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Workshop of the Telescopes is a 2-cd set released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995. It is a compilation album of material before Imaginos, with some of the material being either previously issued as promo only versions (shown below by (*)) and some of the tracks first appeared on CD with this album (shown below by(+)).
The CD comes with an explanatory booklet outlining the development of Blue Öyster Cult and their rise to fame throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one
- "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – 4:03
- "Transmaniacon MC" – 3:20
- "Before the Kiss, a Redcap" – 4:58
- "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:43
- "Buck's Boogie" – 5:17
- "Workshop of the Telescopes" (*) – 3:46
- "The Red and the Black" (*) – 4:35
- 7 Screaming Diz-Busters – 7:00
- "Career of Evil" – 4:07
- "Flaming Telepaths" – 5:23
- "Astronomy" – 6:15
- "Subhuman" – 7:30
- "Harvester of Eyes" – 5:00
- "ME"-262 – 8:17
- "Born to be Wild" (+) – 3:38 (Steppenwolf cover)
[edit] Disc two
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper – 5:08
- This ain't the Summer of Love – 2:21
- E.T.I (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) – 3:42
- Godzilla – 3:41
- Goin' through the Motions – 3:12
- Golden Age of Leather – 5:51
- Kick out the Jams – 3:12 (MC5 cover)
- We Gotta Get out of this Place – 4:33 (The Animals cover))
- In Thee – 3:48
- The Marshall Plan – 5:24
- Veteran of the Psychic Wars – 4:48
- Burnin' for You – 4:30
- Dominance and Submission – 5:56
- Take Me Away – 4:30
- Shooting Shark – 7:09
- Dancin' In The Ruins – 4:00
- Perfect Water – 5:29
[edit] Personnel
The album is a compilation encompassing Blue Öyster Cult from the early 1970's to 1986. It does not include material from 1988's Imaginos
