The advertisement that opened the Bosstown Sound marketing campaign.
The Bosstown Sound (or Boston Sound) was the catchphrase of a marketing campaign to promote psychedelic rock and psychedelic pop bands in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 1960s. The concept was conceived by the record producer Alan Lorber as a marketing strategy intended to establish several underground musical artists native to the city on the national charts and compete with the popular San Francisco Sound. Lorber chose Boston for his plan because of the several bands developing in the city, the abundance of music venues (such as the Boston Tea Party), and the proximity of MGM Records, which had signed the core groups.
The Bosstown Sound was promoted as harnessing the hallucinogenic essence of psychedelia, also known at the time as acid rock. Numerous bands were involved, but the groups Ultimate Spinach, the Beacon Street Union, and Orpheus were the most prominent. The Boston music scene briefly captured the interest of the youth culture, and recordings by bands from Boston achieved positions on the Billboard 200 chart. However, by the end of 1969, the campaign faltered, its advertisements rejected by listeners. Critics panned the groups involved, and few of the Bosstown bands survived after the scene collapsed. Opinions are still mixed, but the music of these bands has received more positive assessments in recent years.
The BosstownSound (or Boston Sound) was the catchphrase of a marketing campaign to promote psychedelic rock and psychedelic pop bands in Boston, Massachusetts...
emerge from the "BosstownSound", which was a marketing campaign posing as a regional attempt to compete with the San Francisco Sound. During the group's...
groups native to Boston, the band is remembered for its relation to the BosstownSound. In addition, the band had future actor and comedian Chevy Chase as...
studied at New York. The newspaper wrote: "Like the San Francisco sound, the BosstownSound is more apparent in diversity than homogeneity. Such groups as...
1966. The band was one of the numerous groups associated with the "BosstownSound", and is noted for releasing one eclectic album, Peak Impressions, in...
everything from Nico and the Velvet Underground (produced by Wilson) and the BosstownSound bands (Beacon Street Union, Ultimate Spinach and Orpheus), to MGM movie-soundtrack...
several groups involved in the "BosstownSound", a commercial ploy designed to compete with the San Francisco Sound, the band developed a blend of psychedelia...
Elektra Story". Both Sides Now Publications. "Document Resume : The BosstownSound" (PDF). Files.eric.ed.gov. Retrieved 19 March 2022. "Elektra Records:...
The band's label, MGM Records promoted them as part of the so-called BosstownSound (along with the bands Ultimate Spinach and Orpheus), shepherded by the...
Retrieved July 7, 2012. Fortunato, John. "Tracy Bonham's Riot Girl-Spurred BosstownSound". HITS Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2012. The Liverpool Sessions at MusicBrainz...
Encompassed in Boston's psychedelic scene and considered a part of the BosstownSound, the band became popular regionally, and released two albums on Mainstream...
including studio drummer Bernard Purdie and Orpheus, a psychedelic BosstownSound band that had hits in the 1960s. As an actor, Stanley appeared as Wrecking...
long thereafter as Boston's psychedelic rock scene, also known as the BosstownSound, was on a decline. The building was converted into a movie theater known...
University community's weekly newspaper BU Bridge News - Week of 15 October 1999 "Rock Prosopography 101". "The BosstownSound - the Psychedelic Supermarket"....
Society of Soul. The album was mixed at Sound on Sound in New York City, Bosstown, D.A.R.P. Studios, Tree Sound, and Studio LaCoCo in Atlanta. "Myintrotoletuknow"...
fighting back against the humans attacking it. The video, watermarked "Bosstown Dynamics" instead of "Boston Dynamics", went viral across platforms, although...
1996, Outkast recorded ATLiens in sessions at several Atlanta studios—Bosstown Recording Studios, Doppler Recording Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studio...
members. The group recorded the majority of the album in Bobby Brown's Bosstown Recording Studios and Doppler Studios, both in Atlanta, Georgia. Released...
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