Blue Öyster Cult – Tyranny and Mutation (Original US Pressing, Columbia BL 32017, Pitman NJ)

An original US pressing of Blue Öyster Cult's 1973 album Tyranny and Mutation, released on Columbia Records (BL 32017). This copy features the Side 2 matrix P/BL-32017-2AB — pressed at Columbia's Pitman, New Jersey plant with AB cutter initials, one of the more respected Columbia pressing facilities of the era. VG+ condition throughout.

Tyranny and Mutation is widely regarded as Blue Öyster Cult's heaviest and most uncompromising record — a relentless, riff-driven slab of proto-metal and hard rock that pushed the band's dark, occult-tinged aesthetic to its extreme. Featuring the crushing "The Red and the Black," the menacing "O.D.'d on Life Itself," the hypnotic "Baby Ice Dog," and the ferocious "Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)," it's an essential album for fans of early heavy metal, hard rock, and the New York underground scene. A superb VG+ copy of a genuinely underrated classic.

• Label: Columbia Records (BL 32017)
• Country: USA
• Year: 1973
• Side 2 Matrix: P/BL-32017-2AB (Columbia Pitman, NJ pressing, AB mastering)
• Format: 12" LP, 33⅓ RPM
• Condition: VG+ (Very Good Plus) — record and sleeve