The resultant showcase gig for the suits was a success, and they signed with Epic, agreeing to deliver (laughably, now) ten albums in the following six years. This prompted Scholz and Delp to hunt for back-up, the players who ultimately became the early iteration of Boston we all know: Guitarist Barry Goudreau, bassist Fran Sheehan, and Sib Hashian on drums (although they only laid down some overdubs on a couple songs after the fact Tom and Brad recorded most of the debut album on their own, as Epic was led to believe producer John Boylan was producing the band in an LA studio)! ”PSYCH!” as the kids would say! Oh yeah, they had to perform a live audition in front of Epic and CBS execs.
#Boston debut album professional#
The band must fire Masdea as drummer (they did, although he contributes drums on one of the album’s tracks), and they’ve got to re-record the demo’s songs in a professional studio (as opposed to Tom’s basement). The deal wasn’t without its caveats, however: With this demo finally reaching the hands of a label willing to roll the contractual dice on the band, it’s interesting to note that Tom and Brad only signed the deal with Epic Records. Scholz also used self-designed pedals to create the unique guitar sounds which became a Boston hallmark.
Remarkably, Scholz played all the instruments on the demos (which included “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” and “Rock and Roll Band”), except for Masdea’s drums. Undeterred, Tom, Brad, and drummer Jim Masdea whipped up another demo with six new songs through 1974 into ‘75. Tom and vocalist Brad Delp shopped the demo to various record companies, and they all responded to it with a resounding yawn.
Then, a job at Polaroid gave him the resources to not only build his own home recording studio, but lay down a demo tape. The story of the band’s guitarist, Tom Scholz, is well-chronicled: At MIT, he puttered around writing songs in 1969, met a couple future band members, and graduated with a master’s.
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