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That's tantalizing info indeed. So cool that Mark became a fan after that first experience seeing Rush opening for Kiss at Fremd High School in April 75. Speculation train on the missing mystery show would likely point to one for the six shows performed in Chicago in 1978 (three in Jan on...

The wait is totally understandable - life outside the hobby takes precedence and often makes makes "free time" too little to get hobby projects up and running. Question - "If we're lucky Rockford 1975 and the other unknown lost Rush tape will be found, but last I heard Mark's son still hadn't...

Looks like your speculation on Finding My Way was spot on. I'm a fan of the old stuff, especially Rush through Moving Pictures, although I too appreciate the entire catalog, and find most of it essential, interesting, and enjoyable. The fact that they performed Finding My Way, without...

I thought it was good on first view (the audience shot). Thought it was great after watching the pro-recording (better sound). And now, after multiple viewings, I think "fantastic" is an apt summation. Great song choice ("finding my way back home" indeed!) that doesn't involve Neil's lyrics...

I think that Half the World has a half a chance, given the ongoing salience of the lyrics, the ease of singing for Geddy, and the contrast it provides as a simpler song that is an easy hum along. I'm so stuck in the R40 vibe, and guess that for Geddy and Alex that tour is a starting point for...

Hope you all don't mind me cluttering this board with a very long personal musing... I'd be interested in folks' thoughts/speculation about the "40 songs" and the setlist for the upcoming tour. Since the internet became a thing, I have resisted learning about the setlist before attending a...

Oh my, that camera on the kit now makes perfect sense! I've always marveled at the Fin Costello photos from behind the kit, and lazily never matched those photos up with the camera that I had hopefully assumed was part of the "Live in London" filming. A Costello mounted film camera makes much...

Thank you for this informative post. It sure seems like you are working - with great persistence - digging up, and following up on, leads. Thank you! Yeah, it makes sense that Alex would have early recordings, from when they were still contained within the confines of Toronto, and green -...

"This show was recorded by Rush's original sound engineer Ian Grandy (1968-1980), which later somehow unofficially made its way to the public. Ian Grandy also recorded the soundboard at one of the 1979 Hammersmith Odeon shows (May 4, 5, 6, 7), from which he then edited Something For Nothing and...

Wow - had not read this until now (2026). Very informative, and a bit depressing. Seems like the band didn't have an intention to even minimally document themselves in the early days. I remember in my youth playing in bands (unsuccessful highly anonymous bands), we were obsessive about...

Pricing is outrageous, and cornering fans to have to purchase all the party favors is a curious thing to do to the loyal fanbase, and irksome. What the heck? I'm sure many of us old fans have purchased all these things over and over and over again; and would do so again if not forced to pay...

Thank you Santa-Tor!

Thanks for your reflections. For my own part, I'm very happy. To be honest, I was happy for the R40 tour to be the end of Rush proper. My feeling was that Neil was a touch slower and a touch less powerful on that tour. And, insights from the Time Stand Still film and post-tour interviews with...

So very excited to sit down and give this a proper full listen. One of my favorite recorded shows for the setlist and performance, and now in greatly improved quality! Six of the eight FBN songs performed in a row and in complete full versions! Thank you, and yes, this is a time to be...

Oh my goodness this is unreal. Fairly long segments of Working Man with the full AFTK Tour wardrobe in effect. Alex just dominating the stage! And this must be the most comprehensive footage of Fly By Night - and it's so neat to see Alex and Geddy hamming it up. A song on its way out of the...

Wow By-Tor X-1, that article from Portland is new to me and provides near incontrovertible proof that The (full) Necromancer had a revival for one night in March 1976. That would be a unique recording indeed: full By-Tor, full Necromancer, nearly complete 2112. To add speculation to the...

Regarding Necromancer, it definitely was not an orphaned song since they performed a good chunk of it on All the Worlds a Stage tour. Very cool info about a press article stating a version was performed in Portland on the 2112 tour. Fountain of Lamneth - I want it to be true that they...

So true. My guess, based on not too much -- a hazy memory of interviews with Geddy where he stated how much he loved the album, a general feeling, and potentially irresponsible speculation -- is that Geddy made a big push for the PoW revival on the CA tour, Neil was supportive, and Alex went...

A little thought exercise for my Rush brain to share. We all know that Rush had an ethic of playing chunks of their latest album when on tour. To keep within their set list time constraints, that usually meant shedding older songs in the setlist from past tours. Some songs appeared on the...

This is a great analysis of the always mysterious (to me) Pink Pop tape. I totally agree with your assumptions: - Anthem likely performed as the opening number - By-Tor, A Farewell to Kings, Working Man, and Bastille Day dropped from the "standard" continental Europe setist - Hemispheres likely...