{"id":2233261,"date":"2026-09-01T06:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/?p=2233261"},"modified":"2026-09-01T06:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:42:35","slug":"boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/2026\/09\/boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Boston<\/strong>&nbsp;will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a definitive reissue planned for the second quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tom Scholz<\/strong>&nbsp;has teamed with Impex Records for the release, which will be available as a black double-LP, a limited-edition metallic pearl gold double-LP and an SACD\/hybrid disc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reissue will feature long-lost, previously unreleased demos that Scholz originally presented to record labels before Boston signed with Epic Records. Scholz restored and remastered the recordings with Boston guitarist&nbsp;<strong>Gary Pihl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The black vinyl edition will include the original album and a bonus 12-inch EP containing the demos, along with a booklet featuring an essay by music historian&nbsp;<strong>Chuck Granata<\/strong>&nbsp;and historic photographs. The limited pearl gold edition, restricted to 2,500 copies, will additionally include a poster and Scholz&#8217;s signature guitar pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Released in August 1976,&nbsp;<em>Boston<\/em>&nbsp;spent 132 weeks on the&nbsp;<em>Billboard 200<\/em>&nbsp;and peaked at No. 3. Its signature hit &#8220;More Than A Feeling&#8221; reached No. 5 on the&nbsp;<em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anniversary edition is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2027, with an exact release date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston&nbsp;will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their self-titled debut album with a definitive reissue planned for the second quarter of 2027. Tom Scholz&nbsp;has teamed with Impex Records for the release, which will be available as a black double-LP, a limited-edition metallic pearl gold double-LP and an SACD\/hybrid disc. The reissue will feature long-lost, previously unreleased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233262,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233261\/revisions\/2233262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}