Mine included,40 years worth of!

Was that the random earthquake day, i remember that

Yep. Boston is in my top 5 bands of all time. Saw them in San Antonio LIVE in 1976, and it was amazing. Then at Montague Mtn. in Pennsylvania in 2003, 27yrs later with my 15yr old son, and was blown away again. Brad's voice was perfect. Tom's musicianship, masterful. The harmonies were so good. Brad's death was such a loss to the R&R world. Tom called him the soul of the band(and Brad said Tom was the heart).

2nd best. Van Halen 1 blows this out of the water. But giving up props fir being number 2, nothing less than stellar songs on the entire album

@@kenkonwick6660 I like Van Halen too, and the only reason why I like more Van Halen songs than Boston is because Boston didn't release many albums. Their albums were works of art and Tom spent years perfecting each one. I'm certain if there was more music from Bostom I would like nearly all of them.

@delscoville yes Boston wasn't unproductive because of Scholz. They had label and contract issues that spent 3 years in court. That the gap between don't look back and 3rd stage. Was 8 years between releases, and at least 3 and maybe as much as 5 years were court related. I was living in Boston when Amanda got it's first radio tease, I think it was 86 or 87. That city was just going crazy in anticipation of it. But I really didn't get into the 3rd album nearly as much as 1st 2 albums

More than a feeling still brings the goosebumps and some great memories.

That whole first album is just awesome!

classic rock had more soul than anything today because it's roots was in every type music soul,blues,country,jazz

Crazy that most of these songs were written by 69 and not released until the 70’s

Well said. 👍🏻

Everyone tween and teen, 12 and over, had this album within one week of its release in my little neighborhood!

Still today this album gets lot of air play on classic rock radio

Flip the album over and you can see the guitar better

@@user-hh2ki2gc1n I painted it on the deck lid of a 69 Z/28 for a customer of mine a month after the album was released.

Hi , I always thought it was Ovation guitars, I'm actually pretty sure it is

nope they're Les Paul's Tom also said so in several interviews. He had a hand in the album cover design as he did in every aspect of Boston. They're based on his own heavily modified gold top he plays@@larsjensen2987

Actually those are Ovation guitars, unique back made from fiberglass

I'm 15, soon to be 16 at this time. That puts me in the wheelhouse on this one, too. It was a little different than anything else I had heard.

Are we related?

Yep....16 yrs old when this came out....we were so lucky !!

I am a '78 grad too and agree with everything you just said

Grad from ‘77 here. 🤟

Class of ‘78 here. What a year it was for music!

@theritchie2173 the so called "hyper space pedal" was a modified echo plex tape loop echo machine which Tom most certainly did not invent, build or manufacture "from scratch". EVH was using and modifying echo plex machines at about this time as well. The EVH modified echo plex can be heard on his famous instrumental solo Eruption.

@@neechee5150 He did, however, design the Rockman, and the first ever power soak attenuator, and a whole pile of other stuff. Much as I loved Eddie, only one of these guys was an MIT graduate design engineer.

@@theritchie2173 Tom's degrees from MIT are in mechanical engineering. Second, Tom's first "powersoak" was a large theater lighting system variable resistor which Tom most certainly did not make or design "from scratch". Tom was not the only one trying to get the power tubes to clip and saturate naturally either. EVH was using the Variac to get the sound he wanted without driving the Marshalls so hard that they made everyone deaf as well. Also designing a reactive load to emulate a speaker is not quantum mechanics, and I question whether there is documented proof that Tom was the first one to use a "power soak".

@@neechee5150Manufacturing Engineers cover a lot of ground - I should know, I used to be one. There are lots of inventions throughout history which were 'obvious' right after the first guy did it (blah, blah parallel development). Will you at least grant him the Rockman, even though Eddie was no doubt doing the same thing while making breakfast pancakes at the same time? It even has his name on it, right there on the casing.

A true Genius!

@carlswenson5538 Toms tracks on this record were recorded on a Sculley 12 track one inch tape machine and a Dan Flickinger mixer/console both of which Tom did not use on the second record because he upgraded his console and went to the industry standard 24 track two inch tape machine. Brad wrote Let Me Take You Home Tonight and he Co wrote Smokin'. This record was mixed at Westlake Studios on their new and then top of the line API console. Producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom mixed this record. Tom was so hell bent on pushing the electric guitars and cymbals that in order to keep the vocals from being buried in the mix, the API console was driven into "manual compression". All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C on their Quad Eight console through a Neuman U 87 solid state mic and those high end mic preamps, eqs and compressors along with the Neuman 87 made a world of difference. The vocal production is 100% Boylan. The entire song Let Me Take You Home was recorded at The Record Plant LA by producer John Boylan. Tom did not play a single drum track on this record and the record is so much better for this fact. Tom is not going to be mistaken for Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Porcaro or Bernard Purdie not even on the third cold day in hell. As is clearly documented in the liner notes of every copy of the Boston debut record even the remix--all drum tracks on this record were played by Sib except for one and Jim Masdea plays drums on that track which happens to be Rock and Roll Band. Tom did not play all of the guitar and bass tracks on this record either. Barry plays electric rhythm guitar on Foreplay, Long Time and Let Me Take You Home. Barry plays the monster power chords on Long Time as well as the amazing lead guitar solo on Long Time. Barry also plays lead and slide guitar on Let Me Take You Home.. Fran plays bass on Foreplay and Let Me Take You Home. Brad plays acoustic 12 string on Let Me Take You Home. This is all documented in the post litigation liner notes of the 2006 Scholz remix of the debut Boston record. Most of this is also documented as fact in legal documents where Tom had to tell the story under oath in the law suits between Tom and Barry. In spite of Toms best efforts, Barry still retains his share of the royalties from the first and second Boston records, and thee are very good reasons why Tom was not able to take this from him.

I saw them six times and to say they couldn’t recreate the sound live is just 🐂💩

Barry Goudreau played the awesome lead guitar solos on "Long Time", not Scholz. Is well documented. Barry also played guitar on "Let Me Take You Home Tonight".

I saw Fleetwood Mac, The Doibie Bros, Peter Frampton, and Gary Wright in 1976 Day on the Green. I was 12. 😆 I'll never forget it. Those were the days! ❤️✌️

Would Pearl Jam's 10 be 2nd best?

Inside the bubble on top is the skyline of Boston!!!

On the first release of the album, each of the guitar city-ships had the name of a major American city, with the Boston Ship being the most prominent. They chose to remove the name from the other ships on re-releases, to not take a chance on people getting confused.

Hey Pa! 😅

@@SarahDenglerhi Sarah!!

@MrPolleyr The band as pictured on the back of the record recorded the song Let Me Take You Home before this record was finished and released. Tom does not play a single drum track on this record and the record is far better off for this fact. As is clearly documented in the liner notes of every copy of this record both the original and the Scholz remix-Sib plays drums on all tracks except for one and Jim Masdea plays drums on that track. Tom has never played the solo to Long Time and I challenge you to find a video of him doing so. Then look for videos of Barry playing the lead solo on Long Time It will become very apparent that Barry is the creator of the lead guitar solo on Long Time. This and a more complete listing of credits as to who did what on this record can be found in the post litigation liner notes of the 2006 Scholz remaster of the debut Boston record. All of Brads vocals were recorded by producer John Boylan at Capital Studios Studio C. This record was mixed at Westlake Studios by producer John Boylan, engineer Warren Dewey and Tom. Barry introduced Brad to Tom about the time that Tom auditioned to play keyboards in Barrys band sometime in 1969/1970. Barry played on Toms early demos and Brad sang on Toms demos and Barry, Brad and Tom played in bands together. The idea that Brad and Barry were just musicians that Tom found to sing on his demo and play this music live is both absurd and patently false

An occasional period followed by a capital letter would go a long way in making your comments actually readable, darlin.

'Retired'? Not at all. Record companies got all and more. Wasn't till years much later and due delays that Boston...Tom got $$

I agree. I was born in 84 but grew up rocking to this record and yes every song on this album could have been a #1 hit song. It's a shame that music is not this good these days.