With their 1st 2 albums in the 70s, this Rock band was untouchable what happened?| Professor of Rock

After releasing a historic debut album that shocked the record industry, the pressure WAS ON for CLASSIC ROCK ACT BOSTON AND Tom Sholz to deliver the group’s highly anticipated follow-up, Don’t Look Back in late summer of 1978. It shot to #1 and Brad Delp’s majestic Tenor was at the forefront of Tom Sholz beautiful composition with his signature guitar harmonies. Up next the story of this song and time period.

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The debut record by Tom Scholz and Boston was a spectacular feat in recorded music history. Just landing a record deal was a big triumph for Scholz and his band, since they were summarily rejected by several labels, including Epic- the label that eventually signed them.Under ANY circumstances, the way that the self-titled album Boston album connected with such a massive audience was truly remarkable.The album sold more than 17 million copies, which set a record in 1977 as the all-time biggest selling album by a debut act.

To make that achievement even more astonishing was the fact that the sound of the record was not emblematic of the mid-70s, which was dominated by the disco scene. Boston is a rock band, with infectious songs that more than satisfied a massive audience that was starving for melodic- sing-a-long rock tunes when they exploded on the scene in 1976.

All 8 tracks on Boston’s eponymous premiere captivated rock fans- everywhere. Song for song, It ranks as one of the most complete albums ever made. Tom Scholz went from the despair of having his demos thrown in the trash, to being one of the hottest masterminds in the business. While Boston’s debut album continued its locomotive rampage across North America, CBS applied the pressure on Scholz for a follow-up record to keep the momentum rolling.

Epic demanded that Boston’s 2nd album be released in ’78- less than two years after the first LP dropped. The label pressure applied to Scholz as the architect of Boston worked severely against his meticulous nature. Scholz wanted to create music the way he always had- sequestering himself in his basement studio and experimenting with his recording equipment until he found the PERFECT sound.

Epic did not have the patience for Scholz’s methodical approach, and they hounded him incessantly for an ETA on when he was
going to deliver the finished record. Scholz received phone call after phone call…"How many songs are done- how many songs are done?" Scholz was beyond frustrated. When he told the label that he barely had 30 minutes of material, they didn’t care.