BOSTON WE FOUND IT IN THE TRASHCAN, HONEST!

THE DEMO TAPE THAT GOT THEM THEIR RECORD DEAL. FEATURING JIM MASDEA ON DRUMS, BRAD DELP ON VOCALS AND TOM SCHOLZ ON GUITARS, BASS AND KEY'S. RECORDED FROM 1973 TO 1975 AT TOM'S BASEMENT STUDIO ON SCHOOL STREET IN WATERTOWN MASS. IT'S FASCINATING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN IN THAT SMALL BASEMENT STUDIO IN AN APARTMENT HOUSE. TOM'S GUITAR SOUND WAS BASICALLY MADE FROM USING AN ATTENUATOR TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN ON HIS AMP BUT STILL GET THE FULL TUBE SOUND, ALL SO HE WOULDN'T DISTURB HIS NEIGHBORS UPSTAIRS, THE DRUMS WERE RECORDED IN A WALK IN CLOSET TYPE AREA AND THE DEMO WAS RECORDED USING A MODIFIED SCULLY 12 TRACK RECORDED AND MIXED USING AVID 101 BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS POWERED BY A DYNAKIT POWER AMP ON A DAN FLICKENGER MIXING CONSOLE. SHURE SM57 MIC'S WERE USED FOR THE INSTRUMENTS AND AN ELECTRO VOICE RE20 WERE USED FOR VOCALS.