BOSTON: Boston LP Used. Classic 1976 Debut album. Timeless Rock. Includes “More Than A Feeling”. Check videos + an audio review of the album

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A1 More Than A Feeling  4:44 Written-By – T. Scholz*

A2 Peace Of Mind 4:55 Written-By – T. Scholz*

A3 Foreplay / Long Time 7:56 Written-By – T. Scholz*

B1 Rock & Roll Band 2:59 Written-By – T. Scholz*
B2 Smokin’ 4:44 Written-By – B. Delp*, T. Scholz*

B3 Hitch A Ride  3:18  Written-By – T. Scholz*

B4 Something About You 4:19  Written-By – T. Scholz*
B5 Let Me Take You Home Tonight  4:12  Written-By – B. Delp*

Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Foxglove Studios, Watertown, MA

Boston is the debut studio album by Boston-based American rock band Boston. Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan, the album was released on August 25, 1976 in the United States by Epic Records. Scholz had first begun playing music in the late 1960s after graduating from MIT with a master degree.
The album contents are a complete recreation of the band demo tape, and contain songs written and composed many years prior. The album style, often referred to as the “”Boston sound””, was developed through Scholz love of classical music, melodic hooks and guitar-heavy rock groups such as the Kinks and the Yardbirds.
The LP was first issued by Epic in August 1976 and sold mightily, breaking sales records and becoming one of the best-selling debut albums of all time. Boston style was abducted by label executives and imitated by bands to create radio-friendly “”corporate rock,”” of which the band was also accused. The album singles, most notably “”More Than a Feeling”” and “”Long Time””, were both AM and FM hits, and nearly the entire album receives constant rotation on classic rock radio. The album has been referred to as a landmark in 1970s rock and has been included on many lists of essential albums. The album has sold 17 million copies in the United States alone and 20 million worldwide.

Boston has been described as a pivot in the transition of mainstream American rock from blues-based proto-metal to power pop, “”coming some of the ebullience of the rock era early days with the precision and technology that would mark rock record productions from then on.”” All eight songs ”most commonly the album A-side ”are in constant rotation on classic rock radio. Boston success ushered in the next wave of “”producer”” rock, and critics accused the band of creating the corporate rock sound. Following the album success, its sound became imitated by several other prominent rock bands of the era. The record created a reference point for production values and studio technology that would stand for years.

Band:
Tom Scholz -electric guitars, lead guitar (1968 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop), acoustic guitars, clavinet, organ, bass guitar, design consultant, remastering, liner notes, production, engineering
Brad Delp -lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Sib Hashian -drums
Jim Masdea -drums on “”Rock & Roll Band””
Barry Goudreau -rhythm guitars, lead guitars on “”Foreplay/Long Time”” and “”Let Me Take You Home Tonight””
Fran Sheehan -bass guitar on “”Foreplay”” and “”Let Me Take You Home Tonight””

More Than a Feeling”” is a song written by Tom Scholz and first released by the rock band Boston as the lead single from their self-titled debut album on Epic Records in September 1976, with “”Smokin'”” on the flipside. The single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. The track is now a staple of classic rock and in 2009 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

His biggest hit, “”More Than a Feeling”” took writer Tom Scholz five years to complete. It is one of six songs Scholz worked on in his basement in 1974 and 1975 before Boston got its record contract, five of which eventually appeared on the Boston album. The drum parts were originally developed by Jim Masdea, although Sib Hashian played the drums on the official release. The verses are in the key of D major while the chorus is in G major. The song is in compound AABA form.
The Book of Rock Lists suggests that the chorus riff may itself be a subtle homage to the Kingsmen classic, “”Louie Louie””. Scholz credits “”Walk Away Renee”” by The Left Banke as the song main inspiration. It is also very much similar (same descending pattern) to the opening riff of Elton John “”Screw You (Young Man Blues)””. Other critics have noted that this song main riff is referenced in the Nirvana single “”Smells Like Teen Spirit””. Nirvana opened “”Smells Like Teen Spirit”” with the chords and words from “”More Than A Feeling”” at their Live at Reading performance, 1992.
Boston website claims that the song is about “”the power an old song can have in your life.”” The lyrics express the author discontent with the present and his yearning for a former love, whose memory is strongly evoked by an old familiar song. According to Scholz, this song is about “”The thrill one gets while driving fast cars””.
Guitar World states that when the radio plays “”More Than a Feeling”” “”few can resist indulging in fits of fleet-fingered air guitar and a spirited falsetto sing-along.”” Rolling Stone Album Guide critic Paul Evans states that “”as slick as it sounds, ‘More Than a Feeling’ strikes an uncommonly resonant emotional note.

Covers and samples: Several artists have covered “More Than a Feeling”, including Ingram Hill, Nirvana (the similarities between the song main riff and that of Nirvana breakout hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” have often been noted, including by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain ), No Mercy and *NSYNC. The South African trio Mark Haze (from Idols South Africa season seven), Dozi and Ghapi recorded a version on their album “Rocking Buddies” in 2013. The song was also featured in the 1979 film Foxes starring Jodie Foster and Cherie Currie, in a scene where Foster character plays the song on a vinyl record player. And an excerpt can be heard in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.


Ryan and George at Lost In Vegas continue to branch out into the world of classic rock, taking on Boston’s “Foreplay / Long Time” in a new unbiased reaction / review below.

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