Audio 17 February 1978 - The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland [Audience]

Rush Archives · February 17, 1978

01 - Bastille Day

02 - Lakeside Park

03 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog

04 - Xanadu

05 - A Farewell To Kings

06 - Something For Nothing

07 - Cygnus X-1 (cut)

08 - Closer To The Heart

09 - Overture Intro Tape Delay

10 - 2112

11 - Working Man

12 - Fly By Night

13 - In The Mood

14 - Drum Solo

15 - Cinderella Man

This is the second of two consecutive nights Rush played at the Glasgow Apollo during the AFTK tour.
In Geddy's memoir, he recollects having been very surprised by the crowd at these shows singing along to Closer To The Heart, being the first time that had ever happened.
During Bastille Day you can tell that Geddy caught a cold due to his rough voice, something he later mentioned when discussing the official release of the show recorded in London three nights later.
There is a lengthy delay preceding 2112, due to some sort of trouble preparing the prerecorded tape that plays the Overture's synth intro, though 2112 is ultimately performed without it.
A short missing portion of Cygnus X-1 is filled in from a poorer version of this recording, so has a temporary drop in sound quality, though overall is still missing approximately 10 seconds.
This recording is completely missing Anthem, which is not featured on any version of this show.
Despite the couple of cuts, this is an excellent sounding audience recording very much worth listening to, and one of the rarer examples of on-stage oddities/mishaps.