"Just call me Desdinova..."
"Imaginos (1988)" is a concept album beyond true description. Equal parts conspiracy, alchemy, warfare, rock 'n roll, and astronomy. An album so bizarre it should probably not exist (on this planet anyways...). "Imaginos" itself was a concept entangled with Blue Oyster Cult's own identity as a band. The long delayed album was meant to be manager Sandy Pearlman's magnum opus, but a troubled production made it a flop. A history as bizarre as Pearlman's "The Soft Doctrines Of Imaginos" hounded its development and production.
Is "Imaginos" as strange as they say? Or is there more to the "Eternal Light"...
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Video Sources (Support the creators/uploaders):
-The Albert Bouchard "Imaginos" Demo Tape Full Album - Blue Öyster Cult: bit.ly/3bfh3GX
-Blue Oyster Cult 1991 06 26, Stairway to the Stars, Biddy Mulligans, Chicago, Il: bit.ly/2SQ47AS
-Blue Oyster Cult Live in Paris 1975: bit.ly/2A9Dssl
-Blue Oyster Cult: Cities On Flame w/ R & R: bit.ly/2WBYEyV
-Blue Öyster Cult - Astronomy - 1979 Super8 film: bit.ly/2WBF8T2
-Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy: bit.ly/2xLewqi
-Blue Öyster Cult - Tattoo Vampire (2 minutes): bit.ly/35NbwXc
-The Stony Brook School Promo Video 1980s: bit.ly/35Kp9X0
-The Lost City (1935) by Harry Revier (courtesy of the KreegerCast)
-SANDY PEARLMAN interview about classical music & metal and Don't Fear the Reaper | Raw & Uncut: bit.ly/3ciT8aP
-Vampyr (1932) by Carl Theodor Dreyer
-Rolling Stones Altamont part5: bit.ly/2YN7psI
-Newsreel: Marines Landing WW2: bit.ly/2WgwTgr
-Die Deutsche Wochenschau (1944): bit.ly/2zrGuHZ
-Toughest Police Station in NY: Fort Apache South Bronx '73: bit.ly/2yDmTEI
-Rolling Stones Altamont part4: bit.ly/2SNrHy9
-The Beatles come to town - RARE 1963 (color): bit.ly/3fuv1Ih
-World War 2 Fighter Plane Messerschmitt ME-262 - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage: bit.ly/2zqMTmI
-Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Live) 10/9/1981 [Digitally Restored]: bit.ly/2SP5Oi1
-Nebula Star Constellation: bit.ly/2YHbgr8
-Allen Lanier & Joe Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) Interview - 1982: bit.ly/3dv8fhO
-Blue Öyster Cult interview: bit.ly/2yvIQ8Y
-Storm Ocean Sky: bit.ly/3bfx3sB
-'Master of the Macabre: A Conversation with Stephen King' (1989) -- Part One: bit.ly/3dFCbbd
-Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957) by Rafael Portillo: bit.ly/2SN3M24
-Ghosts (1915) by George Nicholas: bit.ly/2SRtxOO
-Blue Steel (1934) by Robert N. Bradbury: bit.ly/3fyUYXm
-Around the world in a square rigged ship: bit.ly/2SQ7pEj
-WWI 1914 - 1918: bit.ly/3dA7d4d
-Pershing's Crusaders: bit.ly/2WDKxJo
-Worm Hole: bit.ly/3bfEfVx
-Mars: bit.ly/2xN72TR
-Sandy Pearlman on Reality Check TV: bit.ly/3dnAChI
-Sandy Pearlman: bit.ly/3biRk0c
-Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy & ETI (Live) 1976 improved audio & video: bit.ly/2Lfggvg
-Inspirace (Karel Zeman, 1948): bit.ly/2Wjitw1
-Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You: bit.ly/2WifdAV
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Music:
Nat Keefe & BeatMower - "Late Night Drive" (00:00-03:06)
Frédéric Chopin - "Galop Marquis", preformed by Aya Higuchi (03:06-03:16)
Craig MacArthur - "The DeLong Incident" (03:16-06:24)
Craig MacArthur - "Point Green Getdown" (06:24-07:36)
St. Augustion-Wien Choir and Orchestra - "Requiem in D minor - 2. Dies Irae" (07:33-10:59)
Nat Keefe & BeatMower - "Creeping Spiders" (10:59-13:56)
Unicorn Heads - "A Trip Around the Moon" - (13:53-19:00)
Bruno E. - "1973" (18:57-23:44)
Unicorn Heads - "Serial Dream Rock" (23:50-25:25)
Midnight North - "Earle's Bar Room Rocker" (25:22-27:43)
Midnight North - "Jack's Garage" (27:41-30:55)
Norma Rockwell - "Shawl Paul" (30:53-36:34)
Dj Williams - "James River" (36:32-41:55)
The Whole Other - "The Machine Assembly" (41:55-43:06)
Prince Princeton - "Calmer Waters" (43:09-46:29)
Prince Princeton - "Horizon Sunset" (46:25-49:38)
Unicorn Heads - "Modern Situations" (49:36-56:44)
Silent Partner - "Traffic, Traffic" (57:10-1:00:30)
Letter Box - "The Receiver" (1:00:57-1:02:30)
Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum - "Cats Searching for the Truth" (1:02:56-1:04:21)
Cooper Cannell - "Drunken Sailor" (1:04:31-1:06:01)
TrackTribe - "Lost At Sea" (1:06:14-1:09:04)
Audionautix - "Time Passing By" (1:09:24-1:12:16)
Silent Partner - "Back and Forth" (1:12:41-1:15:16)
Freedom Trail Studio - "Winter of Love" (1:15:39-1:17:23)
Ethan Meixsell - "March On" (1:17:47-1:21:13)
Bruno E. - "California Wind" (1:21:33-1:26:07)
Asher Fulero - "The Sea Captain & The Mermaid" (1:26:37-1:29:47)
Unicorn Heads - "Light Expanse" (1:29:58-1:37:24)
Ben Elliot - "Rastus Star" (1:37:34-1:40:13)
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- Special thanks to Mark Biedermann!
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