Boston - Third Stage (Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo) Near Mint (NM or M-) / Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes

Released with 4-pages glossy Japanese/English logo/lyric insert & obi-strip.
© 1986 MCA Records, Inc. ℗ 1986 MCA Records, Inc.
Made by Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan
Printed in Japan

Cassette release on H•11•28: PKG-3209 (T4988 014 30875 5, ¥2,800).

An all-analog recording with no synthesizers. Musical equipment used for this release includes: Les Paul Goldtop with DiMarzio Supers: Gibson bass with Fender Jazz pick-up; Hammond M-3 and Leslie; Conn theatre organ ("The Launch"); Old Wurlitzer piano and CP70 electric grand; Rockman Chorus; A real Steinway (thanks Blue Jay); Off-brand drums with Zildjian overhead; Custom prom-stored drums (Thanks Neil, Digi drums) used on a couple of cuts; Rockman IIB, X100 and Sustainor.

Tracks A1 to B3, B5, B6 ©1986 Hideaway Hits (ASCAP).
Track B4 ©1986 Gerry Green DBA Perceptive Music (ASCAP)/Hideaway Hits (ASCAP).

It took nearly six years to conceive and complete this album.
No orchestral instruments or synthesizers were used to create the sounds.
Each individual piece of music relates a human experience.
And together they tell a story of a journey into life's
Third Stage.

A1 1980-81.
A2, A4 1981.
A3 1981-82.
B1 1982, 85.
B2 1984-85.
B3 1985-86.
B4a 1981, 82, 83.
B4b 1983
B5 1980, 81, 82, 1984-85.

A3, B1 Instrumentals

Runout strings are stamped.