(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
~ Recording by Blue Öyster Cult
Annotation
Recorded March 1976.
From the album Agents Of Fortune (Col LP PC 34164)
Annotation last modified on 2009-11-02 01:38 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 2.7 | (Don't Fear) The Reaper | 5:09 | Blue Öyster Cult | Rock of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| GSC Music, Warner Special Products | OPCD-1719 |
| 1.3 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:08 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune (ULTRADISC II) | Blue Öyster Cult | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDCD 697 |
| 2.6 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:10 | Blue Öyster Cult | Classic Rock Gold (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B0004371-02 |
| 1.1 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:10 | Blue Öyster Cult | Super Hits | Blue Öyster Cult | Album + Compilation |
| CMG (Custom Marketing Group; a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, ca. 2004–2008, and later Sony Music Entertainment) | A 705309 |
| 1.6 | (Don't Fear) The Reaper | 5:08 | Blue Öyster Cult | Playlist: The Very Best of Blue Öyster Cult | Blue Öyster Cult | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 60052 2 |
| 2.6 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:09 | Blue Oyster Cult | The 70s U.S. Playlist | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD597 |
| 1.3 | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper | 5:05 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune | Blue Öyster Cult | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 34164 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Andy Abrams (in 1976-03) Shelly Yakus (in 1976-03) |
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| engineer: | Andy Abrams Shelly Yakus |
| producer: | Murray Krugman David Lucas (US producer, composer & engineer) Sandy Pearlman |
| mixer: | Andy Abrams (from 1975 until 1976) Shelly Yakus (from 1975 until 1976) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1976) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1976) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1976) |
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| recorded at: | The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan (in 1976-03) |
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| mixed at: | The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan (from 1975 until 1976) |
| sampled by: | LALALA by KIDNAMEDFINGER Steady Shock by Girl Talk (US producer and mashup artist Gregg Gillis) |
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| part of: | VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 55) (order: 56) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026-05-04) (number: 60) (order: 60) |
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| recording of: | (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (in 1976-03) |
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Related works
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper
| lyricist and composer: | Donald Roeser (singer, lead guitarist and songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc. Carlin Music Corporation Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. Sony Music Publishing Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. Sony/ATV Songs LLC Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) (in 1976) |
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| sub-publisher: | ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) |
| later parody versions: | Don’t Fear the People Our Meds are Cheaper |
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| is the basis for: | LALALA |
| music quoted in: | I Need Some of That |
| inspired the name of work: | LALALA |
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