Being that there are already 60+ reviews of this absolutely legendary album I'm going to use this as a chance to vent. WHY IN HELL HAS THIS ALBUM NOT BEEN REMASTERED??? It is an absolute travesty that Columbia Records released a beautiful Legacy Edition of '78 single-LP live album "Some Enchanted Evening"(which while certainly being a great live album and BOC classic is NOWHERE near as amazing as "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees")which included a top-notch remaster of the original live album AND a Bonus Live DVD, but as of yet haven't even released a simple remastered version of "On Your Feet...". Now I am well aware that "Some Enchanted Evening"(following hot on the heels of BOC's two biggest selling studio albums "Agents Of Fortune" from '76 and "Spectres" from '77 both of which featured major radio hits in "Don't Fear The Reaper" and "Godzilla")went Platinum(sold a million copies) and so therefore, if you're strictly determining which BOC albums deserve a fancy reissue by sales "Some Enchanted Evening" would be at the top of the list. But here's where things REALLY drive me nuts. Columbia did a superb job remastering the first three BOC albums("Blue Oyster Cult", "Tyranny & Mutation", and "Secret Treaties") and even added bonus tracks and decent liner notes. So WHY did they not do the same for "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees", a truly legendary double-live album which celebrates those first three albums??? It's like they just decided to skip it. Well thanks alot guys, you skipped one of the most energetic, hard rocking, brilliant live albums in rock history...The only live rock albums from the 70's which are in the same league as "On Your Feet..." for sheer live brilliance are THIN LIZZY's "Live And Dangerous", UFO-"Strangers In The Night", PAT TRAVERS BAND-"Go For What You Know!", MC5-"Kick Out The Jams", DEEP PURPLE-"Made In Japan", JUDAS PRIEST-"Unleashed In The East", AC/DC-"If You Want Blood You've Got It", FOGHAT-"Live!", HAWKWIND-"Space Ritual" and arguably KISS-"Alive" and BLACK OAK ARKANSAS-"Raunch And Roll". ALL of these great albums(with the tragic exception of PAT TRAVERS BAND-"Go For What You Know!") have been remastered(many reissued with bonus material) and treated with the respect they deserve!

BLUE OYSTER CULT-"On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" from '75 is just mind-blowingly rad and perfectly captures BOC at the peak of their hard rockin powers. It is a celebration of the first era of BOC and marks the beginning of the second period of BOC's history(don't even get me started on how enraged it makes me that BOC's hugely under-rated '79 masterpiece "Mirrors" LP and '80's Martin Birch-produced gem "Cultosaurus Erectus" LP have also NOT YET been remastered and reissued, and I fear probably never will). It is easily one of the greatest live albums of the 70's and most important is RIPE for remastering!!! Those of us who grew to love "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" via the original two-record set KNOW how good "On Your Feet..." sounds and how in need of a modern remaster the CD version is. So if you are a casual BOC fan and haven't heard "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" you should totally check it out(if possible on vinyl until a remastered version is available, although if you don't have a turntable the CD will do...for now)! If you've never heard any of BOC's pre-"Agents Of Fortune" LP material and are a fan of intelligent, high-energy, drugged-out, hard-rock/post-psych, guitar rock then you have to check out "On Your Feet...". It's a great starting point and introduction to BLUE OYSTER CULT.

So I'll keep complaining until my re-occuring dream comes true. That dream is as follows: I cruise down to my local records store and like always make my way to the BOC section in the hopes of finally finding a remastered version of "On Your Feet..."(as well as "Mirrors" and "Cultosaurus Erectus"). Only this time, there it is. A two-disc Legacy Edition of "On Your Feet..." fully remastered and maybe even containing some killer bonus tracks taken from the shows which make up "On Your Feet...". After buying it at the speed of light, I race home, take a few tokes, pop in the first disc, crank it up to 11, and sit back satisfied...Not just that there is FINALLY a remastered CD version, but also that SOMEONE IN POWER finally recognized that "On Your Feet..." is a bona fide CLASSIC and deserved the royal remastered reissue treatment.
Being that there are already 60+ reviews of this absolutely legendary album I'm going to use this as a chance to vent. WHY IN HELL HAS THIS ALBUM NOT BEEN REMASTERED??? It is an absolute travesty that Columbia Records released a beautiful Legacy Edition of '78 single-LP live album "Some Enchanted Evening"(which while certainly being a great live album and BOC classic is NOWHERE near as amazing as "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees")which included a top-notch remaster of the original live album AND a Bonus Live DVD, but as of yet haven't even released a simple remastered version of "On Your Feet... ". Now I am well aware that "Some Enchanted Evening"(following hot on the heels of BOC's two biggest selling studio albums "Agents Of Fortune" from '76 and "Spectres" from '77 both of which featured major radio hits in "Don't Fear The Reaper" and "Godzilla")went Platinum(sold a million copies) and so therefore, if you're strictly determining which BOC albums deserve a fancy reissue by sales "Some Enchanted Evening" would be at the top of the list. But here's where things REALLY drive me nuts. Columbia did a superb job remastering the first three BOC albums("Blue Oyster Cult", "Tyranny & Mutation", and "Secret Treaties") and even added bonus tracks and decent liner notes. So WHY did they not do the same for "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees", a truly legendary double-live album which celebrates those first three albums??? It's like they just decided to skip it. Well thanks alot guys, you skipped one of the most energetic, hard rocking, brilliant live albums in rock history... The only live rock albums from the 70's which are in the same league as "On Your Feet... " for sheer live brilliance are THIN LIZZY's "Live And Dangerous", UFO-"Strangers In The Night", PAT TRAVERS BAND-"Go For What You Know! ", MC5-"Kick Out The Jams", DEEP PURPLE-"Made In Japan", JUDAS PRIEST-"Unleashed In The East", AC/DC-"If You Want Blood You've Got It", FOGHAT-"Live! ", HAWKWIND-"Space Ritual" and arguably KISS-"Alive" and BLACK OAK ARKANSAS-"Raunch And Roll". ALL of these great albums(with the tragic exception of PAT TRAVERS BAND-"Go For What You Know! ") have been remastered(many reissued with bonus material) and treated with the respect they deserve! BLUE OYSTER CULT-"On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" from '75 is just mind-blowingly rad and perfectly captures BOC at the peak of their hard rockin powers. It is a celebration of the first era of BOC and marks the beginning of the second period of BOC's history(don't even get me started on how enraged it makes me that BOC's hugely under-rated '79 masterpiece "Mirrors" LP and '80's Martin Birch-produced gem "Cultosaurus Erectus" LP have also NOT YET been remastered and reissued, and I fear probably never will). It is easily one of the greatest live albums of the 70's and most important is RIPE for remastering!!! Those of us who grew to love "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" via the original two-record set KNOW how good "On Your Feet... " sounds and how in need of a modern remaster the CD version is. So if you are a casual BOC fan and haven't heard "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees" you should totally check it out(if possible on vinyl until a remastered version is available, although if you don't have a turntable the CD will do... for now)! If you've never heard any of BOC's pre-"Agents Of Fortune" LP material and are a fan of intelligent, high-energy, drugged-out, hard-rock/post-psych, guitar rock then you have to check out "On Your Feet... ". It's a great starting point and introduction to BLUE OYSTER CULT. So I'll keep complaining until my re-occuring dream comes true. That dream is as follows: I cruise down to my local records store and like always make my way to the BOC section in the hopes of finally finding a remastered version of "On Your Feet... "(as well as "Mirrors" and "Cultosaurus Erectus"). Only this time, there it is. A two-disc Legacy Edition of "On Your Feet... " fully remastered and maybe even containing some killer bonus tracks taken from the shows which make up "On Your Feet... ". After buying it at the speed of light, I race home, take a few tokes, pop in the first disc, crank it up to 11, and sit back satisfied... Not just that there is FINALLY a remastered CD version, but also that SOMEONE IN POWER finally recognized that "On Your Feet... " is a bona fide CLASSIC and deserved the royal remastered reissue treatment.