BUCK DHARMA – FLAT OUT Signed LP – Nr MINT 1982 BLUE OYSTER CULT

Buch Dharma – Flat Out
(Portrait Records. 1982  ARR38124)

Sleeve in Very Good condition
– wear to edges/corners and ringwear rubbing – sticker mark top right corner
Inner Sleeve is split all the way down both sides
FRONT OF SLEEVE SIGNED BY BUCK DHARMA

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Donald Roeser (born November 12, 1947), known professionally as Buck Dharma, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the sole constant member of hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult since the group’s formation in 1967. He wrote and sang vocals on several of the band’s best-known hits, including “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, “Godzilla” and “Burnin’ for You”.

Flat Out is a solo album by Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, lead guitarist and vocalist for hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1982. Although Roeser penned and sang BÖC’s biggest hits (“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, “Godzilla”, “Burnin’ for You”), the band operated as a democracy, and some of the songs he brought to the band were deemed too poppy by the others, so he released many of them on this solo record. “Born to Rock” was the first single (and was played live by Blue Oyster Cult in 1983, 1984 and 2004), and “Your Loving Heart” was also released as a single, but neither charted well.

All tracks composed by Donald Roeser; except where indicated

1. “Born to Rock” (Neal Smith, Roeser) – 3:24
2. “That Summer Night” – 3:44
3. “Cold Wind” – 4:38
4. “Your Loving Heart” (Roeser, Sandy Roeser) – 7:12
5. “Five Thirty-Five” – 5:09
6. “Wind Weather and Storm” (Richard Meltzer, Roeser) – 2:35
7. “All Tied Up” – 4:16
8. “Anwar’s Theme” – 4:47
9. “Come Softly to Me” (Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel) – 2:32

• Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser – vocals, lead guitar, drums on “Wind Weather and Storm”, synthesizer on “All Tied Up”, producer, engineer
• Sandy Roeser – vocal on “Come Softly to Me”, backing vocals on “That Summer Night”
• Rick Downey – drums on “Your Loving Heart”, “Five Thirty-Five”, “Anwar’s Theme”
• Neal Smith- drums on “Born to Rock”, “That Summer Night”
• Dennis Dunaway – bass on “Born to Rock”
• Giis de Lang – additional rhythm guitar on “Born to Rock”
• Richard Crooks – drums on “Cold Wind”
• Will Lee – bass on “Cold Wind”, “All Tied Up”
• Billy Alessi – synthesizer on “Cold Wind” and “All Tied Up”
• Craig MacGregor – bass on “Your Loving Heart”, “Five Thirty-Five”, “Anwar’s Theme”
• Spyke Grubb – backing vocal on “Five Thirty-Five”
• Teruo Nakamura – bass on “Wind Weather and Storm”
• Richie Cannata – saxophone, clarinet, and horn arrangement on “Wind Weather and Storm”
• Steve Jordan – drums on “All Tied Up”
• Sue Evans – percussion on “Anwar’s Theme”, “Come Softly to Me”
• Ron Riddle – drums on “Gamera Is Missing”

• Sandy Roeser, Jan Allen, Terry Bretone, Richard Bifulco

• Ken Kessie – engineer
• Clay Hutchinson – 2nd engineer on tracks 3, 7, 9
• Jeff Kawalek – 2nd engineer on track 5, re-mixing on track 5
• Tony Bongiovi – re-mixing on tracks 2, 3
• Chris Isca, Paul Mandl, Barry Bongiovi, Wayne Lewis, Jimmy Sparling – assistant engineers
• Bob Ludwig – mastering