Yeah, this is an incredible debut album. But I got one equal at the very least. Every song a banger. And that’s Van Halen 1. Along with Eddie’s innovative guitar sound, really stopped you in your tracks.
@@zmanphx yeah, yeah, yeah. I know how it was made. What has that got to do with V.H. 1st album being complete bangers. Believe me, I love Boston. Was just simply saying V.H. Debut was great as well.
Shon if you liked this you'll love "Hitch a Ride" from the same album. To me it's their best song and the double lead guitar solo will move you to tears!
I came into Boston after hearing my older brother’s 45 records. As I got into high school I actually wore out two cassettes of their first album. So many memories cruisin the strip on Friday/Saturday nights in the mid-80s in my 72 Barracuda!!! 🤘😎
When this album came out, I was in the Navy assigned to an American Forces Radio and Television Service station at a base in the Indian Ocean, and the whole station was amazed that this was the band's first album because not even The Beatles' first album was this solid with no weak songs. This and every other song got at least some radio play, not just that year but every year after. Nearly a decade later the civilian album-oriented rock (AOR) station I was working at had every song on this album in its oldies rotation. Lead guitarist / keyboardist / recording engineer Tom Scholz and lead vocalist / rhythm guitarist Brad Delp (R.I.P.) were especially amazing. Go through every track on this album, you won't be disappointed. Don't Look Back and Third Stage are also top notch, though not as good as their debut which I don't think they could ever top.
This album was the first thing I bought with my first paycheck. I bought it because of the album cover art not knowing what they sounded like. What a nice surprise....much love.
When this came out I’d cruise around in my 72 Ford maverick with my “Death before disco” T-shirt and this album cranked on my 8 track!! Best times to be alive ever!!
This was the opening song when I saw them in concert in the fall of 1978. Sammy Hagar had warmed up for them and there was a little time while they changed equipment out. Then, they came in with this. It made the 70 mile trip to Minneapolis with my 3 college buddies worth it. The whole concert was great!
You had to see our faces when we heard foreplay/ long time lol i mean their was 6 guys sitting in a mobile home trailer bedroom and we all looked at each other and i kid you not our eyes met our jaws droped for 10 sec at least and then our heads started banging lol One of the top five albums I think complete albums that you could listen to the whole thing, winter of 1976 we went crazy on this album we burned it off the turntable yes I did say turntable LOL we listen to it so much that winter,we had never heard a sound like this before a lot of red choking hash under a glass and a lot of jibbers LOL I was 16 ready to tear life up great great album and that same year Peter Frampton Comes Alive comes out what an amazing year 76 was great reaction great album it came to a tragic end for Brad Delp lead singer who committed suicide quite a few years ago due to Serious depression of the band never coming back out again. Great reaction brother love your spirit, and your truthfulness keep spreading the music around❤
@@LouieLouie3No, he's right. This is the only song with Jim on drums. Tom snuck Jim's drum track from the demo into the mix when the producer that Epic had hired was in LA.
Boston is very unique in that it isn't a band in the traditional sense . It is the creation of Tom Sholtz an MIT grad engineer who recorded and mixed the whole album in his basement to sound like a whole band was playing. Tom played and recorded all the instruments except for drums and hired Brad Delph for vocals. He got a record label interested who didn't know he didn't have a band. The record label wanted him to perform live. He had to hire local talent to form Boston band members.
1976 was a strange year for music-you had bands like Boston, Styx and Journey-disco,TV & teen idols (John Travolta, Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, David soul) and far too many TV theme songs-SWAT, Baretta, Happy Days, Laverne & shirley, welcome Back Kotter (most as you can see were on the ABC network)-Rockford files in 1975 started the trend-and it continued in later years with Hill Street Blues, the Greatest American Hero etc.
I love this group so much! My heart broke when hearing of Brad Delp’s suicide. It was a couple hours from me in New Hampshire. He brought a grill into his bathroom and died of carbon monoxide. 💔🙏 I hate that he felt that was the only way 😢
Maybe the best rock debut album ever! At least in the top 3! The amazing thing that still blows my mind is that it was recorded in Brad delps basement! They didn’t want the record company putting their own touches on it
The basement studio belonged to Tom Scholz, not Brad, and the bulk of the recording, but not all of it, was recorded there. All the vocals were recorded in a California studio, as was the song "Let Me Take You Home Tonight". The final mixing of the tapes also took place in a California studio.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee I think you may have a little bit of information mixed up. Tom wouldn't be paying anyone for recording, the record company pays for that. The producer might pay for unforeseen expenses at the studio, but those expenses would be reimbursed by the record company. Also Watertown, Massachusetts, where Tom's studio was is only 200 miles north of NYC, so the boundary to get out of the requirements of Epic Records' union would another 100 miles away. When the producer hired by Epic, John Boylan, first met Tom at Tom's studio, he loved what he heard, but told Tom they would have to record in a professional studio. Tom said he wouldn't do that because he couldn't get the same sound anywhere but in his studio, because he had modified so much of the recording equipment and needed to work in his own way. John was about to walk out, when he stopped and told Tom they could try fooling the executives at Epic by telling him they were recording in LA and just doing a couple of songs and the final mix there, and he could do the rest in his basement. He also said he would make Tom co-producer and split his salary with him. As you mentioned, he did love the way Tom recorded the keyboards and especially the electric guitars, but he thought the drums and acoustic guitar sounded amateurish, although John didn't show him how to set them up. Instead he flew in a recording engineer from LA to teach Tom the proper recording techniques for both instruments. As far as the union thing, it wasn't about pay. John was concerned that Epic's contract with the union had a clause that at least one union recording technician had to be present at any recording done within 300 miles of NYC. What John was concerned about was that he knew Tom was highly focused and worked best in his own way. Anyone else in the studio would be distracting and annoying to him, possibly creating friction and delays in his work. Since Epic didn't know most of the recording was being done in Tom's basement, John thought he could avoid that trouble by choosing a studio in California, rather thanin the much closer Boston or NY area, to do the recording that they were doing to distract Epic. And that would eliminate the need to have anyone around to bother Tom while he was engrossed in his work.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee So true. Even Tom Scholz interviews have changed over the years. After the troubles with the band around the time of the third album he seemed to talk less and less of the contributions of the original members. A lot of the details he used to give in interviews in the first five years he stopped talking about completely. And there were a lot of popular misconceptions that grew among the fans too. I knew everyone in the band except for Tom and was good friends with Sibby, so that helped me know a lot of their history. But there's still plenty I don't know and have to search for interviews with people like their original managers and those involved in their recordings and performance to find out about. And even then memories aren't always perfect and sometimes conflict among people about the same experiences.
Best Debut Album of all time period every song is fire on this album.
Man, NOBODY and I mean NOBODY has ever done it like BOSTON
Yeah, this is an incredible debut album. But I got one equal at the very least. Every song a banger. And that’s Van Halen 1. Along with Eddie’s innovative guitar sound, really stopped you in your tracks.
@@scottlaughlin9897 The whole album was recorded and mixed in a basement by primarily two people. Tom and Brad.
@@zmanphx yeah, yeah, yeah. I know how it was made. What has that got to do with V.H. 1st album being complete bangers. Believe me, I love Boston. Was just simply saying V.H. Debut was great as well.
Shon if you liked this you'll love "Hitch a Ride" from the same album. To me it's their best song and the double lead guitar solo will move you to tears!
I had an 8 track player in my car. I played this album cranked up! The whole album was a banger!!
Boston's first album titled Boston, every song on this album made air play on all the Detroit Rock Stations.
Nothing better than getting out on the highway with my set Gensen Triaxles and a booster with this 8 track in my youth.
Living back then was the greatest times of my life....if only I could go back and then stop time would be the best ever!!!!
Life dont work that way bc its cowardly
@@JamesDimond-l7u get bent Douchbag .....lol 😉
I was 23 when this album came out...what a banger!!!🔥 My generation had "the best"music 🎵🎵♥️
Takes me back to 1976. Every Camaro had this pumping out the speakers.
And my firebird trans am too 😊
Boston Don’t Look Back ‘79 was my first rock concert and I was really blown away.
I came into Boston after hearing my older brother’s 45 records. As I got into high school I actually wore out two cassettes of their first album. So many memories cruisin the strip on Friday/Saturday nights in the mid-80s in my 72 Barracuda!!! 🤘😎
Always my happy song 😊 ❤
My favorite Boston song! Jim Masdea killing it on the drums!
One of my favorite 😍
BOSTON always makes me feel like im on that spaceship singing and jamming through the universe..
When this album came out, I was in the Navy assigned to an American Forces Radio and Television Service station at a base in the Indian Ocean, and the whole station was amazed that this was the band's first album because not even The Beatles' first album was this solid with no weak songs. This and every other song got at least some radio play, not just that year but every year after. Nearly a decade later the civilian album-oriented rock (AOR) station I was working at had every song on this album in its oldies rotation. Lead guitarist / keyboardist / recording engineer Tom Scholz and lead vocalist / rhythm guitarist Brad Delp (R.I.P.) were especially amazing. Go through every track on this album, you won't be disappointed. Don't Look Back and Third Stage are also top notch, though not as good as their debut which I don't think they could ever top.
Great reaction. Ty!
Damn! Where did the time go?
This album was the first thing I bought with my first paycheck. I bought it because of the album cover art not knowing what they sounded like. What a nice surprise....much love.
As I recall, the inside slip cover had some great art, too. All around great album!
Wait till you listen to "Gonna Hitch a Ride." The best is yet to come.
When this came out I’d cruise around in my 72 Ford maverick with my “Death before disco” T-shirt and this album cranked on my 8 track!! Best times to be alive ever!!
Saw them 7 times. Best debut album of all time for American bands. Amazing songs
Please don't stop at the first album!
Great choice! One of my fave Boston songs.
❤❤❤❤❤
This was the opening song when I saw them in concert in the fall of 1978. Sammy Hagar had warmed up for them and there was a little time while they changed equipment out. Then, they came in with this. It made the 70 mile trip to Minneapolis with my 3 college buddies worth it. The whole concert was great!
Oh man, that had to be epic…what a memory!!
Two guitarists... Tom Scholz and Barry Goudreau..
❤❤❤
You had to see our faces when we heard foreplay/ long time lol i mean their was 6 guys sitting in a mobile home trailer bedroom and we all looked at each other and i kid you not our eyes met our jaws droped for 10 sec at least and then our heads started banging lol One of the top five albums I think complete albums that you could listen to the whole thing, winter of 1976 we went crazy on this album we burned it off the turntable yes I did say turntable LOL we listen to it so much that winter,we had never heard a sound like this before a lot of red choking hash under a glass and a lot of jibbers LOL I was 16 ready to tear life up great great album and that same year Peter Frampton Comes Alive comes out what an amazing year 76 was great reaction great album it came to a tragic end for Brad Delp lead singer who committed suicide quite a few years ago due to Serious depression of the band never coming back out again. Great reaction brother love your spirit, and your truthfulness keep spreading the music around❤
Brad is awesome! Sib could play the drums. ❤
This song has Jim Masdea on the drums.
@@punkydoodle4774 Oh, I’m sorry. I thought it was Sib. Thanks for telling me.
Nah this is Sib but he’s the drum parts Jim had recorded on the demos. 😊
@@LouieLouie3No, he's right. This is the only song with Jim on drums. Tom snuck Jim's drum track from the demo into the mix when the producer that Epic had hired was in LA.
@@ptournas That’s right. 👍😀
Boston is very unique in that it isn't a band in the traditional sense . It is the creation of Tom Sholtz an MIT grad engineer who recorded and mixed the whole album in his basement to sound like a whole band was playing. Tom played and recorded all the instruments except for drums and hired Brad Delph for vocals. He got a record label interested who didn't know he didn't have a band. The record label wanted him to perform live. He had to hire local talent to form Boston band members.
“Hitch A Ride” please. Thank you.
Thanks for another great one Shawn. Try Rockabilly to find the shirt. I've bought many shirts from them.
1976 was a strange year for music-you had bands like Boston, Styx and Journey-disco,TV & teen idols (John Travolta, Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, David soul) and far too many TV theme songs-SWAT, Baretta, Happy Days, Laverne & shirley, welcome Back Kotter (most as you can see were on the ABC network)-Rockford files in 1975 started the trend-and it continued in later years with Hill Street Blues, the Greatest American Hero etc.
Ought to do the whole album bro!
THIS ALBUM CAME OUT WHEN I WAS 15 I BOUGHT IT WITH MY OWN MONEY MY FIRST!!!! I THEN BOUGHT IT ON TAPES TOO LOL
I love this group so much! My heart broke when hearing of Brad Delp’s suicide. It was a couple hours from me in New Hampshire. He brought a grill into his bathroom and died of carbon monoxide. 💔🙏 I hate that he felt that was the only way 😢
Maybe the best rock debut album ever! At least in the top 3! The amazing thing that still blows my mind is that it was recorded in Brad delps basement! They didn’t want the record company putting their own touches on it
The basement studio belonged to Tom Scholz, not Brad, and the bulk of the recording, but not all of it, was recorded there. All the vocals were recorded in a California studio, as was the song "Let Me Take You Home Tonight". The final mixing of the tapes also took place in a California studio.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee I think you may have a little bit of information mixed up. Tom wouldn't be paying anyone for recording, the record company pays for that. The producer might pay for unforeseen expenses at the studio, but those expenses would be reimbursed by the record company. Also Watertown, Massachusetts, where Tom's studio was is only 200 miles north of NYC, so the boundary to get out of the requirements of Epic Records' union would another 100 miles away.
When the producer hired by Epic, John Boylan, first met Tom at Tom's studio, he loved what he heard, but told Tom they would have to record in a professional studio. Tom said he wouldn't do that because he couldn't get the same sound anywhere but in his studio, because he had modified so much of the recording equipment and needed to work in his own way. John was about to walk out, when he stopped and told Tom they could try fooling the executives at Epic by telling him they were recording in LA and just doing a couple of songs and the final mix there, and he could do the rest in his basement. He also said he would make Tom co-producer and split his salary with him. As you mentioned, he did love the way Tom recorded the keyboards and especially the electric guitars, but he thought the drums and acoustic guitar sounded amateurish, although John didn't show him how to set them up. Instead he flew in a recording engineer from LA to teach Tom the proper recording techniques for both instruments.
As far as the union thing, it wasn't about pay. John was concerned that Epic's contract with the union had a clause that at least one union recording technician had to be present at any recording done within 300 miles of NYC. What John was concerned about was that he knew Tom was highly focused and worked best in his own way. Anyone else in the studio would be distracting and annoying to him, possibly creating friction and delays in his work. Since Epic didn't know most of the recording was being done in Tom's basement, John thought he could avoid that trouble by choosing a studio in California, rather thanin the much closer Boston or NY area, to do the recording that they were doing to distract Epic. And that would eliminate the need to have anyone around to bother Tom while he was engrossed in his work.
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee So true. Even Tom Scholz interviews have changed over the years. After the troubles with the band around the time of the third album he seemed to talk less and less of the contributions of the original members. A lot of the details he used to give in interviews in the first five years he stopped talking about completely. And there were a lot of popular misconceptions that grew among the fans too.
I knew everyone in the band except for Tom and was good friends with Sibby, so that helped me know a lot of their history. But there's still plenty I don't know and have to search for interviews with people like their original managers and those involved in their recordings and performance to find out about. And even then memories aren't always perfect and sometimes conflict among people about the same experiences.
Bro have you done Hitch a Ride? OMG…
You should do Heart do Blackdog live
Disco still sucks!
@@Spo-Dee-O-Deeagree 💯
Turn the album jacket upside down.
The whole Album is a fkn BANGER🤘🤘🤘🤘🙄BOSTON KICK ARSE🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺