Boston's 1st album was joined by new releases from three acts Epic/CBS also hoped to break. Those three sputtered to varying degrees, while Boston, as we all know...ZOOM!
Thanks Brad, I really enjoyed reading about these diverse artists linked by a common thread. While I can’t call myself a fan of Boston, as I listened to very little of their later output, that first album is an amazing piece of work. Just fired it up on Spotify to soundtrack my early afternoon. For me it’s one of those pieces of art that is greater than the sum of its parts. Every song is great but as an overall collection of songs it approaches the sublime.
I’m fascinated by these sampler records. I’d never thought about it before but I imagine it would have been a pretty practice for labels to bundle up artists on to these sampler records for radio stations. I wonder what became of all those samplers and whether there’s a niche market of collectors that actively seek them out.
Great comment about Boston....can't disagree as to its total value against its separate songs.
As for the samplers, yes, they carry a premium on the secondary market. That Boston/Peterik/Pederson/MF one, in particular, because of the historical presence of Boston. Also, for every and all white label promo albums, they hold a premium, simply because only thousands were ever printed, against the tens- to hundreds of millions for retail "street" copies.
As for my samplers, promo and otherwise, they all got sold on eBay around the turn of the century. Needing the money, and tired of lugging around twenty 100-count album boxes to everywhere I moved prompted that move, sadly!
Thanks Brad, I really enjoyed reading about these diverse artists linked by a common thread. While I can’t call myself a fan of Boston, as I listened to very little of their later output, that first album is an amazing piece of work. Just fired it up on Spotify to soundtrack my early afternoon. For me it’s one of those pieces of art that is greater than the sum of its parts. Every song is great but as an overall collection of songs it approaches the sublime.
I’m fascinated by these sampler records. I’d never thought about it before but I imagine it would have been a pretty practice for labels to bundle up artists on to these sampler records for radio stations. I wonder what became of all those samplers and whether there’s a niche market of collectors that actively seek them out.
Great comment about Boston....can't disagree as to its total value against its separate songs.
As for the samplers, yes, they carry a premium on the secondary market. That Boston/Peterik/Pederson/MF one, in particular, because of the historical presence of Boston. Also, for every and all white label promo albums, they hold a premium, simply because only thousands were ever printed, against the tens- to hundreds of millions for retail "street" copies.
As for my samplers, promo and otherwise, they all got sold on eBay around the turn of the century. Needing the money, and tired of lugging around twenty 100-count album boxes to everywhere I moved prompted that move, sadly!