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==Legacy== In November 2004, long-time fan [[Morrissey]] oversaw Jobriath's first CD re-issue, a compilation called ''Lonely Planet Boy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2008/02/29/twisted-tales-glam-rocker-jobriath-the-man-who-would-have-bee/|title=Twisted Tales: Glam Rocker Jobriath - The Man Who Would Have Been Queen|access-date=August 25, 2009|archive-date=July 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111219/http://www.spinner.com/2008/02/29/twisted-tales-glam-rocker-jobriath-the-man-who-would-have-bee/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was produced by [[Eddie Kramer]]. Morrissey had previously attempted to secure Jobriath as a support act for the tour in support of his ''[[Your Arsenal]]'' album, having been unaware that the singer had died some years previously.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Both Jobriath's original studio albums were officially reissued on CD in Japan in late 2007, remastered and issued in mini-vinyl replica sleeves. They were released in the U.S. in standard jewel-box packaging in 2008 by [[Collectors' Choice Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/archive.php?id=3605 |title=Jobriath's Elektra Albums Reissued On Collectors' Choice (August 13, 2008) : News |website=PlugInMusic.com |date=August 13, 2008 |access-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref> The group Balcony released a semi-tribute track entitled "Jobriath" as a free [[MP3]] anonymously on the internet in 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montrecords.com/artists/balcony/ |title=balcony |website=Montrecords.com |date=February 26, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref> that was later included on their second album ''Before Needs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myspace.com/balconymusic |title=balcony op MySpace Music β Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips |website=Myspace.com |access-date=May 9, 2010}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}} He is referenced using his legal name by the indie-folk band [[Okkervil River]] on the final song of their 2008 album ''[[The Stand Ins]]'', entitled "Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979". [[Def Leppard]] released a cover of "Heartbeat" on some versions of their 2006 album ''[[Yeah! (Def Leppard album)|Yeah!]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defleppard.com/news/newsItem.asp?id=274 |title=Joe in Jobriath documentary |website=DefLeppard.com |date=January 24, 2010 |access-date=May 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212035713/http://www.defleppard.com/news/newsItem.asp?id=274 |archive-date=February 12, 2010 }}</ref> "Morning Starship" was sampled by [[hip-hop]] artist [[Ill Bill]] on the title track to his 2007 mixtape album ''Black Metal''. Filmmaker Kieran Turner (''24 Nights'') created a feature documentary about the late singer called ''[[Jobriath A.D.]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://championstudios.net/jobriath/index.html |title=JOBRIATH: Resurrection |website=Championstudios.net |access-date=May 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104052720/http://championstudios.net/jobriath/index.html |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}</ref> On March 28, 2012, English singer [[Marc Almond]] said of Jobriath on his retrospective, "For me, above all else, he was a sexual hero: truly the first gay pop star. How extreme that was to the US at the time. His outrageous appearances on the hallowed US rock show ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]'' prompted shock, bewilderment and disgust. Everyone hated Jobriath β even, and especially, gay people. He was embarrassingly [[effeminate]] in an era of leather and [[handlebar moustache]]s."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Almond |first=Marc |date=March 28, 2012 |title=Jobriath: the man who fell to earth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/28/jobriath-marc-almond |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> On July 11, 2012, [[Ann Magnuson]] released an EP featuring four Jobriath songs and a spoken-word narrative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1201608367/ann-magnusons-the-jobriath-medley-a-glam-rock-fair |title=Ann Magnuson's The Jobriath Medley: A Glam Rock Fairy Tale |website=Kickstarter.com |access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> On October 29, 2013, [[Eschatone Records]] released three 1971 Jobriath tracks digitally and on [[10"]] vinyl as the EP ''Amazing Dope Tales.'' On May 6, 2014, Eschatone Records released ''As the River Flows'', a full-length album of never-before released Jobriath recordings from 1971 to 1972 on CD, limited edition vinyl and in digital format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jobriath.bandcamp.com/|title=As The River Flows, by Jobriath|website=Jobriath.bandcamp.com}}</ref> On December 5, 2018, Morrissey released a statement that his next album, ''[[California Son]]'', would open with a cover of Jobriath's "Morning Starship".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/california-son-track-listing-posted-on-morrissey-central.143284/|title="California Son" track listing posted on Morrissey Central|website=Morrissey-solo.com|date=December 5, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=December 12, 2018}}</ref>
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