Rediscovering : Boston

Obviously we are not talking the city but the late 70s band. Not that they have ever been forgotten, their first big hit still gets plenty of air time, but there's a lot more besides just 'More Than A Feeling'... and seeing Marianne walking away 😉

So rediscovering their albums is today's Music Spot. All the studio techniques used by Tom Scholz, the double tracking and his guitar and keyboard playing, plus Brad Delp's vocals that made the band's sound so recognisable. This was also a single released from their second album 'Don't Look Back', then due to the band's legal fight with its record label Epic, it was 8 years before a follow up LP arrived. Prepare for lots of soaring guitar solos as we rewind to 1978 with 'A Man I'll Never Be' >  

 

Another forgotten gem is really two tracks and almost an instrumental (monster track) - 'Foreplay / Long Time' with the latter also a hit single - on guitar Barry Goudreau (from the first album). [click link] 

 

Rick Beato dissects 'More Than A Feeling' in his 'What makes this song great' No.71: video if you're interested. [right here]