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Armor & Sword sounds like it was mastered at the wrong speed, like a half step too slow or more

 

Listen to it on YouTube on 1.5x playback

Much better! Lol

Yeah nice one, i found 1.25x better but 1.5x defo had an interesting dog years feel to it

Great albums with Rupert at production helm of course but one of best things to come outa them was an eventual realisation that the juice needed pumping up a bit - giving us Counterparts

 

Good days

 

Life was different knowing new Rush material always in pipeline

Technically no better album, note perfect beautifully written the essence of what this band was, but dated. The best rush albums for me sound as if they could've been laid down today or tomorrow - permanent waves being a prime example

 

That said, la villa is the band at their very best indeed of course

Halo Effect X3

didnt care for the track for years but love now in spite of the 'doggie heaven'

Digital Man, but there's a couple on Counterparts that get close

It's gonna take thousand years of mankind evolution to top La Villa Strangiato

 

And even then it wont manage it

Show Don't Tell

In a few months time dont be surprised to hear mention of a 'Rush with guest percussionists' tour. VOTE!

For pity's sake the solo in Tom Sawyer is a killer

So important for future generations, shows band in full recording flow, for me personally awesome to see both Al Ged and Neil doing exactly what they did recording album, is all there a privilege to watch

Great stuff, wouldn't have minded some visuals though

Counterparts

Too many great ones to choose from he the master of the genre but just given Turn The Page a blast and the solo in that one is the kind of abstract thing i like from Al

2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx..

 

Followed by Spirit of Radio and the rest of Waves

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Just to say, A Trick Of The Tail is the first post-Gabriel Genesis studio album, damn good one too

 

With or without Peter Gabriel, all Genesis albums superlative

If you aren't occasionally suspended, blocked or banned from something, you aren't doing it right

Really guys?

 

I'd say his tones on Counterparts are pretty incredible - lots of different guitars on that one I believe. Played through a Peavey 5150.

 

I'm thinking of Double Agent at the moment. Sounds like a Telecaster to me...just rich and pure sounding.

 

This

Hi Ho! Silver awayy

 

Great stuff fella

Easily Permanent Waves

Lessons

just watched Tom Sawyer vid on YT... Christ, Neil was off the scale there, as they all were of course

Fav will always be la villa but his shorter more abstract stuff really appeals to me like the solos in Marathon and Time & Motion

 

Tom Sawyer's a killer

 

He hasnt done a bad solo, he the master of the genre

Shoulda just done a funky bass line