Feb 14, 2013

RhoDeo 1306 Goldy Rhox 95


Hello, today the 95th post of GoldyRhox, classic pop rock, in the darklight an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists. Their best-known works include the songs "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay/Long Time", "Rock and Roll Band", "Smokin'", "Don't Look Back" and "Amanda." They have sold over 31 million albums in the United States, of which 17 million are their self-titled debut album.

On March 9, 2007, lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in Atkinson, New Hampshire.

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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. Now i'm not as naive to post this kinda music for all to see and have deleted, these will be a black box posts, i'm sorry for those on limited bandwidth but for most of you a gamble will get you a quality rip don't like it, deleting is just 2 clicks...That said i will try to accommodate somewhat and produce some cryptic info on the artist and or album.

Todays mystery album is is the band's debut album released in August 1976 on Epic Records. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified as selling 17x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2003. They had made demos in Tom Scholz's home studio with Delp on vocals and Masdea on drums. The demos eventually attracted the attention of Epic Records, and despite Scholz meticulate home production specially geared to the adult orientated rock(AOR) radiostations Epic thought better of it, the material had to be recorded in a 'professional' studio an obvious way to saddle the band up with debts thereby exerting a good grip on this start up band, what happened in the end the 12track hometape was transferred to a 24 track , voice added, mixed eh presto one of the cheapest millionsellers ever produced.

This sound is characterized by multiple lead and blended harmonies guitar work (usually harmonized in thirds), often alternating between and then mixing electric and acoustic guitars. Scholz' production style combines deep, aggressive, comparatively short guitar riffing and nearly ethereal, generally longer note vocal harmonies. The album soared, with three singles becoming Top 40 hits. All eight of the songs on the album still receive regular airplay on classic rock radio to this day, across the country. Taking a mere three weeks to earn an RIAA Gold Record Award (500,000 in unit sales) in 1976, and a Platinum Award (1,000,000 in unit sales) after three months on November 11, 1976, it was the fastest selling debut album for any American group. It paved the way for many an adult rock band.


Goldy Rhox 95   (flac 260mb)

Goldy Rhox 95   (ogg 90mb)

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

any chance of re upping horace andy
many thanx

Anonymous said...

any chance of re upping horace andy
many thanx

Rho said...

Hello Anon sure there's a chance when you are more specific. Rho