TheGhostRider

On 4/14/2024 at 11:24 AM, capoetc said:

 

A remastered BluRay/DVD release of the full GuP show would be a great thing, though.

As much as I'd love to see a release like this happen, I have my doubts that it ever will, for a few different reasons.

1) Physical Media is a dying industry.

With the exceptions of collectors and preservationists, most people simply do not care for Physical forms of media. As a result Anthem would be less likely to release an updated remastered release for such a small percentage of people.

2) The Footage might not exist anymore.

In all the research I've done on this topic, I have never found any evidence to suggest that the film reels were preserved or held onto. It's to the contrary actually. I recall reading a post someone posted on the forum where it was mentioned that nobody bothered to keep track of the film reels after each live video was released in the 80's. Additionally, sources close to Rush have stated that the band had absolutely zero interest in older footage of themselves and as a result they did not go to any lengths to preserve it. A lot of the older footage that we do have exists only because it was preserved by third parties or by people close to the band who stepped in to save it.Even for the R40 boxset, they used the same old video transfers for footage that was included. The bonus Lock and Key Footage from ASOH was from the same old video transfer as the VHS/Laserdisc, and DVD release. Not a remastered and newly scanned negative. I'd love to be wrong, but I do believe that the original negatives for ESL, GUP, and ASOH are probably long gone or unaccounted for.

Kind of an odd request, but I figured I'd give it a try. Does anybody here have any 8mm or other film footage of Rush that you're willing to sell or trade for? I've been scouring the Internet for leads surrounding people who might have any footage. I am most interested in footage from the mid 1970's, but I will buy any footage that is offered. I hope to have the footage digitized and synced to sound before being publicized online. Please leave a reply or pm me if you have any offers you'd like to arrange or if you happen to know anybody that does have footage that would be willing to talk. Thanks!

I'm in Central Texas, where I'm located it will be visible for about 3 minutes. Got my glasses ready for the day of the eclipse.

44 minutes ago, TheAnarchist2112 said:

What do you mean? Like a full 1991 pro shot concert? 

He probably means the Bootleg recording of the show. A taper filmed one of the Auburn Hills shows and that exists online. 

On 2/9/2024 at 8:21 AM, TheAnarchist2112 said:

I was looking through some old threads here on TRF, and I noticed that people have mentioned two RTB tour shows being recorded: one in Auburn Hills in 1991, and one in Irvine in 1992. 

Could someone provide some info on if (1) anyone knows of anybody who is in possession of the Auburn Hills 1991 show, and if so, why hasn't it been released to the public, and (2) provide some information about the Irvine show? I haven't been able to find much about the Irvine one, could someone fill me in about it?

 

Thanks!

 

Also does anyone else know anything about the pro-shot show from Toronto in 1994 that they used clips from in some documentaries and award ceremonies?

Nobody knows for sure where the Auburn Hills footage is. Allegedly it was filmed by Anthem (or so I've heard) but no full copy is circulating anywhere. Currently a very small snippet of the Soundcheck and concert are all that are publicly available. I've also heard that Irvine was filmed but I don't have any more info regarding that show. 

A European Roll The Bones show was also at least partially filmed. Footage from the Cologne, Germany show exists online. 

3 minutes ago, grep said:

Hartford was the first show back, wasn't it?

Yes Hartford was the first show of the Vapor Trails Tour and the first show in 5 years. 

3 hours ago, NoahLutz said:

While I appreciate a mix with the guitar front and center, I can't even hear the bass.  Still, thank you for posting!

The bass didn’t sound great in any of the available audio boots of this show. We used 2 different audio sources (Celebrate The Moment, Ceddy’s Hartford) in a matrix to try to have a more dynamic sound, but it only had a marginal effect. That being said, it is huge improvement over the original camcorder audio. 

Making this thread to post all of the songs that have been remastered so far. Been working with Stickhits to release these songs and really happy with how they've turned out so far. Will update as more gets released. Hope you guys enjoy!

Here's an audio recording of Rush on ABC's In Concert On October 11th, 1974, The show was not broadcast until December 6th of that year though. The performance was filmed at the Aquarius Theater In Los Angeles. Besides the audio, nothing else from this performance has materialized. This is probably a long shot, but does anybody know any old school traders or someone who might potentially own a copy of the footage? I have searched on and off for this footage for months to no avail.  What's strange too is that other band's from that show exist online already, but Rush does not. A company called Historic Films has a tape of this broadcast listed as being in their archives, but Rush is not listed in the description, and they do not sell tapes or digital recordings for anything other than professional use. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Audio Recording:

Here's some other stuff I was able to dig up. Copy and pasted from my Reddit Post a while back.

Historic Films Listing https://www.historicfilms.com/search/?q=In+Concert+1974#p1t59757

Surviving footage of broadcast currently available (Sly and The Family Stone) https://youtu.be/8LuHKgpAzCM

(Minnie Ripperton) https://youtu.be/DqVGeEbavWo (At the 9:00 minute mark Rush is mentioned as being upcoming in the broadcast)

Concert Listing Archive:

http://tourarchive.weebly.com/abc-in-concert-1973-1975.html

He’s killing it with the remasters, as usual. He’s a really cool guy too, we have a project we’re working on together right now, stay tuned for that also. 

On 8/29/2023 at 4:52 PM, Lurkst said:

Great stuff 

I guess we've been spoiled with the brilliant audio sync work people have done. For a silent film this rocks though 

 

For what it’s worth an audio sync is being worked on right now. I don’t want to spoil much but a preview is available on my and my buddy’s social media page who is one of the people working on the sync. 
 

You can check out a small preview here. 
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwtiVc5sztOMNLFuZKKW9lViAF39FM0HVFLYwU0/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Update: After digging around we found the the 8mm footage. Turns out a copy was sitting on an old phone. We still don’t know who filmed it or where it was filmed but it’s now found and uploaded on YouTube again. 
 

Posting this to try and help out a friend. A small group of us separate from the forum gotten very serious about tracking down and preserving Rush audio and video recordings. About 7 years ago a friend screen recorded a low quality video of the New World Tour shot on 8mm film. The video has since disappeared from YouTube. The only copy we have right now is badly cropped and watermarked. I think it's a long shot but does anybody recognize this footage and recall the show or maybe even the uploader? Would make him really happy to track down this piece of lost footage.

6 hours ago, Rush Didact said:

 

Haha you shouldn't give away your secrets, you looked like some kind of savant with an uncanny knowledge of Italian B-movies...

Lol true. Some things are better left unsaid.

10 hours ago, Rush Didact said:

 

How in bloody hell did you find that?

The clip of the movie? I just googled the guy’s name from the Documentary and a link to a Wikipedia page about the movie  popped up. Then I found a link to the movie on YouTube and just skimmed through until I found the clip. Wasn’t hard honestly. 

Found the documentary on Tubi. The Necromancer scene is a clip from a movie.  It's from a Italian Sci-Fi movie called "The Visitor" from 1979. The documentary just used a short clip of it to pair with the music. The clip shown in the documentary shows up in the movie at 3:45. I found it by googling the name credited on the clip. The director named Giulio Paradisi was credited in the documentary.

(Full Movie Here)

5 hours ago, currygoat11 said:

 

The 8mm footage is video only, the audio is taken from All The World's a Stage. 

Yeah the audio was taken from the All The World's A stage live album. No audio from the Oshawa show exists. The audio matches perfectly with the sync though which is rare and uncommon. Most audio syncs of silent footage like this don't turn out this good. The guy who filmed this footage Jim Kelly (Speedy) captured a lot of footage which made syncing it much easier for the people who worked on the film.

23 hours ago, JARG said:

Great job syncing the video with the ATWAS audio.

I wish it was me that synced it lol. The Genesis Museum and Analog Kid Audio Video did. They did an amazing job though. 

This just went live about 48 minutes ago. Another amazing upload from the archives of Speedy, rest in peace. This is now the earliest known 8mm film of Rush in existence, predating the blurry footage of The All The World’s A Stage tour, which was long thought to be from the Caress of Steel tour. 
 

Not sure if that's legit or not, but it looks cool! I have an old newspaper ad for Permanent Waves hanging in my room. It was expertly cut out of an issue from Melody Maker magazine and then I bought it on Ebay.

1 hour ago, Bahamas said:

So many replies about the lack of live material - and I agree - but curious, how do we find out more information about why NOT?

I have seen some live footage on the internet and it looks like over time, much of their catalogue has been licensed or distributed by different labels around the world.

Is it a copyright thing? People who used to be involved with packaging the 40th releases with live coverage are not part of the scene these days?

Some answers would be nice.

 

It's not a "there is nothing in the vault" debate, says me, but maybe an inability to include live coverage - this time? And next time?

 

Edit: I don't think the band has much say anymore about releases and marketing, but those who do - WHY is there nothing this time?

 

 

From what I understand the band has very little involvement in the new releases. They essentially just sign off saying that they approve the upcoming release and that it's okay to move forward.

Pretty disappointing to not get live material. Signals is such a fantastic album and really deserved a live release. There's no way that they don't have some live material in the vaults. Sad that it will probably rot before a release can ever happen. 

9 hours ago, Pound of Obscure said:

And yet it sounded so much better than the low end muddy, rumble that their last few tours sounded like.  

The audio in the video has been mixed and adjusted heavily thanks to Stickhits. We used a variety of different external audio sources because we felt the camera audio wasn't great and it would have required a lot of extra work to fix. I resynced the audio to the video for the songs. It was a big collaborative effort and probably the most fun I've had doing a project in a while

On 4/8/2023 at 4:32 PM, 78jazz said:

Corrupted files?

 

What was wrong?

Video files were in bad shape when I got them. Some of the songs were very pixelated and one song Ceiling Unlimited was unplayable for about 25 seconds. The audio also cut out a lot. Basically the files showed their age 

 A very special thanks to 78Jazz for sending me the footage. It has finally been unearthed as a result. Working with my good friend StickHits to restore all of the footage to a more watchable state. Wanted to share it with you guys first since I would have never been able to do the project to begin without the Forum. Please check it out and stay tuned to see more songs uploaded.