Gemari77

I got the …And Justice For All… one a few years back. There was sooo much stuff packed in there, I still haven’t made it through all of it. Multiple pro shot shows, soundboard concerts, demos, documentaries… Oh how I WISH someone archived Rush this way.

I agree… I likely won’t be buying this. At this point, I’m mainly interested in unreleased, Pro-Shot video footage prior to 2002. I came across the short snippets of the Auburn Hills Roll The Bones tour footage for the first time just a couple days ago. I enjoyed it, but was also a little annoyed, thinking that there is more of this type of footage sitting in a vault somewhere… If not included in an R50 package, then when? Or if ever…

I loved the sound of the Wal—a modern, Fusion bass tone inspired by Jaco and I think it bought out some of Geddy’s best bass playing. Apparently, Kevin Shirley hated it and he was the catalyst in getting Geddy to pull out his old Fender Jazz.

To be fair, they weren’t a legacy band at this point… Or at least, they were fighting against being a legacy band. So, staying current and promoting the latest record was the priority and like most musicians, they were excited to bring their latest works from the record to the stage. They even played the entire GUP record live (although not all in the same night)….part of the reason we’re all here checking in on the status of the box and what it might offer.

Oh boy…..

Just finished. VERY enjoyable read and very informative… and yes, the parts that you assumed would be sad, were extremely sad…. But, plenty of cool nuggets and joyous moments. Finding out that they had “certain” habits and vices that were similar to other Rock bands of the day was a bit like finding out that Santa Claus wasn’t real… but, very honest and human.

Ha ha… I finally had a chance to immerse myself in it tonight. I have to admit, I thoroughly enjoyed it…and getting it at the discount certainly helped. Sitting in my home theater and listening to the surround mix and hearing things that I never heard before and different phrasing in Geddy’s vocals, along with the on screen animation/art accompanying each track was fun. A sweet tribute to Neil in the Losing It portion. A bonus for me, and I must have overlooked it in the description, was a ‘cleaned up’ version of the Countdown video (and Subdivisions) included on the Blu-Ray. I haven’t seen it in ages and was impressed by the quality of it. Even the NASA footage looked better on my 4K. Actually getting the box in my hands and physically going through the content (photos, book, vinyl..etc) made all the difference for me personally… I’m happy that I got it, after all.

Hope I’m not breaking any rules… But the Signals Super Deluxe is currently $112 on Amazon… I initially passed on the set (for the same reasons as others have mentioned) but I couldn’t resist this deal. Go for it, if you’d like.

That was sooo enjoyable. And Chris asked the right questions and put Al at ease… I actually heard things mentioned that I’ve never heard or read in an interview before.

I’m hoping that that’s some kind of mistake and the release info will get updated … I can’t imagine that they’d record the previous tours and not this one… Or, perhaps they didn’t and that’s why a Signals tour soundboard hasn’t surfaced after all this time.

Ha ha!! Since Geddy is such a collector, in my mind, I created a scenario where Ged might have snagged 1 or 2 of these iconic guitars from the auction, as these are part of his legacy too… It’d be nice if my fantasy scenario had some truth to it. He doesn’t even need to let it be known publicly.

I know right? Those of us who are interested in this sort of thing wouldn’t mind buying 2 in one year… One in the Spring and one in the Fall. Ha ha…

So the pre-order is now out there on the Backstage Club website. What do you guys think of the bonus content? Especially on the Super Deluxe. YYZ video??? That intrigues me…and the full 1981 concert audio.

Yeah… Back in the day, he was on Rush forums frequently (as was I). If I’m not mistaken, he was the first to post the Power Windows demo.

It doesn’t really bother me… To be honest, I’ve heard “Purrt” all my life. Just like PEARL is pronounced “Purrl” or the name Earl… It wasn’t until I started listening to interviews and even hanging out on these Internet forums that I learned the proper pronunciation. I’d be willing to bet that the vast majority of us didn’t start off pronouncing Neil’s last name properly. I’ve even seen people that knew him personally mis-pronounce it.