''On Your Feet or on Your Knees'' is the first live album by American

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on February 27, 1975. The album features three songs from each of the band's first three studio albums, two covers ("I Ain't Got You", albeit with modified lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") original instrumental that remains a staple of the band's live shows to this day. The 12 songs include performances at the Academy of Music in New York City, the Paramount Theatre in Portland, the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, the Show Palace in Phoenix, the

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, the P.N.E. Coliseum in Vancouver and the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey, though it is not clear which songs came from which venues and on what dates. The cover lettering designed by

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, also used on the 2012 boxed set, was one of the first "Heavy Metal" logo designs. The album reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200, in so doing becoming the band's highest-charting album in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

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- lead vocals on tracks 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-12, stun guitar, synthesizer * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, lead vocals on "Then Came The Last Days of May" and "Before the Kiss (A Redcap)" *

Allen Lanier Allen Glover Lanier (; June 25, 1946 – August 14, 2013) was an American musician who played keyboards and rhythm guitar. He was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult. Lanier wrote several songs for Blue Öyster Cult albums, including "T ...

- rhythm guitar, keyboards *

Joe Bouchard Joseph J. Bouchard (; born November 9, 1948) is an American musician. He was the bassist and one of the lead singers of the hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult during their most successful period. He is the younger brother of original Blue Öyster ...

- bass, lead vocals on "Hot Rails to Hell" *

Albert Bouchard Albert Thomas Bouchard (; born May 24, 1947) is an American musician. He is a founding member and the original drummer of the hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult and current drummer of The Dictators. He is the brother of former Blue Öyster Cult ...

- drums, guitar, lead vocals on "Cities on Flame With Rock-And-Roll" ;Production *

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- producers *Tom Scott, Kurt Kuntzel, Aaron Baron, Tim Geelan, Pete Weiss, Jerry Smith - engineers * Jack Douglas - engineer, mixing * John Berg and

- design *John Berg - cover photograph at St. Paul's Chapel,

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References

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