Rush Songs Never Played Live

[By-Tor X-1]

( * asterisk means it is debatable, but no hard evidence that they were played)

Take A Friend (Rush) *
Making Memories (Fly By Night) *
Rivendell (Fly By Night)
The Fountain Of Lamneth (Caress Of Steel) *
Lessons (2112)
Tears (2112)
Madrigal (A Farewell To Kings)
Different Strings (Permanent Waves)
Emotion Detector (Power Windows)
Open Secrets (Hold Your Fire)
Second Nature (Hold Your Fire)
Tai Shan (Hold Your Fire)
High Water (Hold Your Fire)
Chain Lightning (Presto)
Anagram (Presto)
Red Tide (Presto)
Hand Over Fist (Presto)
Available Light (Presto)
Face Up (Roll The Bones)
The Big Wheel (Roll The Bones)
Heresy (Roll The Bones)
Neurotica (Roll The Bones)
You Bet Your Life (Roll The Bones)
Cut To The Chase (Counterparts)
Alien Shore (Counterparts)
The Speed Of Love (Counterparts)
Everyday Glory (Counterparts)
The Color Of Right (Test For Echo)
Totem (Test For Echo)
Dog Years (Test For Echo)
Carve Away The Stone (Test For Echo)
Peaceable Kingdom (Vapor Trails)
The Stars Look Down (Vapor Trails)
Vapor Trail (Vapor Trails)
Sweet Miracle (Vapor Trails)
Nocturne (Vapor Trails)
Freeze (Vapor Trails)
Out Of The Cradle (Vapor Trails)
Bravest Face (Snakes & Arrows)
Good News First (Snakes & Arrows)
We Hold On (Snakes & Arrows)
BU2B2 (Clockwork Angels)

 

[rocky chains]

Hi By-Tor X-1. I really appreciate and admire your efforts with this site. Just mind boggling, after decades of seeking out cassette tapes of live recordings, of unknown generation, to find this highly organized site, with carefully curated and researched presentations of all known recordings from the glory years. It means so much.

Great list here of songs never played live. Not a surprising list. The most surprising thing is how SHORT it is. The band played massive chunks of their new albums every tour, and plugged in some gaps in the latter years of the 3 hour shows.

I was really impressed with some of the deep cuts they played in the last handful of tours - like Presto, Losing It (of course), Entre Nous, Between Sun and Moon, and the acoustic Resist. I am also impressed by deep cuts they played on the tour of the album with the track - like Double Agent on Counterparts tour and War Paint on Presto tour.

From the list above, I would have loved to experience live performances of any of the 70s stuff (goes without saying), and from later albums: Available Light, Cut To the Chase, Alien Shore, Dog Years, and Vapor Trail. I think each of those songs would have been really effective live, in ways that would be surprising, like Presto and the acoustic Resist were.

Keep up the great work,

Rocky Chains

 

[By-Tor X-1]

Hi By-Tor X-1. I really appreciate and admire your efforts with this site. Just mind boggling, after decades of seeking out cassette tapes of live recordings, of unknown generation, to find this highly organized site, with carefully curated and researched presentations of all known recordings from the glory years. It means so much.

Great list here of songs never played live. Not a surprising list. The most surprising thing is how SHORT it is. The band played massive chunks of their new albums every tour, and plugged in some gaps in the latter years of the 3 hour shows.

I was really impressed with some of the deep cuts they played in the last handful of tours - like Presto, Losing It (of course), Entre Nous, Between Sun and Moon, and the acoustic Resist. I am also impressed by deep cuts they played on the tour of the album with the track - like Double Agent on Counterparts tour and War Paint on Presto tour.

From the list above, I would have loved to experience live performances of any of the 70s stuff (goes without saying), and from later albums: Available Light, Cut To the Chase, Alien Shore, Dog Years, and Vapor Trail. I think each of those songs would have been really effective live, in ways that would be surprising, like Presto and the acoustic Resist were.

Keep up the great work,

Rocky Chains

I'm really glad you appreciate the site! Sometimes I seem to loose sight of how many people actually care that much about all this stuff. It always seems the Rush fanbase cares way less about live recordings when compared to other bands.

With that being said, things should hopefully be a lot more substantial around here soon. I'll have a thread up about the new path forward posted this month. Long story short, with the way I've been doing things, it's going to take me at least a decade to sort through every single Rush recording, and doing the things the way I've been doing them. Sure, I plan to keep doing that with time, but in the meantime I'll make all the resources publicly available as-is, and more people may hopefully join in to figure out which versions are "best", fix speed corrections and such. It was insane to think I could do all this in a reasonable amount of time, it should be a community effort by people who truly care about this stuff, and that is what I hope to see going forward. Of course I'll still at least be verifying the dates/locations as I upload all the resources in the coming months, but I won't initially be listening to every show and detail everything as I'd been. I'll have to keep working on that over time.

The harsh reality I had to learn is that life constantly changes, and a perfectionist with limited free time and energy just can't do everything by themselves! The coming changes should benefit everyone in the long run.

 

[BigNick]

BU2B is on Time Machine!
I would have really like dto hear/see Available Light, Different Strings and The Stars Look Down...

 

[BigNick]

BU2B is on Time Machine!
I would have really like dto hear/see Available Light, Different Strings and The Stars Look Down...

Oops, misread BU2B2 as BU2B! Should have known better

 

[TelamonLivesOn]

Is it possible Rivendell could also be marked with an asterisk? As inaccurate as setlist.fm is, it might still be possible it was played on the Caress of Steel tour, though I personally doubt it.