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Audience 8.8 - You know right away that this is a decent recording but it takes a song to find the sweet spot. You keep hoping it opens up more, and it does, and then just sit back and enjoy…until the power failure (hence the title). Things are resolved quickly though and the fun begins again. A delightful show! Rush Sports Arena, San Diego, CA February 3, 1986 This might be a new source put into circulation. This date has never been on TTD. This was the Power Windows tour, and ironically, the band has a power failure durng Marathon, after the power returns, starts Marathon over again. Band line up: Geddy Lee - bass & lead vocals Neil Peart - drums, percussion Alex Lifeson - guitars & backing vocals Total Time = 01:55:08 Disc 1 01 Intro 02 The Spirit of Radio 03 Limelight 04 The Big Money 05 New World Man 06 Subdivisions 07 Manhattan Project 08 Middletown Dreams 09 Witch Hunt 10 Red Sector A 11 Closer To The Heart Disc 2 12 Marathon (Take 1) 13 power failure 14 Marathon (Take 2) 15 The Trees 16 Mystic Rhythms 17 Territories 18 YYZ 19 Drum Solo 20 Red Lenses 21 Tom Sawyer 22 2112 Overture 23 The Temples of Syrinx 24 Grand Designs 25 In the Mood -
Audience 8.5 - -This is a somewhat distant recording, my guess is from somewhere in the middle of the venue. It lacks punch in the middle, definition, and volume in general. In my estimation this one won't get much play except by someone who is not getting enough 1996 tour ROIO's in the o'l collection. Pass if you are a casual fan, collector's who need more 1996 (of which, strangely enough, there's not a preponderence of), you can get this to round out the collection.
Rush San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, California November 23, 1996 DISC 1 01 - Intro - Dreamline 6:35 02 - The Big Money 6:11 03 - Driven 5:48 04 - Half The World 3:55 05 - Red Barchetta 6:35 06 - Animate 6:22 07 - Limbo 5:51 08 - The Trees 5:08 DISC 2 01 - Red Sector A 5:09 02 - Virtuality 5:51 03 - Nobody's Hero 5:15 04 - Closer To The Heart 4:45 05 - 2112 20:27 DISC 3 01 - Test For Echo 6:55 02 - Subdivisions 5:23 03 - Freewill 5:32 04 - Roll The Bones 5:54 05 - Resist 4:45 06 - Leave That Thing Alone - The Rhythm Method 11:47 07 - Natural Science 7:57 08 - Force Ten 4:37 09 - The Spirit of Radio 4:47 10 - Tom Sawyer 6:19 11 - YYZ 4:25 12 - Cygnus X-1 0:49 -
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Audience 8.8 - Easily one of the best pre-Fly By Night live recordings! -
Audience 9.3 - Some might not agree with my super high rating here, but a rating in my opinion should combine not only fidelity (which is great here) but also performance and atmosphere. This is a must have to my ears. -
Audience 7.8 - What can I say about this? It is a MUST have for any self respecting fan. Is it an amazing soundboard? No. Is it a spectacular audience? No. It is a decent audience recording of a typical UK tour 1977 gig except for one thing – They play The Necromancer and it SMOKES! This is akin to discovering a Zeppelin tape where they play a complete Good Times Bad Times. This is the stuff of dreams for Rush collectors. -
Soundboard 8.7 - Some age in the tape present, but you’ll be able to live with it as this just smokes! -
Audience 8.7 - A nicely atmospheric recording without reverb which is nice. Sound mix is good, you hear everyone in pretty good detail. Sounds like it might be maybe 1/3 of the way back in the hall but it’s done with good equipment seems like. Overall a good recording here. Rush St. Paul Civic Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA March 25th, 1986 Disc 1: 01 - Introduction 02 - The Spirit Of Radio 03 - Limelight 04 - The Big Money 05 - New World Man 06 - Subdivisions 07 - Manhattan Project 08 - Middletown Dreams 09 - Witch Hunt 10 - Red Sector A 11 - Closer To The Heart Disc 2: 01 - Marathon 02 - The Trees 03 - Mystic Rhythms 04 - Distant Early Warning 05 - Territories 06 - YYZ 07 - Drum Solo 08 - Red Lenses 09 - Tom Sawyer 10 - 2112 Overture / Temples Of Syrinx 11 - Grand Designs 12 - In The Mood -
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Soundboard 9.8 - One of the best board tapes I have heard, I love where each instrument sits in this mix. It also helps that the gig is exceptional, therefore I must categorize this one as a must have. -
Audience 7.4 - Thin, AM radio like but good AM radio. -
Audience 8.9 - Very clear recording, the kind where you know you are hearing exactly what your ears would be hearing at this place and time. The highs are nice here too, the crystalline “tink” of the ride cymbals even coming through with clarity. The mid range is well represented, the guitar and bass though do sound indistinct for all practical purposes so don’t expect detail on the bass notes. It’s a stadium after all. But this is very decent. Rush Ice Palace Tampa, Florida December 09, 1996 DISC 1 01 - Thus Spake Zarathustra 1:32 02 - Dreamline 5:10 03 - The Big Money / Wipeout 6:20 04 - Driven 6:08 05 - Half The World 3:51 06 - Red Barchetta 6:58 07 - Animate 6:30 08 - Limbo 6:02 09 - The Trees 5:37 10 - Red Sector A 5:09 11 - Virtuality 5:46 12 - Nobody's Hero 5:44 13 - Closer To The Heart 5:21 DISC 2 01 - 2112 21:45 DISC 3 01 - Test For Echo 7:04 02 - Subdivisions 5:32 03 - Freewill 5:53 04 - Roll The Bones 5:50 05 - Resist 4:59 06 - Leave That Thing Alone 4:50 07 - The Rhythm Method 8:30 08 - Natural Science 8:06 09 - Force Ten 4:52 10 - The Spirit Of Radio 5:02 11 - Tom Sawyer 5:43 12 - YYZ / Cygnus X-1 (teaser) 5:09 -
Audience 9.5 - Spectacular! I mean there are times when you’d swear it was a board. This is a must have! -
Audience 7.4 - Someone mastered this, it sounds so much better than what I remember. Good Job! -
Audience 7.3 - Raucous show, loud but does not distort. Not too bad. -
Audience 7.2 - Oh how I wish these mid 70’s Toronto shows were well recorded, because the band was always fired up about playing there. This one suffers from a lack of sonic clarity and separation of instruments, has background noise, and occasionally drifts over to one channel and back again. A flawed jewel for collectors only. -
Audience 8.7 - This is a really nice and rare treat. I have been collecting every known Toronto show by Rush and this fills a nice place in the 70’s portion…and wow man I gotta say the quality is surprising since most of the other 70’s tapes are really not that great. I am not saying this is sparkling minty fresh, but it’s much more clear and present than the others and that is good for us because this is the earliest known AFTK performance and features tracks yet to be released. Rush Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Ontario 23 August 1977 Disc 1 01 - Intro 02 - Bastille Day 03 - Lakeside Park 04 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog 05 - Xanadu 06 - A Farewell To Kings 07 - Something For Nothing Disc 2 08 - Cygnus X-1 09 - Anthem 10 - Closer To The Heart 11 - 2112 12 - Working Man 13 - Fly By Night 14 - Drum Solo 15 - Best I Can