Moving pictures 40th

[Jonners]

Mediteranean theme: Italian Car, then Spanish Guitar I assume

[dom]

Good thinking!

[David L]

Mediteranean theme: Italian Car, then Spanish Guitar I assume

That's a brilliant version of CTTH, in my opinion. Far better played 'straight' without the addition of that awful reggae ending. However, I do think the reggae intro to Working Man works really well. The 'crunch' as they segue into the regular version is awesome - great stuff!

[dom]

Stunning recording!

[Fishy]

Was subdivisions played as part of this tour,,,?  I know they played it live before Signals was released...

I think they played it on the ESL Tour, there was such a thing being the road warriors that they were back then 😀

It was the second time I caught them live, at Bingley Hall once again, in October '81...the first live performance of said classic 😎

I remember being at Ingliston cow shed in Nov 81 for the tour.. can't remember Subdivisions at all...

Definitely played. It was as shocking as the boiler suit when first witnessed. Clearly written on a keyboard. What were they playing at? 

an indication of good things to come 
Definitely played. It was as shocking as the boiler suit when first witnessed. Clearly written on a keyboard. What were they playing at? 
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an indication of good things to come   

[Slim]

On the live material:

"Would you say that this automatically becomes possibly the greatest Rush live album ever released?"

"I don't think there's any question"

[David L]

Good little video but my God, is there  waaaaaaaaaay too much unnecessary crap in that vinyl box set?!

[Slim]

I would say so.

[pdw1]

Good little video but my God, is there  waaaaaaaaaay too much unnecessary crap in that vinyl box set?!

But people like unnecessary crap

[David L]

Good little video but my God, is there  waaaaaaaaaay too much unnecessary crap in that vinyl box set?!

But people like unnecessary crap

Yes. I believe people exist that need it

[Rufus_the_dawg]

Pete Pardo not sure about his opinions. and the box set is overkill.

I have the original CD and that is all I need. Sounds brilliant through my Naim.

[David L]

Pete Pardo not sure about his opinions. and the box set is overkill.

I have the original CD and that is all I need. Sounds brilliant through my Naim.

I suggest you give the live material a try, it's brilliant

[Thenop]

Bought the vinyl set, not the ultra-over-the-top one, but the 'regular' 5LP set. I was on the fence but after hearing some pf the show included I decided to go for it. I cannot imagine they will do an beter Exit Stage Left than this one...it sounds fantastic. Somewhat of a definitive version.

[David L]

Bought the vinyl set, not the ultra-over-the-top one, but the 'regular' 5LP set. I was on the fence but after hearing some pf the show included I decided to go for it. I cannot imagine they will do an beter Exit Stage Left than this one...it sounds fantastic. Somewhat of a definitive version.

No, ESL is best left alone after this. If this show had been used the question would be what would get culled for a double LP? Perhaps the bigger question though would be, why weren't these recordings used? I wonder if the stellar audio quality is purely down to modern technology when it came to mixing/production 

[Thenop]

No, ESL is best left alone after this. If this show had been used the question would be what would get culled for a double LP? Perhaps the bigger question though would be, why weren't these recordings used? I wonder if the stellar audio quality is purely down to modern technology when it came to mixing/production 

May very well be that they did not consider these recodings to be good enough at the time. Remember this is all considered 'bonus' now, but at the time the record company had a big say in all of this, what to use and what not. But I agree this sounds stellar to these ears. I have many live LPs sounding a lot worse than these recs. I wonder whether these come from 24 track tapes? The ESL shows were taped purposely with a mobile studio of course.