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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

R40 Blu-ray box set coming in November

Update: 9/17/14

Rush.com posted a press release and a trailer today (with a higher-res version of the cover art that I've replaced below).

Rolling Stone posted an article about the release as well.

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Update: 9/15/14

R40 is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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UK website SpinCDs has posted a listing for box set of 6 Rush Blu-rays releasing on November 17, 2014. The price listed on the site is 119 pounds (about $194 US dollars). This set includes Rush's past five concert releases on Blu-ray format. Here are the some other highlights:

  • Rush in Rio on Blu-ray for the first time
  • 56-page hardback book
  • Bonus disc:
    • An unreleased 1997 Test for Echo Molson Amphitheatre performance. Songs include: 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).
    • Capitol Theatre 1976 performance. Songs include: 1) Bastille Day 2) Anthem 3) Lakeside Park 4) 2112 5) Fly By Night/In The Mood
    • Lock and Key 1988
    • I Still Love You Man 2011
    • Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 2013

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Thanks to Rushisaband for the head's up!

Details from SpinCDs site:

2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush's eponymous debut album in 1974. This superb collector's box set 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 live material stretching from 1974 to 2013. Rush are renowned for the energy and excitement of their live concerts and this set brings together some of their finest performances. The 6 Blu-ray discs are contained in a stunning 56 page hardback book measuring 305mm x 225mm with the 6 discs contained in 5 additional rigid insert pages. The 56 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.

Bonus Features

See attached sheets for details of bonus features on each set.

The ultimate set of Rush live concerts on Blu-ray.

Includes "Rush In Rio" on Blu-ray for the first time.

Fantastic presentation making R40 the must-have item for any serious Rush collector.

Bonus disc contains the rarely performed full 7-part version of "2112" filmed in 1997 amidst over 3 hours of largely unseen material.

Incredibly loyal Rush fanbase who are very strong buyers of live concerts.

Eagle Rock

Format: Music Blu-ray Box Set: 6 Discs

Cat No: ERBRD5236

Barcode: 5051300523671

Screen Format: 16:9 / 4:3

Running Time: 19hrs 7 mins approx.

Certificate: E

Subtitles: None

 

Rush - R40 - DISC CONTENTS

Disc One - Rush In Rio

Tracklisting:

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

Bonus Features:

The Documentary - The Boys In Brazil

MX Multiangle versions of: (1) YYZ   (2) O Baterista   (3) La Villa Strangiato

Easter Eggs: (1) By-Tor And The Snow Dog animation   (2) Anthem (1975 performance)

Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo

Disc Two - R30

Tracklisting:

1) R30 Overture (Finding My Way / Anthem / Bastille Day / A Passage To Bangkok / Cygnus X1 / 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   22) Heart Full Of Soul   23) Medley: 2112 / La Villa Strangiato / By-Tor And The Snow Dog / Xanadu / Working Man   18) Summertime Blues   19) Crossroads   20) Limelight

Bonus Features:

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)

Easter Eggs: (1) Rush hits St John's (1988)   (2) Alex Lifeson interview for Artist Of The Decade (1990)

Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo

Disc Three - Snakes & Arrows Live

Tracklisting:

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

Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo

Disc Four - Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland

Tracklisting:

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 Temples Of Syrinx   26) Far Cry   27) La Villa Strangiato   28) Working Man

Bonus Features

Outtakes from "The "Real" 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, 1974

"Anthem" live from Passaic, New Jersey 1976

Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo

Disc Five - Clockwork Angels Tour

Tracklisting:

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!   10) Far Cry   11) Caravan   12) Clockwork Angels   13) The Anarchist   14) Carnies   15) The Wreckers   16) Headlong Flight / Drumbastica   17) Peke's Repose / 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   23) Red Sector A   24) YYZ   25) The Spirit Of Radio   26) Tom Sawyer   27) 2112

Bonus Features:

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

Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo

Disc Six - R40 Bonus Disc

Laura Secord Secondary School 1974

Tracklisting TBC

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

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