Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver

~ Recording by Blue Öyster Cult

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 85317
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 37389
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:16Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)PC 37389
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
  • US1985-08-02
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 37389
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 37389
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 468183 2
2.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:18Blue Öyster CultTriple Feature: Blue Öyster Cult / Fire of Unknown Origin / Extraterrestrial LiveBlue Öyster CultAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Custom Marketing GroupA737155
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
4.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultOriginal Album ClassicsBlue Öyster CultAlbum + 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)88691900922
11.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:16Blue Öyster CultThe Columbia Albums CollectiönBlue Öyster CultAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-06
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)88691936342, 88691936342-16, 88691936342-17
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:18Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
  • XW2016-07-15
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)G010003568278P
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:16Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbumColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:18Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbumColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G010000935490B
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:18Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbumColumbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 37389
Promotion
1.5Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver3:19Blue Öyster CultFire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)25AP-2096
Bootleg
1.13Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver?:??Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties / Fire of Unknown OriginBlue Öyster CultAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)none

Relationships

engineer:Martin Birch
Clay Hutchinson (Engineer, who has worked at Kingdom Sound, New York)
producer:Martin Birch
bass guitar [bass]:Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult) (in 1981)
arranger:Blue Öyster Cult (US rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1981)
recorded at:Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States (in 1981)
mixed at:Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York, United States
recording of:Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver (in 1981)

Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver

writer:Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult)
Albert Bouchard
Sandy Pearlman
publisher:Blue Oyster Cult Songs, Inc. (in 1981)