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    Audio 15 November 1975 - Rockford Armory, Rockford, Illinois [Audience]

    It buoys the heart to get confirmation that there are indeed Rush fans who are devotees of Caress of Steel. Here's a bit of long tale. I was a young boy, somewhat isolated from the FM radio and removed from the rock and roll world, when I heard Moving Pictures in the summer of 1982 or so...
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    Signals Tour Recommendations?

    I am in the same boat as CoS - the Signals Tour needs more exploring on my part. The 5/21/83 London show is the best sound I've heard, but lacks some of the blistering racket of a hot audience recording. The Nassau Coliseum show from 12/9/82 has the racket and is a pretty hot show with...
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    Audio 13 November 1976 - Rockford Armory, Rockford, Illinois [Audience]

    This is a wonderful document! I think this is best version of In the End I've ever heard. The intro section is all one could want. The band really takes their time, with Alex providing a beautiful, chiming backdrop with the 12 string -- like a gentle waterfall of sparkling notes lightly...
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    The Evolution Of The Drum Head (1968-1984)

    No credit to me really -- all credit to whoever runs Cygnus-X1 site (an amazing resource) and to you for putting together that bigger-than-little photo collage! I love reading and thinking about this stuff.
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    The Evolution Of The Drum Head (1968-1984)

    Thanks this is great fun to read and research. I did some poking around and would add these points for some additional detail. - The first album Rush logo drum heads were used through the end of 1975. The change in January 1976 came during the end of the Caress of Steel tour, and the new...
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    Interesting Photo

    Hi folks. I stumbled on this website of a photographer who has a couple of Rush photos up, including this one: https://www.alrendon.com/rock?pgid=l0sncood-ad97f52c-0636-46e2-863a-3b7d6b63df71_31 And here is the other one...
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    Audio 7 April 1975 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio [Soundboard]

    Thank you for hosting this site and linking Rush fanatics seeking more to such carefully curated, researched, and presented live recordings. This highly interesting show has been around for a while. I had a copy on cassette acquired back to the 1980s, but it doesn't sound as good as what's...
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    Audio 5 March 1976 - Randhurst Ice Arena, Mount Prospect, Illinois [Audience]

    Reading through this series of posts again, I wanted to pull the thread on the Brantford, Ontario review. Every now and then I go back to the admirable cynus-x1.net website and discover new (to me), delightful nuggets. And the newspaper review of the February 21, 1976 show at BCI Triple Gym at...
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    Audio 26 August 1974 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio [Soundboard]

    Thank you for that super informative post, which makes sense. Seems like a lot of tragedy happened to a lot of recordings of a lot of bands over the years. I'm a Zeppelin fan too, and there is a story about one of the great Zeppelin fan recordings from Berkeley, Sept 14, 1971. The recording...
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    Audio 26 August 1974 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio [Soundboard]

    Agree. This whole concert is super raw - Geddy's bass and voice most so. Does anyone know the story of the audio that is available? Are there "master" tapes somewhere, or is what we all have descended from a recording of the original broadcast? I remember having this whole show for years...
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    Interview 7 December 1978 - Alex Lifeson Interview on WLPX Milwaukee

    Here's the full interview, from Guitar for the Practicing Musician, July 1984. http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19840700guitarpracticingmusician.htm The last Q and A is rather poignant nearly 40 years later... At the beginning of the interview, Alex talks about the maneuvering from...
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    Interview 7 December 1978 - Alex Lifeson Interview on WLPX Milwaukee

    Ah yes, I recall that interview and that Alex had affection for his solo in No One At the Bridge. "Yes, Steve Hackett is so articulate and melodic, precise and flowing. I think our Caress of Steel period is when I was most influenced by him. There's even a solo on that album which is almost a...
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    Interview 7 December 1978 - Alex Lifeson Interview on WLPX Milwaukee

    This is a nice little bit to hear (my first time). Just a laid back chat (fragment) with Alex. Really neat to hear him say the words "The Fountain of Lamneth" and "The Necromancer" out loud! The party line defense of Caress of Steel is pretty fresh here, "it was a necessary step for us." But...
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    Grace Under Pressure Appreciation Thread

    By-Tor X-1 wrote this, and I'd like to associate myself with it: "I think GUP is pretty much a flawless album.... Distant Early Warning is probably only ranked so low because it falls victim to what I call the Tom Sawyer Effect, great song that is one of the first to grab you, but after a...
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    Sunday Night Rankings (80s-90s)

    Hi folks, when procrastinating, and avoiding the hard and dreary things (work) on a Sunday night, one’s mind wanders. Tonight, mine wanders to Rush, while I listen to the unbelievable audience recording from June 24, 1984 in Milwaukee. I’m a diehard devotee of 1970s Rush. The 1980s and beyond...
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    Video 28 December 1977 - Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener, Ontario [Audience 8mm]

    Oh my goodness, all this newly surfaced video is unbelievably thrilling - how sharp and clear it is! So much to comment on but no time to get it all out now. Quick question on the 12/28/77 video in this thread, from what show is the synched audio? And I can't resist a question about the March...
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    Rush Songs Never Played Live

    Spetts wrote: "Even though they still used medleys and truncated versions of longer pieces, I never felt like they were playing Tetris with their setlist to please as many fans as possible. Rush have a rare combination; They always challenged themselves with their newer music. Yet, I never got...
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    Natural Science- Live from the Opening Night of the Vapor Trails Tour

    Amazing work! Thank you for sharing this exciting performance - the sound is really good and some of the video shots are outstanding. Great camera work in a challenging situation with fan obstruction. The cameraman was forced to choose Geddy's side, or Alex's side of the stage The result...
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    Thin Sounding Rush

    Hi Jermdog2112 -- That sounds really interesting, and a generous thought! And yeah I agree that recordings that could benefit from some fattening include RtB and Presto especially, and HYF. I don't know anything about the pure legalities, but would offer that morally, you'd be very much in the...
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    Speculation on Rush's Tape Archives

    Thank you Dave. That's a good suggestion to reach out to HU and LW, if only to scratch the curiosity itch. Related to tall this is a quote from Alex in this interview, which I have squirreled away in my memory: "And I was cleaning up the back room…I’ve gotten rid of a bunch of stuff over...
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