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Audience 8.8 - A little bit one dimensional but at least that dimension is very good! Vocals a bit behind here, but only a little. Drums, guitar – aw yeah! -
Soundboard 9.2 - A warm sounding tape, very punchy where it needs to be, maybe if I can complain about anything it would be in the relative sterility of it but that’s a soundboard’s Achilles heel isn’t it ? I’d recommend this to anyone, it is what we like to call “a keeper” for sure! Disc 1 1-1 Subdivisions 1-2 The Body Electric 1-3 The Enemy Within 1-4 The Weapon 1-5 Witch Hunt 1-6 New World Man 1-7 Between The Wheels 1-8 Red Barchetta Disc 2 2-1 Distant Early Warning 2-2 Red Sector A 2-3 Closer To The Heart 2-4 YYZ 2-5 Drum Solo 2-6 YYZ (Cont.) 2-7 Temples Of Syrinx 2-8 Tom Sawyer 2-9 Red Lenses Notes: Live at Neil Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 25th November 1984 [STEREO SOUNBOARD] (noiseless!) The last show of Grace Under Pressure Tour -
Audience 7.8 - A little bit rough but its incredible nonetheless…see, truth be told it took me 10 years to finally acquire this show. I have a special interest in it. I will say that, actual audio fidelity, while not hi-fi, is not lo-fi either – it has some power to it (without distortion!) and I LOVE the audience reactions throughout. A fiery gig! -
Audience 8.4 - Not a great one, but certainly indicative of the band and their sound in 1994, a year that I do not have a plethora of recordings from…also it is a Houston show and since I am from there…Good enough! Rush The Summit Houston, TX. January 26, 1994 1. -Roll The Bones 2. -Animate 3. -Stick It Out 4. -Double Agent 5. -Limelight 6. -Mystic Rhythms 7. -Closer To The Heart 8. -The Rhythm Method 9. -The Trees 10. -Xanadu 11. -Hemispheres - Prelude 12. -Tom Sawyer 13. -Force Ten 14. -YYZ -
Audience? Hard to tell if this is an audience or soundboard, it is really good. If it is audience, then it was done very close to the mains but no distortion at all, but I doubt that because there is very precise stereo panning on some of the effects (such as intro to 2112). If it is a soundboard, it is a good one because it allows some bleeding in of the crowd and atmosphere. -
Audience 8.2 - Not the very best capture of the tour so far but at least it has plenty of room to add your own flavoring. It's a recording that does need a masters touch to bring out the detail but that being said I did enjoy the show and found I adjusted to the recording. A good audience with room for improvement but worth picking up, complete the collection, and love the artwork! -
Audience 9.3 - I find this to be one of the best of the tour recording-wise. Once you get past the first song, it opens up dramatically and completely thrills. No need for Equalizer or boost on this one, it's quite great the way it is. -
Audience 8.8 - Warm sound, leveled off somewhere in the upper mid and stays there…with quality. -
Audience 8.6 - Very low gen (no noise) recording that is leaning much more towards the bright side, perhaps even a little bit crispy but a recording like this can be tuned to your liking. What prevents a recording from having any chance at all is muddiness, and thankfully there is no muddy quality to this tape. All in all, I have to rate this as a show that one notices first the performance (from the opening notes you know it is going to be a good one), and the ears do adjust to the concert hall sound very soon, notwithstanding the EXTREMELY excited audience…like, throughout the entire show. Can’t blame ‘em I guess, but damn let the band play! Rush Lakeland Civic Center Arena Lakeland, Florida, USA Sunday April 11th, 1982 Track List: Disc 1: 2112 (Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx) Freewill Limelight Beneath, Between & Behind Subdivisions (Early Version) The Camera Eye YYZ / drum solo Broon's Bane The Trees The Analog Kid (Early Version) Disc 2: The Spirit of Radio Red Barchetta Closer to the Heart Tom Sawyer Vital Signs Working Man Hemispheres (Armageddon) By-Tor & The Snow Dog In The End In The Mood 2112 (Grand Finale) La Villa Strangiato -
Soundboard 8.7 - Technically a clean board but the mix is great if you are a drummer. I exaggerate, it’s decent, but yes this is one to play for aspiring drummers as Neil is well recorded and mixed. There are some minor negative complaints I can make to the recording, but they are on technical levels and most ears will be receptive to this soundboard. -
Audience 7.7 - While the ratings may show this to be an average sounding tape, let me reveal my own bias for a moment. This is Rush’s best tour. You may argue with that, I mean, the previous two tours were pretty amazing too. I find the set list and performances of the Permanent Waves tour to be exceptional, and this show, while maybe not the best of the lot, does reveal yet more of the Rush mystique. A recording that requires 10 minutes to adjust to but eventually begins to sound pretty decent apart from a guitar that sits behind the action a little (except during solos). A little boomy but not a deal breaker. A good, not great, tape. -
Audience 8.9 - This recording gives off a sense of massive power with Geddy’s bass sound being huge and round and dead on – with a great open expanse overhead allowing the music to breathe a little. This atmosphere allows the music to sometimes move around in the stereo field a little which is nice. I like this kind of recording when it comes to the larger venues. -
Audience 8.6 - This very decent old tape, previously ignored by collectors, takes a minute or two to get going so don’t be disappointed just hang in there. Once it settles in, it’s a very good tape that suffers maybe from some tape noise but really what I am going to tell you is that I would listen to this again because the performance here is among the very best, most ferocious I have honestly ever heard and I have heard MANY Rush recordings. Rush Liverpool Empire Liverpool, England 25 February 1978 Disc 1 01 - Bastille Day 02 - Lakeside Park 03 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog 04 - Xanadu 05 - A Farewell To Kings 06 - Something For Nothing 07 - Cygnus X-1 Disc 2 08 - Anthem 09 - Closer To The Heart 10 - 2112 11 - Working Man 12 - Fly By Night 13 - In The Mood 14 - Cinderella Man -
Audience 7.3 - Noisy, but a pretty huge bass crunch which will appeal to the those who like it heavier sounding. The size of the hall does confuse the frequencies and so you get too much mess in the middle and what not but you can hear this and get used to it and it will pull you in. A good performance! -
Audience 7.8–8.3 - Stick with this one all the way through. Taper finds the sweet spot eventually. I rather enjoyed this one! -
Audience 9.4 - Thankfully the final show of their last Tour features a superbly captured tape with good tight sound.