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    A + V 22 July 2026 - United Center, Chicago, Illinois [Audience]

    No audio-only recordings of that show have turned up yet. If they do, I'll have them uploaded on this site very quickly. As for video, I sadly don't have enough free time and energy to rip and organize YouTube videos of every single Fifty Something show in a timely manner, so won't continue to...
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    List of Professionally Recorded Rush Concert Audio: 70s & 80s

    @rocky chains CBC most definitely would not have recorded the full show. Yes there should be more than just the short bits that have shown up publicly on various sources, but it seems mostly soundcheck, interviews with Ged and Neil, and the first song of the set (2112), meant for use in...
  3. By-Tor X-1

    The Trees 1980 Acoustic Intros

    @Grommet2112 I don't think I ever documented Bangkok changes in particular
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    Tracklisting for "Rush Soundboard Archives VOL 1-3"

    Perhaps that's a contributing factor among Rush fans... Though with other super consistent bands, there's still a very strong following for this stuff. Hard to really know why things are the way they are... Even if they're playing on point, each show is never identical, just like studio takes...
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    List of Professionally Recorded Rush Concert Audio: 70s & 80s

    Yeah I really don't think they were still using mobile studio units in the 90s to multitrack live shows. They must've had a bit more streamlined method by then. Not a whole lot is known about what shows they multitracked in the 90s beyond what was used on Different Stages. But if it was 60+ then...
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    Audio September 1979 - Unknown Location [Soundcheck] [Audience]

    Great point there! I updated some details above to reflect this being from sometime in September only. Correct, the Tama kit debuted in Toronto on Sept 2. The sound of the new kit noticeably stands out in concert recordings, though I never noticed it before on this soundcheck. Cool stuff!
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    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    @falcomadol Great point, the four-night residencies are all done now.... I didn't think about that. So the two-nighters starting with Philly and onward are likely going to need some sort of change up to establish a regular two-setlist pattern. Possibly with a few rotating song slots, because...
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    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    @Bacchus Plateau Oh wow, that's more hard confirmation regarding that playlist I was talking about. We may never know the two dropped songs unless they reveal that info later, starting to think they aren't going to bring those back out on this tour. However I do still suspect Malignant...
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    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    Correcting myself on this, I just watched a longer video of last night and he WAS going to use it, but sadly couldn’t get it to work. Not sure if he’ll attempt it tomorrow, CTTH isn’t in the set (typically) so he’d have to use it on another song. It seems finicky so I doubt he’ll try it on a...
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    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    I figured the "ruined it" thing was just that he probably couldn't ever fully enjoy the way the sound changed after being rebuilt. He clearly liked it enough to still use it for every encore for many months that followed... not sure exactly when he had it modified but should've been around...
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    Audio September 1979 - Unknown Location [Soundcheck] [Audience]

    I was just revisiting this tape for the first time in years, yet so much if it is still embedded in my memory. It was always one of the most interesting soundcheck tapes for me. Very cool stuff going on here.
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    The Soundcheck Tapes

    Here are the soundcheck recordings that circulate. Some have jams, some are actual sound tests, some have songs rehearsed, and some have a mix or all of the above. These recordings are pretty rare, but as far as 70s-90s go, this list should be everything. There are some later tour soundchecks...
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    The Soundcheck Tapes

    There are some jam tapes that survive in Jon Erickson's collection, but that's a long story and not sure if they'll ever get out.
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    The Soundcheck Tapes

    I’ll compile a list tomorrow of what circulates. Sadly not as many as we’d love to hear, but there’s a handful. The band recorded a lot of sound checks from the soundboard in the 80s, but none of that is in our hands…
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    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    There was a distant video on Facebook, but I haven’t seen YT uploads just yet.
  16. By-Tor X-1

    Fifty Something Tour: General Discussion

    So tonight for CTTH Geddy used his original Fender P-bass (that was cut to the famous teardrop shape), and unless I missed something, that hasn’t been pulled out on this tour yet. Last time he is known to have used that bass live was when he joined Max Webster on stage during their headline show...
  17. By-Tor X-1

    Audio 18 January 1994 - Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida [Rehearsal] [Soundboard]

    I didn't know how many fans had seen that tape for sale within the <24 hours it was listed lol. I was afraid of it being bought and never heard, or at best end up like the Presto tape with a poor transfer. Hopefully I didn't spend that much money only to get the final mix. Dog Years is 16...
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    Audio 18 January 1994 - Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida [Rehearsal] [Soundboard]

    Oh yeah, I'd looked through that "Rush Vine" Mega link years ago, pretty outdated at this point regarding new shows and upgrades from the past 5-6 years, and a decent bit of mislabeled/misdated stuff we'd since straightened out. It had some "fakes" too. That's all always been the things I've...
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    Tracklisting for "Rush Soundboard Archives VOL 1-3"

    @Bacchus Plateau The "bootlegs are terrible and uninteresting" mindset had always been something I'd hoped to redeem among more Rush fans ever since I started this website, so it's always nice when people occasionally tell me how much this site has helped them learn about and enjoy these things...
  20. By-Tor X-1

    Audio 18 January 1994 - Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida [Rehearsal] [Soundboard]

    @SnowDog2112 That's interesting, I had no idea the encore existed from this recording. I just took a look through my miscellaneous compilation bootlegs to see if that particular bootleg fell under my radar, but it looks like I don't have that one. If I understood correctly, you do have a copy...
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