RUSH 50-track anthology options beforehand unreleased recordings

A brand new career-spanning RUSH anthology titled RUSH 50 will embody beforehand unreleased tracks and fan-requested materials.

The gathering is out March twenty first and can arrive on vinyl as a 7-LP field set and on CD in a four-disc field set. It marks the first-ever career-spanning anthology from RUSH.

“50? Is that each one?…critically…it’s a cool assortment…however have a look at all these songs,” remarked Geddy Lee in a press launch. “I’m exhausted simply studying the effin record!”

Billed as a chronological journey by the prog-rock legends’ profession — from their first single in 1973 by their last gig in 2015 — the tracklist is exhaustive, comprising dwell and studio recordings.

The uncommon materials — some “fan requested,” per the press launch — is frontloaded on Disc 1, together with variations of early tunes “Not Fade Away,” “You Can’t Battle It,” and “Working Man” which are receiving their first-ever bodily launch on vinyl/CD. A handful of dwell tracks from 1974 — notably three never-before-released recordings from the band’s US tour — are additionally on the primary disc.

From there, the tracklist is anchored by the beloved studio variations of RUSH’s radio singles (i.e. “Tom Sawyer,” “Spirit of the Radio,” and many others.), that are surrounded by dwell cuts particular to every period. The final track on the ultimate disc is a significant treasure: a beforehand unreleased recording from the ultimate RUSH present on the Discussion board in LA on August 1st, 2015 — a medley of “What You’re Doing / Working Man / Backyard Street.”

Essentially the most complete version of the brand new anthology is the Tremendous Deluxe Version field set, that includes 4 CDs, seven LPs, and new paintings from Hugh Syme, the band’s longtime artistic director. The seven 180-gram black vinyl LPs had been reduce by way of Direct Metallic Mastering and pressed at GZ Media within the Czech Republic.

Moreover, the Tremendous Deluxe set features a 104-page hardcover e book containing essays by David Fricke and Philip Wilding; 20 new illustration lithographs by Syme showcasing one track from every studio album; and a second hardcover e book, the brand new 100-page RUSH graphic novel The Fullness of Time. All the contents are housed in a premium field with rotating lid and “Rush 50” golden jubilee emblem.

Pre-orders can be found by way of RUSH’s on-line retailer. Take a look at an unboxing video, content material photographs, and the whole tracklist under.

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