Workshop of the Telescopes is a 2-cd compilation album by the American band Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

, released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995. All of the material on this album was recorded prior to the Imaginos

Imaginos

Imaginos is a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult.The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC was even formed. Drummer Albert Bouchard began writing music for it following the release of the band's first album in 1972...

sessions; some of it was previously only available on promo discs (marked (*)), and a few others were previously unavailable on CD (marked (+)).

The CD comes with an explanatory booklet outlining the development of Blue Öyster Cult and their rise to fame throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Disc one

1. "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
   Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
   "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" is a rock song by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their 1972 self-titled debut album. It was written by Sandy Pearlman, Donald Roeser, and Albert Bouchard, and released as a single. The riff was inspired by Black Sabbath's song "The Wizard",...
   
   " – 4:03
2. "Transmaniacon MC" – 3:20
3. "Before the Kiss, a Redcap" – 4:58
4. "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:43
5. "Buck's Boogie" – 5:17
6. "Workshop of the Telescopes" (*) – 3:46
7. "The Red and the Black" (*) – 4:35
8. "7 Screaming Diz-Busters" – 7:00
9. "Career of Evil" – 4:07
10. "Flaming Telepaths" – 5:23
11. "Astronomy
    Astronomy (song)
    "Astronomy" is a rock song by Blue Öyster Cult that has appeared on several of the band's albums. It was first published on their 1974 album Secret Treaties...
    
    " – 6:15
12. "Subhuman" – 7:30
13. "Harvester of Eyes" – 5:00
14. "ME 262" – 8:17
15. "Born to be Wild
    Born to Be Wild
    "Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
    
    " (+) – 3:38 (Steppenwolf
    Steppenwolf (band)
    Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
    
     cover)

Disc two

1. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper
   (Don't Fear) The Reaper
   " The Reaper" is a song by the rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their 1976 album, Agents of Fortune. It was written and sung by the band's lead guitarist, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser and was produced by David Lucas, Murray Krugman, and Sandy Pearlman. It is built around Dharma's guitar riff that...
   
   " – 5:08
2. "This Ain't the Summer of Love" – 2:21
3. "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" – 3:42
4. "Godzilla
   Godzilla (song)
   "Godzilla" is a song by Blue Öyster Cult from their 5th album Spectres. The lyrics are a tribute to the popular movie monster of the same name. The song is, along with " The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You", one of Blue Öyster Cult's best known songs and has become a staple of their live performances...
   
   " – 3:41
5. "Goin' Through the Motions" – 3:12
6. "Golden Age of Leather" – 5:51
7. "Kick out the Jams" – 3:12 (MC5
   MC5
   The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...
   
    cover)
8. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place
   We Gotta Get out of This Place
   "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals...
   
   " – 4:33 (The Animals
   The Animals
   The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the decade, and later relocated to London...
   
    cover)
9. "In Thee" – 3:48
10. "The Marshall Plan" – 5:24
11. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars
    Veteran of the Psychic Wars
    "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a song by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, written by Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock . The song first appeared on the album Fire of Unknown Origin. The song also appears on the soundtrack of the 1981 animated film Heavy Metal...
    
    " – 4:48
12. "Burnin' for You
    Burnin' for You
    "Burnin' for You" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from their album Fire of Unknown Origin, released in 1981. It reached number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and the single spent three weeks at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
    
    " – 4:30
13. "Dominance and Submission" – 5:56
14. "Take Me Away" – 4:30
15. "Shooting Shark" – 7:09
16. "Dancin' In The Ruins" – 4:00
17. "Perfect Water" – 5:29

Some of these songs were later included on the remastered editions of BOC's studio albums.

Personnel

The album is a compilation encompassing Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

 from the early 1970s to 1986. It does not include material from 1988's Imaginos

Imaginos

Imaginos is a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult.The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC was even formed. Drummer Albert Bouchard began writing music for it following the release of the band's first album in 1972...