Frontiers Music s.r.l.In January, Blue Öyster Cult released an archival 2014 concert video and album and reissued the out-of-print 1994 studio album Cult Classic, and now the veteran rockers are preparing a similar pair of releases for March.
On March 6, the band will release 40th Anniversary — Agents of Fortune — Live 2016 and a remastered version of its 1998 studio effort Heaven Forbid.
The former release features an intimate April 2016 performance in Hollywood, California, that Blue Öyster Cult gave for an invite-only audience and that was documented for a DirecTV special. The concert featured a full performance of the group’s breakthrough 1976 album Agents of Fortune, which includes the classic hit “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”
Founding Blue Öyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard was a special guest at the show, singing and playing guitar on select tunes.
40th Anniversary — Agents of Fortune — Live 2016 will be available as a CD/DVD set, a Blu-ray and a vinyl LP. The CD and Blu-ray boast a number of bonus features, including an interview with the band’s members and a behind-the-scenes spot.
As for Heaven Forbid, it was Blue Öyster Cult’s 13th studio album and its first collection of new original songs since 1988’s Imaginos. Founding guitarist/singer Don “Buck Dharma” Roeser co-wrote 10 of the record’s 11 tracks, most of them with science-fiction/horror writer John Shirley. The album includes the tune “Still Burnin’,” a sequel to the band’s 1981 hit “Burnin’ for You.” Closing out the album is a live version of “In Thee,” which originally appeared on the group’s 1979 album, Mirrors.
Here’s the track list of 40th Anniversary — Agents of Fortune — Live 2016:
“This Ain’t the Summer of Love” (CD only)
“True Confessions”
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
“E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)”
“The Revenge of Vera Gemini”
“Sinful Love”
“Tattoo Vampire”
“Morning Final”
“Tenderloin”
“Debbie Denise”
DVD and Blu-ray bonus features:
–“This Ain’t the Summer of Love” (audio only/Blu-ray only)
–Band interview
–Behind-the-Scenes TV Spot
–BÖC My Story TV Spot
–Live On Audience Music TV Spot
And here’s the Heaven Forbid track list:
“See You in Black”
“Harvest Moon”
“Power Underneath Despair”
“X-Ray Eyes”
“Hammer Back”
“Damaged”
“Cold Gray Light of Dawn”
“Real World”
“Live for Me”
“Still Burnin'”
“In Thee” (live)
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