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"…More Than A Feeling…"
When
you look at the recording duration of Boston's debut album – October 1975 to
April 1976 – it almost seems indulgent for a starting point. But when you play
this Seventies Rock behemoth – you immediately hear where all those months (and
as it transpires years leading up to the recording) went. "Boston" is dense, brilliant
and packed with ludicrously hooky guitar rock. I remember first hearing it and
being amazed (like 17 million other Americans and many millions more
worldwide).
Well
here comes the inevitable '30th Anniversary CD' Remaster done by Band founder
member and Lead guitarist Tom Scholz - and despite its lack of any extras – "Boston" by BOSTON is a sonic doozy. Here are the smokin' details...
1.
More Than A Feeling [Side 1]
2.
Peace Of Mind
3.
Foreplay/Long Time
4.
Rock & Roll Band [Side 2]
5.
Smokin'
6.
Hitch A Ride
7.
Something About You
8.
Let Me Take You Home Tonight
Band
leader and guitarist TOM SCHOLZ had built a studio in his Massachusetts home –
fooled Epic into thinking he was recording at some bigwig recording plant
somewhere – and gingerly gotten on with his Boston
sound. Released in August 1976 in the USA on Epic JE 34188 and December
1976 on Epic S EPC 81611 in the UK – it was an instant hit – propelled by a
stunning lead off single "More Than A Feeling". While the album reached 3 in the
USA charts (no 11 in the UK in February 1977) – the "More Than A
Feeling" single went to Number 5 and along with further 45s "Long
Time" and "Peace Of Mind" gave the album sales power that burned
and burned for over a year and a half - until the follow up "Don't Look Back" in August 1978. In 1980 it received the ultimate audiophile accolade at the
time by being part of CBS's Half Speed Mastersound series of vinyl LPs.
Schulze
has returned to the tapes and reportedly done an exhaustive and painstaking remaster
– and when you play boogie like "Smokin'" and the lovely Rock ballad of "Hitch
A Ride" - it sounds just huge and ballsy – and not just trebled up for the sake
of it. You're also reminded of Scholz's virtuosity as a musician – every
instrument on both tracks is him – guitars, keyboards, bass (bar the drums
which were put on by Sib Hashian). The musicality of the multi-layered soloing
at the end of "Hitch A Ride" is wildly brilliant.
UK and USA re-released June 2006 on CD – "Boston" by BOSTON on Sony/Epic/Legacy 69699863222
(Barcode 696998632226) comes in card digipak packaging with a 12-page booklet.
It’s peddled as a 'Collector's Limited Edition' but it's widely available for
sale – and at a pittance of a price too (37:44 minutes). There are liner notes
from Scholz and uber-fan David Wild that elaborate on the tortuous process of
getting it made at all (years of gestation).
But
if I was to single out one track that exemplifies aural improvement – it would
be the astonished Side 1 double-closer "Foreplay/Long Time". It's an almost
Prog Classical piece of Guitar Rock that is breathtaking in its complexity -
and yet melodically accessible to.
Re-listening
to "Boston" in 2017 – its easy to hear why this kind of Rock caught the
attention and hearts of millions – and this superb remaster does that feeling more than proud...
