FIRST TIME Hearing Boston - Peace of Mind || Best Album Ever?!

[@setonhillstudios]

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[@petercocolla2759]

Best Debut Album of all time Period.

[@kevinmorrell4155]

Without question! Can’t think of another one that’s close. The Cars debut album was 🔥too, but this one was tops

[@michaelparr7525]

@@kevinmorrell4155 Van Halen debut surpasses easily

[@gregcissell345]

Every song on this album is a banger.

[@StanCostello-q3o]

There is not a bad song on this album!! One of if not the best debut albums ever! Great reaction Steven! Please just do every song

[@chuckdenham126]

Imagine being 15 years old, in High School, and this album drops. Everyone I knew had this album. The 70's did not disappoint! Every song is a banger!!

[@objectiveobserver4278]

I was sixteen, it came out the summer (June) between junior and senior years.

[@lorriwood8545]

That's was what I told him to. I was 16

[@kierstenridgway4634]

There was so much dropping back then!! I'm glad I get to appreciate it again. ❤️✌️

[@apexshaver7301]

I'm with you first album I ever bought I was a sophomore in high school!

[@Laura_Martin42]

Such memories I have of this album. The picture is the one on the belt buckle that Boston gave my Mom that night she and her boyfriend opened the pizza place back up and made them pizza after their concert. Mom and her guy had been to the concert and you can imagine how excited they were when Boston pulled up in the parking lot! They were not opened, but they unlocked the doors, invited them in and started making pizzas! Mom passed away 35 years ago tomorrow, so you have bought a tear to my eye tonight. Thanks for your reaction.

[@BrentCox-m3r]

Love Brad Delp’s voice!! This whole album is epic!!🤘🔥

[@Gira21Gramos]

May he RIP.

[@diane39istockphoto]

When this album came out when I was in high school it was all anyone could talk about. It was HUGE.

[@leannlaplante3643]

The first rock album I was allowed to purchase at age 13. Drop the needle until it is time to flip the album. Great album!

[@Gira21Gramos]

I got to meet Tom Scholz once at an animal rights conference and I was so star struck all I could say is, "When Boston comes on the radio I turn the volume all the way up."

[@ronlyster5667]

Tom is even more of a genius when you consider when this was recorded, and that he built a lot of his own equipment.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

You nailed it, Steven. Windows down, stereo blasting out some Boston while cruisin'. It's a great time!! I think I'm nearing a thousand listens to this album and I still find new things that I never heard before. Tom was an MIT grad and a bit of a mad scientist, imo. Smoking is a nice hard rocker from this album. Can't wait til you get to it. Also, ROCK & ROLL BAND! BANGER!

[@jeffknappwfgnationaltitle1175]

Every song on this record is great. I am a 62 year old musician and I think this is still the best debut album ever

[@vickybrackin7483]

ABSOLUTELY PROUD to be a teen in the 70's!! The BEST music era EVER!!❤❤🎉🎉

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Bostons guitars are instantly recognizable

[@ebooksmaster]

Smokin is my favorite on this album.

[@carolynmorrissey1630]

Next up, Smokin Love your reactions ❤❤❤

[@setonhillstudios]

Appreciate it! 😁

[@csphoenix9]

First album was their demo and the record company released it as is. Tom did all instruments including drums on equipment he invented

[@neechee5150]

@csphoenix9 This is false. Not one track from the six song demo that was sent to Epic and given to Boylan was used on this record. The fact that this record as 9 or 10 songs depending upon how you count them does not mesh with your claim either. Given the fact that all of Brads vocals were recorded in LA studios your claim is even more far fetched. Also Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and this has been properly documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record that has ever been sold. Tom could not play the drum parts on this record even in his wildest dreams. Tom does not know how to groove and he can not hold down a groove on drums and his rudiments suck at best,

[@stanleynykaza9042]

Please do HITCH A RIDE by Boston next..Seen Boston back in 1977 at college SIU ,the singer hit all the high notes and they played so loud my ears rang for days !

[@izorion6443]

Their debut album was the fastest selling debut album of all time (for an American band) when it was released. Up next: Boston - Hitch a Ride

[@Lovegun-w4s]

Best debut album ever 💯💯💯

[@csphoenix9]

Everyone may have forgot to mention that Tom is a engineer and inventor if some of the technology we use today. He also as a Masters Degree from MIT

[@Ozarkprepper643]

Agreed. Same could be said for Alvino Rey Not only did he helped Gibson with the Electric pickups, he also created the first talk box 1939. And very few remember him much less his contribution to music technology.

[@TimSauls]

He also worked at Polaroid and was involved in the development of the Polaroid instant camera

[@neechee5150]

@csphoenix9 said, "Tom is a engineer and inventor if some of the technology we use today" What specific technology are you talking about? The Rockman died out big time in the late 90's and early 2000's. and it is rarely used today by big name artists. Guitar processors such as the Fractal Axe FX and the Kemper profiler along with the Digitech Whammy Pedal render the Rockman obsolete

[@kel5423]

The guitar solo on Hitch A Ride is phenomenal. Awesome reaction, as usual.

[@mkg59]

"Hitch a Ride" needs to be next.

[@SueKay-rq1lr]

Brad Delp was an awesome singer! RIP Brad. Brad did write 2 or 3 of Boston’s songs. Keep in mind, Brad did lead vocals and backup vocals on albums. ❤

[@rhphotocdn]

Smokin also should be considered for up next! The whole Album is 🔥!

[@brewswillis9783]

This debut album is actually volume #1 of Boston's greatest hits, IMO. Well done as usual sir!

[@danielschartzer1396]

Awesome reaction 👏🏼👍🏼💪🏼 Another powerhouse mid 70s & 80s band , you know there was bands and then there was bands like QUEEN , RUSH , and of course BOSTON that just took their sound to another level with their mix and arrangements , and TOM SCHOLZ you're right he was the MASTERMIND behind it ALL, and another tidbit he was the inventor of the " ROCKMAN " so enough said right , he had a brilliant mind and a knack for his own sound no doubt about it , and it shows in his albums his first two albums are off the charts good not a bad song on neither one of them the third album it was good , but then first two " BOSTON" & " DON'T LOOK BACK" can't go wrong with any song on them two albums Okay enough said for me Keep up the good work 💪🏼👍🏼👏🏼 ✌🏽 OUT 🇺🇸🫡💯🎯🔥

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Glad you got decent speakers Boston deserves it

[@markdeviney7307]

One of the greatest debuts of all-time

[@sherrygantt2158]

I am sitting here in my recliner settling in for the night. I see this video. Now I am wide awake. Thanks Steven. 😂😂 I love Boston.

[@setonhillstudios]

Haha 😂 Thanks for hanging out!!

[@anitamiller4351]

Hell yeah. Best debut album ever 🔥🔥🔥

[@6916dog]

Foreigner's debut is close. Every song rocks.

[@anitamiller4351]

@ 100% agree.👍

[@roxiedavi7875]

Our favorite Boston song when the album first released was Let Me take you home tonight...

[@daytonarama]

This dude's a genius. Yep. That pretty much says it all.

[@tjrivers]

This entire album blew us all away then, and does so now, as well! ❤ I have to agree, this is a masterpiece, along with the whole album.

[@KJ-4321]

It’s true… EVERY song on this album is incredible!!!! You will be loving it all, looking forward to more from this album! 😀

[@stephanhamilton2083]

Love your reactions! Tom Scholz was a graduate of MIT in Engineering. He was pretty much a genius. I heard he also actually developed and built recording equipment to do things that the current available equipment couldn’t do. 😮

[@Jason-Taylor]

Check out, “Smokin’” and “Rock & Roll Band” next on the same album.

[@chrisoakley5830]

RNR Band is my favorite Boston song.

[@johnbember3425]

Tom Scholz is a MIT trained engineer and built his own recording recording studio in his basement. He also builds one-of-a-kind black boxes to create specific sounds for instruments. Pretty amazing guy. He and Delp recorded that album and when it was released it went ballistic and then they had to put together a band to tour.

[@Jdouglas_me]

This album came out the year I graduated high school !!! We were in HEAVEN!!!

[@jodyholland5687]

Some folks think the album cover is a spaceship. It’s actually a blazing guitar.

[@objectiveobserver4278]

It does have a similar look to the spaceship on Electric Light Orchestra's cover. The colors are that same as well. I wonder if the same artist was used.

[@ChadSmith-ef4lu]

With the Boston skyline under the dome on top. It's reminiscent of a series of old science fiction stories about whole cities uprooting themselves from Earth using anti-gravity tech, and soaring off into space to seek their fortunes (James Blish's "Cities in Flight" series).

[@cattleman19721]

Tom was a MIT trained engineer. Also founded the Rockman sound that was the sound of the 80's

[@penshaw2]

Love the first three albums - every song a masterpiece.

[@objectiveobserver4278]

This song reminds me of summer, hanging out with my friends at the beach. A potluck picnic, the smell of suntan lotion, a cooler full.of beer and a boom box and bunch of cassettes. Oh, to be young again!

[@setonhillstudios]

Good times!! 😎

[@sj123innerdimension]

OMG I just saw you in recommendation and if you are listening to BOSTON, I'm IN!!!! :)

[@setonhillstudios]

Thanks for hanging out! Such a killer band! 🔥🔥

[@fscottgray9784]

This is my favorite Boston song.

[@setonhillstudios]

Such a great tune! 🔥🔥

[@shasta810]

debut album aka Boston's greatest hits

[@roccaclassico9028]

The drums tracks were recorded in a proper studio in L.A., played by Sib Hashian. The only drums recorded in the basement studio on this album is on the song "Rock and Roll Band"; it was retained from the demo tape & performed by Jim Masdea. I highly suggest "Hitch a Ride" (a masterpiece of guitar arrangement) and "Smokin'" next.

[@neechee5150]

What specific studio in LA did Tom allegedly record the drums for this record? The liner notes mention Capital Studios which is where Brads vocals sans one song were recorded. The liner notes mention The Record Plant LA which is where the entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded by the band as pictured on the back of the record. The liner notes indicate that the record was mixed at Westlake Studios in LA. All of this is confirmed independently by producer John Boylan as well. However, there is no mention by Boylan or by Scholz that Sibs drums were recorded any place other than Foxglove studios (Tom's home studio at the time this record was made)

[@ronaldcardinali2809]

Do next from them, these banger's ; "Don't look back", "I need your love" "A man I'LL neverbe", & "Livin' for you"

[@TerryKrysinski]

Love your reactions,Steve--keep going,bro! JUst start on the first track on 'Side B'..Rock n' Roll Band and follow along. THis is the highest selling debut rock album for a reason. Their second one -Don't Look Back,is worth checking into as well. Rock it! T

[@jasonswierenga1443]

Michael sweet from stryper sang with Boston for a while after brad delp passed away.

[@billsimonis]

every song on this album is still in rotation on classic rock stations. Brad is THE voice of Boston. Before the days of autotune. He sang ALL the backups I believe he wrote this while working at polaroid and in the corporate rat race. Even Brad said that when he sang on the recordings, even he didnt know there was no actual band. One of my favorite songs off this album is Hitch A Ride. You gotta check that track out. from their second album Dont Look Back - title track and A Man I'll Never Be from the Tird Stage TheLaunch/Cool The Engines from Walk On - The Walk on medley and Surrender To Me From the Corporate America album - I Had A Good Time from the Life, Love and Hope album - Heaven On Earth and the title track.

[@robertpearson8798]

One of the best debut albums ever, along with Steely Dan “Can’t Buy a Thrill”

[@objectiveobserver4278]

Yep! I listen to a playlist with Do It Again on it, from the Can't buy A Thrill album. When that song comes on, its six minutes and four seconds of pure greatness. I'll be dancing on that treadmill!

[@justice4all772]

Kids rock for kids did a cover of this song .ages from 9 to 15 .very talented

[@malph9216]

Next track from them should be 'Smokin'

[@richardkidney5738]

A total 10/10 album

[@damondennis4535]

Beautiful song

[@charliemac64]

Smokin' is def my favorite track on this album. Guitar AND organ solos are off the chain.

[@donaldwhitt689]

Sholz also invented the "Rockman" guitar ace to make the tones he wanted.

[@SoundLevel11481]

Happy Feel Good Music, negative words or feelings are ever used by this band.

[@bostonwhofan]

Boston's debut album is one of the rarest of the rare: an album which contains no clunkers. Every song on Boston's debut still gets played often on classic rock FM radio stations. BTW, there is another band from Boston who also released a legendary debut album called "The Cars". Boston's debut released in 1976, The Cars debut album released in 1978. It was good to be growing up on the North Shore of Boston back in those days when Boston and The Cars became legendary superstars.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Legendary music producer Eddie Kramer, who worked with Hendrix and Kiss and many others said that they sent him a copy of this album before it was released and wanted his feedback for changes and improvements. He responded by telling them not to change a thing, it was perfect just as it was.

[@wls64]

, slamming tune! Yeah, Tom scholz was amazing. Who played the bass guitars and the organ, the singer, and did this all in his basement which was so small he had to move everything to make room for the drum sessions 😮 and I think this set a record for highest sales on a debut album for the time. Cheers bro 👍

[@arnoldcox9128]

Holy crap

[@RockinMamaT]

Let's Gooo! Such a freaking banger. This whole LP is fire 🔥 Check out Tragically Hip New Orleans is sinking studio version please Please please 🙏 Great reaction and Peace out Steven ☮️ ✌️ 🙏

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Sib Hashian was bostons Drummer. His daughter married Dwayne Johnston

[@karaokekraziness3891]

One of the most amazing things about their first two albums is that Brad Delp did all of the vocals!

[@caryd67]

From what I’ve read, the drums were indeed recorded in his basement, but the record label wanted them redone in a “proper” studio, which is what we hear now. Tom was a smart guy… he built his own guitar effects, recording equipment, and eventually went on to found Rockman Amplifiers.

[@jessejamessimons483]

All right my brother Stephen..... I must say that when I first heard this album, it was like the masterminds of Music had set the bar so high‼️💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@Maydoggie]

Listen to the whole album start to finish. It starts out great, and each song just keeps adding intensity until your face is rocked completely off.

[@scotthovland7380]

This 1 album should have them in the Hall of Fame✌

[@DavidNSRailfan]

their first 2 albums are off the charts there are no skips on either up and down bangers from start to finish

[@amysson5151]

It’s a perfect album. Masterpiece.

[@lorriwood8545]

Steven, this is one of my favorite albums of all times. Along with the Black album by Metallica. Every song on both are bangers as you call them. Foreigner Double Vision, every song..... That's the way albums used to be. ENJOY BRUH!!!!! ✌️✌️ & ❤❤

[@kallsop2]

Takes me back to 8th grade in 1976/1977 and most every album I bought had great tracks on the entire album. Had to buy this after hearing More Than A Feeling, played side one when I got it home and then had to play it again before listening to side two.

[@daveking9393]

Their second album is also full of bangers just about every song...

[@jamesmcmillan7845]

Brad Delp and Tom Scholz were Bostin! All of the vocal layering was Brad's voice.

[@gpxo11]

All three songs are on one side-side one-great start-side 2 is just as hot.

[@paulpenix8198]

Must do Hitch a Ride and Smokin!

[@wls64]

Oh yeah also he created all the electronics and guitar effects and eventually had a line of his own gear, which is super high dollar to get ahold of now 😅. He was like a genius graduated mitt and work for Polaroid for years while he was creating this 👍

[@brianbracken4669]

Not just the same album - more than a feeling, Long Time, Peace of Mind - SIDE ONE!!! And side 2 has no letdown! Great reaction

[@stewartcook6684]

"smokin'" next!

[@SueKay-rq1lr]

Sure Tom was a good writer, but Brad deserves credit, too. I like Boston because of Brad’s voice. ❤

[@kengunter6903]

Such a great time to b in highschool when All these great albums came out. U got 5 more great songs to go still this album was in the cassette deck far lelt top 5 slots. But the thing about this album was that the quality (sound) was the Best of all the other cassettes in my box. Just pure,clean, all music!!!!

[@Richard-g7e3s]

Great song Keep on Rockin Thank You! May I suggest from same album Boston song Smokin!

[@BlueDragon53]

Scholz, a multi-instrumentalist, plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums. Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who designed and built his own recording studio in an apartment basement in the early 1970s. A fan of rock music throughout his teen years, Scholz began writing songs while earning his master's degree at MIT.[2] The first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio, primarily using devices he invented. After the success of Boston, he founded Scholz Research & Development, Inc. to develop and market his inventions, many under the Rockman brand. Scholz holds several patents related to his work at SR&D over the years. - Wikipedia

[@neechee5150]

@BlueDragon53 said, "The first Boston album was mostly recorded in his basement studio, primarily using devices he invented". I realize that you got that statement from Wikipedia, but it is well known that Tom did not invent the Scully tape machine that he used, Tom did not invent the console that he used, Tom did not invent the Marshall amp that he used, Tom did not invent large variable resistor that he used as his power soak either. Wiki does not know what they are talking about when it comes to what Tom did and did not invent to use to make this record and Wkik entries on this record are far from competent and comprehensive

[@GR65330]

This has been my favorite Boston tune. After about 45 years or so, it is still on my playlist. A close 2nd would be "Don't Look Back"!

[@setonhillstudios]

@@GR65330 Such a great tune!! 🎶

[@ronaldferino3414]

Tom also built some of the electronics used to record and for the instruments. He was an engineer from M.I.T.

[@kdm71291]

From what I recall hearing and reading, Tom called in Brad Delp to add lead vocals and Sib Hashian to add the drums to what he had already produced in his basement……the other members were later hand picked by Scholz to make up the rest of the actual band. If you want to hear something frantic with a lot of amazing keyboard, check out “Smokin’’” from that same album! In my view, one of the two most notable debut rock albums of all time….along with the self-titled Van Halen…..just two years apart!

[@LJA46]

After that last power harmony, it goes into the guitar only part, which is the distorted version of the acoustic intro.

[@kevinmorrell4155]

Stephen so glad you are diving into Boston! I’ve said on here many times it the best composed music of all time. You’ve done the first side of the debut album! Check out ‘Rock and Roll Band’ and ‘Smokin’ on a clear side. On second album ‘Man I’ll Never Be’ is just phenomenal. FYI… on the albums the harmonies are Brad Delp. They recorded them separate and Tom Schulz added them in his garage studio. Just insane 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kevinmorrell4155]

There’s a guy who does reaction videos that did every Boston song on the first two albums and came away saying it went from a band he’d never heard to the best band he’s ever heard tied with the Beatles ‼️ Now we expect that kind of deep dive from you Stephen 😂 LET’S GO!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Tom was an MIT engineer. Brad Delp suffered from depression and ended his own life

[@setonhillstudios]

So tragic! 😞

[@type3tom]

I believe Brads suicide note said “ I gave all that I could to everybody I could for as long as I could”

[@justjack0715]

I cannot wait for you to do "Hitch A Ride." You're gonna love the double lead guitars. Actually, there's not a dog in the bunch on the record and easily the greatest debut album, or any album really! I'm from Boston and got to hear an early demo release on local station WBCN before the album officially dropped in 1976. What a time to be a kid!

[@beadybaby]

I was doing a temporary stint in Kotzebue Alaska when I heard of his death. So sad, yet so relatable. I fell at about 2.37% of the corporate ladder ❤ Also I am from the Boston area originally so they were always a huge hit! One of the best bands I did not get to see in concert. This was definitely one of the cassettes I listened to when commuting 45 minutes to school and back. Such an amazing band. The Cars, Extreme, and J Geils are awesome some other Boston based band that you may want to check out if you haven’t PS Donna Summer?? “Summer Donna” ❤

[@hokiedoo]

If you look at athe album cover it is an upside-down bass guitar all of the spaceships are 🎸

[@cynthiamartinez9669]

Loved this reaction!

[@setonhillstudios]

So glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@markb4188]

I’m sorry but I don’t think you can find a bad Boston song. I have been listening to Boston since 1978 and they are still on my playlist. Thank you for your insightful comments and enjoying the music i grew up on. Welcome to my world.

[@vincentfarquhar9671]

Tom Scholtz was an MIT engineer that built that recording studio in his basement.

[@markk.4941]

Hitch a Ride should be your next Boston song!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Boston has to played at max volume