Boston: Third Stage [MFSL Gold UDCD582]

Artist: Boston Album: Third Stage Year: 1987 Format: FLAC MFSL: Gold UDCD 582 Third Stage is the third album by American rock band Boston released September 23, 1986 on MCA Records. The album was recorded at Tom Scholz' Hideaway Studio over a six-year period "between floods and power failures". After winning a legal battle with Epic Records, Scholz switched their recording label to MCA. The first track on this album, "Amanda", actually written in 1980, became the band's only #1 single. The track reached and stayed at #1 for two weeks in November 1986. It was followed by the second Top 10 single from the album, "We're Ready," which reached #9 in 1987. Third Stage went to #1 on The Billboard 200 where it stayed for four weeks. The album was the first CD formatted album to be certified gold (500,000 copies) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also certified gold in the LP format, making what is believed to the first album to be so certified in both these formats. The album was a first in many respects: the first Boston LP to feature electronic drum samples, the first to feature songs not written by either Scholz or Delp, the first Boston LP without original members Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian and Fran Sheehan (though Hashian and Sheehan were included in the early recording sessions and Sheehan received a writing credit), and the first (and only) Boston LP without the iconic guitar UFO dominating the cover art, though a small image of it is present. Original drummer Jim Masdea (who played on the demos that made a bulk of the first Boston album) plays drums on most of the album. This LP was also the first Boston recording to use the Scholz-invented Rockman guitar processor. No orchestral sounds or synthesizers were used on the album. Track listing * All songs written by Tom Scholz, except where noted. 01.Amanda 4:16 02.We're Ready 3:58 03.The Launch 2:55 04.Cool The Engines (Scholz, F. Sheehan, Delp) 4:24 05.My Destination 2:19 06.A New World (Masdea) 0:37 07.To Be A Man 3:30 08.I Think I Like It (Scholz, J. English) 4:07 09.Can'tcha Say/Still In Love (G. Green, Scholz, Delp) 5:13 10.Hollyann 5:09 Personnel Brad Delp - lead vocals, harmony vocals Tom Scholz - guitars, organs, bass, drums, percussion Jim Masdea - drums, percussion Sib Hashian - drums, percussion Fran Sheehan - bass Gary Pihl - guitar

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Firedog747 (2008-10-10)

Nicely done adw_uk...worked like a charm this time...and a great classic rock band! You and Boston rule!!

FatFreddy247 (2008-10-10)

Anyone fancy hearing Boston live and at their peak check out another of my torrents:
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nik_keri (2008-10-15)

Super.

FatFreddy247 (2008-11-04)

MFSL Lossless MegaCollection on the way including:
Boston: Third Stage
Def Leppard: Hysteria
Don McLean: American Pie
Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction
Heart: Heart
Jean-Michel Jarre: Equinoxe
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene
Jethro Tull: Songs From The Wood
Jethro Tull: Stand Up
Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick
Megadeth: Countdown To Extinction
Nirvana: In Utero
Nirvana: Nevermind
Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd: Meddle
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Rush: 2112
Sting: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Supertramp: Breakfast In America
Supertramp: Crime Of The Century
The Alan Parsons Project: I Robot
The Police: Synchronicity
Toto: IV
U2: The Joshua Tree
U2: War
Yes: Fragile
Just putting the finishing touches to the torrent and expect to start seeding by the weekend.