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DISCID=6b08d808
DTITLE=Boston / Boston [2006 Remaster]
DYEAR=1976
DGENRE=Hard Rock
TTITLE0=More Than A Feeling
TTITLE1=Peace Of Mind
TTITLE2=Foreplay / Long Time
TTITLE3=Rock & Roll Band
TTITLE4=Smokin'
TTITLE5=Hitch A Ride
TTITLE6=Something About You
TTITLE7=Let Me Take You Home Tonight
EXTD=Boston (Scholz Remaster)\n2006 Epic/Legacy\n\nOriginally Released Septembe
EXTD=r 1976\nOriginal CD Edition Released January 1986\nGold MasterSound CD Edi
EXTD=tion Released July 12, 1994\nSACD Edition Released July 4, 2000\nTom Schol
EXTD=z Remastered CD Edition Released June 13, 2006\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Bosto
EXTD=n is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Becaus
EXTD=e of the rise of disco and punk, FM rock radio seemed all but dead until t
EXTD=he rise of acts like Boston, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen. Nearly ever
EXTD=y song on Boston's debut album can still be heard on classic rock radio to
EXTD=day due to the strong vocals of Brad Delp and unique guitar sound of Tom S
EXTD=cholz. Tom Scholz, who wrote most of the songs, was a studio wizard and us
EXTD=ed self-designed equipment such as 12-track recording devices to come up w
EXTD=ith an anthemic "arena rock" sound before the term was even coined. The so
EXTD=und was hard rock, but the layered melodies and harmonics reveal the work 
EXTD=of a master craftsman. While much has been written about the sound of the 
EXTD=album, the lyrics are often overlooked. There are songs about their rise f
EXTD=rom a bar band ("Rock and Roll Band") as well as fond remembrances of summ
EXTD=ers gone by ("More Than a Feeling"). Boston is essential for any fan of cl
EXTD=assic rock, and the album marks the re-emergence of the genre in the 1970s
EXTD=. -- Vik Iyengar\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The album that virtually defined '7
EXTD=0s FM rock has sold over fifteen million copies and featured the smash hit
EXTD=s "More than a Feeling, " "Peace of Mind, " and "Let Me Take You Home Toni
EXTD=ght." -- Donna DiChario\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA 70's touchstone
EXTD=, perfectly remastered., June 23, 2006\nReviewer: M J Heilbron Jr. "Dr. Mo
EXTD=" (Long Beach, CA United States)\nYou are reading this, I hope, in order t
EXTD=o decide whether or not to purchase this CD. \nYou are probably inordinate
EXTD=ly familiar with the album. It is an album, like "Rumours" or "Saturday Ni
EXTD=ght Fever" or "Frampton Comes Alive", which captures and defines the best 
EXTD=and worst of an era. It sounds like nothing else of the time. \nSure, it h
EXTD=as a little Queen, a little southern boogie, a little ELO even...but it's 
EXTD=a "Boston" sound, through and through. \nThere's no need to address the in
EXTD=dividual songs. \nYou know them. You love them. You have them memorized. 
EXTD=\nYou know that the end of the album gets a little weak, but you probably 
EXTD=kept replaying that one side anyways. Or at least MOST of the time. \nSo, 
EXTD=the BIG question is...how well is the remastering done? \nWell, you know h
EXTD=ow some remastering cleans things up with such detail and precision you fe
EXTD=el like you are in the studio? \nOr they expand the soundstage that you ca
EXTD=n "see" the players in their respective position? \nOr the studio trickery
EXTD= comes alive inside your headphones, making your eyeballs swirl? \n\nNot h
EXTD=ere. Which is perfect. \nWhat Scholz and company have done is restore and 
EXTD=preserve the original warm sound. No more pops, clicks or scratches. No mo
EXTD=re tape hiss from your old 8-tracks or cassettes. \nThe album never sounde
EXTD=d "live" to begin with. There are no dramatic swoops, no bizarre effects. 
EXTD=\nThe songs are mixed as a whole. Vocals are overdubbed, guitars are proce
EXTD=ssed...this is not an attempt at reality, this is rock and roll fantasy. 
EXTD=\nAnd as such, it works phenomenally well. The instruments are warm and cl
EXTD=ear. The vocals soar operatically. \nYou'll sing along in your car or on y
EXTD=our iPod in embarrassing fashion, and you'll air-guitar about half a dozen
EXTD= times. You won't be able to resist. \nYou'll recall all the fun you had i
EXTD=n the seventies, and none of the bad fashion or haircuts. \nTime to buy no
EXTD=w. Have a nice day!\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWOW!, June 21, 2006\nRe
EXTD=viewer: J. Thomas "jimmyjames8" (Out on the Lost Highway)\nIt's been 30 ye
EXTD=ars since going to the Record Bar and hearing Boston blasting out of some 
EXTD=(Bose probably) speakers hanging on the wall. It didn't take with me at fi
EXTD=rst and then it did and then they were just overplayed and over exposed. F
EXTD=ast forward to summer of '78 and Boston is out on tour with Van Halen and 
EXTD=the Outlaws doing that O'rena Rock thing. They played a gig in the local c
EXTD=ollege football bowl and damn near if not, blew VH off the stage. Pipe org
EXTD=an et al. \n\nNever owned the records and never played them on the air as 
EXTD=a college radio DJ. We were far to progressive and hip for that. Fast forw
EXTD=ard a lifetime and I read that these discs are out as a Tom Scholz remaste
EXTD=r. The guy was just way ahead of his time. A genius for sure. They don't l
EXTD=et knuckle heads into MIT. A guy from my high school with a perfect SAT sc
EXTD=ore and an AF scholarship, flunked out and followed a Bhagwan around the g
EXTD=lobe for a while. \n\nThese discs are excellent. Guitars everywhere. Very 
EXTD=high production values. Pristine sound except for the original distortion.
EXTD= Bass guitar parts get better sounding and louder as you go thru both disc
EXTD=s in running order. Kind of buried in the mix in the first few cuts. Minor
EXTD= quibles. If you are a Boston fan you will have to have these discs. If yo
EXTD=u are 16 years old and wonder what all the fuss was about, you at least ne
EXTD=ed to hear these discs and decide for yourself. Air guitar lessons will be
EXTD= the next step.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGreat remaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXTD=!!, June 15, 2006\nReviewer: Chi Fan - See all my reviews\nBelow is a lett
EXTD=er from Tom Scholz posted on Boston.org regarding the remastering of this 
EXTD=album and the follow-up, Don't Look Back, but before I get to that I have 
EXTD=a few comments. \n\nI have loved this album since it's debut in 1976 and I
EXTD= have always felt that the last song "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" sounde
EXTD=d different from the other songs and now the liner notes of the remastered
EXTD= "Boston" verify that belief. On all of the other songs, with few exceptio
EXTD=ns, Tom Scholz played all instruments except drums. Barry played a lead he
EXTD=re and Fran played a bass there, but that is about it. That is, except for
EXTD= "Let Me Take You Home Tonight" where Tom only played the organ. I mention
EXTD= this because I remember folks complaining about "Third Stage" and "Walk O
EXTD=n" stating that they could tell a difference between these latter albums, 
EXTD=which noted Tom as the player of most of the instruments, and the earlier 
EXTD=ones where Boston was "a band." Little did they know that it was the same 
EXTD=method. \n\nA letter from Tom Scholz regarding the newly remastered Debut 
EXTD=album and Don't Look Back! \n\nWhat the Deuce IS UP With Boston? \n\nMy ap
EXTD=ologies to you all for the unintentional silence about Boston activities a
EXTD=nd plans, especially concerning a reissue of the first two Boston albums. 
EXTD=Oddly enough I was just beginning a letter like this, when that topic jump
EXTD=ed onto my computer, forcing me to drop everything, including communicatin
EXTD=g with all of you. \nSo now you know I do see postings on these sites! Not
EXTD= all of them, but enough to know your collective feelings about Boston, an
EXTD=d btw, thank you. \nEven though half of what I read is dead wrong and the 
EXTD=other half I disagree with (you knew I was hard to please...), it's really
EXTD= gratifying to know that so many people appreciate this music and the mess
EXTD=age behind it. Those of you who just write to say encouraging things, plea
EXTD=se believe that you have saved me from giving up many times! \n\nSo, after
EXTD= the 2004 Boston tour ended, I set about recording some new material. Some
EXTD= of it sounds more like old Boston, some sounds more like later albums, al
EXTD=l of it has me excited. Unfortunately I was hampered from working effectiv
EXTD=ely in the studio by complications from a back injury in 2003. \nIt seems 
EXTD=I may have been the victim of something my doctor referred to as acetamino
EXTD=phen poisoning. I used Tylenol regularly on and off the tours for some tim
EXTD=e, and as I have since read about, this apparently may have wreaked havoc 
EXTD=with the health of some important organs. No, I don't mean the Hammond or 
EXTD=the pipe organ, I mean mine. \nFortunately I'm now doing much better and b
EXTD=ack to full strength, and full speed in the studio...OK, I know what you'r
EXTD=e thinking, just keep it to yourself! \nI had to hold up recording for a c
EXTD=ouple of weeks last year for some overdue studio repairs; three months lat
EXTD=er I was nearly finished soldering, drilling, and banging when I discovere
EXTD=d the announced Sony Legacy Boston reissue on line. (Funny how ex-band mem
EXTD=bers who haven't played in Boston for 25 years knew about these plans ahea
EXTD=d of time...) I was mildly surprised to find out that two albums embodying
EXTD= all of my writing, performing, producing and engineering work from the 70
EXTD='s had been "remastered" by someone I didn't know, with added live recordi
EXTD=ngs mixed by someone else I didn't know, and I hadn't even heard it! When 
EXTD=I finally did hear it, I wished I hadn't. \n\nAlthough I got used to getti
EXTD=ng screwed royally by business types in the music world, the audacity of t
EXTD=his particularly inconsiderate liberty with my art got my attention very q
EXTD=uickly. \nAlthough I was pretty sure there had been a violation of my righ
EXTD=ts using the name Boston for this abomination, I decided to try the diplom
EXTD=atic, peaceful approach, averting another war and creating something reall
EXTD=y valuable in the process: A comprehensive remastering of the two oldest a
EXTD=lbums to bring the old mixes up to the standards of 21st century recording
EXTD=s. \nFortunately my real manager did a great job of quickly getting Legacy
EXTD= to see my point of view, and change their plans. \nNow I know there are t
EXTD=hose of you who would go out and spend good money (oxymoron) for anything 
EXTD=that says "new unreleased Boston," but before you go off on me for committ
EXTD=ing new releasus interuptus, I want you to know you owe me BIG TIME! The s
EXTD=o called new material consisted of two Philly KBFH (despite what you may h
EXTD=ave read elsewhere) not-our-best-night renditions of Smokin' and FPLY/LT, 
EXTD=plus a trashy discard I used to toss in on the first tour 'cause we didn't
EXTD= have enough music for a full set! They didn't even have the name right! 
EXTD=\nThese "bonus" track mixes were obviously not made by Boston. Hearing the
EXTD= huge stereo Boston mix style suddenly disappear when the live cuts starte
EXTD=d was a little scary (even our live sound is carefully mixed in wide stere
EXTD=o, as most of you know first hand). But the real kicker was a technical pr
EXTD=oblem with Brad's vocal track that showed up as a very distracting constan
EXTD=t, weird phasing. \nAnd that wasn't the worst part: the studio recordings 
EXTD=were just transfers to digital using the same EQ moves I prescribed for ma
EXTD=stering them 30 years ago when everything had to be done manually, and not
EXTD= very precisely by modern standards. Not only could I hear no improvement,
EXTD= the overly hot sibilant portions that were listenable on vinyl and tape w
EXTD=ere now nails-on-blackboard piercing. Anyway, if you haven't figured it ou
EXTD=t yet, I didn't like it. \nOne good thing though, thinking about live Bost
EXTD=on made me realize I have to dig out some tapes and put together some high
EXTD= quality mixes of our tour arrangements; some of them were totally cool. D
EXTD=ude. \n\nSo, we got Sony to retransfer from the original stereo analogue m
EXTD=ix tapes (not the EQ'd 2nd gen copy companies tend to use) to 24 bit digit
EXTD=al, and went to work in Protools going over every second of those mixes ti
EXTD=l we were nearly batty. It took Bill Ryan and me eight straight LONG days 
EXTD=of work, which btw was precisely when I was supposed to be in the FL Keys 
EXTD=celebrating my birthday. Finally we made the final adjustments with Toby M
EXTD=ountain at Northeastern Digital, then I joined Kim Hart and Gary Pihl work
EXTD=ing on the photos and booklet layout revisions. I think you'll like the ne
EXTD=w pics. \nSomewhere in between I wrote a little bit about the famous demo 
EXTD=and the making of the first album I call "Make Extra Money Working at Home
EXTD= in Your Own Basement," and also clarified and expanded the credits sectio
EXTD=ns. David Wild of Rolling Stone fame also wrote an excellent piece from a 
EXTD=fan's perspective for each album. \n\nBut the exciting story is what you'r
EXTD=e going to hear when you put this CD in your player. The difference is ama
EXTD=zing to me. The guitars jump out of the speakers on those power chords, Br
EXTD=ad's voice is full and warm in the mix like it should have been, the bass 
EXTD=is tight and now you not only hear it, you feel it! I never liked these ol
EXTD=d mixes on 16 bit CD; now they sound great. \nHopefully most of you will l
EXTD=isten to this directly from the CD, not an MP3! Don't get me started....No
EXTD=w exactly when that will be possible via actual release Sony is not saying
EXTD=, but they were in enough of a hurry to ruin my b-day vacation, so presuma
EXTD=bly it will be very soon. Most recent rumor: mid May. \nBtw, lest you thin
EXTD=k I'm trumpeting here to get sales up, be assured Brad and I don't get tre
EXTD=ated any better financially from this than we did form the original releas
EXTD=e. You don't think that just because we wrote it, performed most of the tr
EXTD=acks, and produced it we get most of the money do you? \nBut it was worth 
EXTD=taking the time for this. I've always wanted to make those albums sound go
EXTD=od on CD, and the chance arrived. It's good to work on your birthday. \n\n
EXTD=Tom Scholz \n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: John Boylan, Tom Scholz \n\nAl
EXTD=bum Notes\nBoston: Brad Delp (vocals); Tom Scholz (guitar, organ); Barry G
EXTD=oudreau (guitar); Fran Sheenan (bass); Sib Hassian (drums).\n\nRecorded at
EXTD= Foxglove Studios, Watertown, Massachusetts; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, C
EXTD=alifornia; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California between 1975 and 1976
EXTD=.\n\nRecorded on a simple 12-track recorder as a demo, it was so good that
EXTD= the record company released it. Tom Scholz masterminded the project in hi
EXTD=s spare time; little did he know that this record came to define AOR, and 
EXTD=would become a hi-fi store standard demo disc. Since that time, this recor
EXTD=d-breaking debut has sold 15 million copies in its homeland. Sholtz put so
EXTD= much effort into making it, he has managed only three further records in 
EXTD=22 years. "More Than A Feeling" still chills in a corny sort of way and th
EXTD=e harmonies are pretty impressive.
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