- 1. The Master Mind
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... John Boylan, Scholz then battled the record company for the right to use his own studio, dubbed Foxglove, to cut the debut 'Boston' album, at one point sending Delp out to Los Angeles as "a decoy" to lay ...
- Wednesday, December 01, 2021
- 2. Boston mastermind's last-ditch demos led to rock stardo
- (Web Articles)
- ... him to re-record the songs in a professional studio with producer John Boylan. Scholz refused, knowing he couldn't duplicate his performances in a regular studio. That's when Boylan came up with a plan. ...
- Thursday, June 23, 2016
- 3. Boston celebrates 40 years of classic rock
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... John Boylan run interference with the label. (Boylan was previously Linda Ronstadt's manager who had paired her with the Eagles, another group that will celebrate the 40th anniversary of a landmark recording, ...
- Wednesday, April 27, 2016
- 4. 'More Than a Feeling': The making of a rock classi
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... chose a very nice guy named John Boylan. He came to look at my studio and he said, "Well, obviously, we can't do it here. We're going to have to go to New York or LA to a real studio and do it." And I said, ...
- Wednesday, April 13, 2016
- 5. Barry Goudreau Solo Album Remastered *Updated Sep 15*
- (2010-2015 Archives)
- ... superbly constructed songs, great hooks, impressive production (from John Boylan, the producer of the debut Boston album) and Goudreau’s unmistakable, rich guitar tone. Look out too for further support ...
- Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- 6. Greatest Hits [Remaster]
- (Remasters)
- ... Tom Scholz: all instruments All songs arranged by Tom Scholz with a little help from his friends. Technical credits..... Tracks 3, 4, 10, 12, 13: Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan Engineered by: ...
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009
- 7. Don't Look Back [Remaster
- (Remasters)
- ... Lange, and to Cindy Scholz whose unfailing support in 1977 made the original recording possible, to John Boylan for his guidance, and to everyone who helped assemble and bail out Hideaway Studio I. Extra ...
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009
- 8. BOSTON shows, myths, and truths
- (1999-2009 Archives)
- ... band for the debut album (in fact, they weren't), only that producer John Boylan be involved, and there were no "other local musicians" working with me to record the Epic demo besides Jim Masdea and Brad ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2009
- 9. Boston [Remaster]
- (Remasters)
- ... Tonight Sony Legacy Records 69699 86322 2 Produced By: John Boylan, Tom Scholz Engineered By: Tom Scholz, Warren Dewey Mastered By: Wally Traugott Mastered At: Capitol Records Cover Illustration: ...
- Saturday, March 21, 2009
- 10. Take off with Boston
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... hung in the balance as the defiant Scholz, an unknown in the music industry, was going to buck the big boys at a major label. The producer hired by Epic, John Boylan, had enough sense and instinct to kno ...
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
- 11. BackTalk: Tom Scholz of Boston
- (Interviews)
- ... That's not what made it work. You would have lost the honesty on Don't Look Back. It would not have worked, and I could not do it. It came down to [producer] John Boylan standing on my front porch on a ...
- Tuesday, July 01, 2008
- 12. Feelin' Satisfied: An Interview with Tom Scholz of BOSTON
- (Interviews)
- ... just the way I did on the demos. Brad did the same thing with the vocals. It was done entirely just like the original but the record company didn’t know it. There was another producer named John Boylan. ...
- Tuesday, June 10, 2008
- 13. Boston [Limited Edition Remaster]
- (Remasters)
- ... clearly maintained an unusual amount of hands-on control. Producer John Boylan was impressed enough by Scholz's original demos to allow Boston to be built at least partially around Scholz's basement tapes. ...
- Sunday, May 20, 2007
- 14. Don't Look Back [Limited Edition Remaster
- (Remasters)
- ... support made this album possible, to John Boylan and Putney for their expert advice, to everyone who helped assemble and bail out the Hideaway Studio, and to everyone at Epic for being so patient. Art ...
- Sunday, May 20, 2007
- 15. Boston
- (Original Albums)
- ... You Home Tonight Epic Records EK 34188 Produced By: John Boylan, Tom Scholz Engineered By: Tom Scholz, Warren Dewey Mastered By: Wally Traugott Mastered At: Capitol Records Cover Illustration: Roger ...
- Sunday, April 29, 2007
- 16. Don't Look Bac
- (Original Albums)
- ... at Northern Studio, Maynard, Mass., and engineered by Dave Butler Special thanks to Cindy whose unfailing support made this album possible, to John Boylan and Putney for their expert advice, to everyone ...
- Sunday, April 29, 2007
- 17. Greatest Hits
- (Original Albums)
- ... Tom Scholz and John Boylan, A Great Eastern Gramaphone Production Engineered by Tom Scholz and Warren Dewey Recorded at Foxglove Studios, Watertown, MA (Winter '75) Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (Spring ...
- Sunday, April 29, 2007
- 18. Boston rocks again: With remastered classics, band's leader shares more than a feelin
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... liked Scholz's homemade demo, but insisted he re-record it in a professional studio with producer John Boylan. Instead Boylan brought Delp to Los Angeles to do vocals, while Scholz recut the whole demo ...
- Tuesday, June 13, 2006
- 19. A letter from Tom Scholz to all who have supported BOSTON at boston.org
- (Miscellaneous)
- ... made. Under John Boylan's direction, all 3 of the North Shore crew joined Brad in LA as a decoy for CBS, while I actually overdubbed the various instrument tracks back in Boston. Boylan's plan enabled ...
- Tuesday, October 29, 2002
- 20. Boston's "More Than A Feelin
- (Web Articles)
- ... Flickinger console affair where the band recorded demos that led to their signing by Epic in 1975 and which served as the basis of much of the first album's tracks. When producer John Boylan was brought ...
- Friday, September 01, 2000
- 21. Boston: Heaven is a Reel-to-Reel Tape
- (Newspaper/Magazine Articles)
- ... at's how John Boylan came on board. Boylan was a friend of someone that Ahern knew. When we first came out from California, he said to us, 'I've listened to the tapes, I think you guys obviously know what y ...
- Friday, May 22, 1998