Goosebumps and Tears as Lee & Pete React to Bryan Adams' Reckless (1984) 

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Kieth Scott is a FANTASTIC player and Bryan Adams would not have sounded like he does without him

Captain meets Keith Scott has to happen when they tour the UK this year!

Being 55 I'm brought right back to the best decade ever

Love this series! Nothing better than sitting around with friends and sharing/talking about great music.

Kieth Scott and Mike Campbell from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are both the underrated gems from this era/style!

Keith Scott is the reason I picked up a guitar. Fabulous guitar player and such a simply rock tone.

As a 10 year old Canadian kid in 1984 this was my soundtrack. Pure classic. Still have my old original LP and cassette.

It’s Only Love is in my top 10 favorite songs ever! Bryan’s writing, Keith’s playing, the production, and lastly Tina’s friggin voice!!! She blows me away every time I hear it!!! She was a force to be reckoned with!!!

I'm from Vancouver. Just a little younger than Keith Scott. In the mid 70's you could play in a rock cover band and play 5 or 6 nights in the cabarets of Vancouver and make a living, and nobody was better at doing that and was as well known as Keith Scott and he undoubtedly learned a lot from covering all the hits of the day. Bryan Adams was 5 years older and apparently pestered the manager of Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bruce Allen, relentlessly, until somehow he ended up replacing Nick Gilder of Sweeney Todd ("Roxy Roller"). There was one album produced then Bryan began a solo career with bubble gum pop songs like "Let Me Take You Dancing". After that his management helped him put the together the band that he became famous with, and the band had the hottest hired gun in town, Keith Scott on guitar. Jim Vallance became his writing partner. Around that time our band was in a rented rehearsal space that was on Hastings Street and we heard a band down the hall and we thought "Hey, that singer sounds a lot like Bryan Adams". After we played for a little while we took a break and then Bryan Adams just walked into our room. He didn't say anything and we didn't say anything, and there was that incredible awkward silence for a few seconds, then Bryan turned around opened the door and left. We laughed our asses off because I think he should have said something first but didn't, and we didn't get all excited and say "Oh my God, it's Bryan Adams!". For a while there was a guitar shop in nearby Surrey where I live and I really wanted the 1962 Stratocaster they had but I didn't have the $2500(!) they wanted, and there was a 1950s Strat and other incredible vintage guitars. All I took out of that store was a Boss Phaser. Later I heard that Bryan and Keith went there and cherry-picked all the best guitars. About 10 years later in December 1989, Bryan was a big star and I am working as a courier into the night during the Christmas rush and I have a package for Bryan Adams that I think was maybe cassettes from MCA. He was living in West Vancouver and it was kind of unusual because it probably should of been sent to a post office mailbox. Anyway, it is dark and cold at night before Christmas and maybe 7 or 8 PM and I have been delivering the Christmas rush of parcels for 12 hours or more and just want to get it all done and go home. I ring his intercom at the gate and I explain everything and then he lets me through the gate. I drive up to the front door and hold up the little package to the front door peephole that he is looking through. He realises that I am legit and opens the door and gives me a warm superstar celebrity greeting that I didn't really expect, but again I wasn't responding like a gushing fanboy because I am so damn tired but it left an impression that I can recall it to you to this day. No tip, LOL. There are a few other celebrities I met doing courier work like the members of Loverboy and Matt Groenig, but that's another story.

Re the chorus Adams (Scott) used on this album, the Boss DC-2 (Dimmension C) had come out around this time which was the pedal based off the Roland SDD-320 Dimension D which was used on this album. Later Adams & Scott used the Boss DC-2 live on tour. Interesting thing to note, the DC-2 was quite popular (even though not a true chorus) during this time. Being used by Adams, Scott, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Prince to name a few. Sorta funny when players try every chorus out there to get some of these tones and can't find the exact one. The four button no knob DC-2 was it. Cheers and Great Vid

Bryan used to play at our local cabaret back in the 70s in Langley BC Canada all the time, I can still see his name on the marquee. I remember sitting right in front of the stage, he was like maybe 18 and I was 15, not even old enough to be in there, but I remember my friends and I all loved him and KNEW that he was going to Make it. local boy does good. talked to him many times in those days, and then about a year later he got his record deal and took off from there. And rest is history. P.S. Our "little cabaret" used to be a skating rink, It was called the Bow Fiddler. You could pack in 2000+ people on a Saturday night. no wonder he played there alot.

Yes, the quick transition from the end of Kids Wanna Rock straight into It's Only Love has always been one of my favorites.

So proud of our music! 🇨🇦. The first time I saw Bryan perform was when he took over as lead vocalist for a band called Sweeney Todd. Nick Gilder was the previous vocalist and their big hit was "Roxy Roller". Bryan had really long hair and must've been very young at the time. 😊. Great times growing up in 🇨🇦 and all the great rock (and hockey 😂) we had. 😀🎸🎸🎶 🏒 Thx for posting this! ❤

I started playing guitar because of this album. My absolute favorite of all time.

My future wife and I danced to "Heaven" at our High School Prom in 1984. That was our song. Married in 1990....28 years, and 2 kids later it all fell apart, but this song remains a dagger to my heart yet also a comfort all at the same time. Ever since "Cuts like a knife" Brian has been one of my favorite artists.

It’s sooo good to see a guitar related channel talk about these kind of songs, legendary

Steve Smith from Journey played with Bryan Adams on Heaven. Mickey Curry was unable to play during the studio session because he was playing with Hall and Oats. Steve was in New York and Bryan called on him. 1983. It was one of the reasons that Neal Schon got Steve fired from the band. He didn't want anyone working outside of Journey.

I'm only 32 but my mother was a massive Bryan Adams fan so I grew up with his music (on casettes). When I got my driver's license I used to drive for hours listening to his songs. This video brings up great memories 🥹

End-to-end the greatest (pop)rock album of all time. 6 singles and 2 more tracks that are live-legends. The entire album has a feeling of ‘made to be played live and loud’. A complete banger of an album!

Justin Hawkins did a thing about this LP a while back. I’m so glad it’s socially acceptable to like Bryan Adams again. (That Robin Hood song definitely outstayed its welcome). This was the second LP I ever bought (or at least got my Mum to buy it for me). I would have been about 7 or 8 when I got it. (A couple of years after it came out). The rhythm guitar sound on ‘Its Only Love’ is still grail to me.

I remember the DJ playing Bryan Adams Heaven, lights go down and that smooth voice coming on the PA "couples skate".

This is THE record, that influenced my whole musical journey. Born in *85, my parents listened to Bryan Adams all the time (alongside Fleedwood Mac, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, etc.). I think a combination of Bryan and my dad, who also played the guitar, made me pickup the guitar… but Metallica made me wanna really learn and practice🥳 But „It‘s only love“ is one of the greatest rock songs ever written!!!

“Reckless” is all around great. And just as good today as it was then.

This is great. I started getting back into vinyl in 2015. I remember sitting in our front room playing records on our console system in the early 80's. Fighting with my brother on which album to put on next, and sitting on the floor with the lights off at night, as my father put on Pink Floyd, the police, supertramp, the tubes and more. I had a crappy record player in my room as well, but it was the best, no matter the quality of player. Since I got back into records, I can say, scientifically sonically or not... nothing sounds better than that old music on vinyl. It's more than just the direct sound... its the whole experience that makes it the best. You LISTEN to a whole album. No skipping, no favoriting... just listening. Listening to vinyl is what actually lead me to get back into guitar after a 15 year hiatus. It's all connected!! Well done guys! Hope you keep this series going. Such a great side topic!

Best Anderton video I've watch in a long time. Please do more iconic guitar albums! Perhaps talk about pedals that give the tone/sound of the guitarist. Great job fellas. 😅

Love this series! Please do more and more...maybe Def Leppard Hysteria...

Keith Scott is incredibly melodic, each single note he played on all these Bryan Adams' albums is absolutely flawless. 'Do I Have to Say the Words' gives me chills every time I hear it, the way he uses the whammy bar in that song is just perfect. I've been lucky enough to watch him playing it live in Brazil in 2017. Certainly one of the most underrated guitar players in Rock History. P.S.: That 'Into the Fire' album laying down there is also great. Home Again and the tile song are fantastic. 'Into the Fire' is Keith's favourite song, BTW. Bryan's voice is the same as in the 80's, but the guy is nuts, he blocks everything on YT, so it's very difficult to see footage of his live shows or include excerpts of his songs in any video.

I remember watching an interview with Edward Van Halen back in the 90's, and he said that Keith Scott was one of his favourite guitarists.

Bryan Adams was my first concert, he had Extreme, Little Angels, Squeeze supporting. One of the biggest days of my life. Everything that day blew my wee mind. PS - Bryan Adams would have been 10/11 in 1969. The line about Jody getting married hits different with that knowledge. I suspect Mr Adams may have been telling porkies.

Saw him five times in his prime. What an awesome live performer.

Please don't stop these. I have been into record collecting and just grabbed this one because of this video!

Its only love - best guitar intro ever

Summer of 69, Living on a prayer and Down by the river by Springsteen all have that reminiscing about your youth nostalgia thing going and I think that is something that is common for everyone regardless of your age.

BA had a track called Reckless but it physically couldn’t fit on the album and got cut. He’s playing Reckless in full at the Royal Albert Hall in May. See you guys there????

"Run to you" was the first single, "Summer of 69" was maybe the third. A great, great record. My favourite track was "Kids wanna rock". ETA: "Summer of 69" was the fourth single, following "Run to you", "Somebody" and "Heaven". The video featured Lysette Anthony from the movie "Krull".

Legendary album with fantastic songwriting and songs that will be remembered & replayed for decades. Most of the tracks became hits. One of my all time top albums for sure

This is great to watch and hear the discussion Btw Keith Scott did an interview in Jeremy White channel about recording reckless. He talks about using his beat up 70s strat with the single humbucker in it. He goes in to say a lot of the Reckless overdubs were done with borrowed and rented amps and guitars, which were Marshall’s and a 60s red strat. Which Bryan Adams did buy several years later. That interview is worth a watch too 👍

As a bass player that used to play it in a terrible covers band I can confirm that Run to You has an utterly fantastic bass line. It's just solid as a rock from beginning to end and great fun to play.

I *LOVE* this album and the LP is even better sounding than the CD. For me this is the sound of EL84s in a Vox AC30 that are smokin' hot. Only just started this video but I know I'm gonna LOVE it.

Classic CANADIAN rock! Huge influence on me!

One of the greatest albums of all time, IMO. Takes me back to some great times. I think I must have been 14 or 15 years old when it came out. That was long ago now… lol

Pete & Lee, the “sound” of Reckless (and some other famous albums you may have heard of) came from the former Little Mountain Studios. There’s a great documentary, “From AC/DC to Aerosmith, Vancouvers Little Mountain Studios…”

First heard Summer Of ‘69 when I was 6 years old. I can vividly remember being at a friends house and wondering what on earth this awesome sounding track it was when it played on his tape recorder. The snare hit and opening strums was enough. The rest of the album is a masterpiece. Not a bad track on it.

Run to you was the first big hit that I remember

Keith Scott is a monster player.

One Night Love Affair and It's Only Love are my go-to Bryan Adams songs. Love the entire album, but the guitars in those two songs just get me in the heart every time I hear them

Keith Scott, Mike Campbell and Peter Stroud - all unsung guitar legends behind a more famous singer/band

What an influential album- recorded to tape by Clearmountain, no samples, Keith Scott is a monster of melody, don’t forget Mickey Curry on Drums. A mate of mine was lucky enough to record demos with the Bryan Adam’s band and they played LOUD and together. Just fabulous fun. Legends.

This album is off the chart! Bryan and the whole band is amazing! Kieth Scott’s playing is off absolutely awesome 🎸🎤🥁 I totally agree that Bryan’s vocals are some of the best there’s ever been! These videos are excellent guys, So Many Good Times were had to these tunes👍🥳🫨😭

Would love to hear you guys do a deep dive on Keith's Strat / dist tone. Always amazed me live that the tone was spot on. Slain Castle concert years ago.

Keith Scott and Steve Stevens both deserve more recognition

Lee. Pete. Your respective comments about Keith Scott. TOTALLY agree!!!!

Sharing the same sentiments as others, without Keith Scott, I don't know how good Bryan would have been He always serves the song and not his ego and has some of the most tasteful and complete solos of the 80s and 90s His work on Reckless is superb, but he truly shines on the Into The Fire album (Bryan's best Album by a country mile, so much darker than anything he's ever done) and Waking Up the Neighbours, his playing on both and his solos are sounds to behold. That statement about the greatest guitar player you've never heard of os so true, Afficianados know who he is, but the average listener hasn't a clue who he is. Bryan has a huge part of his success down to Keith's playing Seen them 29 times together, and Keith always delivers He should be nicknamed the Postman ❤️

Keith Scott is one of my absolute heroes! One of my favourite guitar players of all time. Just genius playing, glorious in its simplicity and utter brilliance.

This album will always be our family's summer road trip album. Legendary holidays driving down to the Isle of Wight with the kids rocking out in the back seat and myself and my wife fighting over the volume control in the front. It always brings back the feel of hot sun, sea breezes and the smells of asphalt and the sea.

Kids Wanna Rock was the last song recorded for the album. The album was already basically done and Bryan was in New York having a listen to the album with manager Bruce Allen who responded "where's the rock?" Bruce felt the album needed a rocker, so Bryan wrote another tune and recorded it with the band then Reckless became history.

This series is great, PLEASE do a session with BOSTON from their first album!!! The sound is epic!

Again a fantastic video! I was 17 when the album came out. Rock on the 80's were the best!

I wore this album out when I was 11. Keith Scott's playing is what inspired me to want to play guitar. It's so simple, but sounds so incredible.

Great tribute to Bryan Adams and his crew! You have to get with him in May when he's in London!

I used to be in a band up in Seattle around when this was released. We had a guitar player that sang and played just like Brian and Keith. That’s what we would call the Pacific Northwest Sound. We also had a female guitarist and a Philippine female singer. We did around eight of these songs and sounded just like them without even trying. Our drummer was great too. I only filled in for two months until they could find a bass player that could go up to Alaska. I saw Brian and co play up in Raleigh a few years back and they killed it.

Heaven was my wedding song

Ohh guys!! I know this must be a hard video to do with lots of copyright issues, but PLEASE make this a regular thing. Just going through albums like these that you personally love. Couldn't love this episode any more! Such a great album.🙌

The album sound amazing. Reckless - the title track - was cut from the album. You can find it on the 30th anniversary version.

Great job reviewing one of the best albums of a generation.

Thanks for re-posting this. I started to watch it and then it got removed. So happy to see it back up outside the podcast. Totally dig Bryan Adams. Have seen him twice live 4th row and he is even better live. Well done on this episode Lee and Pete :)

The larger than life reverb on this album played a big part in it's sound. Bob Clearmountain mic'd up a stairwell in the recording studio to get the sound.

This was the first CD I bought. I went from albums, then to cassettes when the walkman came out, then CDs.

Still sounds great. Bryan’s voice and the production on this are timeless.

I was a senior in High School in California when this Album came out. My Brian Adams cassette (yes cassette) was definitely worn out after my friends and I continuously rocked out to every song that year. I think I still have this cassette somewhere. Thanks guys for taking back in time.❤

GREAT stuff!!! Keep this series going!!!

I suggest 'Toto - The Seventh One' for one of your very next episodes. 🔥 I really dig your stuff 🤘🏻😎

Love this series! You’re covering the albums of my formative years before i started to learn guitar! Keep doing more 80’s albums 🎸

Not a big Brian Adams fan but man so many memories...and such great musicianship 😢...

Totally love this new series guys - thank you so much, brings back great memories!!!

Great watch this was lads! Thank you for sharing it with us!

Excellent, thank you, I love this format 🙏

The lead track and single was Run to You in the UK, Bryan Adams was a huge AC/DC fan, he’s a great guitar player live too as well as Keith Scott, when he toured the On a Day like today album he played bass and they just played as a 3 piece band and all wore white, I saw them in Hyde Park with Soace supporting, saw him play Newcastle Arena too in the 90s, he has the crowd in the palm of his hand

My first concert ever was Bryan Adams "Waking Up The Nation - 1992", I've always had a soft spot for Bryan, Keith Scott and Mickey Curry (drummer, also played on The Cult "Fire Woman")... 🔥 indeed Sir's! 👍🎶

Cuts Like A Knife record is also a masterpiece.

This was outstanding! More of this please!!!

One of my favourite albums of all time to be honest. every song is a banger.

And there was a cool B-Side called ‘Diana’! I was bummed it wasn’t on the box set.

Little fun fact, a group called Lava wanted to replicate the drums from summer of 69, and after using a bunch of time and money they did, years later they met the sound engineer from this album and asked how did they do it? Turns out where they were recording and it got so warm they had to get some air by opening the doors, (I thing they were in a barn, not sure but think so) they were big and metal so they apparently provided the reverb effect.

Lee’s playing has really improved. So tasteful.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF IT'S TIME!!!

Love this series guys! Keep them coming!

That whole album is rock guitar and great hooks to the max. Brian and Keith are still kickin’ arse today. Just rockin’ music and love this reaction to it.

Please do more vids like this. A total blast.

One of the best albums of the 80s. Bryan Adams (and also Huey Lewis and Thin Lizzy) influenced my friends and me in our band then. We even tuned the guitars to the songs of this album. And tried to learn all the riffs by ear. Even our keyboard player tried to sound like the keyboarder on this album. I must admit that I stole some words from this album while songwriting in those days. The Stones are legends, but in the 80s nobody listened to them, I thought they were terribly old and out.

This was one of my first tapes! I was literally 2 when this came out so I didn’t listen until the 90s! Please keep doing these! Amazing stuff. It’s pretty obvious by his playing but these are revealing how great of an ear Pete has.

Thanks to Lee & Pete and the behind the scenes folk, that was quite enjoyable. I wasn't quite old enough to get that album on its first run. I have a suggestion for an LP but from what I understand of the boys' musical tastes & influences it won't be something they're intimately familiar with, yet they've probably heard a couple of songs. Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual - it's definitely got an A and a B side with different characters. I think that they'd prolly have to give it a few listens before tackling the recorded play-through. Anyway, I feel it's one of the seminal albums from the 1990s and managed to bring together punk, rock, metal, & art-house sensibilities. There aren't any blues licks but it's awash with different guitar textures - from heavy & sustained to punchy stabs &: choral orchestral & fluid runs. And bass lines which seem to keep everything together and don't get me started on the drums!

Here in France every concerts of Bryan ADAMS are full because he's a great musician and Keith SCOTT is a great guitarist of course !

Run To You was the 1st single released from Reckless. And Keith Scott is an unknown LEGEND. His solo on Cuts Like A Knife (from the previous album Cuts Like A Knife) is one of greatest solos ever played. Perfection.

boys you nailed it, this setup is so darn right , fab vid guys, ("MORE")!

The pinch harmonics in the outro solo of Its Only Love are goosebumps worthy!

I was skeptical about this kind of content, but I got sucked in right away and LOVE it. Keep up the killer work. Your joy is infectious.

This is such a classic rock album is it called Reckless I can't remember Bryan Adams has to be one of the best rock stars ever. I forgot what a awesome song writer he is. Good luck always to you Lee and Pete happy new year.

Stick with it lads, I was wound up along with you on that. I’ve seen Bryan and boys about six times and every time it’s a party.😁😁😁👍