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Audio 2 December 1978 - Cobo Hall Arena, Detroit, Michigan [Soundboard]

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Track Listing:

01 - Intro​
02 - Anthem​
03 - A Passage To Bangkok​
04 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog​
05 - Xanadu​
06 - Something For Nothing​
07 - The Trees​
08 - Cygnus X-1​
09 - Hemispheres​
10 - Closer To The Heart​
11 - Circumstances​
12 - A Farewell To Kings​
13 - La Villa Strangiato​
14 - 2112​
15 - Working Man​
16 - Bastille Day​
17 - In The Mood​
18 - Drum Solo​

Notes:

  • While closely rivaled with the Tucson '78 and Germany '79 soundboard recordings, this Detroit show is one of the quintessential recordings from the Hemispheres tour.
  • The start of the encore with beginning of Working Man was missing, with the recording starting again during Geddy's last line, "I guess that's what I am", before the instrumental part. For some versions, this missing section had been filled with a segment from the Tuscon soundboard recorded just 12 days prior, thus there is no noticeable change in audio quality or the band's performance.
  • While I typically never recommend recordings that have mix-matched pieces from other shows due to it causing historical inaccuracy, and usually is not even necessary, I felt in this case it works in its favor, particularly due to both being soundboard recordings of the same quality, recorded a few days apart. It helps make this already near perfect recording almost flawless, and works so well that you would have never known there was a cut there if it wasn't noted. With the filled segment only being approximately 48 seconds, I felt this version is nice to have as long as there is a clear note about the edit. To reiterate, I did not make this edit, rather it was done by the person who made a speed corrected version of this recording. Other than a very subtle speed variation, the other versions with the original cut in Working Man sound exactly the same.

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