St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings is an album by the hard rock band, Blue Öyster Cult. It was recorded in 1970, but it was not released until 2001.
The band (originally known as "Soft White Underbelly") had recorded a full album's worth of material for Elektra Records in 1969. When original vocalist Les Braunstein left the band, Elektra decided not to put out the album. (It remains unreleased to this day.)
Manager Sandy Pearlman convinced Elekt...
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St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings is an album by the hard rock band, Blue Öyster Cult. It was recorded in 1970, but it was not released until 2001.
The band (originally known as "Soft White Underbelly") had recorded a full album's worth of material for Elektra Records in 1969. When original vocalist Les Braunstein left the band, Elektra decided not to put out the album. (It remains unreleased to this day.)
Manager Sandy Pearlman convinced Elektra to give the band - now fronted by vocalist Eric Bloom - another shot. (The band had changed its name to Oaxaca, and would soon change it again to Stalk Forrest Group.) Ultimately, after being presented with two different versions of the album, Elektra Records decided not to release it, and dropped the band from the label.
The nicknames in quotes were given to the band members by manager Sandy Pearlman. Nearly all of the members hated the nicknames, with the exception of Donald Roeser, who continues to use "Buck Dharma" as his stage name.
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