the Telescopes.

The psychedelic folk group Espers covers "Flaming Telepaths" on their CD The Weed Tree in 2005.

In addition the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.

The album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Audio Fidelity. This edition contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

Track listing

1. "Career of Evil" Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:59
2. "Subhuman" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom 4:39
3. "Dominance and Submission" Sandy Pearlman 5:23
4. "ME 262" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:48
5. "Cagey Cretins" Richard Meltzer Albert Bouchard 3:16
6. "Harvester of Eyes" Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:42
7. "Flaming Telepaths" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser 5:20
8. "Astronomy" Sandy Pearlman Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard 6:28

Japan bonus tracks

1. "Boorman the Chauffeur" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Joe Bouchard Joe Bouchard, Murray Krugman 3:13
2. "Mommy" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom 3:32
3. "Mes Dames Sarat" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Allen Lanier Allen Lanier 4:07
4. "Born to Be Wild" (non LP single) Mars Bonfire Mars Bonfire 3:40
5. "Career of Evil" (single version) Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:00

Total length: 56:07

Tracks 1-8: originally recorded and released in 1974 as Columbia KC 32858.

Tracks 9-11: previously unreleased outtakes from the "Secret Treaties" sessions.

Track 12: from Columbia single 3-10169, recorded 1974.

Track 13: A-side of Columbia single 3-10046, recorded 1974.

Recording information:

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers

Tim Geelan, Jerry Smith – engineers

Lehman Yates, Lou Schlossberg – recording

John Berg – cover design

Bruce Dickinson – production (2001 remaster)

Thom Cadley – mixing on tracks 10 and 11 (2001 remaster)

Vic Anesini – remastering (2001 remaster)

Blue Öyster Cult "Agents of Fortune (2001 Reissue, Remastered, The Blve Öyster Cvlt Cöllection, Canada, Columbia/Legacy, CK 85479)"

Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on May 21, 1976 by Columbia Records.

The Platinum-selling album peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard chart, while the cryptic single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it BÖC's biggest hit. The band became a bigger concert attraction after the release of the album, in part due to extensive airplay of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," to this day a staple of rock-station playlists.

Additionally, this is the only album in the group's discography to have at least one lead vocal performance by each original band member. It was also their only album to not include any songs written by Eric Bloom. However, the 2020 live release 40th Anniversary: Agents of Fortune Live 2016 adds Bloom's name to the authorship credits for "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)."

The album cover (created by artist Lynn Curlee) depicts Belgian magician, Servais Le Roy holding four tarot cards.

Rolling Stone wrote that "Agents of Fortune is a startlingly excellent album — startling because one does not expect Blue Öyster Cult to sound like this: loud but calm, manic but confident, melodic but rocking."

Cash Box said of the single "This Ain't the Summer of Love" that "growling guitars churn out this realistic message with brief and pointed expression" ... "a mood of evil created in a humorous fashion."

Tracklisting

1. "This Ain't the Summer of Love" Albert Bouchard, Murray Krugman, Don Waller 2:21
2. "True Confessions" Allen Lanier 2:57
3. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" Donald Roeser 5:08
4. "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" Bloom, Roeser, Sandy Pearlman 3:43
5. "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" A. Bouchard, Patti Smith 3:52
6. "Sinful Love" A. Bouchard, Helen Wheels 3:29
7. "Tattoo Vampire" A. Bouchard, Helen Wheels 2:41
8. "Morning Final" Joe Bouchard 4:30
9. "Tenderloin" Lanier 3:40
10. "Debbie Denise" A. Bouchard, Smith 4:13

2001 CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Fire of Unknown Origin" (original version) Bloom, A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Roeser, Smith A. 3:30
2. "Sally" (demo version) A. Bouchard 2:40
3. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (demo version) Roeser 6:20
4. "Dance the Night Away" (demo version) Lanier, Jim Carroll 2:37

Total length: 51:42

Recording information:

David Lucas, Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers

Shelly Yakus, Andy Abrams – engineers

Tony Stevens – mastering

John Berg, Andy Engel – design

Lynn Curlee – paintings

Blue Öyster Cult "The Columbia Albums Collectiön (16CD+1DVD Boxed Set, Reissue, Remastered, EU, Columbia/Legacy, 88691936342)"

La colección de álbumes de Columbia es una caja de diecisiete discos, lanzada en Estados Unidos el30 de octubre de 2012y que reúne todos los álbumes del grupo Blue Öyster Cult editados en el sello Columbia Records entre 1973 y 1988. Esta lujosa caja set consta de dieciséis CD, incluidos los once álbumes de estudio y tres álbumes en directo del grupo, además de dos discos de temas raros o inéditos y un DVD en directo.

Todos los álbumes de este box set han sido remasterizados, incluidos algunos específicamente para esta edición.

Tracklists:

Disc 1: Blue Öyster Cult

1. Transmaniacon MC 3:21
2. I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep 3:10
3. Then Came The Last Days Of May 3:31
4. Stairway To The Stars 3:43
5. Before The Kiss, A Redcap 4:59
6. Screams 3:10
7. She's As Beautiful As A Foot 2:58
8. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll 4:03
9. Workshop Of The Telescopes 4:01
10. Redeemed 4:01

Bonus Tracks - Soft White Underbelly Demos

1. Donovan's Monkey 3:50
2. What Is Quicksand 3:40
3. A Fact About Sneakers 2:50
4. Betty Lou's Got A New Pair Of Shoes 2:34

Disc 2:  Tyranny And Mutation

1. The Red & The Black 4:24
2. O.D.'d On Life Itself 4:47
3. Hot Rails To Hell 5:12
4. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 7:01
5. Baby Ice Dog 3:29
6. Wings Wetted Down 4:12
7. Teen Archer 3:57
8. Mistress Of The Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl) 5:08

Bonus Tracks

1. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Live) 4:44
2. Buck's Boogie (Studio Version) 5:22
3. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters (Live) 14:01
4. O.D.'d On Life Itself (Live) 4:52

Disc 3: Secret Treaties

1. Career Of Evil 3:59
2. Subhuman 4:39
3. Dominance And Submission 3:23
4. ME 262 4:48
5. Cagey Cretins 3:16
6. Harvester Of Eyes 4:42
7. Flaming Telepaths 5:20
8. Astronomy 6:38

Bonus Tracks

1. Boorman The Chauffer 3:13
2. Mommy 3:32
3. Mes Dames Sarat 4:07
4. Born To Be Wild (Studio Version) 3:40
5. Career Of Evil (Single Version) 3:00

Disc 4: On Your Feet Or On Your Knees

1. The Subhuman 7:28
2. Harvester Of Eyes 4:55
3. Hot Rails To Hell 5:24
4. he Red & The Black 4:19
5. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 8:42
6. Buck's Boogie 7:00
7. (Then Came The) Last Days Of May 4:39
8. Cities On Flame 4:04
9. ME 262 8:13
10. Before The Kiss, A Redcap 5:06
11. Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You) 8:48
12. Born To Be Wild 6:21

Disc 5: Agents Of Fortune

1. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 2:20
2. True Confessions 2:57
3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper 5:09
4. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 3:42
5. The Revenge Of Vera Gemini 3:53
6. Sinful Love 3:29
7. Tattoo Vampire 2:41
8. Morning Final 4:30
9. Tenderloin 3:40
10. Debbie Denise 4:23

Bonus Tracks

1. Fire Of Unknown Origin (Original Version) 3:30
2. Sally (Demo) 2:40
3. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Demo) 6:20
4. Dance The Night Away (Demo) 2:37

Disc 6: Spectres

1. Godzilla 3:41
2. Golden Age Of Leather 5:53
3. Death Valley Nights 4:07
4. Searchin' For Celine 3:35
5. Fireworks 3:14
6. R.U. Ready 2 Rock 3:45
7. Celestial The Queen 3:24
8. Goin' Through The Motions 3:12
9. I Love The Night 4:23
10. Nosferatu 5:23

Bonus Tracks

1. Night Flyer 3:48
2. Dial M For Murder 3:11
3. Please Hold 2:47
4. Be My Baby 3:01

Disc 7: Some Enchanted Evening

1. R.U. Ready 2 Rock 5:29
2. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 5:04
3. Astronomy 8:18
4. Kick Out The Jams 3:03
5. Godzilla 4:10
6. (Don't Fear) The Reaper 5:21
7. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 4:09

Bonus Tracks

1. ME 262 3:24
2. Harvester Of Eyes 4:35
3. Hot Rails To Hell 5:01
4. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 2:48
5. 5 Guitars 8:34
6. Born To Be Wild 6:30
7. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Alternate Version) 4:36

DVD 1: Some OTHER Enchanted Evening

1. R.U. Ready 2 Rock 6:15
2. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 5:20
3. Harvester Of Eyes 4:17
4. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 4:23
5. Golden Age Of Leather 7:12
6. Astronomy 8:18
7. ME 262 3:42
8. Kick Out The Jams 3:14
9. This Ain't The Summer Of Love 5:28
10. 5 Guitars 4:47
11. Born To Be Wild 7:18

Disc 8: Mirrors

1. Dr. Music 3:12
2. The Great Sun Jester 4:45
3. In Thee 3:48
4. Mirrors 3:44
5. Moon Crazy 4:02
6. The Vigil 6:25
7. I Am The Storm 3:42
8. You're Not The One (I Was Looking For) 3:14
9. Lonely Teardrops 3:40

Disc 9: Cultösaurus Erectus

1. Black Blade 6:33
2. Monsters 5:11
3. Divine Wind 5:07
4. Deadline 4:27
5. The Marshall Plan 5:23
6. Hungry Boys 3:38
7. Fallen Angel 3:11
8. Lips In The Hills 4:25
9. Unknown Tongue 3:55

Disc 10: Fire Of Unknown Origin

1. Fire Of Unknown Origin 4:09
2. Burnin' For You 4:29
3. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 4:48
4. Sole Survivor 4:04
5. Heavy Metal: The Black And Silver 3:16
6. Vengeance (The Pact) 4:40
7. After Dark 4:24
8. Joan Crawford 4:54
9. Don't Turn Your Back 4:07

Disc 11: Extraterrestrial Live

1. Dominance And Submission 5:48
2. Cities On Flame 5:19
3. Dr. Music 3:32
4. The Red And The Black 4:31
5. Joan Crawford 5:11
6. Burnin' For You 4:46
7. Roadhouse Blues 9:06
8. Black Blade 6:12
9. Hot Rails To Hell 4:55
10. Godzilla 7:39
11. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars 8:02
12. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 5:16
13. (Don't Fear) The Reaper 6:40

Disc 12: The Revölution By Night

1. Take Me Away 4:29
2. Eyes On Fire 3:35
3. Shooting Shark 7:09
4. Veins 3:57
5. Shadow Of California 5:08
6. Feel The Thunder 5:47
7. Let Go 3:25
8. Dragon Lady 4:06
9. Light Years Of Love 4:04

Disc 13: Club Ninja

1. White Flags 4:41
2. Dancin' In The Ruins 4:01
3. Make Rock Not War 3:57
4. Perfect Water 5:29
5. Spy In The House Of The Night 4:23
6. Beat' Em Up 3:23
7. When The War Comes 6:03
8. Shadow Warrior 5:40
9. Madness To The Method 7:28

Disc 14: Imaginos

1. I Am The One You Warned Me Of 5:03
2. Les Invisibles 5:32
3. In The Presence Of Another World 6:26
4. Del Rio's Song 5:34
5. The Siege And Investiture Of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle At Weisseria 6:43
6. Astronomy 6:26
7. Magna Of Illusion 5:54
8. Blue Öyster Cult 7:18
9. Imaginos 5:46

Disc 15: Rarities

1. Stairway To The Stars (Live) 4:13
2. The Red & The Black (Live) 4:36
3. Buck's Boogie (Live) 5:19
4. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Live) 4:04
5. Workshop Of The Telescopes (Live) 3:40
6. Dr. Music (Live) 4:09
7. The Vigil (Live) 7:20
8. The Great Sun Jester (Live) 5:49
9. In Thee (Live) 3:52
10. Mirrors (Live) 4:48
11. Steppin' Razor (Rehearsal Demo) 2:54
12. Godzilla (Live, Mono Version) 3:42
13. Double Talk (Demo) 3:48
14. Rebel (Demo) 3:54
15. Summa Cum Laude (Demo) 4:21
16. I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep (Demo) 3:22
17. John L. Sullivan (Demo) 1:37
18. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Live) 5:55
19. Stephen King Spoken Intro 0:49

Disc 17: Radio Appears: The Best Of The Broadcasts

1. Intro / Dr. Music 4:25
2. Lips In The Hills 4:54
3. Before The Kiss, A Redcap 6:16
4. 7 Screaming Diz-Busters 10:43
5. Workshop Of The Telescopes 3:29
6. It's Not Easy 8:28
7. Wings Of Mercury 4:42
8. Arthur Comics 3:15
9. Black Blade 8:39
10. Joan Crawford 5:02
11. 5 Guitars (Golden Age Of Leather) 5:15
12. Dancin' In The Ruins 4:13
13. Take Me Away 7:14

Downloads don't work anymore (03/08/2025).

Some records (studio records 1-5, "Some Enchanted Evening") were released before in remastered editions with bonus tracks, these versions are included here. All the other records have been remastered in 2012 for this box set.

included:

16 CDs (all studio and live releases up to 1988, 2 bonus CDs)

the bonus DVD of "Some Enchanted Evening"

4 complete live broadcasts for additional download (CD 16 "Radios Appear" is compiled from these shows): Blue Öyster Cult - Harvester Of Lives

The CDs are in cardboard sleeves, some with gatefold. The sleeves have a white border (~3 mm), no inner sleeves or protection bags so don't expect a quality like Japanese papersleeve releases.

All infos are compiled in one 40 page booklet, which also contains liner notes by Lenny Kaye and a lot of photos.