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Greatest Hits - Original Recording
 | Released June 6, 1997 Recorded 1976-1997 RIAA Certified 2 Million Copies |
| Track | Title | Length | Play |
| 1 | Tell Me (Scholz) | 4:15 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 2 | Higher Power (Scholz/Sikes) | 5:07 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 3 | More Than a Feeling (Scholz) | 4:46 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 4 | Peace of Mind (Scholz) | 5:04 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 5 | Don't Look Back (Scholz) | 6:00 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 6 | Cool the Engines (Delp/Scholz/Sheehan) | 4:38 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 7 | Livin' for You (Scholz) | 4:55 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 8 | Feelin' Satisfied (Scholz) | 4:10 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 9 | Party (Delp/Scholz) | 4:07 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 10 | Foreplay/Long Time (Scholz) | 7:50 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 11 | Amanda (Scholz) | 4:16 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 12 | Rock and Roll Band (Scholz) | 2:59 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 13 | Smokin' (Delp/Scholz) | 4:20 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 14 | A Man I'll Never Be (Scholz) | 6:41 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 15 | Star Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise (Key/Scholz/Smith) | 2:44 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| 16 | Higher Power [Kalodner Edit] (Scholz/Sikes) | 3:15 | Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
| From the liner notes in the GREATES HITS 2009 reissue: BORN IN A BASEMENT... After years of banging my head playing in unsuccesful bands around Boston, and attempting to record demos in local studios with other musicians, I finally realized this was a dead end. So in 1971 I gave up the glamerous life of U-Haul trucks, schlepping equipment and playing music that no one listened to, and went to work writing and recording alone in my basement. I had never quite gotten what I was looking for by showing bands how to play my songs in "real" studios anyway, and the clock annoyingly kept ticking off how many hundreds of dollars I would owe each time I tried. My new plan was radical: use all my savings to build a basement studio instead of buying a house, and play all the instruments myself to get exactly the sound I was seeking. Well, almost... my drumming was terrible to nonexistent back then, so my friend Jim Masdea, helped out with drum arrangements. Then using the same overdubbing technique, Brad would sing not just the lead vocal, but all the harmonies and backing vocals as well. In total we completed six demo songs this way. After years of being utterly ignored I suddenly began receiving inquiries about this unique "band'" including a phone call from a VP at Columbia Records to my cubicle at Poloroid, followed immediately by my jumping up and down on my desk, attracting significant attention from the department manager. Eventually in 1976, Brad and I were signed to Epic Records and with help from many people of first album was released under the name BOSTON, featuring five of those songs from the demos, including of course, More Then a Feeling. We had contributions from many talented individuals along the way, most of BOSTON'S songs were recorded in my basement with the same approach used for the original demos. A drum track was played to tape by Sib or one of our drummers (we've had eight, including me!) ant then I'd experimant with each instrument one track at a time, listening to the music come to life as each successive part was added. Finally Brad would do the same thing with the vocals, while I pushed the buttons. Remastering these songs for the "Greatest Hits" was a labor of love with exhausting attention to detail. The collection now includes BOSTON recordings from all five studio albums spanning nearly 30 years. Tom Scholz |
| Personnel |
| Bradley Delp - acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, rhythm guitar, vocals, 12 string guitar, harmony vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar Tom Scholz - organ, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, percussion, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboard, clavinet Barry Goudreau - guitar, percussion, rhythm guitar Sib Hashian - percussion, drums Jim Masdea - drums Fran Sheehan - bass, percussion Gary Phil - guitar |
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Just 10 months till the end ... at least till the end of the Mayan calendar anyway. I wonder, did they mean to prophesize the end of the world, or was the December 21st planetary alignment just a convenient place to stop chiseling stone tablets on a really long calendar project? Some people think it is the same thing, so why take a chance? If I was making a bucket list, it would definitely include going out one more time to play some BOSTON shows - before time runs out! |
