BLUE OYSTER CULT Agents Of Fortune 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS - MINT
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May 10, 2018
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Apr 30, 2018
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BLUE OYSTER CULT Agents Of Fortune 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS - MINT
BLUE ÖYSTER CULTAgents Of Fortune
UK CBS (81385) FIRST PRESSING (July 1976)
GREAT COPY - BARELY PLAYED - SOUNDS LIKE-NEW
MATRIX: CBS S 81385-A1 / CBS S 81385-B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Interpak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. England"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN GREY
If ever there were a manifesto for 1970s rock, one that prefigured both the decadence of the decade's burgeoning heavy metal and prog rock excesses and the rage of punk rock, "This Ain't the Summer of Love," the opening track from Agents of Fortune, Blue Öyster Cult's fourth album, was it. The irony was that while the cut itself came down firmly on the hard rock side of the fence, most of the rest of the album didn't. Agents of Fortune was co-produced by longtime Cult record boss Sandy Pearlman, Murray Krugman, and newcomer David Lucas, and in addition, the band's lyric writing was being done internally with help from poet-cum-rocker Patti Smith (who also sings on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini"). Pearlman, a major contributor to the band's songwriting output, received a solitary credit while critic Richard Meltzer, whose words were prevalent on the Cult's previous outings, was absent. The album yielded the band's biggest single with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," a multi-textured, deeply melodic soft rock song with psychedelic overtones, written by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The rest of the album is ambitious in that it all but tosses aside the Cult's proto-metal stance and instead recontextualizes their entire stance. It's still dark, mysterious, and creepy, and perhaps even more so, it's still rooted in rock posturing and excess, but gone is the nihilistic biker boogie in favor of a more tempered -- indeed, nearly pop arena rock -- sound that gave Allen Lanier's keyboards parity with Dharma's guitar roar, as evidenced by "E.T.I.," "Debbie Denise," and "True Confessions." This is not to say that the Cult abandoned their adrenaline rock sound entirely. Cuts like "Tattoo Vampire" and "Sinful Love" have plenty of feral wail in them. Ultimately, Agents of Fortune is a solid record, albeit a startling one for fans of the band's earlier sound. It also sounds like one of restless inspiration, which is, in fact, what it turned out to be given the recordings that came after.
Side 1:
This Ain't The Summer Of Love (2:20)
True Confessions (2:55)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper (5:05)
E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (3:43)
The Revenge Of Vera Gemini (3:48)
Side 2:
Sinful Love (3:28)
Tattoo Vampire (2:40)
Morning Final (4:14)
Tenderloin (3:53)
Debbie Denise (4:12)
LABELS: MINT/NEAR MINT
One or two light spindles on one side, none on the other. An immaculate set of labels
VINYL Visual: MINT/NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new with nothing but a couple of harmless marks on "Tattoo Vampire"
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout with no nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
A clean, sharp gatefold with all spine text clear and bold - nothing to fault bar one central shop crease to the spine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
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