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Video 1 March 1981 - International Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois [Audience / 8mm]

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Track Listing:

01 - 2112: Overture * / Temples Of Syrinx​
02 - Freewill *​
03 - Limelight *​
04 - Hemispheres: Prelude *​
05 - Beneath, Between And Behind *​
06 - The Camera Eye​
07 - YYZ *​
08 - Drum Solo​
09 - YYZ (Reprise)​
10 - Broon's Bane​
11 - The Trees *​
12 - Xanadu *​
13 - The Spirit Of Radio *​
14 - Red Barchetta *​
15 - Closer To The Heart *​
16 - Tom Sawyer *​
17 - Vital Signs​
18 - Natural Science *​
19 - Working Man​
20 - Hemispheres: Armageddon​
21 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog​
22 - In The End​
23 - In The Mood​
24 - 2112: Grand Finale​
25 - La Villa Strangiato​

Notes:

  • This is the fourth of four consecutive nights at this venue in 1981.
  • Footage of this show also exists in short segments of silent 8mm film, shot by an uncredited fan. Audio sync by Prog Vault. Song segments captured are noted above. (*)
  • As with any 8mm audience footage from this era, full songs and concerts were not able to be captured due to the short length of the film reels.
  • Also as is the case with many 8mm reels of the era, the film used did did not concurrently record audio, so the resulting footage was silent. However, in our present day era, it is fairly easy to sync these old silent 8mm film clips with audio recordings. Since we do have an audience audio recording of this date, audio from this very concert was used to sync and bring more life to this very rare footage of Rush.

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A marvellous recording. I have always loved the 'last clap' competition between Alex & Neil at the end of 'CTTH'. It always tickles me 😆.
 
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