BostonSelland Arena, Fresno, California
September 18, 1978
Source : Audience recording > 1st generation cassette (Maxell XLII-S90) (recorded by R.D.) (courtesy of Wes Meyette archive)
Transfer : Sony TC-WE475 (Azimuth Adjusted) > PC (Line In-Creative SB Audigy Fx)
Editing : Audacity (Mastering) > Wave > TLH (SBE aligned) > FLAC(8)
Traders Den - August 20, 2019
posted by kingrue #2067
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Here’s a recording that maybe brand new for most collectors, I’ve never seen it before until now.
Everybody knows this band and they remember how huge they were in the 70s. So this one might be special for you.
Thanks to Wes for supplying the first gen copy.
Check samples for quality.
Band line up:
Brad Delp : vocals, guitar (passed away March 9, 2007, aged 56)
Sib Hashian : drums (passed away March 22, 2017, aged 67)
Tom Scholz : guitar, keyboards
Barry Goudreau : guitar
Fran Sheehan : bass
Total Time = 75:47
Set list:
01 Rock and Roll Band
02 Party
03 Peace of Mind
04 Feeling Satisfied
05 Don't Look Back
06 The Journey
07 More Than A Feeling
08 A Man I'll Never Be
09 Smokin' (w/keyboard solo)
10 This Time (w/guitar solo)
11 Foreplay > Long Time
12 Something About You
xx Television Politician
~~ ENJOY ~~
The opening act was Sammy Hagar.
The last song of the show was "Television Politician", but it's missing from this recording.
notes from wiki.
The first tour in 1976 in support of the album was a short six-week promotional club tour throughout the Midwest. Boston soon found themselves on a nationwide tour that lasted 10 months. "We started playing the Agoras in Cleveland and Columbus," said Delp. "500-1000 seat clubs. The response was great, I was amazed that people were singing along with all the songs. It really impressed upon me the power of radio, the fact that wherever we went, they were just playing the record and people just came, and it was great." However, several bands that the group opened for were less than enthusiastic to meet them. At one point, they were opening for Foghat, but lost the gig when a Milwaukee disc jockey introduced Boston, not headliner Foghat, as the best rock and roll band in the world. While the band were apprehensive about opening for Black Sabbath, the experience was pleasant. "The great thing about Black Sabbath was that they didn't do soundchecks," remembered Delp. "So we were afforded all the time we wanted on stage, Ozzy Osbourne would say, 'Ahh, you wanna go up and play some songs, go ahead.' They couldn't have been nicer.
Boston eventually began headlining shows in 1977, and sold out four Southern California concert halls within a one-week span. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band opened for Boston in Detroit. On their swing back to the Northeast, they sold out two nights in the Philadelphia Spectrum—and in their New York City debut, three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden."I sold out arenas with this group in four cities from Lincoln, Nebraska to Louisville, Kentucky," said concert promoter Bob Bagaris to Billboard. "I've never seen such universal penetration of key secondary markets by any major group. Even the biggest acts usually don't do so well in every market.
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