Boston had one of the best debut albums in history. The 1970's had so many great rock bands. I call it the decade of rock bands. You'll never run out of great songs from the 70's and 80's.
I agree wholeheartedly. I, personally call the 70s the decade of album rock, where most, if not all songs on the album were hits or potential hits. ✌️☮️🎸🎵🎶🔥
A couple of things ... Tom Sholtz has an electrical engineering degree from MIT ... he refused to use synthesizers ...he developed a line of electronic equipment used throughout the music industry. Amazing talent not only by him, but the rest of the band as well. I was hooked on Boston as soon as their debut album was released.
Tom Scholz earned both a BS and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He was also classically trained on a piano as a child. Oh…he’s originally from Ohio.
No synthesizers were ever used in their music! All sound effects were actually played on guitars through a device that Tom invented. He was very proud of that!
made in his basement when they came out with this sound people big musicians were beating down his door to find out how he was doing it and wanting him to sell it to them @@dizastro5437
I appreciate the intent of your statement but it's a bit misleading... the Rockman itself is actually a digital synthesizer of sorts, but it was the first one for guitars. Also, there is an organ prominently featured throughout this piece - so it's not 100% guitars. Tom Scholz practically invented 80's guitar sound - Def Leppard used Rockman effects heavily on their Hysteria album - but it doesn't make a guitar sound like an organ.
Did you guys happen to notice that the "spaceship" on the cover is actually an "upside down guitar?" 😃 Next up for Boston I hope is their song "Smokin"". It's straight fire!! 🔥
No evidence of that. But it is sorta vague.. lol! I suppose they could be 6 string basses, (which nobody was using at that time) but actually, the guitars are six-string, not 4. Evidenced by the fact there's 6 tuning pegs. That said, there are only 4 string emanating from the bridge! Whacky. 😄 @@brucefelger4015
That whole album was recorded and produced in his basement. The record company wanted him to re-record it in the studio but Tom told them no, he wanted it released as is, and that's what we all got, which is amazing!
@Eric_Day84 That is urban legend. First off no tracks from the demo that went to Epic and producer John Boylan were used on this record. This was confirmed by Tom when he was interviewed by people who would know if he was telling the truth or not. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA. The record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom. Boylan had to do a lot more work on Tom's tracks to get them ready for the record to be mixed than Tom has talked about.
@@kenday5735 Ok which studio were the drum tracks for the record recorded if it was not Toms home studio? It is well known and well documented that Boylan recorded all of Brads vocals sans Brads vocals for Let Me Take You Home at Capital Studios.
This is the best Debut album of all time. Every song on this album is worthy of listening to. Tom Schultz the lead gutarist, organ player and acoustic guitar. Made this whole album in his basement an absolute genius.
@petercocolla2759 This whole record was NOT made in Toms basement studio. All of Brads vocals were recorded by Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C. In addition, the entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record by Boylan at The Record Plant LA.
Not true. The songs on the album were recorded in a full studio. Listen to the demos which WERE recorded in his basement and you can clearly hear the difference. ruclips.net/video/koaL_kd_ObY/видео.html&ab_channel=mrjonesy2112
@petercocolla2759 Barry plays all electric rhythm guitar parts on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry also plays all of the lead guitar solos on Long Time and he plays lead and slide guitar on Let Me Take You Home. This is documented in the legal documents involved in the law suit between Tom and Barry and in the post litigation liner notes of the 2006 Scholz remaster of the debut Boston record.
This album is widely considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in rock music history. Everything on it is fire. And I really like the sequencing on it. It wouldn't be too late for you guys to work your way through it because you started with the first song on the album and then you skipped forward a few songs. You can go back and pick up where you left off with the second song, Peace of Mind, and then skip this one when you get to it and finish the album out. I have seen a lot of reactors do this and it's always highly engaging. I was lucky enough to see Boston on this tour in 1977 and they were fantastic. It really was an absolutely incredible show. And the singing was just as solid as on the album, everything was. It was in a medium-sized indoor venue and the ticket price was $7.50 including all taxes and fees, lol.
My first concert was the Doobie Brothers in 74 and I paid $10.00 later that summer went to Grand Funk Railroad and had to pay a scalper $15.00 and I thought I had been robbed,can you imagine that with what you pay for concerts nowadays,unreal.
Was in high school when this came out. We used to play this in the first farm tractor we had with enclosed cab. Wore a 8 track of this out. It’s still an incredible song. Thanks for playing and glad you guys enjoyed it
Brad Delp's work on this album is one of the great vocal performances in Rock history. It's so effortless and blends sooo well that you miss all the background vocals and his ability to double lead guitar parts in instrumental sections.
Every comment mentions gr8 details...and I'd like to add that in the late 70s, this debut album hit the airwaves like dynamite. No internet, no videos.... just people passing the word along. Muscle cars... Fitness gyms, weekend parties pizza n beer . And Boston!!!
In a world being torn apart by unrealistic expectations between men, and women, the song "The Man I'll Never Be" is a Masterpiece track by Boston, which showcases Brad's uniquely powerful voice in a power ballad that stands the test of time, and demands to be heard by everyone. RIP Brad Delp, who was stated by many to be the kindest man they ever met. Sadly He took His own life, and I can only imagine that the "emotions" that can't be satisfied, sung by Him in this track, were part of the reason why. Certainly requires an introspective listen.
The 70s was the best time for experimental rock. Modern rock started around 1965, rapidly began to show its mature form around '67, and then the whole next decade was an exploration of what you could do. A beautiful era.
@@gregorysimmers That's how I feel about it, but people born afterward might not understand it or see it the same way. Like, I understand that kids who have been exposed only to modern music may not understand the idea of "melody," which to me is unfathomable.
Tom Scholz is a classically trained pianist, multi-instrumentalist, has a masters degree from MIT, is an inventor. He invented the pedals that created the spaceship sounds that you hear and is famous for the Rockman line of guitar pedals and other gear.
The original Rockman was basically a walkman like guitar amp you could plug in headphones or into your stereo. As you mentioned he followed that up with a line of effect pedals and equipment he developed.
@@genegiusti6239 The Rockman is a guitar pre-amp with onboard effects processing that could be used in front of the guitar amp, as a preamp/DI direct into the console or as a pre-amp with a headphone jack that allowed the Rockman to be used as practice amp. Tom was never big into pedals and the vast majority of the Rockman line were the Rockmodules some of which were able to interface with each other via MIDI and the all of the Rockman models . The only effect pedals that Tom brought to market was a distortion pedal and a pedal that made an electric guitar sound more like an acoustic guitar.
You can never go wrong with Boston, especially their debut album, which is a masterpiece. All the songs are worth a listen. My personal favorite is "Peace of Mind".
This album cover is so iconic. The upsidedown guitars as space ships with the boston skyline in the dome of the ship is legendary, especially in the 70s. Amazing🔥👍🏼
Boston had such a unique sound because Tom Scholz not only wrote arranged and played most of the instrumental tracks, but also designed and built the effects equipment on this album. And this album was recorded in the basement of Tom's apartment. Back in the day and up to today people in search of a record deal will do what the label says. The label wanted to record at their studio in L.A. Tom refused. He wanted to do it in the basement. The rep started lo leave tom's apartment but stopped at the door and said "O.k. you record the tracks here. We'll mix them in L.A." Tom paused for a few seconds in shock. And then the rep said "And we'll split the producers fee."
This world lost a damned good voice with Brad Delp. This album is just insanely good, and their second album is just as good. If you ever want to do a full album you definitely couldn't go wrong with this one.
I was ten years old when my older brother, who was 12 introduced me to Boston. This is my favorite groove by this wonderful band. A year later my brother introduced me to Van Halen. What a time to be a kid. Love your channel.
Scholz on this album: “I think it’s very hard for people to get their head around the idea that this ‘band’ was actually some guys overdubbing in a basement. They like to think that a band plays together and hangs out and writes songs and gets a contract and goes into the studio and then they jam out in the studio and an album comes out of that. This wasn’t like that at all. It was many, many years of long nights playing along with a tape deck!” Legend.
I consider this one of the few perfect albums. There's not a single bad song on the whole album. Meatloaf Bat out of Hell is another album that every single track is great.
Boston's debut album is one of the rarest of rare albums which contains no clunkers. There is another band from Boston called "The Cars" who released their debut album two years after Boston's masterpiece was released. The Cars music is completely different than Boston's music, but The Cars debut album also a masterpiece which contains no clunkers. Two debut albums from two bands from Boston which were released two years apart and have no clunker songs on them. Amazing!
They are my favorite rock band..Peace of Mind and Amanda , Don't Look Back and More Than a Feeling and Foreplay / Longtime are my favorite songs..RIP Brad Delp.
@VIDSTORAGE It is documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record that this record was mixed at Westlake Studios, and producer John Boylan made it clear that he , engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record with assistance from Steve Hodge. Toms 12 track studio simply could not handle the mixing duties for this record. This record was mastered buy Wally Traugott at Capital Studios. Tom had nothing to do with the mastering of the debut record. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C and the entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded at The Record Plant LA by producer John Boylan and the band as pictured on the back of the album cover played all of the tracks on that song.
@@neechee5150 I usually check things out before I make comments but I'm just on the surface going by old times when it was all about Tom and his basement studio and how much he recorded and played most of it all and layering the music down on the different tracks all by his self and not much help from the band or none at all as if he was a one man band in his studio ..He did not do the final mixing for the album ,right but overall those tapes were his baby that he created and then Brad as you stated went to Capitols and finished it up on the vocals ..Yes as you stated it had to be mixed and finalized at Capitol . Thanks
Please remember the label gave him a producer and engineer to get the music into a finished state in a modern well equipped studio. They did an amazing job stunning .
I was 5 years old when this came out in 1976. I used to sit in front of my mom's stereo for hours listening and absorbing every bit of this album!!! Needless to say, I'm a lifelong fan!!!😁🤘❤️🎼
Now that you reacted to Boston’ Masterpiece, time to react to their counterpart Kansas’ Masterpiece “Carry On My Wayward Son” Both Epic Masterpieces Boston’s Debut Album is arguably in the top 10 Debut Album’s of All Time
This first Boston album was all (but vocals) recorded in Scholz"s Boston basement apartment with Scholz playing all the instruments and the unique sound came from devices he invented (MIT trained engineer).
@mlhm5 That is false. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad and recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record at The Record Plant LA. Second, Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and this fact has been clearly documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record that has ever been sold. In addition Tom could not play the drum parts on this record. What specific devices did Tom invent that were used on this record that gave it the unique sound? I don't think you understand how records were made back in the day of everything being analog and how this record really came to be.
Guys! , do next from them, these other's super bangers hits : "Don't look back", "I need your love", "Amanda" , "Livin' for you", "Smokin", & "A man i'll never be"
I remember hearing this "8 Track" tape in my friends car for the first time in 1976 when I was 16. It sounded so fresh compared to the rock that was out at the time (Zepplin, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Santana, CCR, Clapton,) just a few of the great tunes. Then this album came out and I knew even at that young age that this will be another timeless band. Its awesome to see you young'uns react the same way I did back then! My favorite song off this album: Something About You.
Great band,song and reaction as well.This banger should launch you guys over the 100,000 subscriber threshold very easily so congratulations in advance!
I remember the first time hearing this album. A friend came over to my house with the album he got for Xmas. He said we HAD to listen to it. I put it on my dads stereo system with headphones for each of us. The looks we have each other were of shock and awe. I had never heard anything like it before, and have been a fan since that night in 77.
That iconic space ship/ guitar is tattooed on my right shoulder with the words "its been such a long time" And my dads intials Tribute to my father who gave me so many gifts , one of the most meaningful being ROCK N ROLL , with boston being the best part of that gift he passed away in a similiar manner to the singer of Boston , brad delp Way way too young (Never the "right time" , i know, but 48 was TOO SOON) To my dad- JPD❤ forever
It’s hard to beat Tom Scholz and Brad Delp. Tom Scholz was a musical genius who graduated from MIT. He actually invented the siren box that plugs into his guitar that’s why the guitar sounds so different than anyone else. Tom actually played all the instruments on this album in his basement in the beginning. And that is Brad Delp absolutely killing the vocals like The Prodigy he was.
Best debut album ever. It’s an album of all hits. Not a stinker on the entire LP. Last saw them in early 2000s before Brad and Sib passed away. Great show, great music. Transported back in time to 1976. 70s and 80s, best decade in music history
Tom Sholtz was the true musical genius of the 1970's, a real Mozart-level talent in my lifetime. He teamed up with an amazing vocalist, Brad Delp, to make the best debut album of the era. It was a massive accomplishment.
I became a teen in the late 70's right at the peak of a fantastic time for rock bands & tunes like this and into the 80's. This entire album is 🔥 from start to finish.
Great reaction. Boston don't miss, they released one hit after another But with Tom Sholtz's musical genius and Brad Delp's vocals how could they miss...really the whole band deserves their fair praises as well. (If you hadn't noticed I'm a fan) Here's another song from the same album, if interested. "Boston - Peace Of Mind (Official Audio)" (channel: Boston)
Brad Delp’s vocals are often imitated but never equalled. Boston used hand claps better than any band I’ve ever heard. Pure fire, song after song. One of the best selling debut albums EVER. The whole album deserves a track by track reaction. The essence of 1970’s rock. 🔥🔥
What you might appreciate, if you didn't know is that the artwork on the album cover. The spaceship is actually an upside down guitar with the Boston skyline in the spot where the hole would be on the front.
My first concert. Saw them on this tour in 1977 at the ripe old age of 14 in Lexington, Ky. at Rupp Arena where the Kentucky Wildcats play. It was litterally a brand new arena, not even a year old yet. Boy time sure flies when your having fun because now I'm already turning 60 on November 30th. You guys should check out the song Smokin' from this same album. Killer tune, and I'll bet Samantha wouldn't be able to sit still to it. It rocks!
Fun watching people hear it for the first time. At age 16 in 1976, doing every drug known to man, or woman, the best days of my life. Now 63, seen them roughly 35 times live, and still get that moment of space, relaxation, and complete peace of mind. The best album ever produced, is still rockin' the world.
If you look closely, those aren't spaceships on the album cover. They're guitars upside-down with flames coming out of them, reminiscent of spaceships. It's such a cool album cover❤.
It sucks that you guys never got to experience driving on a summer Friday night, with the windows rolled down, cruising to this song on the radio back in the day.
I was a freshman in high school when this album was released in 1976 and I remember spending every day after school listening to it on repeat to learn all the rhythm and lead guitar 🎸 parts to the entire album.
That was a fun one. I really enjoy watching your reactions to all these old songs. I’m 56 and this one never gets old. I still get the same vibes I did when I first heard it. It’s a timeless song.
The “traveling through space”part, is exactly that! See the guitar/spaceship on the cover? The notes in there tell the story. Those notes are played on every album, telling the story of that particular album cover
I'm way late here, but Tom Shotz built his own amplifiers, his own studio recording equipment, and effects pedals, including the one of one hyperspace pedal that makes all the space noises. He was an electronic engineer for Polaroid. He wrote the songs and played every instrument except the drums and had his friend Brad Delp sing - recording all but one track on the album in his basement studio. The band was just a touring band. He was hyper sensitive to others banking off of his work so much, that the record company tried to force him to use a producer and he fired him immediately after the producer suggested they split production royalties. He was told by every record company he approached that rock was dead and it would go nowhere because it was 1976 and Disco was all the craze, not rock. It's still considered the greatest debut album in history. Then, after making it big, he started his own music effects company called Rockman, which he sold in the past few years. He gave most of his money away to charity. When I saw them, live, in the 1990's, every amp on stage was hand built by Tom. ruclips.net/video/R1c0Bx_StvE/видео.htmlsi=n7ZLWIn4JU80fM2S
@ruelsmith There are multiple falsehoods in your post and some of it is just pure fiction. At the time this record was made Tom used a Marshal SLP tube amp that he modified. Big name players had their Marshall and Fender amps modified long before Tom recorded this record. EVH comes to mind. Tom for damn sure did not build the guitar amp and cabinet that he used on this record. I hear people say that Tom built and invented his own studio recording equipment but it is well known and well documented that Tom used a Scully 12 track 1 inch tape machine and a console/mixer that he purchased (Tom has admitted this in multiple interviews). The console and the tape machine are the heart of any analog studio. So what studio recording equipment did Tom build and use for this record? As for the hyperspace pedal, this is a prime example of how Tom has repeatedly exaggerated his achievements and selectively reported the facts. The hyperspace pedal is a modified Echo Plex tape loop echo machine. Tom did not invent or build it Tom only modified it to be able to adjust multiple parameters at the same time Tom was not an electronic engineer for Polaroid. Toms degrees from MIT are in mechanical engineering and Tom was a product design engineer at Polaroid. All of Brads vocals recorded at either Capital Studios Studio C or at The Record Plant LA by Boylan. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad and recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record at The Record Plant LA by Boylan. The band as pictured on the back of the record actually recorded three songs in LA but only one of the cuts made it to the record. The band as pictured on the back of the record most certainly existed before the record was finished as they recorded three songs that were proposed to be added to the record and the band was certainly put together before a tour was even thought of Tom for damn sure did not fire Boylan nor did Tom every try to fire Boylan. Had Tom done so, it would have been a disaster for this record. Boylan had to arrange for Tom to be tutored on how to record acoustic instruments and drums before Tom could not make drum tracks worthy of the record without help. Google LA audio engineer Paul Grupp and Boston and check it out. Where do you get this BS from in terms of why it took Tom so long to get signed? The fact is that Tom was not following the established path and protocol to get signed. Boylan was very clear about this The hang up was that Tom was just sending in his demo tapes cold. The established practice at the time was for bands to record their music, get it on local radio, demonstrate a demand for the music and hire promoters with inside connections to submit the demos and to promote the band. Once Tom followed this protocol and practices ie got a promoter, Tom's demos got plenty of attention from the big record labels The "Rockman company" was actually Scholz Research and Development and the company was most certainly not a music effects company. SRD designed and built amps. pre-amps and sound processing gear for electric guitars
@ruelsmith In addition, Tom most certainly did not play and record all of the instrement racks on this record There are two drummers on this record none of which are Tom There are two people playing guitar tracks-Brad and Barry. One perrson playing bass tracks--Fran. In the lawsuits between Tom and Barry Tom was forced under oath to tell the real story or face serious legal actions and he finally came clean disclosing the fact that Barry and Fran do in fact play on multiple tracks on this record and that Brad plays acoustic guitar on one track
@HRConsultant_Jeff Most of the electric guitar work on these two songs is Barry not Tom. Tom only plays the "special effects guitar" snippets on these two songs. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on both of these songs. The huge power chords are Barry and his SG, and the lead guitar solos in Long Time are 100% Barry as well. This is all documented in the post litigation 2006 Scholz Remaster of the 1976 debut Boston record.
Boston had one of the best debut albums in history. The 1970's had so many great rock bands. I call it the decade of rock bands. You'll never run out of great songs from the 70's and 80's.
I agree wholeheartedly. I, personally call the 70s the decade of album rock, where most, if not all songs on the album were hits or potential hits. ✌️☮️🎸🎵🎶🔥
So true!
It's THE best debut album.
Was in high school in the 70s
Me too!@@70srocknroll class of '79, how about you?
A couple of things ... Tom Sholtz has an electrical engineering degree from MIT ... he refused to use synthesizers ...he developed a line of electronic equipment used throughout the music industry. Amazing talent not only by him, but the rest of the band as well. I was hooked on Boston as soon as their debut album was released.
One would assume it was electrical, but he actually received two mechanical engineering degrees from MIT.
Scholz
...I think Tom is worth 300 million, an unbelievable talent, he came out of nowhere with 2 phenomenal albums...and a third 10 years on
Tom Scholz earned both a BS and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He was also classically trained on a piano as a child. Oh…he’s originally from Ohio.
@@kirkbolas4985 unedited infos.
RIP Brad Delp, one of the best vocalist ever.
60s 70s 80s Will, always be The Greatest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No synthesizers were ever used in their music! All sound effects were actually played on guitars through a device that Tom invented. He was very proud of that!
Yeah,it was called the Rockman😊
And well he should be. The production quality on this debut is perfection. Only 8 tunes, but every one is absolutely in the pocket.
made in his basement when they came out with this sound people big musicians were beating down his door to find out how he was doing it and wanting him to sell it to them @@dizastro5437
Pure talent, no autotune shit or compuer hacks all recorded on tape in a basement BEAT THAT 2000's music🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🏅🇦🇺
I appreciate the intent of your statement but it's a bit misleading... the Rockman itself is actually a digital synthesizer of sorts, but it was the first one for guitars. Also, there is an organ prominently featured throughout this piece - so it's not 100% guitars. Tom Scholz practically invented 80's guitar sound - Def Leppard used Rockman effects heavily on their Hysteria album - but it doesn't make a guitar sound like an organ.
Did you guys happen to notice that the "spaceship" on the cover is actually an "upside down guitar?" 😃
Next up for Boston I hope is their song "Smokin"". It's straight fire!! 🔥
Bass Guitar specifically
"Smokin" is one of my favorites.
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I love them all.
No evidence of that. But it is sorta vague.. lol!
I suppose they could be 6 string basses, (which nobody was using at that time) but actually, the guitars are six-string, not 4.
Evidenced by the fact there's 6 tuning pegs.
That said, there are only 4 string emanating from the bridge!
Whacky. 😄
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Wow! Did not notice that until now! 😂
Every song is fire on this album. One of the biggest selling debut albums ever.
Everybody, I know owns this album.
Best. Album. Ever.
That whole album was recorded and produced in his basement. The record company wanted him to re-record it in the studio but Tom told them no, he wanted it released as is, and that's what we all got, which is amazing!
@Eric_Day84 That is urban legend. First off no tracks from the demo that went to Epic and producer John Boylan were used on this record. This was confirmed by Tom when he was interviewed by people who would know if he was telling the truth or not.
All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded by producer John Boylan at The Record Plant LA. The record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom.
Boylan had to do a lot more work on Tom's tracks to get them ready for the record to be mixed than Tom has talked about.
Scholz is an amazing talent.
All the vocals and drums were done in the studio. The drums in the demo tracks were done by somebody else, then Sib re did them instudio
@@kenday5735 Ok which studio were the drum tracks for the record recorded if it was not Toms home studio? It is well known and well documented that Boylan recorded all of Brads vocals sans Brads vocals for Let Me Take You Home at Capital Studios.
Wrong. these are the demos recorded in the basement... ruclips.net/video/koaL_kd_ObY/видео.html&ab_channel=mrjonesy2112
This is the best Debut album of all time. Every song on this album is worthy of listening to. Tom Schultz the lead gutarist, organ player and acoustic guitar. Made this whole album in his basement an absolute genius.
@petercocolla2759 This whole record was NOT made in Toms basement studio. All of Brads vocals were recorded by Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C. In addition, the entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record by Boylan at The Record Plant LA.
Meant the Instrumental part of it.
Not true. The songs on the album were recorded in a full studio. Listen to the demos which WERE recorded in his basement and you can clearly hear the difference. ruclips.net/video/koaL_kd_ObY/видео.html&ab_channel=mrjonesy2112
@@neechee5150 True!
@petercocolla2759 Barry plays all electric rhythm guitar parts on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry also plays all of the lead guitar solos on Long Time and he plays lead and slide guitar on Let Me Take You Home. This is documented in the legal documents involved in the law suit between Tom and Barry and in the post litigation liner notes of the 2006 Scholz remaster of the debut Boston record.
This album is widely considered to be one of the greatest debut albums in rock music history. Everything on it is fire. And I really like the sequencing on it. It wouldn't be too late for you guys to work your way through it because you started with the first song on the album and then you skipped forward a few songs. You can go back and pick up where you left off with the second song, Peace of Mind, and then skip this one when you get to it and finish the album out. I have seen a lot of reactors do this and it's always highly engaging.
I was lucky enough to see Boston on this tour in 1977 and they were fantastic. It really was an absolutely incredible show. And the singing was just as solid as on the album, everything was. It was in a medium-sized indoor venue and the ticket price was $7.50 including all taxes and fees, lol.
All concerts were affordable in the 70s. No Ticketmaster, scalpers, etc back then. Great times.
My first concert was the Doobie Brothers in 74 and I paid $10.00 later that summer went to Grand Funk Railroad and had to pay a scalper $15.00 and I thought I had been robbed,can you imagine that with what you pay for concerts nowadays,unreal.
Saw Boston in ‘77 too! Fantastic concert.
Every single song on this album was a major hit 🥰
Was in high school when this came out. We used to play this in the first farm tractor we had with enclosed cab. Wore a 8 track of this out. It’s still an incredible song. Thanks for playing and glad you guys enjoyed it
You too had an 8 track in my car we jammed
Me too was in Highschool 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 amfm 8 track wore this debut out
I wore out Two 8-Tracks of this one!
Brad Delp's work on this album is one of the great vocal performances in Rock history. It's so effortless and blends sooo well that you miss all the background vocals and his ability to double lead guitar parts in instrumental sections.
Something About You, Smokin', Rock and Roll Band (as well as the rest of the songs on their debut album) should one of the next.
Every comment mentions gr8 details...and I'd like to add that in the late 70s, this debut album hit the airwaves like dynamite. No internet, no videos.... just people passing the word along. Muscle cars... Fitness gyms, weekend parties pizza n beer . And Boston!!!
That was a great time to be young and alive.
In a world being torn apart by unrealistic expectations between men, and women, the song "The Man I'll Never Be" is a Masterpiece track by Boston, which showcases Brad's uniquely
powerful voice in a power ballad that stands the test of time, and demands to be heard by everyone. RIP Brad Delp, who was stated by many to be the kindest man they ever met. Sadly
He took His own life, and I can only imagine that the "emotions" that can't be satisfied, sung by Him in this track, were part of the reason why. Certainly requires an introspective listen.
The 70s was the best time for experimental rock. Modern rock started around 1965, rapidly began to show its mature form around '67, and then the whole next decade was an exploration of what you could do.
A beautiful era.
THE BEST ERA!!!
@@gregorysimmers That's how I feel about it, but people born afterward might not understand it or see it the same way.
Like, I understand that kids who have been exposed only to modern music may not understand the idea of "melody," which to me is unfathomable.
Tom Scholz is a classically trained pianist, multi-instrumentalist, has a masters degree from MIT, is an inventor. He invented the pedals that created the spaceship sounds that you hear and is famous for the Rockman line of guitar pedals and other gear.
The original Rockman was basically a walkman like guitar amp you could plug in headphones or into your stereo. As you mentioned he followed that up with a line of effect pedals and equipment he developed.
I still have my Rockman in a drawer upstairs. Gotta pull it out and rock out once again!
@@genegiusti6239 The Rockman is a guitar pre-amp with onboard effects processing that could be used in front of the guitar amp, as a preamp/DI direct into the console or as a pre-amp with a headphone jack that allowed the Rockman to be used as practice amp. Tom was never big into pedals and the vast majority of the Rockman line were the Rockmodules some of which were able to interface with each other via MIDI and the all of the Rockman models . The only effect pedals that Tom brought to market was a distortion pedal and a pedal that made an electric guitar sound more like an acoustic guitar.
That basement is 6 blocks away from where I currently live!
Rock n roll band next please!! This whole album is a BANGER❤❤❤
Definition of Classic Rock imo.
*Hitch a Ride* is my favorite.
It has one of the most expressive and uplifting lead guitar solos in music history.
Brad Delp on lead and background vocals! God mode
One of the best debut albums ever! I LOVE THE RIFF GUITARS AND DELP'S VOICE! IT'S A UNIQUE SOUND! GREAT REACTION, GUYS! GRETTINGS FROM SPAIN!
You can never go wrong with Boston, especially their debut album, which is a masterpiece.
All the songs are worth a listen. My personal favorite is "Peace of Mind".
This album cover is so iconic. The upsidedown guitars as space ships with the boston skyline in the dome of the ship is legendary, especially in the 70s. Amazing🔥👍🏼
Boston had such a unique sound because Tom Scholz not only wrote arranged and played most of the instrumental tracks, but also designed and built the effects equipment on this album. And this album was recorded in the basement of Tom's apartment. Back in the day and up to today people in search of a record deal will do what the label says. The label wanted to record at their studio in L.A. Tom refused. He wanted to do it in the basement. The rep started lo leave tom's apartment but stopped at the door and said "O.k. you record the tracks here. We'll mix them in L.A." Tom paused for a few seconds in shock. And then the rep said "And we'll split the producers fee."
This world lost a damned good voice with Brad Delp. This album is just insanely good, and their second album is just as good. If you ever want to do a full album you definitely couldn't go wrong with this one.
Very true
I was ten years old when my older brother, who was 12 introduced me to Boston. This is my favorite groove by this wonderful band. A year later my brother introduced me to Van Halen. What a time to be a kid. Love your channel.
Rock on!
Scholz on this album: “I think it’s very hard for people to get their head around the idea that this ‘band’ was actually some guys overdubbing in a basement. They like to think that a band plays together and hangs out and writes songs and gets a contract and goes into the studio and then they jam out in the studio and an album comes out of that. This wasn’t like that at all. It was many, many years of long nights playing along with a tape deck!” Legend.
I consider this one of the few perfect albums. There's not a single bad song on the whole album.
Meatloaf Bat out of Hell is another album that every single track is great.
I agree and I personally would add Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" album as well. I was a college freshman when it came out.
Steely Dan's AJA is about a perfect album as it goes. recording engineers use it to calibrate recording equipment
Boston's debut album is one of the rarest of rare albums which contains no clunkers. There is another band from Boston called "The Cars" who released their debut album two years after Boston's masterpiece was released. The Cars music is completely different than Boston's music, but The Cars debut album also a masterpiece which contains no clunkers. Two debut albums from two bands from Boston which were released two years apart and have no clunker songs on them. Amazing!
They are my favorite rock band..Peace of Mind and Amanda , Don't Look Back and More Than a Feeling and Foreplay / Longtime are my favorite songs..RIP Brad Delp.
Tom was an electronics expert and designed many things for sound effects ..He recorded and mixed and mastered the album by himself
@VIDSTORAGE It is documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record that this record was mixed at Westlake Studios, and producer John Boylan made it clear that he , engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record with assistance from Steve Hodge. Toms 12 track studio simply could not handle the mixing duties for this record.
This record was mastered buy Wally Traugott at Capital Studios. Tom had nothing to do with the mastering of the debut record.
All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C and the entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad was recorded at The Record Plant LA by producer John Boylan and the band as pictured on the back of the album cover played all of the tracks on that song.
@@neechee5150 I usually check things out before I make comments but I'm just on the surface going by old times when it was all about Tom and his basement studio and how much he recorded and played most of it all and layering the music down on the different tracks all by his self and not much help from the band or none at all as if he was a one man band in his studio ..He did not do the final mixing for the album ,right but overall those tapes were his baby that he created and then Brad as you stated went to Capitols and finished it up on the vocals ..Yes as you stated it had to be mixed and finalized at Capitol . Thanks
@@neechee5150 OK except for the one song Let Me Take You Home Tonight was not made in Toms studio ..GOT IT
Please remember the label gave him a producer and engineer to get the music into a finished state in a modern well equipped studio. They did an amazing job stunning .
Brad Delp, may he rest in peace, is one of the best vocalists ever. Ever!
I was 5 years old when this came out in 1976. I used to sit in front of my mom's stereo for hours listening and absorbing every bit of this album!!! Needless to say, I'm a lifelong fan!!!😁🤘❤️🎼
My favorite 2 songs from a great album...I especially love the transition between. I saw Boston in concert in 1986...they didn't disappoint!
If you look at the album cover upside down you see something different!
This is one of my favorite Boston songs! The guitar parts, this is such a banger!!🔥🔥 🎸 🥁 So awesome 😎👏👏👏
Glad you guys loved jamming to it!!👍👏👏
The guitar sound and work is unparalleled. Check out their song 'Smokin' and/or Peace of Mind.
When this album came out, it knocked everybody on their backside. It was so good. There’s not a bad song on this album. Their first album.
BOSTON is AMAZING!! SO much talent!!
Now that you reacted to Boston’ Masterpiece, time to react to their counterpart Kansas’ Masterpiece “Carry On My Wayward Son” Both Epic Masterpieces
Boston’s Debut Album is arguably in the top 10 Debut Album’s of All Time
This first Boston album was all (but vocals) recorded in Scholz"s Boston basement apartment with Scholz playing all the instruments and the unique sound came from devices he invented (MIT trained engineer).
@mlhm5 That is false. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad and recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record at The Record Plant LA. Second, Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and this fact has been clearly documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record that has ever been sold. In addition Tom could not play the drum parts on this record.
What specific devices did Tom invent that were used on this record that gave it the unique sound? I don't think you understand how records were made back in the day of everything being analog and how this record really came to be.
Hey Phil and Sam, the next Boston song you should definitely check out is the title track of their 2nd album, "Don't Look Back"
Brad Delp did all the lead and backing vocals on this whole album. Incredible.
Wow CAN'T believe this is first time HEARING🎉 I grew up to THEM....✌❤
The incredibly underrated voice of the late Brad Delp. One of the best rock voices EVER!
Brad Delp sang ALL vocals, lead, backing, and harmony by himself. A lot of tape splicing in their music. 🙂
Brad Delp had one of the best voices in rock history. What an unbelievable range and tone he had. The music they made way back then never gets old.
Guys! , do next from them, these other's super bangers hits : "Don't look back", "I need your love", "Amanda" , "Livin' for you", "Smokin", & "A man i'll never be"
One of, if not, the BEST songs EVER!!! Boston does not have a bad tune... enjoy
I remember hearing this "8 Track" tape in my friends car for the first time in 1976 when I was 16. It sounded so fresh compared to the rock that was out at the time (Zepplin, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Santana, CCR, Clapton,) just a few of the great tunes. Then this album came out and I knew even at that young age that this will be another timeless band. Its awesome to see you young'uns react the same way I did back then! My favorite song off this album: Something About You.
Lead vocalist Brad Delp had one of the best voices in rock.
Great band,song and reaction as well.This banger should launch you guys over the 100,000 subscriber threshold very easily so congratulations in advance!
Thank you!
This album stands the test of time as the all-time best debut rock albums ever.
I remember the first time hearing this album. A friend came over to my house with the album he got for Xmas. He said we HAD to listen to it.
I put it on my dads stereo system with headphones for each of us. The looks we have each other were of shock and awe. I had never heard anything like it before, and have been a fan since that night in 77.
This song is a masterpiece!!!!
That iconic space ship/ guitar is tattooed on my right shoulder with the words "its been such a long time"
And my dads intials
Tribute to my father who gave me so many gifts , one of the most meaningful being ROCK N ROLL , with boston being the best part of that gift
he passed away in a similiar manner to the singer of Boston , brad delp
Way way too young
(Never the "right time" , i know, but 48 was TOO SOON)
To my dad- JPD❤ forever
It’s hard to beat Tom Scholz and Brad Delp. Tom Scholz was a musical genius who graduated from MIT. He actually invented the siren box that plugs into his guitar that’s why the guitar sounds so different than anyone else. Tom actually played all the instruments on this album in his basement in the beginning. And that is Brad Delp absolutely killing the vocals like The Prodigy he was.
@clasmaster1471 What is the so called siren box you refer to? Tom modified an echoplex tape echo machine and called it his "hyperspace pedal"
Music is the closest thing to a Time Machine. This took me back to my ‘72 VW Beetle, blasting on my 8-track through Jensen Triax speakers.
Grew up on Boston, Great band and songs.
Best debut album ever. It’s an album of all hits. Not a stinker on the entire LP. Last saw them in early 2000s before Brad and Sib passed away. Great show, great music. Transported back in time to 1976. 70s and 80s, best decade in music history
i wore out two copies of this album on 8 track in my '72 Dodge Charger.... great memories. Yes, I am that old.....
Tom Sholtz was the true musical genius of the 1970's, a real Mozart-level talent in my lifetime. He teamed up with an amazing vocalist, Brad Delp, to make the best debut album of the era. It was a massive accomplishment.
First album I listen to when I was in college in 1978 until now the greatest band ever
I became a teen in the late 70's right at the peak of a fantastic time for rock bands & tunes like this and into the 80's. This entire album is 🔥 from start to finish.
Bro. Gimme a Boston album and I'll show you flawless. Or Pink Floyd. All without auto tune!
When this came out I would listen to the entire album on headphones every night.
Great reaction. Boston don't miss, they released one hit after another But with Tom Sholtz's musical genius and Brad Delp's vocals how could they miss...really the whole band deserves their fair praises as well. (If you hadn't noticed I'm a fan) Here's another song from the same album, if interested. "Boston - Peace Of Mind (Official Audio)" (channel: Boston)
This album is in my personal top 5 debut albums in history. Literally every song is a classic on this album.🔥
Boston so great and the talent off the charts and not even considered for the RR hall of fame
Brad Delp’s vocals are often imitated but never equalled. Boston used hand claps better than any band I’ve ever heard. Pure fire, song after song. One of the best selling debut albums EVER. The whole album deserves a track by track reaction. The essence of 1970’s rock. 🔥🔥
I was 8 years old when this was released. If you woulda been there back then, you woulda lost your fuckin mind, this was so far ahead of it's time
Junior High/High School times! GREAT MEMORIES!!❤
What you might appreciate, if you didn't know is that the artwork on the album cover. The spaceship is actually an upside down guitar with the Boston skyline in the spot where the hole would be on the front.
Tom Sholz is a perfectionist with the first album i truly believe he achieved it
You can't imagine how lucky I was to have grown up with this music. I was in my early 20's when this came out along with other great 70's music.
My first concert. Saw them on this tour in 1977 at the ripe old age of 14 in Lexington, Ky. at Rupp Arena where the Kentucky Wildcats play. It was litterally a brand new arena, not even a year old yet. Boy time sure flies when your having fun because now I'm already turning 60 on November 30th. You guys should check out the song Smokin' from this same album. Killer tune, and I'll bet Samantha wouldn't be able to sit still to it. It rocks!
Fun watching people hear it for the first time. At age 16 in 1976, doing every drug known to man, or woman, the best days of my life. Now 63, seen them roughly 35 times live, and still get that moment of space, relaxation, and complete peace of mind. The best album ever produced, is still rockin' the world.
If you look closely, those aren't spaceships on the album cover. They're guitars upside-down with flames coming out of them, reminiscent of spaceships. It's such a cool album cover❤.
This song has everything in including the kitchen sink! OMG! it's a fascinating mix.
Hard to believe that this is half a century old and still attracting new fans.
It sucks that you guys never got to experience driving on a summer Friday night, with the windows rolled down, cruising to this song on the radio back in the day.
Tom Schultz is the lead guitarist and he also does the keyboards. Brad Delp is the lead singer. He was one of the best in the 70’s
Anyone else out there wear out this 8-track and many other's as a teenager in the 70s cruising around on Friday and Saturday night ?
Boston songs matched the car speakers so well back then... 6 X 9s and tweeters.. crank it up
Boston is GREAT guitar rock,,,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
Dude looked like he really enjoyed it,,,,,🤘🤘🤘🤪
I was a freshman in high school when this album was released in 1976 and I remember spending every day after school listening to it on repeat to learn all the rhythm and lead guitar 🎸 parts to the entire album.
That was a fun one. I really enjoy watching your reactions to all these old songs. I’m 56 and this one never gets old. I still get the same vibes I did when I first heard it. It’s a timeless song.
The “traveling through space”part, is exactly that! See the guitar/spaceship on the cover? The notes in there tell the story. Those notes are played on every album, telling the story of that particular album cover
I'm way late here, but Tom Shotz built his own amplifiers, his own studio recording equipment, and effects pedals, including the one of one hyperspace pedal that makes all the space noises. He was an electronic engineer for Polaroid. He wrote the songs and played every instrument except the drums and had his friend Brad Delp sing - recording all but one track on the album in his basement studio. The band was just a touring band. He was hyper sensitive to others banking off of his work so much, that the record company tried to force him to use a producer and he fired him immediately after the producer suggested they split production royalties. He was told by every record company he approached that rock was dead and it would go nowhere because it was 1976 and Disco was all the craze, not rock. It's still considered the greatest debut album in history. Then, after making it big, he started his own music effects company called Rockman, which he sold in the past few years. He gave most of his money away to charity. When I saw them, live, in the 1990's, every amp on stage was hand built by Tom.
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@ruelsmith There are multiple falsehoods in your post and some of it is just pure fiction. At the time this record was made Tom used a Marshal SLP tube amp that he modified. Big name players had their Marshall and Fender amps modified long before Tom recorded this record. EVH comes to mind. Tom for damn sure did not build the guitar amp and cabinet that he used on this record. I hear people say that Tom built and invented his own studio recording equipment but it is well known and well documented that Tom used a Scully 12 track 1 inch tape machine and a console/mixer that he purchased (Tom has admitted this in multiple interviews). The console and the tape machine are the heart of any analog studio. So what studio recording equipment did Tom build and use for this record?
As for the hyperspace pedal, this is a prime example of how Tom has repeatedly exaggerated his achievements and selectively reported the facts. The hyperspace pedal is a modified Echo Plex tape loop echo machine. Tom did not invent or build it Tom only modified it to be able to adjust multiple parameters at the same time
Tom was not an electronic engineer for Polaroid. Toms degrees from MIT are in mechanical engineering and Tom was a product design engineer at Polaroid.
All of Brads vocals recorded at either Capital Studios Studio C or at The Record Plant LA by Boylan. The entire song Let Me Take You Home which was written by Brad and recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record at The Record Plant LA by Boylan. The band as pictured on the back of the record actually recorded three songs in LA but only one of the cuts made it to the record. The band as pictured on the back of the record most certainly existed before the record was finished as they recorded three songs that were proposed to be added to the record and the band was certainly put together before a tour was even thought of
Tom for damn sure did not fire Boylan nor did Tom every try to fire Boylan. Had Tom done so, it would have been a disaster for this record. Boylan had to arrange for Tom to be tutored on how to record acoustic instruments and drums before Tom could not make drum tracks worthy of the record without help. Google LA audio engineer Paul Grupp and Boston and check it out.
Where do you get this BS from in terms of why it took Tom so long to get signed? The fact is that Tom was not following the established path and protocol to get signed. Boylan was very clear about this The hang up was that Tom was just sending in his demo tapes cold. The established practice at the time was for bands to record their music, get it on local radio, demonstrate a demand for the music and hire promoters with inside connections to submit the demos and to promote the band. Once Tom followed this protocol and practices ie got a promoter, Tom's demos got plenty of attention from the big record labels
The "Rockman company" was actually Scholz Research and Development and the company was most certainly not a music effects company. SRD designed and built amps. pre-amps and sound processing gear for electric guitars
@ruelsmith In addition, Tom most certainly did not play and record all of the instrement racks on this record There are two drummers on this record none of which are Tom There are two people playing guitar tracks-Brad and Barry. One perrson playing bass tracks--Fran. In the lawsuits between Tom and Barry Tom was forced under oath to tell the real story or face serious legal actions and he finally came clean disclosing the fact that Barry and Fran do in fact play on multiple tracks on this record and that Brad plays acoustic guitar on one track
Best album of all time…period.100k…congrats to you two.
look at the spaceship upside down.....its a les paul guitar with a sunburst finish. One of the most iconic covers
Those spaceships on the album cover are actually guitars. Thanks for the reaction.
Best debut album EVER!!! 💿💿 Not one single bad song!!🎶🎼🎵🎹🎤🎧🎸🥁🔥🤘🤘🤘
A little bit of trivia: the space ship on the cover is a guitar. 🎸
My HS basketball team ran on the court to this tune. Awesome memories. Classic banger.
I absolutely Love Boston...Fine Choice.
Brad Delp's voice still sails in all of these songs. Seems so effortless and Tom's guitar work is underrated I believe.
@HRConsultant_Jeff Most of the electric guitar work on these two songs is Barry not Tom. Tom only plays the "special effects guitar" snippets on these two songs. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on both of these songs. The huge power chords are Barry and his SG, and the lead guitar solos in Long Time are 100% Barry as well. This is all documented in the post litigation 2006 Scholz Remaster of the 1976 debut Boston record.
thanks. My bad@@neechee5150
This album was a breath of fresh air to my 18 year old ears 😮
That "Foreplay"is awesome, but the question is...was it long enough? 😂