Hi -- this is amazing! How did you come across these recordings? Simply by perusing YouTube? Thank you for sharing this. The recording isn't fantastic, but is clear enough to be enjoyable to these bootleg ears! It's great to get a peek into this minimally documented period of the band. Even more importantly, this, and the recent COS show too, provides hope that undiscovered early recordings of Rush remain out there.
This one in particular I was unaware of because it's only available via these largely obscure YouTube videos, so not listed among circulating Rush tapes, but an acquaintance of mine brought it to my attention last August when discussing uncirculated recordings. Surprisingly these two videos have been up for 10 years and this is all we've ever seen uploaded. I've had no luck attempting to communicate with the uploader, having commented on both videos and emailed him at two different email addresses I could find. The same person who told me about this says he emailed the uploader five years ago and didn't ever receive a response.
He states the show was recorded by his uncle and that more songs were captured, if you read the video descriptions. I got the impression from his notes that the very beginning of Bastille Day was cut, but most of that song should've been recorded. So it goes without saying that Bastille Day, Anthem, Lakeside Park, and at least some of 2112 were captured. Since the video ends right after Temples of Syrinx, I'm sure more of the suite was captured, but what exists beyond that is up for speculation. There's no other tapes of non-headline early 2112 tour gigs to compare to.
I was hoping to unveil the entire show here, but since the wait became clearly indefinite, I figured sharing this as-is, since most people don't know about it. I'm hoping with time I'll eventually hear back from the guy. I don't want him to be annoyed if he keeps being asked over time, because that likely won't help. From what I was able to gather, he's a professional touring drummer, so I imagine he just may be too busy to read and/or answer emails.
Also, yes, there are more uncirculated pre-AFTK Rush recordings out there. Not sure how many will actually get out, but I'm pretty confident on some.
I'm also sure plenty more exist that we don't yet know about that may turn up later on. It's good to remain optimistic, the Randhurst Arena tape should prove that anything is possible.
