STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BLUE OYSTER CULT - ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNEES

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to the stack of wax known as Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we joyfully celebrate the 72nd Birthday of Blue Öyster Cult bassist, Joe Bouchard. Happy Birthday Joe ! To commemorate the date, we spotlight BOC's first live album, On Your Feet Or On Your Knees. The LP was recorded April 27, 1974 and October 5–21, 1974 and then released in February of the next year on the Columbia label. It was produced by  Murray Krugman and Sandy Pearlman. The records peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200, giving the band from Stony Brook, New York, their highest charting effort. The collection consists of three tracks each, from their first three albums, 2 covers and a new song.

1. "Subhuman" Eric Bloom, Sandy Pearlman 7:30

2. "Harvester of Eyes" Donald Roeser, Bloom, Richard Meltzer 4:55

3. "Hot Rails to Hell" Joe Bouchard 5:55

Side two

4. "The Red and the Black" Albert Bouchard, Bloom, Pearlman 4:33

5. "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" A. Bouchard, J. Bouchard, Pearlman, Roeser 8:27

6. "Buck's Boogie" Roeser 7:40

Side three

1. "Then Came The Last Days of May" Roeser 4:35

2. "Cities on Flame With Rock-And-Roll" Roeser, A. Bouchard, Pearlman 4:08

3. "ME 262" Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman 8:47

Side four

4. "Before the Kiss (A Redcap)" Allen Lanier, Murray Krugman, Roeser, Pearlman 5:05

5. "Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You)" Calvin Carter 8:59

6. "Born to Be Wild" Mars Bonfire 6:36

Eric Bloom - lead vocals on tracks 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-12, stun guitar, synthesizer

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, lead vocals on "Then Came The Last Days of May" and "Before the Kiss (A Redcap)"

Allen Lanier - rhythm guitar, keyboards

Joe Bouchard - bass, lead vocals on "Hot Rails to Hell"

Albert Bouchard - drums, guitar, lead vocals on "Cities on Flame With Rock-And-Roll"

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman - producers
Tom Scott, Kurt Kuntzel, Aaron Baron, Tim Geelan, Pete Weiss, Jerry Smith - engineers
Jack Douglas - engineer, mixing
John Berg and Gerard Huerta - design
John Berg - cover photograph at St. Paul's Chapel, Vista, New York