Boston : We Found it in The Trash Can ...Honest ! ( Demo Tape ) [New Link ]

Most of the Boston bootlegs

 that surfaced in the late '70s 

contained

 live recordings, 

but

 We Found It in the 

Trash Can, Honest! 

is an exception. 

Released in 1977, 

This Rare Bootleg

 LP Offers Demos 

That Boston Recorded in 

Tom Scholz's Home Studio

in 1975 

 The very demos

 that led to a contract 

with Epic Records. 

Those who own Boston's 

self-titled debut 

album of 1976 

would recognize most

 of the songs on

 Trash Can 

 while

 "Don't Be Afraid of Love"

 is a rarity that was never

 released commercially, 

"More Than a Feeling,"

 "Rock & Roll Band," 

"Hitch a Ride,"

 "Peace of Mind," 

and 

"Something About You" 

all ended up being

 re-recorded

 for Boston's first album. 

As the bootlegger points out

 in the liner notes,

 the differences between these

 early Pre-Epic demo versions 

of the songs and the final versions

 heard on Boston can be

 either subtle or obvious 

 in some cases,

 verses were added or dropped. 

This record offers

 decent sound quality,

 although not surprisingly, 

Boston sounds

 a lot more produced.

An album of demos

 wouldn't appeal to those

 with only a casual interest

 in Boston's music, 

but Trash Can

 is a bootleg 

that hardcore

 Boston collectors

 found interesting.

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