MalformedEarthborn Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I'm not asking for the rarest or most valuable, just which means most to you and why.The first few beat up records I got certainly have a lot of sentimental value,and shirts I've gotten at shows are always cool, but my Presto cassette is held closest to my heart.I spent a long time in the hospital as a teen and my walkman and Presto cassette was all I had. What about you guys? Dog Years 12" dance remix single? Neil's severed rat tail? Geddy's fake nose? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) Let's see, I have the t-shirt that Alex threw at me on the time machine tour. Oh wait I gave that away. Then there is the t-shirt that Neil shot at me from his Cannon on the Clockwork Angels Tour. Oh wait, I gave that away. And there is my Hold Your Fire tour book autographed when I met Geddy in 97. Oh wait, I included that when I sold my Geddy jazz bass on eBay because the price went over $800. Then there are the autographed 8 by 10 photos that Tony geranios got for me on the snakes & arrows tour. Damn it I gave those away too. Edited November 9, 2018 by edhunter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 A pair of sticks from Neil that his bodyguard/assistant gave to me after the intermission of The Time Machine Tour when I was front row. A signed (personalized) copy of Ghost Rider. A signed picture of Alex, Geddy & myself from a meet and greet. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Also, I have a collection of every Tour book. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullchrist Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) LOL! Neil's severed rat tail!!! I love it! Wish I had that thing. Powerful magick that thing would be. I'm a little older but I can totally dig on emotional and magickal connections to Rush albums like you have with Presto. Man, I'd have to think about this. Besides memories from chaotic, magickal and insane concerts. I would have to say off the top of my head: - The expulsion ticket/form that me and my brother-from-another-mother Izzy and I got during the Snakes and Arrows tour for urinating in public, ha! But hey folks we were in the bushes and they were just being dicks and made an example of us. It was the last couple of songs so we just partied in the parking lot and waited for every one to show up! The funny thing is when they were writing us the citation they were like, 'This doesn't mean you can't come back to another show', lol! IE come back and spend some more money on 10 dollar beers and 40 dollar shirts just try to use the bathroom next time, ha!!! There's more, heavier stuff but that just literally popped into my head. Edited November 9, 2018 by skullchrist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 My handshake and brief talk with Alex Lifeson at a mall in Chicago in late '92 during their Roll The Bones Tour. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 ME. Because without me to listen to them what good would the albums be?? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) The two things that I mailed away to the tour in 2015, that came back with all three autographs. One is my beat up old AFTK vinyl album cover, that I mailed to Buffalo and wasn't sure it would ever come back. (It was delivered back to my porch, with a tire track on the back of the box! ) I have a photo of it somewhere, I'll try to find it. The other was a small drumhead that I mailed to Seattle, which was supposedly the last place they were going to autograph things. My 13 yr old nephew had just started drumming and getting into rock music, and I put a note in that it was a gift for him. (It was. I think it's in his closet, though! ) Even though I had sent something earlier on the tour, someone (supposedly Liam) was nice enough to be sure that it got signed and shipped to Denver. Looking back, though, I think the TRF/Rush memories are even more valuable than than the items. I think EagleMoon put up the directions about how to mail stuff away for autographs, and Lorraine :heart: and I and a lot of people mailed stuff out and got it back all through that summer. It was such fun to read the posts and watch the Periscope shows with everyone at night; that was a wonderful summer. :heart: Edited November 9, 2018 by blueschica 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 All of my many :rush: tour t shirts. They were fun to collect over the years/tours. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) My original pressings of Archives, AFTK, and ATWAS. Back when I loved :rush: so much finding these brought me great joy. I still have all my merch, aka my other :rush: vinyls (Remastered versions of CA, Signals, GUP, and Perm Waves), my poster (of 70's :rush:), my cds (Box sets 1 and 2, Icon 2 disc set, Presto, TFE, and Retrospective 1), and one of my tee shirts (A design of the band from around 2112). Edited November 9, 2018 by Permanent-Rush 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Oh my, I forgot until I read Blueschica's post... "A Show of Hands" vinyl, personalized and signed by Alex, Geddy and Neil, which I have framed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 ME. Because without me to listen to them what good would the albums be??Indeed, Treeduck and all of my TRF brothers and sisters are one of the most precious, and unexpected gifts. I have dear friends that I never would have met if not for Rush...valuable friendships! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 My 2112 and Moving Pictures vinyls. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 ME. Because without me to listen to them what good would the albums be??Indeed, Treeduck and all of my TRF brothers and sisters are one of the most precious, and unexpected gifts. I have dear friends that I never would have met if not for Rush...valuable friendships! :cheers: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I've got to dig them out, but of the actual, physical items, it would be the ticket stubs from May 9th 1980 @ The Palladium and Sept 25th 1980 at The Spectrum .. Of course, the memories of those two nights top any ticket stub .. That May '80 show changed my life, and the opening chords to 2112 still ring through my body - I've got a pic somewhere of my friends in the car on the way there - we were all of 12 or 13 years old, and my friend Stu was so excited that he bit thru his lip during the car ride - he had blood all over the collar of his shirt .. Going to the show at The Spectrum, my friend Rex was obsessively eating orange Tic Tacs -- the entire 2 hour car ride ... He missed all of opener Saxon because of explosive diarrhea 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I've got to dig them out, but of the actual, physical items, it would be the ticket stubs from May 9th 1980 @ The Palladium and Sept 25th 1980 at The Spectrum .. Of course, the memories of those two nights top any ticket stub .. That May '80 show changed my life, and the opening chords to 2112 still ring through my body - I've got a pic somewhere of my friends in the car on the way there - we were all of 12 or 13 years old, and my friend Stu was so excited that he bit thru his lip during the car ride - he had blood all over the collar of his shirt .. Going to the show at The Spectrum, my friend Rex was obsessively eating orange Tic Tacs -- the entire 2 hour car ride ... He missed all of opener Saxon because of explosive diarrhea I love concert stories! :heart: Poor Rex! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I've got to dig them out, but of the actual, physical items, it would be the ticket stubs from May 9th 1980 @ The Palladium and Sept 25th 1980 at The Spectrum .. Of course, the memories of those two nights top any ticket stub .. That May '80 show changed my life, and the opening chords to 2112 still ring through my body - I've got a pic somewhere of my friends in the car on the way there - we were all of 12 or 13 years old, and my friend Stu was so excited that he bit thru his lip during the car ride - he had blood all over the collar of his shirt .. Going to the show at The Spectrum, my friend Rex was obsessively eating orange Tic Tacs -- the entire 2 hour car ride ... He missed all of opener Saxon because of explosive diarrhea You know, you just don't hear enough stories that end with explosive diarrhea. . . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I do have the entire catalogue in album cover-sized prints, even the ones that weren't released in vinyl. I went to kinko's and made them. They're currently boxed up because my daughter stole the room in the house that was going to be the mancave. I also have a p/g era photo of Geddy with a Steinberger that I cut from a magazine in '85. It was taped to the fridge in every place I lived for 30 years till it was just too tattered. Then I found the same issue for sale a few years ago in mint condition. I had it laminated this time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordgalaxy Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Either the autographed copy of 2112 that I won via an auction at RushCon or the Vapor Trails putter and golf balls (still in their plastic) that I won in a drawing on TriNet, before I got banned. Anyone want to buy the putter or balls? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 My scratched,dog eared,posterless copy of Hemisperes that I bought in 1979,my first Rush album.It shares a shelf with Deep Purples Made in Japan that I bought with my first paper round money when I was about 12 in 1973/4.Changed my life. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The memories of many great gigs embedded in my brain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Signed Hemispheres CD booklet. Sent to Seattle during CA tour. That package went to hell and back in the mouth of a pit bull by the time I got it back a month later. I couldnt believe the booklet was barely scratched. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Nothing would have ever happened without the fortune of discovering them in the first place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocinante6441 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Alex and Geddy's autographs. I met them the night before the concert during the Signals tour. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowMeDontTell Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 It isn't THAT awesome but I've the Hold Your Fire tour booklet my brother bought at the show. I was way too young then to understand but years later when he gave it to me, it became a treasured memento. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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