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''St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings'' is an album by the American rock band Stalk-Forrest Group, which would later become the successful hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was recorded in 1970, but it was not officially released until 2001. ==Overview== The band (originally known as 'Soft White Underbelly') had recorded demos for Elektra Records in 1969. When original vocalist Les Braunstein left the band, Elektra decided not to put out the recordings and ended their recording contract. The band then recorded demos for Columbia Records after recruiting roadie Eric Bloom as their new vocalist. Some of these Columbia demos eventually surfaced as bonus tracks on the re-mastered version of the first Blue Öyster Cult album in 2001. After being rejected by Columbia as well, manager Sandy Pearlman convinced Elektra Records to give the band another shot, and they began work on a full-length album in February 1970. Meanwhile, the band had changed its name to Oaxaca, and would soon change it again to Stalk-Forrest Group. Ultimately, after being presented with two different versions of the album, Elektra decided not to release it, and dropped the band from the label. These recordings finally surfaced as a bootleg in the late 1990s. Confusingly, the bootleg was titled ''Curse of the Hidden Mirrors'', after a song on the Elektra album, but ''Curse of the Hidden Mirror'' was eventually used as the title of a Blue Öyster Cult studio album in 2001. The untitled Elektra album was finally released officially in 2001 (along with nine bonus tracks from the sessions) as ''St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings'' by Rhino Entertainment in a limited, numbered edition of 5000 copies. It is now out of print. This same release was reissued in 2013 by Wounded Bird Records and is also now out of print. Inferior "bootleg" versions of the album with a shuffled track listing are available as grey-area releases, such as ''St. Cecilia: The California Album'' on Radioactive Records (not the real Radioactive label, but a grey area label using the same name). These releases are not made from the original master tapes like the Rhino/Wounded Bird release. Bass player Andrew Winters was fired from the band not long after the ''St. Cecilia'' sessions. He was replaced by Joe Bouchard, brother of drummer Albert Bouchard. The band re-named themselves Blue Öyster Cult, and they would finally secure a solid recording contract with Columbia Records in 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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