Rush’s Moving Pictures box set is a sight to behold
Forty-one years ago yesterday (February 12, 1981), Rush released their eighth and most successful album, Moving Pictures. It’s next up on their march to re-release all of their albums as box sets.
This set will appear on April 15. Fans will want to skip right to the Super Deluxe package which features:
- A remastered version of the album (first released in 2015 but just on vinyl)
- Two CDs of previously-unreleased material of a gig at Maple Leaf Gardens on March 25, 1981. Those recordings come directly from the original analogue tapes.
- Five 180-gram, half-speed, direct metal mastered vinyl LPs. (That’s a mouthful, but it’s probably the highest-quaility vinyl records you can make.)
- A Blu-ray Audio disc featuring the album in Dolby ATMOS, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround.
- A 44-page hardcover book with new artwork by Hugh Syme (a longtime Rush art director), and liner notes from Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Les Claypool (Primus), Bill Kelliher (Mastodon), and Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace).
- A red Barchetta car
- Neil Peart signature drumsticks
- Metal guitar picks from Geddy and Alex
- A Moving Pictures replica tour program
- A Toronto replica concert ticket
- Six printed lyric sheets originally hand-drawn by Neil
- A YYZ luggage tag.
Once you see the unboxing video below, you’ll want to pre-order everything here.
Here are the liner notes for everything.
CD 1 – Original Album (2015 Remaster):
- Tom Sawyer
- Red Barchetta
- YYZ
- Limelight
- The Camera Eye
- Witch Hunt
- Vital Signs
CD 2 – Live In YYZ 1981 (Previously Unreleased, Part 1
- 2112 – Overture
- 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
- Freewill
- Limelight
- Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Prelude
- Beneath, Between & Behind
- The Camera Eye
- YYZ
- Broon’s Bane
- The Trees
- Xanadu
CD 3 – Live In YYZ 1981 (Previously Unreleased, Part 2)
- The Spirit Of Radio
- Red Barchetta
- Closer To The Heart
- Tom Sawyer
- Vital Signs
- Natural Science
- Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
- La Villa Strangiato
Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 5.1/Dts-HD Master Audio 5.1/PCM Stereo)
- Tom Sawyer
- Red Barchetta
- YYZ
- Limelight
- The Camera Eye
- Witch Hunt
- Vital Signs
- Bonus Promo Videos
Videos:
A. Tom Sawyer
B. Limelight
C. Vital Signs
D. YYZ
LP 1 – Moving Pictures (DMM Half-Speed Mastering)
Side A
- Tom Sawyer
- Red Barchetta
- YYZ
- Limelight
Side B
- The Camera Eye
- Witch Hunt
- Vital Signs
LP 2 – Live In YYZ 1981 (DMM Half-Speed Mastering)
Side A
- 2112 – Overture
- 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
- Freewill
- Limelight
Side B
- Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Prelude
- Beneath, Between & Behind
- The Camera Eye
LP 3 – Live In YYZ 1981
Side A
- YYZ
- Broon’s Bane
- The Trees
Side B
- Xanadu
- The Spirit Of Radio
LP 4 – Live In YYZ 1981
Side A
- Red Barchetta
- Closer To The Heart
- Tom Sawyer
Side B
- Vital Signs
- Natural Science
LP 5 – Live In YYZ 1981
Side A
- Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
Side B
- La Villa Strangiato