Boston Boston/OH,USA 1976 Upgrade

Boston appeared all over the world in 1976 with the historic masterpiece “Fantastic Flight”. The finest soundboard symbolizing the early days has been brushed up. A high-precision natural sound CD by “GRAF ZEPPELIN”. This work is engraved with the “September 27, 1976 Cleveland performance”. It is a superb stereo soundboard recording. Along with the Philadelphia and Long Beach performances, it is a classic that is also called “the three major soundboards of the debut era”, but this work is the earliest of them all. In order to realize its meaning, let’s first look back at the schedule at the time of the debut, which changed the history. August 10, 1976: North America #1a (1 performance) August 25, “Fantasy Flight” released August 27 + 28: North America #1b (2 performances) September 26-December 18: North America #2 (55 performances) ←★Here★ February 1-May 25, 1977: North America #3 (90 performances) This is BOSTON in 1976/1977. The Cleveland performance of this work was the second concert of “North America #2”, about one month after the album was released… It seems normal to write like this, but if you look closely, “North America #1” before and after the album release was not a tour, but a promotional one-off performance. The full-scale tour started from “North America #2”, and this work is the second performance. In other words, it was also the super-early show of BOSTON’s 5th performance. This work, which conveys such a historic stage, is a superb sound board with “super”. This is the highest peak master unearthed more than 10 years ago, and was once loved as part of the three-disc set “MOTHERSHIP”. Of course, this work is not a copy or remaster of “MOTHERSHIP”. It goes back to the natural transfer of the original reel master, and from there, detailed mastering was carried out by “GRAF ZEPPELIN”. It is the highest peak in history. If you have noticed this article, you may know that “GRAF ZEPPELIN”‘s method is “super natural” and “band sound output supremacy”. In the world, flashy remastering that only increases the sound pressure is still prevalent, but although it is easy and flashy, the subtleties of the performance are lost and the sound is distorted. “GRAF ZEPPELIN” is the exact opposite, repairing the sound that has been altered in each process such as recording, storage, and digitization, and returning it to its original state. It is reproduced from the perspective of “on-site sound output”. In other words, it is the sound source version of “painting and cultural property restoration work”. Specifically, the work is actually faithful to the basics. The pitch is adjusted accurately, phase shifts and distortions of the tape run are corrected, and noise is neatly removed. The important thing here is to “not change the sound of the performance.” If you have ever dabbled in mastering, you may have experienced automatic noise reduction that has caused the performance to become distorted, but it is important to take measures to prevent such changes from occurring and to stop just before they occur. Take this work as an example: hiss. If it is automatically processed in bulk, the performance sound will become distorted, but this work analyzes the band and adjusts each band. It also follows the waveform with your eyes, and makes fine adjustments while checking with headphones to determine the “here and there!” moment. Moreover, “here!” changes as the performance progresses, and you continue to follow it throughout the entire work. Just writing about it makes you imagine the work that would make you dizzy, but that is why the beautiful performance sound is realized as if there was no hiss from the beginning. Another point to mention is the “wide range.” It is sometimes misunderstood that applying compression to increase the sound pressure will expand the range, but in fact it is the opposite. Over-peaked loud sounds are only crushed, and the range is narrowed because the soft sounds are also raised. Of course, there is no need to worry about that with this work. The soft sounds are left beautifully in the details as they are, and the loud sounds are not over-exposed. At first glance, the volume may seem small, but the sound has a wide range and high resolution. It is irresistible that the dawn of BOSTON is depicted with such a supernatural soundboard. Let’s organize the set unique to the very early days here. Fantastic Flight (6 songs) Rock & Roll Band / Peace Of Mind / Something About You / Smokin’ / Foreplay / Long Time / More Than A Feeling Others (4 songs) Don’t Look Back: A Man I’ll Never Be / Don’t Be Afraid Unreleased songs: Shattered Images (Help Me) / Television Politician … and so on. The axis is of course “Fantasy Flight”, and all songs except “Hitch A Ride” and “Let Me Take You Home Tonight” are played on a large scale. New songs are also scattered there, but the unreleased songs “Shattered Images (Help Me)” and “Television Politician” are particularly delicious. In the end, you can enjoy the repertoire that was not included in “Don’t Look Back” with a completely official sound. Moreover, since this is the very early period, the performance is precise and careful without any play. It is the perfect take to imagine “If it had been recorded in a studio…”. It is a superb sound board that is worthy of being called “a live performance version of Fantastic Flight”. This is the highest peak update. It is a superb stereo sound board recording of the cultural heritage album “Cleveland Performance on September 27, 1976”, which should be placed next to the historical studio masterpieces. The highest peak update board where “GRAF ZEPPELIN” has polished the natural transfer of the original reel master. There is no unnecessary sound pressure, the pitch is strictly adjusted, phase shift and tape running distortion are corrected, and noise is neatly removed. The “sound of the time” is reproduced with the precision and aesthetics that are also common in the repair of cultural assets. This is a cultural heritage album where you can enjoy the very early stage of the “Fantastic Flight” song and the unreleased songs “Shattered Images (Help Me)” and “Television Politician”. The definitive soundboard sound source representing Boston! A great achievement in 2022! (Remaster Memo) Phase correction Adjusted to the entire band. There is less hiss than the previous release. No compression is applied, with an emphasis on range. The volume is lower than the previous release, but the sound has a wide range. Live at Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA 27th September 1976 STEREO SBD(UPGRADE)(61:39) 1. Introduction 2. Rock And Roll Band 3. Shattered Images (Help Me) 4. Peace Of Mind 5. Something About You 6. A Man I’ll Never Be 7. Smokin’ 8. Guitar Solo 09. Foreplay/Long Time 10. Don’t Be Afraid 11. More Than A Feeling 12. Television Politician STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Tom Scholz – Guitars, Keyboards Brad Delp – Lead Vocals Barry Goudreau- Guitar, Vocals Fran Sheehan – Bass, Vocals John Hashain – Drums