Boston Common 1980 International Championship

[laurieduncan8]

I used to sit with the headphones on and listen to my Dad's Boston Common songs for hours when I was kid. I'm so thankful that he left me the legacy of Barbershop music. And, the Boston Common was truly one of the best quartets ever. Thank you so much for sharing the videos!

[seventieschildexcess]

ONE OF A KIND AND STILL STANDING ! ! !

[DaKilla27]

Where's their AIC Performance?

[Firehouse4USA]

Thank you for posting this. What a sound!

[MrPipes2U]

Hey Tony! Great! (Fletcher)

[superdangal]

Jamie, thanks for posting as I was in the military to the time and never thought I would see their 1980 international performance. The BC had the most unique blend and full sound of any quartet ever. I had the distinct pleasure to hear them live on many occasions and was blown away each time, They will never be matched.

[estanleyault]

Jamie,

Since part of the reason for posting the BC sets must be to bring them to a new audience, please include some more keywords in the description. Keywords like "barbershop" and "a cappella" would help more people to find these awesome performances.

btw - Find some more videos of Our Town performances and post those gems!

[jcarboneda10r]

Yes! I will be posting their 2nd. and 3rd. sets. and also their Saturday night AIC set which includes the 10 song medley ending with the "mammy" tag

[Ben10r]

@jcarboneda10r Hey Jamie, any update on that epic Old Songs Medley?

[kdenino]

Love this! Do you have their other two sets?

[hjotto]

THX, BC influenced me with BBS Singing during their trip to Germany in 1982.

[shaneforamerica]

What a thrill to watch this! Thanks for posting, Jamie! Can't wait to see the rest!

[wrpupkis]

MickDargan wrote about not using a pitchpipe. Kent told me that once Rich took out the pitch pipe, looked at it, and then put it away, and the presentation judge scored them higher for doing that. Although they never won an medals for their "stage presents." I came into the society in 1975 in the Northeastern District, where they were from so we got to see them quite often and became good friends with Rich and Kent.

[jcarboneda10r]

Yo Tony C....read my comments

[99redcobra]

Jamie its Tony C! Thanks so much for posting this I had never seen it! Do you have any others?

[rmosutton]

Thanks. Jamie. Hard to stop watching this; it's sort of like somehow getting a tape of Lincoln doing the Gettysburg Address, for those of us who joined the Society a couple years after the Common won and never got to see their contest performances. OK, exaggeration for effect, but you get the idea. And Brent is way right about Rich's musicality. You feel that with them it is all about the song, all about the music, not about the singers.

[thebl00per]

Rich Knapp is perhaps the most underrated lead of all time. What PRESENCE and MUSICALITY!

[jcarboneda10r]

Hi Bob,

I don't have the announcements but I will post their Saturday night AIC performance.Jamie

[rmosutton]

Thanks, Jamie -- this really needed to be preserved. Hope after you get the last round posted you'll also have the clip of the announcements of the medalists to post. This is a great favor you're doing.  Bob Sutton

[MickDargan]

Now THAT'S what I call pitch technique . . . don't use a pitchpipe!

[timsteryt]

Awesome. Can hardly wait 2 weeks to see the set with TOQOM! Thank you for sharing.