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re: Didn't Realize Boston Album was a solo project
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:23 am to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:23 am to Ramblin Wreck
It wasn't.......if you notice, when written, it always reads.....Scholz played "virtually" all the instruments. On the remastered liner notes there are several other musicians credited with playing on the record, including drummer Sid Hashian, who in past interviews has never wavered on the fact that he played drums on the Boston tracks.
The remastered liner notes listing additional musicians is in line with numerous other acts that failed to list each performer initially. For example....... The Tubes failed to credit Bobby Kimball and Bill Champlain with background vocal credits on "She's A Beauty" the first time around. When the remastered version was released, full credit was given.
The point......Scholz is an extremely talented musician, who basically stood up to his label and told them to go pound sand (even though he lied to them at the time). You'll never convince me that he played drums on that first album, a time prior to drum programming. And while the drum playing on that album isn't anything exceptional, I'll take the word of Hashian.
The remastered liner notes listing additional musicians is in line with numerous other acts that failed to list each performer initially. For example....... The Tubes failed to credit Bobby Kimball and Bill Champlain with background vocal credits on "She's A Beauty" the first time around. When the remastered version was released, full credit was given.
The point......Scholz is an extremely talented musician, who basically stood up to his label and told them to go pound sand (even though he lied to them at the time). You'll never convince me that he played drums on that first album, a time prior to drum programming. And while the drum playing on that album isn't anything exceptional, I'll take the word of Hashian.
This post was edited on 12/4/16 at 9:24 am
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:35 am to geauxbrown
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And while the drum playing on that album isn't anything exceptional, I'll take the word of Hashian.
Foreplay/Long Time drums are legit, baw.
And I agree - nothing in history suggests to me that Scholz played acoustic drums on either of the first 2 Boston albums - he may have machined them for Third Stage and subsequent recordings. Sib was a pretty good drummer and the first 2 Boston albums are consistent with a good rock drummer playing those tracks.
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Scholz is an extremely talented musician
The word genius is thrown around too much, but Scholz is definitely a candidate for this title legitimately. From a top to bottom, songwriter/musician/producer/engineer/innovator - almost peerless in the combination of things he was very good at.
I like some of the stories about the original album, though - recording it in secret in Boston, while pretending to record it in L.A. Having an expensive, custom made guitar billed to the recording budget, but Scholz using a second hand Yamaha 12-string ($100 guitar) on More than a Feeling.
Good times...
Posted on 12/5/16 at 9:59 am to geauxbrown
By most accounts, Hashain is the full-time drummer on those early albums, except for Jim Masdea on "Rock And Roll Band". However, only one song on the debut features the whole band (Let Me Take You Home Tonight), and I believe Barry might play a solo on "Long Time"...other than that, Tom pretty much handles the bulk.
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 10:03 am
Posted on 12/5/16 at 10:16 am to geauxbrown
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And while the drum playing on that album isn't anything exceptional, I'll take the word of Hashian.
Never say a bad word about the man who had a totally cool name and possibly the greatest fro of any drummer, alive or dead.
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