A Surprise Emergence

      On August 8th 1976 a very unexpected and unanticipated album came out. It was titled Boston by the band Boston. This album was a great and huge success on the charts. It was the best selling Debut album in the U.S. It sold over 17 million copies. The band won a grammy award for best new artist and was first to make their debut performance in New York at Madison Square Garden. The sound of the album  was very unique in its sound and rather ahead of its time. The members consisted of Guitarists Tom Scholz and Barry Goudreau, Drummer Jim Masdea and vocalist Brad Delp. Scholz, who worked for Polaroid at the time, used his salary to make recording equipment which he used in recording the bands demo tapes. Scholz ran himself nearly broke making demo tapes and sending them in. No one really listened to them and just kinda added them to the pile. However, one company heard their tape and was instantly struck by the rich and powerful sound that the band had. These promoters were Paul Ahern and Charlie Mckenzie. Masdea had left just before the band was found by these two. So before they made a deal with Epic Records they recruited two new members. However, when they professionally recorded their first album they requested Masdea to play drums one final time before he left. He agreed and they produced the album Boston and also agreed to name the band Boston as well. I actually purchased this album a few years back and when I heard it for the first time, I fell in love with the sound and the songs because they were just so well done. My dad also told me that when he found the album, he was in college and it was finals week. He went to the record store and found the album. He brought it back to school and absolutely loved it. He played it all through finals week. I would highly recommend this album. This band came out with several more albums. However I found that these albums were not quite up to par with their first album.

Here is the first song on their first album. It is so well done