Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album)
1978 live album by Blue Öyster Cult
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Some Enchanted Evening is the second live album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on September 13, 1978. The album was certified for a million units sold in the United States.[1] The album's seven tracks were recorded at various locations in the United States and England.
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| Released | September 13, 1978[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 9, 11, 13 and June 1, 1978 | |||
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| Length | 36:04 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | July 14th,1978 | |||
| Venue | Capital Centre (Largo, Maryland) | |||
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| Length | 56:55 | |||
| Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
| Producer | Bruce Dickinson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| AllMusic | (DVD)[4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[5] |
| Q | [6] |
| Record Mirror | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[8] |
The album was re-issued on CD in early 2007 on Legacy Recordings and included seven previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in various locations around the US, along with a DVD entitled Some OTHER Enchanted Evening, which featured a previously unreleased performance videotaped at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland on July 14, 1978.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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| 1. | "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" | Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman | Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1978 | 5:29 |
| 2. | "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" | Donald Roeser, Pearlman | Columbus, Georgia, April 11, 1978 | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Astronomy" | A. Bouchard, Joe Bouchard, Pearlman | Columbus, Georgia, April 11, 1978 | 8:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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| 4. | "Kick Out the Jams" (MC5 cover) | Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner | Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1978 | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Godzilla" | Roeser | Newcastle, England, June 1, 1978 | 4:10 |
| 6. | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | Roeser | Barton Coliseum Little Rock, Arkansas, April 9, 1978 | 5:51 |
| 7. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (The Animals cover) | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | Newcastle, England, June 1, 1978 | 4:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded at | Length |
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| 8. | "ME 262" | Eric Bloom, Roeser, Pearlman | Rochester, New York, December 31, 1977 | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Harvester of Eyes" | Bloom, Roeser, Richard Meltzer | Little Rock, Arkansas, September 4, 1978 | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Hot Rails to Hell" | J. Bouchard | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 5:01 |
| 11. | "This Ain't the Summer of Love" | A. Bouchard, Murray Krugman, Don Waller | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 2:48 |
| 12. | "5 Guitars" | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 8:34 | |
| 13. | "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf cover) | Mars Bonfire | Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1978 | 6:30 |
| 14. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (alternate version) | Boston, Massachusetts, January 31, 1978 | 4:36 | |
| Total length: | 71:32 | |||
Some OTHER Enchanted Evening (DVD)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "R.U. Ready 2 Rock" | 5:42 |
| 2. | "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" | 5:09 |
| 3. | "Harvester of Eyes" | 3:54 |
| 4. | "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Golden Age of Leather" | 6:48 |
| 6. | "Astronomy" | 8:30 |
| 7. | "ME 262" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Kick Out the Jams" | 2:55 |
| 9. | "This Ain't the Summer of Love" | 5:38 |
| 10. | "5 Guitars" | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Born to Be Wild" | 5:56 |
- Filmed on July 14, 1978, at the Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland
Personnel
Blue Öyster Cult
- Eric Bloom – lead vocals on tracks 1–5, 7–9, 11, 13–14, stun guitar, keyboards
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, lead vocals on tracks 6
- Allen Lanier – keyboards, guitar, mixing
- Joe Bouchard – bass, lead vocals on track 10
- Albert Bouchard – drums, guitar, backing vocals
Production
- Sandy Pearlman – producer, mixing
- Murray Krugman – producer
- Corky Stasiak – engineer, mixing
- Jay Krugman – engineer
- George Geranios – live sound, DVD live mix
- Bruce Dickinson – re-issue producer
- Vic Anesini – remastering
Charts
| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] | 43 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[10] | 18 |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 44 |
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| UK Rock & Metal Albums (Official Charts)[12] | 31 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[1] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||