Daryl Hall & John Oates - Boston 1980 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. Radio Announcer (Live)
02. How Does It Feel to Be Back (Live)
03. Big Kids (Live)
04. Rich Girl (Live)
05. She's Gone (Live)
06. Sacred Songs (Live)
07. Sweet Soul Music with Band Introductions (Live)
08. Sara Smile and Wait for Me Spliced (Live)
09. You Make My Dreams Come True (Live)
10. Be What You Are (Live)
11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Live)
12. Encore Break 1 (Live)
13. United States (Live)
14. Encore Break 2 (Live)
15. Room to Breathe (Live)
16. NYC, NY (Live)
17. Announcer Wrap Up (Live)


 moreDaryl Hall began performing professionally while he was a student at
Temple University. In 1966, he recorded a single with Kenny Gamble and the
Romeos; the group featured Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, who would all
become the architects of Philly soul. During this time, Hall frequently appeared
on sessions for Gamble and Huff. In 1967, Hall met John Oates, a fellow Temple
University student. Oates was leading his own soul band at the time. The two
students realized they had similar tastes and began performing together in an
array of R&B and doo wop groups. By 1968, the duo had parted ways, as Oates
transferred schools and Hall formed the soft rock band Gulliver; the group
released one album on Elektra in the late '60s before disbanding.

After Gulliver's breakup, Hall concentrated on session work again, appearing as
a backup vocalist for the Stylistics, the Delfonics, and the Intruders, among
others. Oates returned to Philadelphia in 1969, and he and Hall began writing
folk-oriented songs and performing together. Eventually they came to the
attention of Tommy Mottola, who quickly became their manager, securing the duo a
contract with Atlantic Records. On their first records -- Whole Oates (1972),
Abandoned Luncheonette (1973), War Babies (1974) -- the duo were establishing
their sound, working with producers like Arif Mardin and Todd Rundgren and
removing much of their folk influences. At the beginning of 1974, the duo
relocated from Philadelphia to New York. During this period, they only managed
one hit -- the number 60 "She's Gone" in the spring of 1974.

After they moved to RCA in 1975, the duo landed on its successful mixture of
soul, pop, and rock, scoring a Top Ten single with "Sara Smile." The success of
"Sara Smile" prompted the re-release of "She's Gone," which rocketed into the
Top Ten as well. Released in the summer of 1976, Bigger than the Both of Us was
only moderately successful upon its release. The record took off in early 1977,
when "Rich Girl" became the duo's first number one single.

Although they had several minor hits between 1977 and 1980, the albums Hall &
Oates released at the end of the decade were not as successful as their mid-'70s
records. Nevertheless, they were more adventurous, incorporating more rock
elements into their blue-eyed soul. The combination would finally pay off in
late 1980, when the duo released the self-produced Voices, the album that marked
the beginning of Hall & Oates' greatest commercial and artistic success. The
first single from Voices, a cover of the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That
Lovin' Feeling," reached number 12, yet it was the second single, "Kiss on My
List" that confirmed their commercial potential by becoming the duo's second
number one single; its follow-up, "You Make My Dreams" hit number five. They
quickly released Private Eyes in the summer of 1981; the record featured two
number one hits, "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," as well
as the Top Ten hit "Did It in a Minute." "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" also
spent a week at the top of the R&B charts -- a rare accomplishment for a white
act. H20 followed in 1982 and it proved more successful than their two previous
albums, selling over two million copies and launching their biggest hit single,
"Maneater," as well as the Top Ten hits "One on One" and "Family Man." The
following year, the duo released a greatest-hits compilation, Rock 'N Soul, Pt.
1, that featured two new Top Ten hits -- the number two "Say It Isn't So" and
"Adult Education."

In April of 1984, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that
Hall & Oates had surpassed the Everly Brothers as the most successful duo in
rock history, earning a total of 19 gold and platinum awards. Released in
October of 1984, Big Bam Boom expanded their number of gold and platinum awards,
selling over two million copies and launching four Top 40 singles, including the
number one "Out of Touch." Following their contract-fulfilling gold album Live
at the Apollo with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick, Hall & Oates went on hiatus.
After the lukewarm reception for Daryl Hall's 1986 solo album, Three Hearts in
the Happy Ending Machine, the duo regrouped to release 1988's Ooh Yeah!, their
first record for Arista. The first single, "Everything Your Heart Desires," went
to number three and helped propel the album to platinum status.

However, none of the album's other singles broke the Top 20, indicating that
their era of chart dominance had ended. Change of Season, released in 1990,
confirmed that fact. Although the record went gold, it featured only one Top 40
hit -- the number 11 single "So Close." The duo mounted a comeback in 1997 with
Marigold Sky, but it was only partially successful; far better was 2003's Do It
for Love and the following year's soul covers record Our Kind of Soul.

The issuing of "greatest-hits" albums reached a fever pitch during the 2000s,
with no fewer than 15 different collections seeing the light by 2008. Live
records proliferated as well, with the A&E Live by Request release Live in
Concert hitting stores in 2003, a reissue of their Ecstasy on the Edge 1979
concert (titled simply In Concert this time around) in 2006, and the Live at the
Troubadour two-CD/one-DVD set in 2008. As far as proper studio albums go, the
2000s were lean, with only three releases -- the aforementioned Do It for Love
and Our Kind of Soul, topped off by Home for Christmas in 2006. A
career-spanning box set appeared in 2009, titled Do What You Want, Be What You
Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oate….

During the 2010s, the duo were very active, both together and separately.
Several Hall & Oates tours were mounted, and they performed together on American
Idol and The Voice. In 2011, Hall released his fifth solo album, Laughing Down
Crying, on Verve Forecast, and that same year Oates released a blues tribute
album titled Mississippi Mile. Three years later, Oates drafted contemporary pop
stars including Ryan Tedder and Hot Chelle Rae for Good Road to Follow. Also in
2014, the duo were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. © Stephen
Thomas Erlewine



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