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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1978 — September: Boston “Don’t Look Back”
Description: Back in 1976 Boston took the rock world by storm with their debut, and largely self-produced, album. This highly anticipated second album made its appearance two years later, a span of time which would in retrospect be considered quite fast - no other Boston album would appear for eight years. Don't Look Back was originally entitled "Arrival," until the band discovered that ABBA had already released an album with that name.
Guitarist and producer Tom Scholz considered the album to be rushed out by the record label, and believed it was too short and needed another song. This woul...