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Taken tonight in Massachusetts. I tried to put the phone up to my 25x70 binoculars but that didn’t work.

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited The Beatles - Rubber Soul

All that is true and I agree with you, and as a collector I want everything I can get. Heck, I would kill for stuff that even most fans around here probably wouldn't care about (Like the 1992 Irvine Meadows show that we now know was filmed by Atlantic, they were on fire at the end of that tour and there's almost no proshot video of the tour). But at the same time I try to be realistic about what to expect and what exists. I seem to be the only person on the forum that was fully expecting there to be no live stuff for the Signals box set at all, I would have been shocked if there was. There's never even been a hint that anything was saved at a professional level from that tour. Do they have simple reference recordings and such? Possibly, and even then it might not still exist in usable condition, but nothing that was ever intended for release. Every single box before that one had live stuff of varying value and length, there's no reason to believe there wouldn't have been some if they had it. And I'm confident any future boxes will, too. Likewise, I'm a little less certain, but still pretty confident, that we'll never see any more footage of any of the 1980s concert videos. And I sure hope I'm wrong about that. And I guess we'll find out soon enough when the GUP box comes, but there wasn't even a hint when the MP box was released that more footage of ESL might exist. I just think it's a longshot. But of course you're right, at least ESL and ASOH were both shot on film and I'd love remastered versions of those even if they only have the same content (although they could add Lock and Key back in). Again, I wouldn't bet my life or my house that they don't have them, but I've always been extremely pessimistic. I think those projects were outsourced back then, with short-term thinking, and the rest was trashed or has rotted away or gotten lost since. Also, as much as I want more stuff, when I see many other major bands it's pretty astonishing how much we've gotten as Rush fans over the years. Poor Van Halen fans for example never got a single live Blu-ray or official documentary, not a single live release from the original band lineup of any kind (which is a crime), there are only two official live albums in their entire career, and literally the only archive release in their entire history was the Carnal Knowledge box set released this summer with an abbreviated show from Dallas. That's it. As a collector of tons of bands Rush is way near the top in terms of releases of all kinds. So we should at least complain with some context. If you had told me in the late 90s when the band was dead that every single future tour would be filmed and released on Blu-ray and we'd have many documentaries and the 1974 concert video and the 1976 footage and some alternate songs from ATWAS and a full AFTK concert mixed by Terry Brown and a full MP show and more Permanent Waves live songs and the 1990 footage and the 1997 footage and so on I would have not believed it. Having said all that, we should have every reason to believe they still have the remaining half of the 1990 Auburn Hills show, the remaining half of the 1997 Toronto show, the 1992 Irvine Meadows show, etc. And we know for a fact many shows were professionally recorded on the Power Windows and Hold Your Fire and Counterparts and Test For Echo tours, and the London 1992 RTB tour, and the Edmonton Moving Pictures show (along with a bunch more Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures shows). Plus we know that the 1979 Hammersmith shows were recorded and filmed. That's the one that blows my mind that no one ever talks or asks about because they spoke openly about it at the time, it's not just some wild speculation. So there's a still a lot archived that we know of, and maybe a few things that we don't, but regardless it's up to the hands-on people at this point. It's not realistic to expect Geddy and Alex in their 70s to say "Hey, let's get together and spend a bunch of time digging through old boxes at a warehouse to see if we can find hidden gems of ourselves!" It's out of their hands and I don't blame them for saying "I don't know, ask someone else" at this point. Maybe we'll still get something this fall for the 50th.

Ten posts in and no one has posted links? You made me visit a webz and type a words and click a mice! It was awful!

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

Rush- Clockwork Angels Having discovered Rush in 2011, I am so grateful that I discovered them just in time to be hyped and enjoy an album cycle from these guys. I love this band a lot, and in 2012, I declared this album was my favourite of the year. Then I dipped with it and I struggled with the album, and now, twelve years later, it's come full circle and i am a huge fan of this album again. Brilliant work.

It's been 42 years since ESL came out. With the band nine years retired and their fans looking for something new to get excited about, now would be the time to dig out those original film negatives and do a full-blown restoration with remixed audio. If they're not doing that now, I'd have to think they're never going to -- with the band and a lot of their fanbase reaching advanced age status, what would be the point of waiting another ten years? Plus, we don't know if the negatives still exist -- if they do they're probably in some underground vault that only Indiana Jones and Lara Croft can get to. Pink Floyd did it right with their1988 Delicate Sound of Thunder video. Fans were clamoring for an upgrade for decades, so what did the band finally do? They completely re-edited it from the original footage and remixed and remastered the audio. The finished product is as good as you could hope for.

Unleash the Archers - Apex Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere The Aristocrats - Duck Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

What a great time for Led Zep

Iron Maiden- The Final Frontier I still love this album. Every damn track (I don't even dislike the intro, though it does confuse me why such a killer title track needs such a weird intro). Iron Maiden- No Prayer For The Dying I still love this album! I haven't played Maiden for a while, and it was these two I most wanted to play tracks from. Definitely glad about my choices! Judas Priest- Invincible Shield Oh damn, so much better than I remembered! A f***ing brilliant album!

I just read this. Sad, but he did have some health issues. Whilst Maiden dispensed with his services in 1981, his legacy will be the two fine albums he made with them. RIP Paul.

Metallica - Ride The Lightning

Ozzy (or likely a rep) Tweeted something about supporting Lee to which Eddie Trunk said, how about crediting and paying Lee for his work on Bark At The Moon, etc? That would be support.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Except for bullets. Those stay with you forever. Glad he's going to be okay, that's pretty much a miracle outcome considering the multiple gunshots.

AC/DC - Highway To Hell Deep Purple - In Rock Heart - Dreamboat Annie Jethro Tull - Stand Up Yes - The Yes Album You know I just now realized I listened to those all in alphabetical order, lol.

Red and Green Barchetta Bytor and the Snow Angel The Christmas Trees Closer to the Hearth The Eggnog Kid

Yes - Close to the Edge

Judas Priest- Invincible Shield Oh god I love this album! It has its hooks in me real bad. The Serpent And The King...how does a band so advanced in years still sound so over the top and energetic?

The Tragically Hip - Now For Plan A The Tragically Hip - Man Machine Poem Rush - Counterparts Bob Dylan - Desire George Harrison - Living in the Material World George Harrison - Brainwashed

Styx- The Grand Illusion

Rush- Snakes And Arrows This album is BEAUTIFUL

Going Monday to see the Utah Hockey Club play the LA Kings in a pre-season game. I haven't been to the Delta Center since the Grizzlies moved to the Maverik Center (it was built for the hockey games of the 2002 Olympic Games). Think they will be fun to watch, Coyotes were in contention for a playoff wild card last season but when all the relocation drama started, they had a big losing streak. I am excited that hockey is ready to start!

You're running free now, Paul. Thanks for the memories! RIP

i think if the production wan punch-ier i'd like it more because IMO every single RTB song played live i like so much more. the sound is beefier. Album is way too soft. Mick

Rush- Roll The Bones I love this album as much as Moving Pictures. I just think its brilliant, and very emotive.

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Reading that Jimmy Carter lived long enough to vote like he'd hoped. If we were all as considerate and nice as he is, the world would be such a better place.

I want as much as we can get just like everyone else, but I’m not sure the time factor is as important as people think. There are still regular archive releases from all sorts of artists going back to Elvis. You could say the same things about countless bands, there are still regular box sets with unreleased live recordings from Yes and Deep Purple and Queen and almost everyone else you could name going back well over 50 years. How many of those fans have died in that time? I’m not defending it, all I’m saying is that Rush is no different than everyone else in this regard. It frustrates me too, in particular I think of one friend who was also a big music fan and collector that died in the 1990s and I think about all the things that were finally released from various bands since that he never got to see or hear. They were sitting in some warehouse while he was alive. But unfortunately this is the norm.

Jon Bon Jovi can't be everywhere!

Can't even take your dog for a walk safely these days.

Glad he's expected to recover...

Alex should never have never messed with that.

So on my youtube channel (Frontiers2112) I posted a video of all the available footage and audio from the Exit Stage Left concert, 3/27/1981. In the video, there are two clips of the drum solo that I've synced up to the audio of it. The first clip is right before the cowbell section, where Neil is alternating between the floor tom and snare. The second clip, which is longer, is right at the tail end of the cowbell section, but this is where it gets weird. In the video, after the cowbell section, Neil starts going up and down the lower rack toms and floor tom, sometimes hitting the china cymbal. However, in the audio, Neil goes back to the snare, and goes between the snare and upper rack toms, not going anywhere near the lower toms. The footage and the audio syncs up again when Neil hits the china cymbal the final time, and he goes to the gong drum. So what happened? Why doesn't this sync up? First of all, Neil's solos change night to night, meaning that no solo is ever the same. However, they all contain a kind of similar structure. Luckily, the audio from March 25th in Toronto is available, which was the night before. I listened to the audio of that drum solo, and sure enough, after the cowbell section, Neil does a part with the lower toms. I also looked at other recordings of shows on the Moving Pictures tour, and it's the same basic structure the entire way through. This also axes out the theory that his solo was pieced together from different nights, because there's no inclination that Neil ever went in that certain direction in his solo that tour. There is no reason for Neil to change the entire structure of his solo for one night of filming and recording, which leads me to believe, for whatever reason, while the band was at Le Studio later that summer when they were re-recording parts for the Exit Stage Left album, Neil re-recorded and subbed in new parts for his solo.

Whatever they do, it better not suck.

well it's oft been said DT is a wankfest. Mick

Also worked from home today so I went a bit overboard: The Beatles - Help! Ghost - Infestissumam The Well - Samsara Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal Annihilator - Alice in Hell Testament - Practice What You Preach Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation Disillusion - The Liberation

As much as I love the GUP/PW era, this was just apex Rush, wasn't it?

Santa and the Snowdog Fly By Christmas Night The Christmas Trees Open Presents The Spirit of Radio Past Red Poinsettia Where's My Present?

Working Elf Christmas Clockwork Angels A Passage to the North Pole Caravan of Sleighs The Big Money from Grandma Cold Fire

Christmas Villa Strangiato Socks Again Finding My Way to the Mall Returns Line Line Stand Still

Satan - Songs in Crimson Mastodon - Crack the Skye Annihilator - Alice in Hell A Perfect Circle - Mer de noms Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla Deep Purple - Stormbringer

Iron Maiden- Brave New World I used to think this was a bad album. I suffered through FOTD, X Factor and Virtual for a few songs each the last two days and dreaded this. Instead I was blown the f**k away! Wow...WOW...what a comeback. I get it now.

RUSH Neil Peart 3rd Best Drummer of all time https://consequence.net/list/100-best-drummers-of-all-time/chris-adler Neil Peart, photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Band(s): Rush Name another drummer in the rock-pop-prog-fusion idiom who thoroughly composed his parts for every song, never deviating live or otherwise, applied his vision to a 30+ piece electric/acoustic 360 degree orchestral rock kit, and somehow managed to make every part musical, seamless, and iconic. He also wrote the lyrics almost every Rush song. I don't care if you don't like Rush, Neil is undeniable. —Pat McGee (Stars) Rush is another impressive array of three otherworldly musicians. The technicality and precision is jaw dropping. I was quite busy on drums early on in the Pixies because of him. Quite a formative band for me when I was younger and learning drums. — David Lovering (Pixies)