Audio 22 September 1979 - New Bingley Hall, Stafford, England [Audience]

[Rush Archives]

Downloads:​

• One Night In Stafford
• Stafford, England

Track Listing:​

01 - 2112​

02 - A Passage To Bangkok​

03 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog​

04 - Xanadu​

05 - The Spirit Of Radio​

06 - The Trees​

07 - Cygnus X-1​

08 - Hemispheres​

09 - Freewill​

10 - Working Man​

11 - Finding My Way​

12 - Anthem​

13 - Bastille Day​

14 - In The Mood​

15 - Drum Solo​

16 - La Villa Strangiato​

Notes:​

• This recording features early live versions of The Spirit Of Radio and Freewill.
• This was Rush's final performance of the 1970s, final unabridged performance of 2112 (without Oracle: The Dream) until the T4E tour in 1996, final unabridged performance of Cygnus X-1, and final performance of Hemispheres to include Apollo (already abridged to exclude Dionysus following the Hemispheres tour).
• Closer To The Heart was allegedly recorded, but omitted from these available sources before entering circulation 20+ years ago.
• While the quality of this recording stinks big time, and is missing Closer To The Heart, the good news is I have located an undigitized tape of this concert that does contain CTTH. I can not vouch for its quality as of yet, but we plan to work on a digital transfer of this tape sometime in late 2024.

Preview:​

COMING SOON​

 

[stevew62]

I was at the gig on the 21st Sept. ( My 3rd Rush gig ) . This may have been the gig where Geddy asked for us to show respects for a couple of fans who had been killed on the way to the gig.

I also have a large poster from the gig. I bought it years later as a Student at Uni. It proudly shows the scars of being hung up in all my student digs.


Rush_21_Sept_79_BingleyHall Ticket

Rush_21_Sept_79_BingleyHall Poster

 

[11223344]

What is the status on the undigitized tape that has CTTH?

 

[By-Tor X-1]

Thanks for reminding me. I have transferred the tape some months ago, but I still need to get it prepared.
I need to do a speed correction because it's super fast for some reason, like approx 30% give or take if I recall correctly.
It's the same source is the one above, sounds just as awful, so I was disappointed. Though yes it does have CTTH, so it will be a minor upgrade.

 

[AllanM]

I was at this gig, and also the night before at the same venue. Slept on Stafford train station for 2 nights, along with 100's of other Rush-ians.