Holdyourfireal

I hope you're truly a connected Rush guy. It would be crushing to me if we didn't get this. Could you at least tell us when we should start hoping for an announcement?

Not the Grace Under Pressure 40th Anniversary we were looking for...https://x.com/rushisaband/status/1781665009669402953 Still no word on the Super Deluxe would could, potentially, be the best one of the series. I mean they have the ENTIRE video & audio of the Maple Leaf Gardens show. The question is will they invest the money to make them available to us on blu-ray and CD or are they going to ignore GUP and give us a rehash 50th Anniversary first album? So disappointed so far!

I talked to him two weeks ago.

God, I hope your info is accurate!

I sent a message to someone at Anthem about this and this was their reply: "I can tell you its certainly on my list of hopeful "to do"." Doesn't sound like anything has been done regarding GUP. Thoughts?

In about a month, we should know if GUP is happening based on the Signals announcement.

Can you imagine hearing a fully produced version of this??? I think it's going to happen!

I say March.

A month after they came out and "fans" are starting to notice them? SMH.

My expectations are as high as they can get. If we don't get an audio CD of the full GUP show and a blu-ray which includes the found footage, I will be beyond crushed. I suppose most of the Terry Brown era fans will never get this but the GUP era is MY Rush and this is my grail.

The FOGO guys sure make it sound like it's something special.

Let me know when you have to totally change your life and take in two children because their parents would rather do meth. You know what you are if you decide to try meth at 50 something years old? A scumbag.

Sounds like an idiot just like my brother in law.

To all that think the 2005 article about the recovery of the lost GUP footage is BS, here's a response from the author: "Since I was on the phone with Pierre Lamoureux for 90 minutes I should know it's true and not only did Fogo use the interview and article in press releases from Zoe Records and over 700 news wires at the time but it helped draw traffic to their other releases. If it wasn't real I would have been fired and they would have issued a statement from Fogo and Anthem SRO that it wasn't real. It's hysterical to me that this is still being debated. Businesses and artists and labels change their mind on things constantly. As a matter of fact Pierre himself even said in the article and quote the final decisions are left with the band. Pegi one day in a long phoner I did with her said if we release the unreleased stuff now (this particular conversation with her took place around 2006-07) we might as well close shop because there's not a ton of rare video on hand as it is. Audio was and is a totally different story. The band never did any forward thinking. Ever. They put the money for budgets for filming into the show. They threw what they didn't use for Exit Stage Left in the dumpster. Mercury/Polygram didn't do promo videos for Permanent Waves although the band was getting huge because they did videos for A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres and it didn't help or really see airplay anywhere. The band had the decision to invest in their own show or film promos on their own dime. They were told City TV was dumping all of their tapes in the 2000s and to get down there because there was a TON filmed by them over the decades. You know who they sent? Nobody. So yes, Pierre said they had the missing Grace footage but were still looking for who had the ASOH. Grant Lough lives in Boca Raton. I spoke to him at great length about Exit and the Signals video shoots. He said the concert was cut for television only. Not with any future technology in mind and that if anyone had any of the footage it was either stolen or went to some storage facility but his memory was that it went to the cutting room floor and tossed. Trust me. I wish MANY shows were released. The Counterparts show, the RTB shows from Auburn Hills, the one that Atlantic recorded while also shooting a Mr. Big video.in Irvine. They totally forgot they had the 3-D film they show at the Molson Amphitheatre for Snakes and Arrows in July 2008. A lot of this stuff the labels or the management didn't want to spend the money doing anything with it. So when they sold to Ole/Anthem it all went into their hands. The Signals box set didn't even make the Top 200 albums chart on Billboard. It was so outrageously over-priced. Every box set before it sold well. Budgets budgets budgets. The fan base isn't getting younger. It's infuriating that Anthem hasn't brought in a team of historians to do their archives correctly."

The Signals Super Deluxe Announcement was on March 3. Leads me to believe we should hear something about Grace by then.

I'm hoping they are made available on a site like this: https://us.7digital.com/artist/geddy-lee/release/my-favorite-headache-9039?f=20%2C19%2C12%2C16%2C17%2C9%2C2

I just hope they are available as FLACs on the digital download to purchase sites. I hate shitty MP3s and streaming.

From what I've heard, Anthem/OLE controls everything with the back catalog but whether there's a gentleman's agreement or it's written, supposedly Geddy, Alex and Carrie get consulted. Previously, Geddy has said that Alex is more interested in the archival stuff than he is, so maybe he gives more input? Who really knows?

I'm not in a position to get any such answers. Again, I'm just a dumb fan. He let me know he was back at Anthem/OLE. He's not going to risk his job and leak me insider info. Haha. I just thought you'd all be happy to know that IF any more Super Deluxes come out, at least Andy is there to be the fans' advocate. Hopefully, they won't repeat the Signals debacle under his watchful eye.

Ummm...we got live material we were told was never going to happen because of sync issues: the Test For Echo Tour footage on the R40 box set.

I'm just a dumb fan. He's not going to share that type of info with me. I wish! Haha. I'm just glad he's back. Gives me a lot of hope GUP gets done right: Blu-Ray of the ENTIRE show and an audio CD! Again, he did not confirm any contents or if it's happening but I feel a lot more hope with Andy there.

Spoke to him last night. He's back! He didn't give me any info on Grace which is understandable but...he IS back!

Thanks for doing this. I still have my VHS AND the laserdisc. In fact, I've kept my laserdisc player just for this and some other Rush stuff. Unfortunately, I haven't yet learned how to digitize them. So silly that Universal can't put the full length one on YouTube.

1. We have Andy Curran on the inside again. Every fan of this era should rejoice! 2. Don't worry about ancient video transfers. FOGO Labs already did the heavy lifting circa 2005: https://bravewords.com/news/rush-producer-director-talks-about-upcoming-dvds The only worries are will the label use the found Grace footage and audio? Is that too expensive to consider or is what FOGO did good enough? Did the extra footage of Exit...Stage Left get tossed as long rumored? Was the A Show of Hands footage ever found? 3. The 1997 Toronto concert has been released! See https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/rush-r40-six-disc-blu-ray-live-set/

My sincerest apologies. I just found out you're telling the truth. Sorry, so many misleading bullshitters over the years leaves one wary. Please accept my groveling apology. The news that Andy is back at Anthem/OLE is the greatest Christmas gift for which I could ask! Now, hope springs eternal that the footage FOGO Labs found back in the early 2000s will FINALLY see the light of day. A Neil Grace Under Pressure drum solo with Red Lenses!!! HOLY S!!!! What a gift!!! So very very happy!!!!