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Paid $25 for the single Rush boots. $40 or $45 for the doubles. The interview/radio show CDs were about the same I reckon. Usually more for vinyl. I think the few places I used to go had most single disc boots for $30...some for more, and the two disc sets for usually $60. If there was the odd chance there was a THREE disc boot those were about $75-$80 for the most part.... I forget what some of the larger sets (Pink Floyd's, and Zappa's) cost.... probably about $100. -$150. (the one Floyd was a six disc) I never bought from stores (unless I found them in the used bin for much less) My main source for the stuff was record shows. I only bought Rush, Dream Theater and Fish/Marillion so fortunately (or unfortunately) it was only 1 or 2 disc sets. Yeah. I kept my boot "buying" to like Rush, DT, Zappa, Pink Floyd, and anything overly proggy (Yes, ELP, etc.) But we didn't have MANY shows in my area (at least that were advertised, I usually found out after they happened) but we had a few shops that had stuff... once we for a "Disc-Go-Round" it was open season, and I think I doubled my collection....most of the guys that worked there had no clue that boots were a little more rare, and they just thought "ok, not on my list of stuff to mark up so..." and I picked up a bunch of different odds and ends.

I was also at this show in Lancaster on Monday night and, I agree, that they played well. I was glad that the crowd was respectful during some of the quieter moments and let the band play without background noise. I hadn't seen Yes since around 2009, but I had to go see them perform all of Drama (or risk my 1980's self finding a time machine in an alternate history and travelling to 2016 to kick my ass). We probably passed each other on the way out as I skipped the encore also. I'm going to see them again on Sunday at the Sands event center (I bought those tickets before the Lancaster show was added). Yeah, highly possible! I caught Steve's intro, then decided that the rest wasn't gonna be anything over the top...(and I never was a Starship Trooper fan...) I'm going to be in Bethlehem on Sunday also, but I'm going to Dutch Springs scuba diving (and the guy I dive with isn't a Yes fan...)

Crazy stuff! Got an email about it this morning.... Maybe Rush will consider something massive like this at some point

Paid $25 for the single Rush boots. $40 or $45 for the doubles. The interview/radio show CDs were about the same I reckon. Usually more for vinyl. I think the few places I used to go had most single disc boots for $30...some for more, and the two disc sets for usually $60. If there was the odd chance there was a THREE disc boot those were about $75-$80 for the most part.... I forget what some of the larger sets (Pink Floyd's, and Zappa's) cost.... probably about $100. -$150. (the one Floyd was a six disc)

Cool... I used to get Spirit of Rush way back...sort of cheaply done, but it had some good stuff in it.

If anything I also think they should have represented all albums on this tour...But I AM glad that they did some of what they did....

if We're talking Individual artists. my holy trinity Waits Zappa Beefheart Mick Of course 3 of my all time faves. People who have seen my Zappa collection are like, thats bigger than my whole cd collection!! ;) I have a rather large one of those as well! hahahaha!

Wow...that's really a tough call...The bands that really got me into music early on were the Monkee's, Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boy's, and Queen. Then I heard my first Zappa, and that changed a lot...but I discovered Rush Yes, and Pink Floyd not TOO long after that in the mid 70's, and that opened up a big world for me. But to say which bands are "special"..... I'd have to go with Rush (obviously) Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Yes, and Chicago. With honorable mentions of Gov't Mule, Dave Matthews, and ELP Sadly the only one I haven't seen live was Frank Zappa...but I've seen Dweezil several times, and he's carrying on the tradition!

What's interesting is that way before Who's Behind the Door started hitting the radio waves, I had a cousin from Long Island that used to go see them all the time, and had some of their stuff from the clubs... they did a lot of cool covers, a bunch of Zeppelin and the odd Rush tune, and I forget who else... When I first heard WBTD on the radio, I called her up and said :you won't believe who I just heard on the radio!?!" I got to see them open for Loverboy in 1983..great band!!! They just played a local festival in Gettysburg this summer....I was bummed because I couldn't go to it (Spock's Beard headlined one night, they headlined the next)

Tough call...single cd (as in one cd in the package) Probably a bootleg of some sort between $30-$40.00. Thank GOD that got easier over the years!

Rush when they played Hershey in 1979, Parents didn't like (or trust) the people I was going with... (now there's a story) Frank Zappa on the 1988 tour...just didn't get a ticket. Queen....just not making the effort to ever go see them A few that I HAD to miss for various reasons: Yes on the 90125 tour, Grateful Dead when they played Harrisburg and Hershey in the 80's, Blue Oyster Cult in the 80's (had to work)

I'm seeing Paul Aug 7th. I saw him back in 2004 and loved it so I'm going back for more. Yeah. great show, loved the setlist...more Beatles stuff! The friend I went with has seen him a few times, and said that this was the best setlist he's ever seen....

Yes American Music Theatre Lancaster, PA July 25, 2016 Impressive! I went to see Yes last night, and after the past two times seeing them, they’ve left me unimpressed, and wondering if they should just hang it up. The first of those three times, it was (what I considered) Howe, Squire & White seeing that they were the only members of the band that were still playing. Oliver Wakeman was the keyboard player (who wasn’t bad) and Benoit David was the vocalist (Jon Anderson was supposed to be the lead singer, but had some health issues that prevented him, and the band still wanted to tour, so they got another singer) and he wasn’t that good. The band looked like they were going through the motions, and I figured that this would be the last time I ever saw them because I wasn’t happy with them. The next time was last summer in Baltimore, but I was more interested in seeing the opening act, Toto! The friend that I went to the show with, and I thought again; that they should just hang it up because it wasn’t a decent performance, and they was just turning into the Steve Howe show because he was about the only one, other than Geoff Downes that played a decent performance. It was one of the first shows that occurred after Chris Squire passed away, and it seemed that they were struggling, even Alan White, the drummer played like crap. Now you may wonder why I wanted to go see them this time…. Well it was close, AND they said that they were playing the entire Drama album. So seeing the Geoff Downes would be there (since he wrote a good majority of it) it would be an interesting thing to see. (And the fact that the only people not there would have been Chris Squire, and Trevor Horn) When I got the information that Alan White had back surgery and wouldn’t be able to perform, I was worried, but seeing how bad he did the last time I saw them I thought maybe it would be better. Jay Schellen (from one of the old Asia configurations) replaced him and did a pretty decent job! The other interesting thing was that they were playing two sides of Tales from Topographic Oceans, and I was always a major fan of that album! (the advertisement also said and some “hits” which I figured would be Roundabout, All Good People, and Starship Trooper…three songs that I’ve heard so much that I thought leaving at the encore would give me a heads up on traffic!) My friend wasn’t planning on going, then after a while he thought, yeah maybe I’d like to see this show because of the set list, so he ended up getting a ticket. They played at a place called American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA, which after realizing that this was the first show of the US tour made perfect sense, since they always rehearsed for US tours in Lititz, PA! This is a nice venue, comfortable seats, and really not a bad seat in the house. One detraction was no bar, so no glass or two of wine before the show, and the other was that the ushers were a pain in the ass! They flashed a notice on the screens before the show “No flash photography, and no video, cell phones included” Ok, so I can take an occasional snap with my cell…nope! The ladies that were keeping an eye out for this were all over you. In fact, at the beginning of the show, I pulled my phone out to just see the time, and I was attacked! (as were other people) So that was just a pain. As far as the show, they played the entire Drama album, then went into Time and a Word, and Siberian Khatru which is one of my favorite Yes tunes (from my other favorite album) Drama was amazing! And as I said, I think it was cool that Geoff Downes was there to play it! Machine Messiah, and Into the Lens were total standouts, but the rest of the album was great! After they played the album, Steve Howe announced that this was the first time this album was ever performed in its entirety in the US, so that was kind of cool! Time and a Word was nice, but when Steve started the first few chords of Siberian Khatru, I was thrilled! He played the living crap out of that, and the ending solo part it one of my favorite parts the he plays! Short 15 minute intermission, and I figured that they were going to just come out and start the Tales tunes, but I was wrong…And You And I was played next which made for 2/3’s of the Close to the Edge album (and I was thinking; just play Close to the Edge?!?!?!) THEN they started The Revealing Science of God. The band played it exceptionally well, and it was 20-odd minutes of great music. Steve’s “solo” spot was the Leaves of Green section from The Ancient, with Jon Davidson singing the parts. Next up was Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil) , and after thinking they blew their wad during the first section, I was wrong, and they played this WELL off the charts! (even the crazy drum parts at the end) Talk about an impressive performance! (Encore was Roundabout, and Starship Trooper…so we decided to skip out) MAN what a show! I was totally glad I got this ticket (as was my friend, who’s seen them about 20 times over the years) The band was definitely in their element last night, and it should only get better! Steve Howe, as always, is an amazing guitar player, (although he looks about 90 pounds soaking wet) and you can tell that he’s pretty much running the band nowadays, since whenever you see his solo performances, he usually has a bunch of Tales stuff involved. So I can believe that this was his idea to play it. Billy Sherwood is doing a great job manning Chris Squire’s duties, and looks more into it than he did when I saw them last summer, and Jon Davidson is handling the vocal duties with ease. Geoff Downes is an amazing keyboard player, and has killed it every time I’ve ever seen him (Yes twice, as well as Asia twice) Jay Schellen seemed to struggle a little bit during Drama (in fact, I think I could have handled those drum parts better since I seemed to know them better) but he did an admirable job during the Tale’s parts, which in my mind was probably his main focus coming into this only recently…so he gets a pass for any faux pas! If you get a chance to see this show, I highly recommend it! It’s impressive, and they are getting their act back together!

Zac Brown Band Hersheypark Stadium July 23, 2016 I first saw Zac open for Dave Matthews several years back, and liked what I knew at first (from hearing some of his stuff on the Buffett channel on XM on a trip to Florida…hey, when in Rome…) and when I got to see him live, I was impressed….great talented band, and some good music. A friend of mine commented that he didn’t know I liked “country” music, but since I played in a semi-country band years back, I had a tolerance for it, and DID like a few things…although I consider Zac more Southern Rock than anything else…not to mention, the guy is a fan of a LOT of styles of music, as evidenced by some of the covers he does during concerts. (Hell the first time I saw him he did Killing in the Name of by Rage Against the Machine) (and did a KILLER job with it!) But he’s done Bohemian Rhapsody, Enter Sandman, he did Baba O’Riley last night, and other… stuff the guy loves music! He also does some Pink Floyd in the middle of one of the songs on his new album. Anyway…this one coming to Hershey, and NOT on Labor Day Weekend was a good time for me! (and the fact it was a Saturday night made it better…I could sleep in the morning after dealing with the crappy traffic in Hershey) The other thing that was cool was that they have a “Tailgate” event the day of the show where members of the band perform, and there’s good food and drink, so for $30. I thought it was a good deal...hey you also got a free t-shirt, so… I arrived when it first started, and his lead guitar player Clay Cook was playing. Sat on a stool, in a Black Sabbath t-shirt, and played some odds and ends of the bands, some of his solo stuff, and a few covers. Afterwards, he sat at a table and signed autographs, and talked to people. Next up was Coy Bowles, another guitar player, and he did the same, as did John Driskill Hopkins his other guitar player…ok, so these are the principles of his band, and they did something cool like that. Talk about making it worth the time! The food was amazing as well. I had a grilled brisket burger which was outstanding! (and several large lemonades to hydrate) Since it was so freaking hot, I went and sat in my car for about an hour to cool off, after the entertainment portion of the show was done and have a little wine to get my brain into the right mood before the show started at 7:00. I went back and went into the stadium and found my seat. Drake White and the Big Fire opened. Not a bad band, never heard of them, but they were good. We also heard their soundcheck during the picnic, and they played some good covers. After the break Zac came on, and they just played great! Between some of his hits, new and old, a few covers (The aforementioned Baba O’Riley) Mellencamp’s Jack and Diane, Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy, in which Clay Cook sang did the guitar solo at the end) They also did Free which incorporates Van Morrison’s Into the Mystic. He’s put out a bunch of albums now, so you don’t get some of the favorites as you’ve gotten accustomed to hearing, but the new stuff is pretty good. All in all a bunch of excellent musicians having a good time on stage! If you get a chance, I recommend it! It was just HOT AS HELL there yesterday, and the A/C in my car felt great on the way out (in the crappy traffic….took me almost an hour to go five miles) Ok...Yes on Monday!

Sounds like they're just going out to dinner and planning on killing a couple-two-three bottles of expensive wine....

Paul McCartney Hersheypark Stadium July 19, 2016 Over the years, I’ve seen MANY amazing concerts and MANY amazing artists. I feel privileged to have seen some of my favorite music performed live over the years. The shows I never got to see will always be a major hole in my life, but you can only do what you can. I never got to see Queen, or Frank Zappa, or Led Zeppelin, although I was able to see Robert Plant once, and he was doing a few Led Zeppelin songs during his tour. Another band I never got to see was (and I’m sure a lot of other people as well, since they didn’t seem to really perform live like bands do these days) was The Beatles. When I heard that Paul McCartney was coming to Hershey (although I tried to get tickets when we was in State College, PA last year, and couldn’t even get a rafter seat) I was on that like crazy! So when I got the ticket, I was thrilled. Hershey was excited as well since they had a HUGE poster of Paul on the side of the stadium, and put a big “PAUL” up on the hill in front of the old Milton Hershey School where it says “Welcome to Hershey” and purportedly renamed some of the rides in Hersheypark to Paul “themes” and the main drag in Hershey to Sir Paul Way (or something like that) I was happy to finally get to see a Beatle, and hear a bunch of songs that I grew up listening to, that I never thought I’d ever get to hear live by the person that sang them! Being the usual impatient person, I had to check and see what the setlist was, and WOW a lot of stuff! He did 38 songs, and a nice mix of Beatles, Wings, and his solo stuff (and even an old pre-Beatles Quarrymen tune) The highlights for me were a few tunes that I just loved over the years; Fool on the Hill, Let It Be, and Yesterday, just songs that always meant a lot to me. He started with Hard Day’s Night, and Can’t Buy me Love. Did Love Me Do, Blackbird, Eleanor Rigby, Hey Jude, etc….. He also did an amazing version of Live and Let Die that just blew more fireworks and pyro than anything I’ve ever seen at a concert! That will be a favorite moment of mine for a LONG time, and will have a tough time being topped at any show! One thing that just totally impressed me, seeing aging artists over the years, you can see that they are slowing up, and need a lot of support onstage, extra singers to carry their parts, extra musicians to play their parts, etc. Paul did his share and then some! He played every song, when he played bass, he was the bass player, when he played acoustic, it was him, piano, etc. He did a spot where it was just him and a guitar on the stage, and it was all him. AND no intermission! He did the banter in between songs, talked to the audience, and the man is 74! Good for him, he is impressive! Overall, it was probably in one of my top 10 concert experiences, and I’ve seen over 100 shows! (this is up there with Roger Water’s Wall show, Pink Floyd in 1987, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe, and a few Rush shows) If you get a chance to see this tour, DO IT! You won’t regret it!

Well...I have a busy week coming... Paul McCartney on Tuesday, Zac Brown NEXT Saturday and Yes on the following Monday..... I also just got a ticket to see Dweezil Zappa's latest tour The 'Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F@%k He Wants' Tour! Been hearing great things about this years setlist.

I have two Bristow's on my list...haven't given either a spin in a while...so I can't comment on which is better.

Dream Theater had tendencies, but never quite hit the mark... You could definitely tell that they were influenced by them....Zebra had tendencies as well, but leaned more towards the Led Zeppelin groove than anything else. Triumph on occasion..I think they were sort of parallel...more like a "Rush-Lite" kind of band....trio...power rock, lead singer had a high voice, drummer was melodic. Rush evolved, and re-evolved, so they really never stuck to one specific style.

Website is experiencing difficulties...figures.... I'm sure I'll get something, but, like a good diver, not holding my breath! But, as someone else mentioned, I'm sure that the lawyers are raking it in while those of us that paid the actual money aren't getting diddly!!

40 years of playing together...and they aren't playing la-la- disco stuff, or putting 99 session guys up on stage like other bands. I don't play as hard as, or as much as Neil ever did, and it hurts to sit and play more than about 20 minutes for me... About the only guy hitting it hard that's still playing is Carl Palmer, but he always did it the right way, and did the proper warm ups etc... If something else happens, great...if not...thanks for the memories (and the 8-billion bootlegs out there that we can listen to) And, hey...how about that LIVE BOX SET?

:rush: would not be :rush: without Neil! WHAT THE f**k! I've been trying to just ignore those kinds of posts...but I agree...people need to get a grip...

Hah! I feel like I got screwed by not seeing Zappa since he really wasn't touring in my area much at the point I started really getting into him. (although the times he was sort of close, I wasn't able to go) Same with the Dead...Both times they played my market I wasn't able to go due to a job, (although I did see Bob Weir once) Thankfully I got to see Gilmour's Floyd (twice) and Roger Water's (twice) so that helped... Crimson on a HORDE show (sort of a truncated version of their usual show that tour) Genesis (way too late.) and Yes SEVERAL times in different incarnations... (Not to mention John Anderson solo, Rick Wakeman solo a few times, ABWH, Anderson/Ponty and I have tickets to see ARW this year) I REALLY got screwed out of seeing Rush on the PW tour...my parents didn't know the people that wanted to sell me the ticket (and ride with) so my father said NO!

They look like disco queens!

Wow....those quote things make me dizzy!