Yes, this is classic hard rock. Not (IMO) mindless metal. If you want to sample some trail-blazing British classic hard rock please react to Deep Purple. Highway Star (1972) for example. 😉
@@retroreactions.... You can add my votes for both of them! Like all the premier bands, every member is outstanding. IMO, Ian Gillan has the best ever rock voice. Ian Paice is my favourite classic hard rock drummer. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar and Jon Lord on organ are virtuosos and Roger Glover is a great bass player. You will not be disappointed man!
@@retroreactions.... Thanks. I only suggest things that are (1) quality and (2) that fit with what you have said you like. I would like to mention again the prog rock concept album masterpiece: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978). It is heavy on strings/orchestra and synths. Along with great guitar work and vocals. Just superb!
When you look up " perfect hard rock album ", Boston's debut is the first entry. And Foreplay/Long Time is the bedrock of the album, hard rock with just a touch of prog, showing creativity. The excellent musicianship, production/engineering, AND Brad Delp singing?! Masterpiece is massive understatement. RIP Brad Delp
Have to tell you, this is another "you gotta hear the entire album" moment, lol. This album is considered one of the best debut albums of all time. A classic masterpiece! Pure rock 'n roll.
Oh HELL yeah!!! Gimme some Boston! This is one of the best debut albums of all time…..played this cassette to death in my car at the time…..you wouldn’t regret doing this entire album track by track…..the entire album is a gem of classic rock. Late 70’s we’re just an explosion of great albums and bands.
Yes a few have already said the whole album is fantastic! Didn't know you loved them, just figured it was time, as they were on my own master list from the very beginning...
I love how the first two times they go into the "Well I've been taking myu time" part it's an acoustic guitar but the third it's electric. Subtle change that perhaps indicates his increasing certainty that leaving is the right thing to do.
I LOVE how they do the acoustic guitar the first two times then drop the electric guitar the third time. Sooooo awesome. This song is, I believe, one of the top ten greatest rock songs of all time.
One of the biggest selling debut albums of all time. You might want to do yourself a favor and just go through the entire 1st album, as just about everything on it is a classic. Or if you prefer… "Peace of Mind" would probably be my favorite off of it. They were a hit machine. They cracked the code.
That's Tom Scholz on keyboards, guitar, guitar, guitar, guitar (many layers of guitar on every Boston song, overdubbed) and bass. His custom made space warp pedal (which he built, the only one in there is) does all the wooshing noises as well as endless sustains and even loops. He also built the devices (later a commercial product called Rockman) to generate the unique Boston guitar sound. And of course, famously put together this entire album in his basement. Nobody can match this guy's talent, creativity or this album, an absolute masterpiece of rock music.
@daytonarama Where does all of this Boston/Scholz urban legend BS come from? This entire record was not recorded in Toms basement studio. It is a well documented fact that Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and that Let Me Take You Home was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA. It is a well documented fact that the band as pictured on the back of the record plays all of the tracks on Let Me Take You Home. It is also a well documented fact that all of Brads vocals for this record were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studio's Studio C. It is also a well documented fact this record was mixed at Westlake Studios in LA by Boylan, Dewey and Tom. There is no Rockman or Rockman prototype or Rock Modules on this record which is THE trademark Boston guitar sound. The guitar sound that you are hearing came out of Marshall tube amps. The eq curve for the guitar sound is set by graphic eq's. The overdrive is due to the power tubes clipping and saturating naturally. The hyper space pedal is based upon a modified Echoplex tape eco/delay. A Digitech Whammy Pedal and a good digital processor will do anything that the hyperspace pedal can do. This pedal is not solving the seeming contradictions in quantum mechanics--it is a modified Echo plex
Boston's big thing was no synthesizers. Every sound made was created by human experience. All the sound you are trying to identify were made by Tom Shultz on his guitars. Every clap and is a real clap. Music the way it is supposed to be made!!!
That "whoosh" sound is an effects pedal that bandleader Tom Scholz designed and built; he calls it the Hyperspace pedal. As far as I know, he never marketed it.
Boston and Foreigner hit the record stores at the same time. I only had enough money to buy one of their debut albums and I flipped a coin and came down Foreigner. It's a great album but in retrospect I wish the coin had come down the other way. / This two-song suite is just so fabulous. "Foreplay" has a lot of attributes of the classical form called a "toccata." Scholz was a freaking genius.
It was great to see you enjoy this Brandon. You cannot go wrong with this awesome debut album. There is a great link between More Than a Feeling and this, namely, the interplay of acoustic and electric guitars. They work so well together in both songs. Yep, Tom Scholz's guitar tone is absolutely fantastic. 🎸
so one dude recorded and mixed it and played all the instruments in his basement studio, got Brad to sing it...one of few bands that came AFTER the first album was recorded.
@steveboyes2090 It is a well documented fact that this record was mixed at Westlake Studios in CA, and that producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed the record. Tom also did not play all of the instrument tracks either. It is a well documented fact that Sib plays all drum tracks on this record except one, and Jim Masdea played drums on that song. Barry plays the vast majority of the electric guitar parts on these two songs. Fran is playing bass on Foreplay. Brad was signed to the same record deal that Tom was. When Epic signed "Boston" they made it very clear that Brads voice which was on the demo tape that they heard was a BIG part of the Boston sound that they bought when they signed the deal.
@@retroreactions.... Always! I was born in 1960 I grew up with everything! I got to see all of my heroes live, in there prime! I will take old age now, with my memories of then!
Best time to be a teen musically! I missed it by 15 years, but my love for the 80's is immense, growing up in that decade....Glad to be discovering these countless 70s gems in my older age!!
Nice to hear some Boston. They play some good old rock and roll! Had a chance to see them for their 2nd and 3rd album tours. Were great live. You’ll find many great ones to listen to down the road. I’ll throw in a suggestion of “Amanda”… it’s a great song.
Among the other things that you mentioned, I think the dynamics are great. Foreplay draws you in, especially the soft part at the end. You crank up the volume to hear the sounds like your in outer space, and then they hit you with the soaring guitar right from the start of "LongTime". During "Long Time" you get the change to the acoustic and claps before the next part; and then the third time it is no longer acoustic when you get the isolated electric guitar doing that part. Also, the key change as more guitars kick in is awesome. The whole album is great, but for a change-up from the hard rock check out "Hitch A RIde"; and then back to "Peace Of Mind' for another deep-meaning rockin' song.
Ya ! great song indeed ! I like watching a group of teens playing that ! live on TH-cam The organ parts are performed by 2 girls the first ( foreplay ) and they change person for ( long time ) I would like you to watch that as well ! lol ! but i haven t heard any comments on the last Show Tubular Bells ! Maybe you already know those teens ? Keith Emerson sent his Modular Moog from Englan to California at that girl s house so she can try it out and comment back to Keith ! That s how good she is ! Lol ! 😎
@@retroreactions.... When she got the modular moog she made a few vids ! she plays Trilogy and Tarkus from E.L.P. but not with a band just her alone on her Hammond B3 and her syntesizer wich is plugged in Emerson s moog ! Lol ! 😎
@@retroreactions.... believe me: i´m 60 years old, having a rockband eversince 1978, and i´m a classicrock, heavyrock, progrock aficionado since the mid 70ies. i could literally suggest 100s of songs, which i won´t do. you WILL NEVER EVER hear something comparable to this song (it is a surprise, i won´t spoil it). but it must be this version 🙂
I was well into building up my album collection by 1977. This album was an immediate purchase after hearing "More Than A Feeling" , which I think was the first single released from the album. Needless to say, the album blew me away. I couldn't wait to get to school the next day and tell all of my friends about it. I'm pretty sure they had heard about it. The album sold like hot cakes. The song "Hitch A Ride" is amazing. The guitar solo is mesmerizing. 2nd video I've viewed from your channel. Your song selection is cool. I'll check out a few more. Keep up the good work.
very nice place to start with boston. very full feeling to their music. you're doing a great job hitting all the great bands. noticed you haven't done any zappa; hard to know where to start with him. joe's garage is musically my favorite album, but thematically a little challenging; mabye the first three songs (really one long song) from apostrophe? or the instrumental watermelon in easter hay from joe's garage. purely for your own enjoyment, watch zappa's 1963 appearance on the steve allen show: th-cam.com/video/QF0PYQ8IOL4/w-d-xo.html
Now this is hard rock that I can vibe with....similar to how I love Foreigner's rock...great song, amazing talent... Thanks for watching!! 🥰
Yes, this is classic hard rock. Not (IMO) mindless metal. If you want to sample some trail-blazing British classic hard rock please react to Deep Purple. Highway Star (1972) for example. 😉
OK. so far I only have Smoke on the Water and Child in Time for them....
@@retroreactions.... You can add my votes for both of them! Like all the premier bands, every member is outstanding. IMO, Ian Gillan has the best ever rock voice. Ian Paice is my favourite classic hard rock drummer. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar and Jon Lord on organ are virtuosos and Roger Glover is a great bass player. You will not be disappointed man!
OK I trust you!!
@@retroreactions.... Thanks. I only suggest things that are (1) quality and (2) that fit with what you have said you like. I would like to mention again the prog rock concept album masterpiece: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978). It is heavy on strings/orchestra and synths. Along with great guitar work and vocals. Just superb!
When you look up " perfect hard rock album ", Boston's debut is the first entry. And Foreplay/Long Time is the bedrock of the album, hard rock with just a touch of prog, showing creativity. The excellent musicianship, production/engineering, AND Brad Delp singing?!
Masterpiece is massive understatement.
RIP Brad Delp
Well this is hard rock I can vibe with, as you saw....Excited to see what else they have. Just looked up about Brad...tragic...he had so much talent!
This is true!! Boston's first album is considered the best debut album of all times!!
Guess you'd recommend I listen to every song on it then?
@@retroreactions.... yes! Classic rock at top tier level.
@@retroreactions.... absolutely. A perfect album
"Peace Of Mind" is My Life's Anthem.
Wow, another vote! Thanks michael!
A sound explosion for the soul
Why didn't I think of that one haha! Thanks for being here early and commenting first Gary A!!
Gary knows...Boston will lift your spirit!!
😇
1976 was such a good year for rock. Boston is Amazing!!!!!!!
I was 1...I remember it all so vividly! 😂
Have to tell you, this is another "you gotta hear the entire album" moment, lol. This album is considered one of the best debut albums of all time. A classic masterpiece! Pure rock 'n roll.
Thanks for watchin!
Oh HELL yeah!!! Gimme some Boston! This is one of the best debut albums of all time…..played this cassette to death in my car at the time…..you wouldn’t regret doing this entire album track by track…..the entire album is a gem of classic rock. Late 70’s we’re just an explosion of great albums and bands.
Yes a few have already said the whole album is fantastic! Didn't know you loved them, just figured it was time, as they were on my own master list from the very beginning...
Agree -- in the top 5 debut albums for me.
All vocals including harmonies are done by one person...the great Brad Delp (RIP)
What a talent he was!
🥰 You're gonna love Boston! 😊🐰
I can see that....excited for the journey!
The production on this album is astonishing.
I just saw this is their very first album right? Looks like they only made 5 albums...
@@retroreactions.... This whole album is worth checking out .
Thanks for the input!
Aww, my younger days…campfires, drinking, smoking and dancing until the wee hours of the morning!
Sound like a great time!!
Yes it's absolutely true,
Some of the coolest people walking this planet are us.
People in their 60s and 70s.
Haha have to agree.....
Rock and roll band...Feelin Satisfied..Let me take you home tonight..just a few of the many greats by Boston
Thanks Jamie! Will start a request list for Boston for these 3...
I love how the first two times they go into the "Well I've been taking myu time" part it's an acoustic guitar but the third it's electric. Subtle change that perhaps indicates his increasing certainty that leaving is the right thing to do.
Gotta go back and listen to that..
I LOVE how they do the acoustic guitar the first two times then drop the electric guitar the third time. Sooooo awesome. This song is, I believe, one of the top ten greatest rock songs of all time.
Nice...thanks so much for watching Stephan
Another great reaction... thank you again for being awesome and choosing awesome music.
Thanks sooooo much! What a nice compliment..I try hard to pick the very best for myself and my viewers!
One of the biggest selling debut albums of all time. You might want to do yourself a favor and just go through the entire 1st album, as just about everything on it is a classic. Or if you prefer… "Peace of Mind" would probably be my favorite off of it. They were a hit machine. They cracked the code.
Everyone is saying it's amazing, so I know it's true! Peace of Mind getting lots of votes! Thanks
Tom Scholz is a MIT engineer too and created custom electronics devices to get the swooshing effects on guitars.
Wow very surprising! That would explain the sound I heard...🙂
That's Tom Scholz on keyboards, guitar, guitar, guitar, guitar (many layers of guitar on every Boston song, overdubbed) and bass. His custom made space warp pedal (which he built, the only one in there is) does all the wooshing noises as well as endless sustains and even loops. He also built the devices (later a commercial product called Rockman) to generate the unique Boston guitar sound. And of course, famously put together this entire album in his basement. Nobody can match this guy's talent, creativity or this album, an absolute masterpiece of rock music.
What a legend Tom is....thanks for watching!
@daytonarama Where does all of this Boston/Scholz urban legend BS come from? This entire record was not recorded in Toms basement studio. It is a well documented fact that Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home and that Let Me Take You Home was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA. It is a well documented fact that the band as pictured on the back of the record plays all of the tracks on Let Me Take You Home. It is also a well documented fact that all of Brads vocals for this record were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studio's Studio C. It is also a well documented fact this record was mixed at Westlake Studios in LA by Boylan, Dewey and Tom.
There is no Rockman or Rockman prototype or Rock Modules on this record which is THE trademark Boston guitar sound. The guitar sound that you are hearing came out of Marshall tube amps. The eq curve for the guitar sound is set by graphic eq's. The overdrive is due to the power tubes clipping and saturating naturally.
The hyper space pedal is based upon a modified Echoplex tape eco/delay. A Digitech Whammy Pedal and a good digital processor will do anything that the hyperspace pedal can do. This pedal is not solving the seeming contradictions in quantum mechanics--it is a modified Echo plex
The three electric guitar solos on "Long Time" are played by Barry Goudreau.
Boston's big thing was no synthesizers. Every sound made was created by human experience. All the sound you are trying to identify were made by Tom Shultz on his guitars. Every clap and is a real clap. Music the way it is supposed to be made!!!
Thanks for watching tracy
That "whoosh" sound is an effects pedal that bandleader Tom Scholz designed and built; he calls it the Hyperspace pedal. As far as I know, he never marketed it.
That's amazing! Thanks so much for watching!
Boston and Foreigner hit the record stores at the same time. I only had enough money to buy one of their debut albums and I flipped a coin and came down Foreigner. It's a great album but in retrospect I wish the coin had come down the other way. / This two-song suite is just so fabulous. "Foreplay" has a lot of attributes of the classical form called a "toccata." Scholz was a freaking genius.
Interesting there...I mentioned Foreigner in my pinned comment as a band that gives me a similar vibe...
It was great to see you enjoy this Brandon. You cannot go wrong with this awesome debut album. There is a great link between More Than a Feeling and this, namely, the interplay of acoustic and electric guitars. They work so well together in both songs. Yep, Tom Scholz's guitar tone is absolutely fantastic. 🎸
And here I thought More Than A Feeling was later era 80s Boston haha....Thanks for being here and early my friend...
so one dude recorded and mixed it and played all the instruments in his basement studio, got Brad to sing it...one of few bands that came AFTER the first album was recorded.
That's amazing! Thanks Steve
@steveboyes2090 It is a well documented fact that this record was mixed at Westlake Studios in CA, and that producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed the record. Tom also did not play all of the instrument tracks either. It is a well documented fact that Sib plays all drum tracks on this record except one, and Jim Masdea played drums on that song. Barry plays the vast majority of the electric guitar parts on these two songs. Fran is playing bass on Foreplay.
Brad was signed to the same record deal that Tom was. When Epic signed "Boston" they made it very clear that Brads voice which was on the demo tape that they heard was a BIG part of the Boston sound that they bought when they signed the deal.
next one from Boston - Piece of Mind . 😎👍
Thanks Gerry!
@@retroreactions.... 😎👍
Great band and great song! Takes me back. Please do Smokin' next.☺️
Adding your vote, thanks Jeanine!
Such a great tune, the whole album is a classic.
I would suggest 'piece of mind' if you already know 'more than a feeling'
Thanks, adding to list!
I saw them live at MSG in NYC IN 1977, I was 17 at that time. I still have the concert program!
One on my treasures!
Awesome, bet it was around 10 bucks to get in!
@@retroreactions....
22.50 lol
Wow premium pricing!! Hope they were good seats!
@@retroreactions....
Always! I was born in 1960 I grew up with everything! I got to see all of my heroes live, in there prime! I will take old age now, with my memories of then!
Best time to be a teen musically! I missed it by 15 years, but my love for the 80's is immense, growing up in that decade....Glad to be discovering these countless 70s gems in my older age!!
Nice to hear some Boston. They play some good old rock and roll! Had a chance to see them for their 2nd and 3rd album tours. Were great live. You’ll find many great ones to listen to down the road. I’ll throw in a suggestion of “Amanda”… it’s a great song.
Adding to list thanks!
What a trip
Thanks for watching Arnold!
@@retroreactions.... you're welcome
Switch Ups galore! Think Bohemian Rhapsody.
Right up there with Zepp 1 and Van Halen 1 for debut albums - IMHO ! Cheers
Glad I started with this album! Thanks Anthony
Among the other things that you mentioned, I think the dynamics are great. Foreplay draws you in, especially the soft part at the end. You crank up the volume to hear the sounds like your in outer space, and then they hit you with the soaring guitar right from the start of "LongTime". During "Long Time" you get the change to the acoustic and claps before the next part; and then the third time it is no longer acoustic when you get the isolated electric guitar doing that part. Also, the key change as more guitars kick in is awesome.
The whole album is great, but for a change-up from the hard rock check out "Hitch A RIde"; and then back to "Peace Of Mind' for another deep-meaning rockin' song.
Lots going on in this one! Thanks for watching and for the 2 suggestions!
"A Man I'll Never Be".
That's a must hear.
Ok, thanks!
Just go to their first album, close your eyes and pick a song.
Wow, everyone loves it!!
I'm enjoying the selection of songs you are reacting to - impeccable. I hope you continue the journey! 👍
Thanks so much Erik! My viewers and I have great taste! I would love to do this for years.... ☺
Ya ! great song indeed ! I like watching a group of teens playing that ! live on TH-cam The organ parts are performed by 2 girls the first ( foreplay ) and they change person for ( long time ) I would like you to watch that as well ! lol ! but i haven t heard any comments on the last Show Tubular Bells ! Maybe you already know those teens ? Keith Emerson sent his Modular Moog from Englan to California at that girl s house so she can try it out and comment back to Keith ! That s how good she is ! Lol ! 😎
No I haven't seen that video...wow have to find it!
@@retroreactions.... When she got the modular moog she made a few vids ! she plays Trilogy and Tarkus from E.L.P. but not with a band just her alone on her Hammond B3 and her syntesizer wich is plugged in Emerson s moog ! Lol ! 😎
Wow, that stuff is hard to play!!
For me, their song "Hitch a Ride" from their debut album is just about as good as a song can get.
The effects are all guitars. Tom Scholz did not use synths on the first three Boston albums. Keyboards are just piano and organ.
There is no piano on the first Boston record. Tom uses a Hammond M3 not B3 and a Clavinet
Please watch "FOCUS : HOCUSPOCUS Live Midnight Special 1973" (exactly this version). Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaase! 🙂
Hmm, never heard of it or them, but it sure does get high views with other TH-cam reactors!
@@retroreactions.... believe me: i´m 60 years old, having a rockband eversince 1978, and i´m a classicrock, heavyrock, progrock aficionado since the mid 70ies. i could literally suggest 100s of songs, which i won´t do. you WILL NEVER EVER hear something comparable to this song (it is a surprise, i won´t spoil it). but it must be this version 🙂
OK it's on the list! 😃
@@retroreactions.... 🙃
I was well into building up my album collection by 1977. This album was an immediate purchase after hearing "More Than A Feeling" , which I think was the first single released from the album. Needless to say, the album blew me away. I couldn't wait to get to school the next day and tell all of my friends about it. I'm pretty sure they had heard about it. The album sold like hot cakes. The song "Hitch A Ride" is amazing. The guitar solo is mesmerizing.
2nd video I've viewed from your channel. Your song selection is cool. I'll check out a few more.
Keep up the good work.
Hi again, I will add your vote for Hitch a Ride. I have a gigantic request list going lol. Thanks again!
Were you me, you would want to hear "Hitch a Ride" next.
🙂 Thanks so much for watching!
Great job. Try Hitch a Ride
Hoohoohoo, haven’t started watching yet, but i know how you feel about keyboards, sooo
How did Tom Sholz know just what I wanted to h ear the most?
very nice place to start with boston. very full feeling to their music. you're doing a great job hitting all the great bands. noticed you haven't done any zappa; hard to know where to start with him. joe's garage is musically my favorite album, but thematically a little challenging; mabye the first three songs (really one long song) from apostrophe? or the instrumental watermelon in easter hay from joe's garage. purely for your own enjoyment, watch zappa's 1963 appearance on the steve allen show: th-cam.com/video/QF0PYQ8IOL4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks! That was hilarious and bizarre LOL.....Never saw Frank so young!
Perfect song for our government...quit waisting our time and move on let the old go...lol.
stick to the same album, there will be many more 5's on it.
Thanks!