How Boston Fooled The Music Industry With Their Debut Album

[@doggedout]

I was 16 and (fortunately) working at a local record store on release day for the first album. The boss / owner and I unboxed all the new releases and put them on the hit wall before opening. We maybe got 30 copies. I thought the cover was pretty intriguing so cracked the album for some in store play. We stopped what we were doing and listened to the whole album play through just looking at each other in amazement. Still remember what he said: "Every damn song is a hit." He placed an order for at least 60 more before we even opened the store. The album stayed in play all day and ...every customer that came in that morning bought a copy. Never saw anything like it, before or since.

[@loyalroyal]

Love that story

[@techdeathhippie6319]

@@loyalroyalme too

[@JJONNYREPP]

How Boston Fooled The Music Industry With Their Debut Album 17.11.24 1349pm strange.... you never imagine the people who seem completely at ease with themselves end up seeming total fuck wits when you are next tasked with comprehending their instances within the world and within society.... you had the best job for sure. or one of the best jobs... there are a few chaps who created excellent one off albums... during the 70's. an odd era for such matters. probably a spin off from the prog rock concept album shtick.

[@cchavezjr7]

the only album I can think of that still gets airplay of every single song on radio, satellite and other mediums even to this day.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@cchavezjr7Comments on ‘How Boston Fooled The Music Industry With Their Debut Album’ 0349am 18.11.24 did you play it whilst you wrote this reply? this song and dont blame the reaper by blue oyster cult... which certainly needs, if not more wood block, more cow bell.

[@psa10hunter94]

In 1976 at age 13 I walked into Strawberry’s record store to buy the first 3 albums of my life. I bought KISS Alive, Frampton Comes Alive, & Boston’s first album. All of which I still listen to 48 years later. 🤘🏻

[@robdobson6061]

It’s a hard act to follow.

[@Gentile108]

Holy trinity!!

[@jefflanham1080]

You chose well!!! Same age as my oldest brother…..you guys were really the first Gen Xrs!! I was 5 then but got the records handed down by my big brothers.

[@robertfrederick4714]

Amen

[@keef7224]

Strawberries Records & Tapes!! ❤🎸💥

[@tomlangley6236]

For those who weren't around for the debut of this album in 1976 its hard to explain just how huge it was. Everybody bought it and it was constantly on radio. You can compare it to Fleetwood Mac Rumors in 1977. Just huge. You dont see music being made like this anymore.

[@thetruthchannel349]

*Because the so called 'industry' doesn't want it being 'made' anymore. There is no interest in doing this anymore. Hasn't been in over 25 years. Thats why it just keeps getting worse & worse.*

[@gevansmd]

I never bough it, even when Jimmy's Music World in NYC was selling it for $2.99.

[@georgeprice4212]

I got my first copy of the album in 1982, on cassette from a pawnshop for 25 cents. However, I had the debut single since Christmas, 1976. I’m on my fifth copy of the album (Walmart exclusive flame blue vinyl) and third copy of the single now.

[@thetruthchannel349]

*The homosexuals at LGBTQ-LAND are still afraid of me which is why my comment was erased. They shall ALWAYS fear me & I find it amusing.*

[@elementrypenguin3116]

It was massive

[@RussellMasa]

Tom Scholz is a musical genius but Boston would never have been Boston without Brad Delp. One of the best voices ever. RIP Mr Delp.

[@mjoet731]

Singers are important but, Boston would have been Boston with another singer.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

@@mjoet731 Not so sure.

[@WorkInLight]

It's like Queen, the best bands have some of the best musicians, not one member is the band, it is the band as a whole that makes the magic. Change any one of them and the success may not have come in spite of their individual talents. The exception to this, Jeff Lynne, much like the genius of Tom, but he is ELO.

[@lisabillannunziata6830]

@@hugolafhugolaf Boston would not have been created without Tom. Period.

[@kelleyfamily2636]

Delp was a big piece of the Boston sound. It might have worked with another singer - impossible to say - but Delp's contributions to the overall sound are hard to overstate.

[@Ras7685]

Come on Tom.....you need to talk to Rick Beato , it's time !

[@mrgone658]

Absolutely!

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

Noone needs to talk to that pos

[@Jojo-bm4tb]

now that i'll watch.

[@EdLudke]

hear hear! @RickBeato

[@chilecayenne]

Another Vote for Tom S. and Rick Beato......!!! I'd be there for that too!!

[@duderino5]

I'm 64 and I can remember the first time I heard the debut Boston album like it was yesterday. I was 16, in another town playing hockey. My buddy were walking around and saw a cool looking long haired dude setting up 4 house speakers on his lawn. More Than a Feeling started and I was mesmerized. The sound, the guitars, were like nothing I had ever heard. Still get goosebumps from this record. A true masterpiece from a Master.

[@htuna4101]

Same age, what an Album.. Shame that the radio dragged it into the ground. Like they did with a lot of great albums in those days.

[@pauleverson8408]

I am 63 and when that came out everyone was amazed at that new sound the album art. We wanted to see how loud we could get it to go before my mother would blink the lights on the basement steps meaning turn it down.

[@Faber-cator]

Same age.....Boston was my first concert in 1976, at the Stadium Arena in Grand Rapids MI. It was mind blowing as a teenager

[@alaskaaksala123]

They were miles ahead of everybody with everything!! They still blow my mind decades later..

[@guitarmuse2]

I didn't really listen to rock growing up. I bought the first Boston album in 77 because I liked the cover art and was going to use it for a high school art project. I was up in my room working on my project and as an after thought I decided to play the record since I had spent the money on it. I wasn't expecting to listen to it very long. Holy Crap! I ended up playing just that first track probably a dozen times. What a way to get introduced to rock music and guitar. I probably would have never learned to play a note if not for that album.

[@stratovani]

I'm 70 now, and I was fortunate enough to be a young man when the best music on Earth was being produced. Boston was one of the best in a galaxy of great rock albums.

[@hkguitar1984]

I'm 64, I'm right behind you, and YES, you are 100% correct. The 1970s and 80s were a great time to be young. And I miss those times very much.

[@douglascegelis190]

The 70's, but more specifically 1975-1984, were the best 10 years in music history

[@289hipo]

Yep. Boston, Rumors, Frampton Comes Alive, Beck's Blow By Blow, Steely Dan's Aja, Clapton's 461 Ocean Blvd, Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness First Finale, Led Zepplin Stairway to Heaven, Saturday Night Fever soundtrack....sure I'm forgetting one. I graduated H/S in '78, bought all these when they were released. Love all these kid's minds being blown by our "old people" music

[@MickH60]

@@douglascegelis190 70-84, I couldn't leave out Sabbath, Zeppelin or Purple, probably a few more too....

[@orionexplorer]

I'm also 64 and graduated High School in 78. I listened mostly to Top 40 at the time but when the album Boston came out, I loved the sound. That was a band that just had the sound. I love the first three albums and have them now on CD. Great era to be a teen in with super great music. My wife grew up in the 80's but prefers 70's music.

[@bldwnpwr1]

That man is a freaking genius ... one of the best albums of all time

[@BWGPEI]

Right on!

[@Primus54]

In the late summer of 1976, I was just arriving home after work listening to the leading album oriented rock station on the car radio. I pulled into my parking space and was just about to shut off the car when the DJ came up and said he was about to debut a song from a new band guaranteed to “Blow your mind!”. He then told the listeners to turn up the volume (which I of course did!), and the first notes of “Foreplay” started sounding. By the time the intro solo to “Long Time” finished playing, I was hooked. Bought the album the next day. Fast forward to March, 1977 and I got to see Boston in a small, 1,500 seat theater & nightclub. I was in the second row and blown away at just how well the band was able to reproduce the sounds from the studio album. Boston returned to my city in June for two sold out shows in a large venue on the same night. I went to both, first row for one, third row for the second. Both awesome. I pretty much blew up my entertainment budget for 1977 to get those tickets. Great times!

[@davidjohnson2994]

How cool would that be!!! Good old days for sure! 70s rock in my opinion will always be the best.

[@Primus54]

@ Thanks! I agree. The Beatles (and others) introduced “experimentation” in music in the mid to late ‘60s, and the artists of the ‘70s took the ball and ran with it, while the fast pace of technology kept raising the bar on the ability to reproduce those sounds in our homes and vehicles. Cheers!

[@RTFLDGR2]

You are the luckiest man. Good on you. 😊

[@annetreacy2437]

I am so jealous. I was born in 70 so I didn't see them until 86 or 87, Third Stage. I'd give almost anything to have seen their first concert!

[@CP-ux9zd]

And Sholz and Delp had to build a band capable of playing the songs already recorded just by the two of them.

[@mrkroeger]

I was driving home from work and more than a feeling came on the fm radio...the 1st time I heard it. I did a u turn and headed to the record store. Still love it, I'm 68.

[@wjatube]

I need to credit and thank Tom Scholz. I was a guitarist back in the 80's and pursuing a career in electronics. I began designing and building my own power amplifiers after learning of Tom's story. All a student needs is to know it can be done and follow in someone's path and I did. I was never an MIT grad but some of my gear sounded pretty good and it led me into producing music for other artists. Ultimately my electronics career led me into selling my own tech company and retiring at the age of 33. I hope to influence my sons to pursue their dreams the same as Tom inspired me. Thank you Mr. Scholz!

[@carlc2597]

If I retired at 33 I’d be dead now

[@wjatube]

@carlc2597 having kids in my 40's gave me purpose.

[@MustHaveWine]

Wow!!

[@ralphrobles7491]

My opinion... The first Boston album is the greatest debut in rock history. Hard to explain how ground-breaking it sounded on the radio. Still sounds fresh and compelling today.

[@Winterstick549]

It and Van Halens debut just blew me away.

[@galeaiken3841]

​@@Winterstick549 And the Cars

[@kylemarzion2814]

Every song!! Is great !!! Best rock albumn ever. Every song has been on radio. Every one ! First 8 track I bought. 10 years old. Still have it

[@bradnail99]

I was 17, and that Boston debut album blew my mind. The first Dire Straits album had the same effect, namely, “Who ARE these guys?!”

[@QuantumRift]

It is unarguably just about THE best album in rock history.

[@vandalsgarage]

A good friend of mine met Tom when they came through Spokane in '77 or '78. My friend was working as a bellhop/waiter at the new Sheraton hotel, Boston was in town for a concert. My buddy knew they were staying at the hotel, and when he delivered room service up to Tom's room, he brought his copy of that first Boston album up to the room with him. Got all the signatures (as I recall) on the album. I was jealous a bit, but happy for him.

[@davidsharp3110]

Tom Scholz is my hero, he took rock music to the Nth degree. He took guitar sustain to a place that was never heard before. He stacked vocals on multitrack tape in a way that was holy and angelic. I was 14 years old when I heard that first album and I knew, this was huge. Hearing those lead guitars, harmonies and organ harmonics were an amazing combination and the rest is history. I finally saw a live show during the Third Stage tour. That night, I became "a man I'll never be", ...cuz I'm still 14 years old in my music head! Boston as a band means everything to me. Hope you read this someday MIT Tom. All due respect, Thank you, Dave Sharp, Cleveland, Ohio WMMS, WGCL WRQC WKDD Radio

[@ObnosisJones]

David, don't forget WNCR and even WIXY 1260!

[@davidsharp3110]

@@ObnosisJones I never worked at those stations.

[@IanRichardsProject]

It was 1976, I bought my first real stereo, a Pioneer SX-525. The next thing was to buy the hottest record at the time, Boston's debut. I took it home, dropped the stylus on More Then a Feeling and was completely mesmerized. I had never heard anything like it, I played it over and over again, likely my fave of all time. Thanks Tom!

[@brandontingley7059]

Brad Delp was an all-time great rock vocalist.

[@JohnDoe-xr5is]

Not just an MIT degree....he has a masters in Mechanical Engineering.

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

The word "genius" is thrown around a lot to describe musicians but TS is a legit genius.

[@SebaTarth]

He never lets anyone forget.

[@omni-man4624]

​@SebaTarth Would You?

[@hewitc]

But where did he get the cash to buy the electronics to build his home studio. Polaroid must have paid well or he had family money

[@ScubaSteveM45]

​@@hewitc M. E.'s get paid pretty well. It's very plausible he could pack his basement with top end recording gear 🧐

[@Scottocaster6668]

"More Than A Feeling" is an experience you must simply lose yourself in while listening. Even 48 yrs later, its still ringing through the airwaves. Probably one of the most perfectly written songs.

[@Bikewithlove]

To this day “Peace of Mind” still picks me up & keeps me steady around people with pathological motives while I’m keeping the customers feeling satisfied… and that’s another one that still rocks me!

[@MrPlank0073]

They used ion a bank add a couple years ago still a great song but shame

[@RichardMullin-u8w]

@@Scottocaster6668 you really do lose yourself in that song.

[@billfowler2867]

I think “More Than A Feeling” is probably the most perfect rock song of all time.

[@riverraisin1]

I call it the quintessential rock song. It embodies everything good about rock n roll music and appeals to everyone, whether you like hard rock or soft rock.

[@OutOfElmo]

There was a cluster of amazing albums that came out in that part of the 70's - Foreigner, The Grand Illusion, 2112, News of the World, Rumors, Aja, Out of the Blue, Point of Know Return, Book of dreams, The Stranger, Slowhand. Jesus, there used to be so much great music when I was a little kid. We were spoiled for having so much greatness. Nowadays? I don't have the time or the energy to sift through all the unlistenable dreck to find a decent new song.

[@sliglusamelius8578]

Good album list. Agreed. Jesus might like rock music, who knows? It's nice of you to include him in the discussion.

[@riverraisin1]

I thought Journey's first album had somewhat of a Boston feel to it.

[@patrickregan7163]

When I read your comment, I hear the older guys when I grew up talk about the Doo Wop groups. Man, you name some great albums. Guess we are starting to sound like our elders.

[@OutOfElmo]

@@patrickregan7163 It's a thing. You get older, the world changes around you, and it's hard to get into the next generation's conception of music that's worth listening to, because frankly, a lot of it is garbage. And then, every once in a while you run into stuff that IS worth listening to, twenty or thirty years after you thought that kind of stuff was all gone. I just wish it was easier to sort the wheat from the chaff. It is gratifying to see that later generations have stumbled upon the Old Stuff, and realized that there was epic music made many decades ago. The older I get, the further back before my own time I delve into music that I always thought was hopelessly square, made for saggy old farts with no teeth. Who'da thunk?

[@E.C.2]

Boston was still extremely popular and selling copies up until Guns n Roses 1988/1989.

[@rwilk68]

One day while riding my bicycle as a 12 year old kid, I stopped and picked up a cassette tape lying in the road. It said, "Boston." I popped it in my stereo when I got home and it blew me away. 😮 I'll never forget that day in 1978.

[@derekwood91]

I'm 78 now, a Brit. I bought three Boston albums, as they were released, which I still have. I've got some old, halfway decent kit to play them on. "More than a feeling" still blows me away, not to mention my neighbours, because you can't play this stuff quietly!

[@charlesivey100]

1976 was my Sr. year in HS. Like everyone, when I heard More Than a Feeling, the guitar riff and Brad's voice demanded my attention. I bought the cassette and drove around for a few hours listening to it over and over. Fast forward about 20 years ago. My oldest son was learning how to play bass guitar. His mother and I bought him the Fender Squire beginner setup at a nation-wide music store. He immediately took up with what we call Classic Rock today, learning bass riffs, such as Smoke on the Water, Money, Time Machine, etc., One day he found my Boston CD, and told me this was one of the best bands around and every song was some that he could listen to over and over. To sum up my comment, Boston's music transcends generations.

[@markh.7650]

10 generations from now, people will still be hearing it for the first time and being dumbstruck at how good it is for 100+ year old music. I spend a good amount of time watching the GenZers and late millennials discovering "OUR" music. I was 11 when this came out, so it took some time for me to get into HS and discover this gem (and many others). I still have the CD, which has been ripped into MP3s on my computer and phone. Who needs spotify when you have the source material!

[@onionhead5780]

Cassette? Nice! We only had 8 tracks and records.

[@JohnnyButtons]

@@onionhead5780yeah, I don’t believe I bought a cassette tape until maybe 1980 or so…. my first tapes were The Doobie Bros and Queen lol. All my old cassettes are gone besides maybe a couple Motley Crue and RATT tapes lol, but I do still have my old KISS records ❤

[@jcepri]

Ah yes, the cassette tapes. The stereo would eat them and you'd have to go out and buy another.

[@JohnnyButtons]

@ not if you had a pencil and scotch tape 😉

[@toddbishop1139]

Thank you for the music Tom! and the forever angelic voice of Brad :)

[@RichardMullin-u8w]

I’m 60 years old. Boston’s Don’t Look Back album was the first album I ever bought back when I was in junior high school. Hearing this music evokes great memories from my teen years.

[@chasstiles7611]

I'm the same age , and this was my first album.i won it in a raffle.ive been a fan ever since

[@scottM278]

I am also 60 and I still have the album and numerous others.

[@steveswell1]

Don't Look Back is one of their best songs, IMHO. :)

[@sinjin1259]

I like the album Don’t Look Back better than the debut album.

[@kevinhullinger8743]

Same 👌🏻

[@rickpontificates3406]

I saw Boston in Las Vegas with Brad Delp (RIP). Tom Schulz had a full pipe organ on stage and the whole concert was incredible!

[@PaulFormentos]

Saw that tour at Spectrum in Philly

[@progger53]

If I remember Brad was kicked out of the band for being a pedophile.

[@6six6strings63]

Even though I experienced this album while heading into my 20's and was a continuous listener of it, the Tom Scholz/Boston story still astonishes me. This video post made me relive the reasons why it does. Thank you SN6!!

[@GeezerNerdRox]

Indeed…an almost 50 year old album that I still listen too fairly regularly still evokes the same feelings now as it did then…but on on vinyl !!!!!…truly a masterpiece !!!!🔥🎶🎸🤘🔥😆

[@kevinthompson1334]

Me too!

[@livinaftermidnight9651]

Bought the CD version after my young Son tore the tonearm off my turntable. Bad choice. I should have gotten a new table, the CD sounded NOTHING like the album.

[@MsPatriotfront]

This vid was a wonderful treasure to stumble onto. Thanks for posting.

[@irafair3015]

When I heard Boston in 1976 it was like nothing I had heard before. I was blown away by the sound.

[@calkelpdiver]

I was 13 when the album came out and just exploded. It was the antithesis to the Disco era, it was hard driving guitar rock. I saw Boston in concert in 1980, and they blew the place out. Great show. Glad I got to see the whole original band (Scholz, Delp, Sheehan, Goudreau, and Hashian). I still have my Boston album to this day, and I'm not going to give it up.

[@dvg4104]

I only saw Boston once, in 1979, on a bill with 6 other bands. They were pretty good, but their set followed Van Halen; so by comparison Boston appeared kinda lackluster.

[@andrettski8686]

Boston was my 1st concert, in 1979 I believe, I'll never get tired of listening to that record. A Masterpiece is an understatement.

[@richardpeden2721]

I’m 63. I remember the day Boston album debuted. It was like nothing I had ever heard. All songs were great. It still sounds fresh today Brad Delp had one of the finest voices of all time. I think it’s the best debut by any band, personally.

[@stevewilliams6901]

Oh yeah, bought the album, then the 8 track tape to play in my '74 Vega stereo with wrap around speakers. I wore that 8 track tape OUT! Every song still brings back great time memories!!

[@jamesortolano3983]

Thank you Tom ! Bad ass composer, my brother played this album so much in 76 /77 we couldn't wait for a new one fast enough. 😅 Great times / great memories And VH was just happening, never got to see Boston, but VH cause i was a little younger than my brothers became my sound . 70's were amazing times .🎸🎟️

[@ollieahokas9179]

Foreplay/Long time is still one of my favorite songs...... Yes, I saw them live in Stockholm back in the day.

[@eugenetorkelson7859]

Foreplay/ Longtime will be played at my funeral. 🎶🎸🤘😎

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

I always have wondered why those Boston songs had that unusually distinct sound they did. I'm 55 and remember all of those songs and have heard them thousands of times over the years. They never lose their shelf life like many songs do. They're absolute genius.

[@anthonypapp6349]

Thanks for your passion, the album is a timeless masterpiece. I and my neighbours still enjoy listen to it. My amp goes to 11.

[@bryansimmons4550]

The first "home recording" I remember hearing was "McCartney," released in 1970. I still have my 54-year old vinyl copy.

[@montanausa329]

I remember when this was released and after it blew up you could not go to any party and not hear this playing. Good times😊

[@marchearn9058]

Many many years ago I was with a group of friends on a motorcycle trip around Nacogdoches, Texas. I had a Gold Wing and tuned in to a local radio station that just happened to be changing to a new format that weekend. While the transition was taking place, they played "More Than A Feeling" 24 hours/day for several days. I left my radio tuned to that station the entire trip. I heard that song back to back for many hours. I NEVER got tired, and still don't, of hearing that song or any others by Boston.

[@baneverything5580]

The other guitarist was a huge part of the sound. Listen to his solo album with Brad singing if you weren`t aware of this. Barry Goudreau

[@ronwilgenbusch1961]

Yep, I believe Barry was at one point Tom’s guitar instructor or something like that. Also, Boston seemed to lose some of that swing and swagger when Barry left that the first two albums had. Third stage is good but doesn’t come out swinging hard like the first two.

[@gordoh7634]

Thanks for posting that I agree. Barry was so much a factor in that band. He was all about foreplay long time. The remastered CD Tom gives him credit for everything on that cut.

[@dave-d-grunt]

One of the 1st LP’s I bought after leaving the Marine Corps in 1977. In 1976 after this was released a band in the Philippines called D’ Frictions played these songs.

[@greenbeagle13]

"More Than a Feeling" was one of the best songs ever made.... Loved that song. Meant so much to me back then..

[@cryptojihadi265]

Gives me chills to this day.

[@garylester8621]

Very interesting video. I'm 77, and back in 1976 the DJ on the radio said put on your seat belt, I've got a new album here that's going to blow your mind. There called Boston, and it's the best thing I've heard in a long time. She was right.

[@myvalium1]

‘76 was my first year in college. Boston was blasting on every stereo on campus. I’ll never forget it!

[@tmscheum]

Boston and Peter Frampton also.

[@RonBoerste]

If you are here in November 2024 it's because you grow up with one of the coolest bands of rock and roll 🤘😎👉🍻

[@truincanada]

Here here. I concur. Magical sounds....freakin zoom.

[@RonBoerste]

@truincanada Rock on my groove friend ✌️😎👉🍻

[@truincanada]

@RonBoerste just got here after Nick Beato's MTAF analysis which was 26 minutes of respect.

[@TheMolacho1]

1976, what a year for music and FM radio!

[@PhiltheDrill-qh8tj]

After the release of Boston’s first album, one of their first stops outside of the Boston area was the Tomorrow Club in Youngstown, Ohio on September 26, 1976. That was a show. I will never forget. It was a small venue maybe 750 music lovers. We Initially took seats in the balcony, but after the first few chords of the first song, I grabbed the hand of my future wife and we were on the dance floor in front of the stage, boogieing our as*es off. What a night and what a show.

[@Grandizer8989]

That’s awesome

[@JoshuaFinancialPL]

17, top down mustang convertible with Boston up to 10, pretty cheerleader in the passenger seat, such good memories. now I'm disabled and homebound but that album can take me back from the first note.

[@universalhead]

That’s incredible, I had no idea. More than a feeling was always one of the songs on the high school slow dance play list in the late 70’s , early 80’s. We loved the song and we became one with our girls as we melted in love on the dance floor.

[@floydcouncil1690]

Thank you Mr. Scholz for your genius, and creating one of the best debut albums ever!!

[@happydays8171]

Had an older friend who bought it because of the artwork on the album cover, but when he invited me over to listen to it. . . .I was blown awsy!

[@cmflyer]

I think in the late 70's Foreplay helped cement my love of prog. That and Funeral for a Friend, Kashmir, etc. So many incredible, unusual compositions. Thanks for this video!

[@samuelmiller524]

I'm a progressive rock aficionado as well, and when I first heard Boston's albums, I was struck by the guitar sound, which resembled a buzz saw. That unique sound has not been duplicated to this day.

[@josephmckenna4068]

I heard Rock n Roll Band in the supermarket today and had to stop and just listen. Singing along. A lot of spirit there.

[@donaldkgarman296]

IN 1976 BOSTON JUST BLEW MY MIND , A TRULY EPIC SOUND .

[@Robert67010]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin. I learned something really cool today!

[@DavidMartin-tc1gl]

I'm 61 and remember hearing "More Than a Feeling" sitting in the back seat of our station wagon while heading to Atlanta from my home in south Georgia. When we got back home a few days later, I gathered my savings from working in the fields and caught a ride with my sister to a local record store. I bought the album and still have it to this day. I was floored after putting it on my dad's big stereo. I read the back cover over and over as I re-played the album several times straight through some massive earphones. I'll never forget that glorious day. Thanks, Tom!

[@jettafixer7]

I loved the band in the 70's Long story short, a Boston concert is why I met my lovely wife of 44 years:)

[@PartyLife4me]

I was in the 10th grade at a party on a Friday night. I was drinking cheap beer with my friends flirting with a girl when someone at the party put their debut album on. I was floored! I'll never forget that night. Shortly there after the local radio stations began to play it. I still listen to it today and it still sounds FRESH!

[@onetrueslave]

I remember having just discovered weed and being high while checking out the album cover when I discovered they weren't spaceships. Totally blew my 18yo mind. I would go on to pay much closer attention to album covers from that point forward. Todd Rundgren's "A Wizard, A True Star" for instance...had me mesmerized for what felt like an hour, but was likely only a few minutes.

[@jamesjeffers7270]

They are spaceships. Just in the form of upside down guitars escaping an exploding planet (earth) with cities inside them. Weed makes things different in our brains.

[@dessiplaer]

💗💗💗! Always a joy to watch you three sing. Not only is it mighty pleasing to the ears, you look like you're having so much fun!

[@oldtimeycabins]

Driving in my 77 Cordoba and blasting Boston… Heaven!!

[@mazdaman0075]

With rich Corinthian leather. 😂

[@randycrager4074]

They made music and they made History! Loved/Love their music still. I never get tired of hearing all their songs!

[@TheMetalVagabond]

One of the greatest albums ever made, timeless, still talking about it almost 50 years later.

[@wingshockeyfan]

In 76 I was in the 9th grade and my mom bought the record for me. After hearing it, I took my little stereo out to the yard and laid down a blanket and picked up the arm of the record player. I laid in the sun and transported myself to another world as the record repeated. An experience I will never forget, truly music like nothing else of the time.

[@Wyliedawg]

God Bless Tom and his vision. A reference recording if ever there was one.

[@michaelfargo2564]

I always wondered at the clarity of the sounds for that era...especially how they got the bass guitar to capture soooo pure when nobody else could! Now I know the story behind it all and it suddenly makes sense! GREAT VIDEO

[@nycfunk]

Production and sonically wise, that 1st album was my generation's Sgt Pepper. It had that effect on all us musicians at that time.

[@bloqk16]

The radio listening public in the US, for contemporary music, certainly needed the dynamic energized sound of Boston in 1976, as the contemporary music scene had slid into an era of blandness; along with the rise of Disco. The vitality of Elton John had ebbed away; the softer music sounds with the likes of Barry Manilow; Olivia Newton-John; England Dan & John Ford Coley; Leo Sayer; The Captain & Tenille; Abba; . . . such a steady stream of lethargy on the airwaves drove music radio listeners like me to near madness. With the arrival of Boston's debut album . . . *WOW!* It was dazzling to the ears in 1976.

[@Looneybob1]

I lived in floriduh when bostons 1st album came out. I walked 12 miles to buy it and 12 miles home clutching my prize. To this day, its one of the very few albums i will listen to when i want to relax. I have had this album in EVERY format thru the years, but the absolute best has always been vinyl. I still have the turntable i played that first album on.

[@pault151]

When I got my first CD player I eventually picked up the CD of 'Boston' and compared it wearing headphones, to the vinyl mix. That first CD re-issue was clearly inferior, it had been tamed and tamped down. Maybe it's been remixed since but I was amazed that the superior capabilities of the CD didn't result in as good of an experience.

[@josephramone5805]

I was a freshman in H.S. when this record debuted. It IMMEDIATELY put me on the path toward studio recording and music production. Thanks, Tom!! You changed my life for the better!

[@colingoode3702]

In 1976 I was 20 & I bought a picture disc of the Boston album from a small independent record store in my home town in NW London, England. As I did with most of my LP's at the time I played it once to tape it so that I could listen to to it anywhere & in my car. I still have that Boston picture disc & it still has only ever been played with a needle the one time. Fabulous album.

[@chuckgrenci6404]

Here's an aside (or maybe a little weird) but this is my story. I use this album to exercise to; going on 20 plus years, why you may ask, well because I never get tired of the sound. This album, at least to me, is pure perfection.

[@thehappyhermit01]

What a great band! Saw them twice in concert back in the late 70's, early 80's and they sounded just as good live. The organ pipes rose 20 feet in the air, filling the whole arena with amazing sounds. Brad Delp, the lead singer, was amazing, also.

[@Gentile108]

I was 6 when Bostons first album came out! I never listened to country music again. I did gravitate to VH in 78. Been playing guitar ever since

[@williamgill_esq.6487]

Love that 70s wood paneling in the basement!!!

[@shannonpincombe8485]

I live in Australia. When I was around ten, 1984, I had a radio/double cassette player with dual speakers at each end at the head of my bed on which I would play music very very quietly to help me sleep. There was an AM station called 3XY which a few years later moved to the FM bandwidth and firstly were EON FM then, MMM(tripleM) which still exists. Every single morning, and I mean EVERY MORNING, at exactly 3am on the dot 3XY would play Boston's 'More Than a Feeling'. Every single time the opening notes played I would wake up and, having two speakers either side of my head, I would lie smiling from ear to ear as the most beautiful song I had ever heard floated into my ears. I'd reach up carefully to turn the volume knob just a little louder and drink in the glorious sounds I was hearing. 'More Than a Feeling' is musical perfection. I have no doubts about saying this. If Mr Shultz had been born in the 1600th or 1700th century we would all be gobsmacked by his prolific piano and guitar concertos, orchestral pueces and no doubt organ music. He'd be one of the classical music greats alongside Beethoven, Bach and Mozart. He has an ear for a sound which is welcoming and uplifting every time you hear it. I remember those early mornings fondly and smile when I hear this classic track....even snippet of it as a car drives by on the street causes me to smile and reminisce. I'll never forget how 'at one with the world' I felt hearing 'More Than a Feeling' as a ten year old boy lying in my bed at 3 am. Thank you Mr Shultz, thank you 3XY and thank you to my long dead father for letting me use his brand new Panasonic stereo each night to help me sleep and to hear this MASTERPIECE. Another strange thing...Brad Delp is the spitting image of my father. No joking. They could've been brothers or dopplegangers of each other. My Dad was also a recording artist of some minor renown. I had only ever heard 'More Than a Feeling' but the first time I saw a clip of Boston playing I called my Dad in and asked him how he was getting from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to the USA for all the recording and touring. He was stunned seeing Delps similarity and just said 'My father was a soldier you know. They tended to 'get around' in every port." Then he laughed. Being ten...I didn't get it. Ha! 😂 Great video mate.

[@harrypolychronopoulos478]

Triple MMM FM Stereo Radio because your ears have brains. Those were the days !!!

[@rayguzman3950]

I was a witness in a Boston show at Oakland Coliseum Oakland CA back in 87, what a great music experience. thank you Tom and the rest of the gang for this unic sound.

[@antonnym214]

Nice video! Boston is my favorite band, Their debut album is my number 1, also, but they are all epic. Tom S.mis beyond brilliant; he is also a creative genius.

[@kenhoward3512]

I wonder how many people realize there was no actual "Boston" band on the first album, just Tom Scholz playing all the instruments and recording in his basement studio with Brad Delp singing?

[@billkipper3264]

I had heard this album was good and without ever hearing a single track on it I bought it. I still remember taking it home and playing it on my brand new Pioneer stereo system. I was absolutely floored. I played it so much I thought I might wear it out. To this day whenever I hear any song from it I'll crank it if I can. Funny, as I type this More Than A Feeling just came on the radio. Time to rock out.

[@jimtincher7357]

The number one debut album.... today's teenagers are floored when they hear Boston's debut album.

[@morbidmanmusic]

No, they aren't "floored". That is your kids, maybe.

[@paulrosebush9137]

@@morbidmanmusic Wow, you sure told him huh, put him right in his place.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@morbidmanmusicyeah no kid of mine is getting floored when they can get walled instead. Screw flooring man!

[@boomermatic6035]

Everyone had this album when I was growing up. I remember listening to it on a descent pair of headphones and was blown away by how great it sounded.

[@kevinpatrick8788]

I was 11 years old when this album was released and my parents bought it on 8 track . I can still remember the first time i listened to it with headphones and i played it over and over . The guitar sound and the vocals had me mesmerized . Im almost 60 now and i still listen to this abum at least twice a month . What a masterpiece of rock music .

[@kenhoward3512]

Yeah, the massive "guitar sound" he'd refined in his basement studio was something Tom Scholz later reproduced in a small, portable box he called the "Rockman Amp" you'd plug your guitar into to instantly duplicate those programmed sounds. 'Very innovative.

[@jcepri]

I'm your age. More than a Feeling was being played on the radio constantly and I loved it. Foreplay/Long Time blew my mind. That song album must be played loud. It's is one of my favorites of all time.

[@anhonydeluca7408]

had it on 8 track too, also 11 at the time ! God bless.

[@tpresto9862]

As a kid, I remember reading the _Dynamite_ Magazine article about Boston in my elementary school classroom (Dynamite was a magazine geared towards schools and was in most school libraries and on classroom bookshelves). I still remember the article kept repeating "Just listen to this album!" several times in the article. And I did.

[@sabbathtribute]

One of the first vinyls I've ever owned. Still love it. Aside from great songs, the production is fantastic 👌

[@stevenw7623]

I was 9 years old and was playing at a friends house when he had the great idea to sneak into his teenage brother’s room and play the new Boston record. More than a Feeling has been my favorite song since. In my early twenties, I got a ride home from a girl I was crazy in love with. She had the Boston cassette playing in her car and I was sure that she was the girl I would marry, but like Mary Ann, she walked away! Still more than a feeling when I hear that old song.

[@XXjg_]

Shout out to guitarist Barry Goudreau who played ALL electric guitars - rhythm AND the iconic, unforgettable solos on “Long Time”.

[@gordoh7634]

Perfect! People don't realize it was Tom that answered an ad that Barry put in for a keyboard player. Tom dabbled in Guitar work at that point Barry was the real guitarist in the band.

[@Dave-SailsAway]

I was in H.S. when that first album came out. Boston immediately became my favorite band. Still enjoy listening to those old tracks.

[@JefferyHagen]

I’m 59 and I still love this album. I think Hitch A Ride is one of the best guitar solos ever put on e record. The only issue I have is the story about this album keeps changing or being modified or added to. It’s trivial but it just complicates the narrative.

[@atg67]

Agreed, the story does seem to be something that they mess around with. From my understanding the record company had the submitted ‘demo’ with vocals so the idea that Brad was added afterwards seems to be nonsense. The entire story in this video seems to have it all wonky at best.

[@JefferyHagen]

@ the story I remember was the recordings for the album were complete except for Let Me Take You Home Tonight and just had to have some final mixing done. Another part of the story was Tom had to hustle and actually form a band because Boston was just Tom and Brad. There’s a few videos on KZbin with Barry Goudreau and the drummer that did the original tracks for the album. I liked the old days better when the story was consistent. Now we’re in revision world.🙄

[@jroberts2nd]

Yeah the story I’d always heard was Scholz and Delp worked on the demos for ages until CBS signed them. CBS demanded they completely re-record the demo in a proper studio, so John Boylan distracted the execs recording “Let Me Take You Home Tonight” while Scholz re-recorded the demos at home. Some wires crossed here.

[@JefferyHagen]

@ there’s an interview with the drummer who made the original recordings with Tom for that first album.

[@jeffbrown321]

When the album was released, the local record chain actually offered it with a money back guarantee - which was unheard of. Needless to say, not many people wanted to return it ;-) Still one of my all time favorite albums 50 years later!

[@ImYourOverlord]

The only legit reason to return the album would be if it was defective.

[@a.andrewhussey6403]

I bought the album in 1976. It’s still one of my favourites! A deserted island top 5. I’m looking forward to a 50th anniversary release, hopefully 🤞

[@budman0705]

This album should be on everybody's playlist. I saw them in concert when I was in high school on their Don't Look Back tour in Houston, TX.

[@paulhunt4690]

Saw them in Nashville.

[@navynuc1]

Just fantastic music. When ever I played it in the car and left, upon my return I realized how much I had the volume cranked up! What a Feeling!

[@richpaydirt]

Boston is one of those bands that regressed. Their debut album is their best work and it went downhill from there. They only put out three albums but the first one has been their bread and butter for the last 50 years and 30 band members.

[@MickH60]

Boston wasn't really a band at all.....

[@markwilhelm168]

I will agree about the regression part but they actually put out 6 albums. To me the regression was that Tom started out with long, intricate, well thought out melodies then subsequently just composed more basic 3 chord type rock songs with his signature sound.

[@plasticweapon]

the title track and "feelin' satisfied" from "don't look back" were as good as anything from the self titled.

[@ravenmad9225]

Yep,some great songs on that second album.

[@sjbell4653]

I am 61. In 1976, my best friend and I went crazy for this band. We played it all the time. It wasn't a secret what Tom Scholz had done, but a lot of people didn't believe it. I remember my friend and I arguing about them being a "one-man band", not even knowing really what that meant. My family moved away that year and and I never saw my friend again. I was 13 and it seemed like the end of childhood and the start of the next phase of my life. But I still think of my friend sometimes, who's name was Kevin, and still listen to the band, who's name was Boston. It's more than a feeling, believe me.

[@godblessamerica99]

My brother ended up with a beat up old Chevelle in the late 70s, and there was this cassette tape in the glove box. When we played it, we were floored. It was Boston's debut album. We've been fans ever since.

[@joeg9810]

My favorite album of all time. I was in high school in NH when this album came out. I wore the grooves out on this album. Still have it today! Helped me stay awake driving from my girlfriend's house to my home late Friday and Saturday nights! Thanks Tom and the rest of the band! Seen them live twice with Brad, may he RIP!

[@hockeynutt9434]

Spent my days blasting this music in my car with windows down. That was the best thing ever back then.

[@harrisbornstein4955]

Also epic with headphones!

[@ianl1052]

1975, 1976 and 1977 saw the release of the best 3 albums ever recorded IMHO. 1975, A Night at the Opera - Queen, 1976 Boston - Boston and A Trick of the Tail - Genesis (the first with Phil Collins permanently on vocals as well as drums), and 1977 Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf respectively. I had a long wait until 1982 with Thriller - Michael Jackson before anything came close to them. I was enjoying my usual Friday night at my favourite rock bar in 1977 when the DJ played Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf, More Than a Feeling - Boston, Come Sail Away - Styx and Ripples - Genesis back to back. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

Wow. Boston was such an eye opener.