Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Rush Announces "R40": 40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set available November 11, 2014 In DVD & Blu-ray

How cool is this? The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trio is sure to please the faithful with either the DVD or Blu-ray version of the forthcoming 'R40'...I have seen the Canadian outfit a number of times dating back to the mid-1980s and have been impressed every time. Read my Orange County Register review of the band's November 2012 performance at the Honda Center in Anaheim here.

40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set Available In DVD & Blu-ray
Set Features Live Footage Spanning All Four Decades Of Their Career
Over Two Hours of Unreleased Material, Including a Rare Performance of Entire Seven-part Version of ‘2112,’
Three Unreleased Tracks From the 1974 Vault
Plus Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

September 17, 2014 - Nashville, TN - 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush’s eponymous debut album in 1974. This superb collector’s box set, which will be released on November 11, 2014, brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of their career. It includes Rush In Rio, R30, Snakes & Arrows Live, Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland and Clockwork Angels Tour plus a bonus disc of previously unseen and unreleased live material stretching from 1974 to 2013.

To the delight of fans, the bonus disc will include all 8 songs from the Laura Secord Secondary School show in 1974 which features original drummer John Rutsey. That recording includes 2 Rush originals “I’ve Been Runnin;” and “The Loser”, as well as their cover of Larry William’s “Bad Boy”, made famous by The Beatles. The bonus discus also features 5 songs from songs from the Capitol Theatre in 1976 such as “Anthem” and “Lakeside Park”, the rarely performed full, 7-part version of “2112” filmed in 1997, “Lock and Key” from the Hold Your Fire tour, as well as footage from the glorious evening when Rush fans got their beloved band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rush are renowned for the energy and excitement of their live concerts and this set brings together some of their finest performances. The 10 DVD (or 6 Blu-ray) discs are contained in a stunning 52 page hardback book measuring 305mm x 225mm with the 10 discs contained in 5 additional rigid insert pages each holding two discs. The 52 pages of the book are filled with memorabilia and photographs documenting 40 years of Rush live in concert. This is the ultimate collection of Rush live performances, beautifully presented.
 


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Rush – R40 – BLU-RAY DISC CONTENTS (DVD content is the same – except where noted – but across 10 discs)

Disc One – Rush In Rio *
1) Tom Sawyer   2) Distant Early Warning   3) New World Man   4) Roll the Bones              5) Earthshine   6) YYZ   7) The Pass   8) Bravado   9) The Big Money   10) The Trees        11) Freewill   12) Closer to the Heart   13) Natural Science   14) One Little Victory          15) Driven   16) Ghost Rider   17) Secret Touch   18) Dreamline   19) Red Sector A           20) Leave That Thing Alone   21) O Baterista   22) Resist   23) 2112   24) Limelight           25) La Villa Strangiato   26) The Spirit of Radio   27) Encore Medley: By-Tor and the Snow Dog / Cygnus X-1 / Working Man
The Documentary – The Boys in Brazil
A film by Andrew MacNaughtan

Disc Two – R30 *
1) R30 Overture (Finding My Way / Anthem / Bastille Day / A Passage To Bangkok / Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres)   2) The Spirit of Radio   3) Force Ten   4) Animate   5) Subdivisions     6) Earthshine   7) Red Barchetta   8) Roll the Bones   9) Bravado**   10) YYZ**   11) The Trees** 12) The Seeker   13) One Little Victory**   14) Tom Sawyer   15) Dreamline   16) Secret Touch**   17) Between the Wheels   18) Mystic Rhythms   19) Red Sector A**   20) Der Trommler   21) Resist   21) Heart Full of Soul   22) Medley: 2112 / La Villa Strangiato** / By-Tor and the Snow Dog** / Xanadu / Working Man   23) Summertime Blues   24) Crossroads   25) Limelight

Disc Three – Snakes & Arrows Live 
1) Limelight   2) Digital Man   3) Entre Nous   4) Mission   5) Freewill   6) The Main Monkey Business   7) The Larger Bowl   8) Secret Touch   9) Circumstances   10) Between the Wheels   11) Dreamline  12) Far Cry   13) Workin’ Them Angels   14) Armor and Sword   15) Spindrift   16) The Way the Wind Blows   17) Subdivisions   18) Natural Science   19) Witch Hunt   20) Malignant Narcissism – De Slagwerker   21) Hope   22) Distant Early Warning   23) The Spirit of Radio   24) Tom Sawyer   25) One Little Victory   26) A Passage to Bangkok   27) YYZ
Bonus Features
Oh, Atlanta! The Authorized Bootlegs
(1) Ghost of a Chance   (2) Red Barchetta   (3) The Trees   (4) 2112 / The Temples of Syrinx

Disc Four – Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
1) The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.2 “Don’t Be Rash”   2) The Spirit of Radio          3) Time Stand Still   4) Presto   5) Stick it Out   6) Workin’ Them Angels   7) Leave That Thing Alone   8) Faithless   9) BU2B   10) Freewill   11) Marathon   12) Subdivisions        13) The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.17 “…and Rock and Roll is my name.”   14) Tom Sawyer   15) Red Barchetta   16) YYZ   17) Limelight   18) The Camera Eye   19) Witch Hunt   20) Vital Signs   21) Caravan   22) Moto Perpetuo (featuring Love For Sale)   23) O’Malley’s Break   24) Closer to the Heart   25) 2112 Overture / The Temple of Syrinx   26) Far Cry   27) La Villa Strangiato   28) Working Man
Bonus Material
Outtakes from “History Of Rush Episodes 2 & 17”
“Tom Sawyer” featuring the cast of “The “Real” History of Rush Episode 17”
“Need Some Love” live at Laura Secord Secondary School
“Anthem” Live from Passaic, New Jersey

Disc Five – Clockwork Angels Tour
1) Subdivisions   2) The Big Money   3) Force Ten   4) Grand Designs   5) The Body Electric   6) Territories   7) The Analog Kid   8) Bravado   9) Where’s My Thing? / Here It Is! (drum solo)  10) Far Cry   11) Caravan   12) Clockwork Angels   13) The Anarchist   14) Carnies   15) The Wreckers   16) Headlong Flight / Drumbastica   17) Peke’s Repose (guitar solo)/ Halo Effect   18) Seven Cities of Gold   19) Wish Them Well   20) The Garden   21) Dreamline   22) The Percussor (I) Binary Love Theme (II) Steambanger’s Ball (drum solo) 23) Red Sector A   24) YYZ   25) The Spirit of Radio   26) Tom Sawyer   27) 2112

Bonus tracks: (1) Limelight (soundcheck recording)   (2) Middletown Dreams   (3) The Pass   (4) Manhattan Project
Can’t Stop Thinking Big (tour documentary) / Behind The Scenes (featuring Jay Baruchel) / Outtakes / Interview with Dwush / Family Goy / Family Sawyer / The Watchmaker / Office of The Watchmaker

Disc Six – R40 Bonus Disc
Laura Secord Secondary School 1974
1) Need Some Love   2) Before and After   3) Best I Can   4) I've Been Runnin'   5) Bad Boy        6) The Loser   7) Working Man   8) In the Mood (partial)
Capitol Theatre 1976
1) Bastille Day   2) Anthem   3) Lakeside Park   4) 2112   5) Fly By Night/In the Mood
Lock and Key 1988
Molson Amphitheatre 1997
1) Limelight   2) Half the World   3) Limbo   4) Virtuality   5) Nobody's Hero   6) Test for Echo   7) Leave That Thing Alone/Drum Solo   8) 2112 (all seven parts)
I Still Love You Man 2011
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2013
1) 2112 featuring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nick Raskulinecz    2) Tom Sawyer  3) The Spirit of Radio

* DVD version to also include:

Rush In Rio
MX Multiangle:
(1) YYZ   (2) O Baterista   (3) La Villa Strangiato

Easter Eggs:
(1) By-Tor movie   (2) Anthem 1975

R30
Interviews: (1) 1979 Hamilton, Ivor Wynne Stadium   (2) 1981 Le Studio, Quebec   (3) 1990 Artist of the Decade   (4) 1994 Juno Hall of Fame Induction   (5) 2002 Vapor Trails Tour
From the Anthem vault: (1) Fly By Night   (2) Finding My Way (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)   (3) In The Mood (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)   (4) Circumstances   (5) La Villa Strangiato   (6) A Farewell to Kings   (7) Xanadu   (8) The Spirit of Radio (Soundcheck 1979 Ivor Wynne Stadium)   (9) Freewill (Toronto Rocks 2003)   (10) Closer to the Heart (Canada For Asia 2005)

** Only available on Blu-ray
 
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With more than 40 million records sold worldwide and countless sold-out tours, Rush – Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart – is not only one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, but remains one of the most popular.  The RIAA® has certified Rush for the third most consecutive gold/platinum studio albums by a rock band, topped only by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.  Rush’s vast catalog includes such classics as 1974’s self-titled debut, 1976’s 2112, 1981’s Moving Pictures, 1996’s Test For Echo, and 2002’s Vapor Trails. Rush released their 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels, in 2012 via Anthem/Roadrunner Records.  The critically-acclaimed collection marks their first studio recording since 2007’s Snakes & Arrows, and debuted at #1 in Canada and #2 on the Billboard 200, matching the highest chart debut of the band’s career.  In addition to their commercial success, Rush has also been recognized with a number of Juno Awards and multiple Grammy® nominations, including one for the acclaimed documentary “Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage.”  Enjoying a pop culture renaissance, Rush made a rare television appearance - their first in over 30 years - on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” and a memorable cameo in the film “I Love You, Man.”  In 2013 Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to the delight of fans around the world.  During the successful Clockwork Angels tour, The Globe & Mail hailed Rush as “one of the few bands anywhere that just keeps getting better” while a career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature summed up the renowned rock trio’s continuing artistic vitality by observing, “It’s true that Rush doesn’t mean today what it did in ’76 or even ’96. It may mean more.”
 

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