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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the state just paid that dome off last year. But, you know, sports are such an economic positive for their cities.

The photo with the bike and the books is a nice tribute.

This might be the best explanation yet as to why there is no live material this time around. I wonder if it is done or if GUP would be the last time (assuming there is a box set and that it has live material in it).

Agreed. Easily his best sounding drum kit of his career.

I don't think Geddy was behind it. I think Neil wanted to give it another shot. In seeing some videos recently, the way his cymbals were set up appeared to be ever so slightly different from the way they were when he used that kit configuration. He also had his concert toms at the pre-AFTK height as well, and you could see how this altered his approach to the descending rolls (he would skip his highest-pitched mounted tom unless he started there or started from his snare and then moved up to them). I think that if Neil had lived and any Vegas residences occurred, I don't think he would have gone back to that. The ergonomics of the double bass kit did not have the circular motion that he benefitted from later. I am truly grateful I saw R40 twice. Seeing him on the double bass kit was the best way to go out.

Corrupted files? What was wrong?

This is the truth. I just saw this news and it has likely ruined my day. RIP Ray. I will listen to some of the music you created tonight in honor of you.

This may not be the explanation I would want, but I would not be surprised (my first guess is that the tapes were improperly stored, but if older performances were preserved, I would wonder why Signals recordings didn't survive, but it may be dumb luck assuming this scenario is what has taken place).

I am sorry if my comments seemed to suggest that I would not be interested in future sets. I would be very much interested, but I do not think that the sales numbers are there to support future sets. This could be my bias talking, but I suspect that live material would help the cause. If sales numbers on the upcoming Signals box set are not good, I could see it as motivation for the re-issues to stop (or stop after GUP). Ideally, we would get soundboards of shows that have no audience recordings available. I have no expectations of this happening. (As an aside, if they kept it up I think a complete Counterparts soundboard would be the best but I doubt it is going to happen.)

I am not convinced that a lack of live material on this box set means they didn't document anything at all.

My money is on that they DID record something from this tour (I would think another 3 nights at MLG and 4 nights at Wembley would have had at least one document), but I wonder if it wasn't preserved well or if it was assumed that there was not enough interest in it. Assuming they had it, one of the first 2 nights in Toronto 1982 would have been an excellent addition to this boxset. Based on the tour history book, wonder if they have a recording of La Crosse in the vaults.

I agree with this. I would grab up the box sets depending on the material, but I think I am not so foolish as to believe that there are enough people who would buy those sets to make it worth their while. I will also agree with the notion that GUP is likely the final one if Signals isn't. Depending on how well this sells, GUP may not happen.

I think I get where this comes from, but if they aren't releasing it now I am not sure what motivation will arise later. I also wonder if this is the last of the 40th anniversary sets. If it is, I will only have 3 of them (I skipped 2112 and Hemispheres on account of it not being new material and a lack of motivation to speed correct the live recordings on those sets).

That is an excellent question. I am also not shelling out $200+ for this.

I wonder if they had tapes that were improperly stored. This is just a guess though. With this packaging, I will also pass. I would only be interested in a CD edition that would have a concert with it. This makes me wonder if I have purchased my last Rush re-issue. I will be curious as to how many of these sell.

The Chiefs are the Chiefs the way that Al Bundy couldn't overcome the fact that he sold women's shoes. I do need to update my avatar though. As far as keeping up goes, give it up to Harrison Butker. He should have received the MVP.

This sort of "logic" cracks me up. I think it's acceptable to assess a QB on his ability and not the team.

Then you are caught up in the team idea that usually doesn't have a good supporting rationale for how a group of individuals becomes a team.

For pure QB ability, I have yet to see anyone best Marino in my lifetime.

I am not an Eagles hater, but I totally see the humor in this.

With the points total Philadelphia put up in the postseason versus the Chiefs, I don't see the Chiefs being able to compete suddenly. Unless we believe that Twitter post...

Let us not forget Adventure. I have spent some time listening to it off and on since Saturday. RIP. What a bummer Tom is gone.

Like they did the first time this year?

They make several comments about shows with no known circulating recordings. I wonder if they had access to some goodies. (come on with La Crosse '82. Seriously.)

As a person, I can't say. I have never met him. As a singer, he was excellent on those first 2 Iron Maiden albums.