TheHonestMan Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 About 2 months ago I stumbled across some live tracks from a Test for Echo concert that were uploaded (but still remain unlisted) by Rush's official youtube page. Because these vids are unlisted they won't appear when you go to Rush's youtube channel, but you can still find them through google/youtube searches. Based on the date in the descriptions, I think this is probably the Molson Amphitheater show from 6/30/97. I assumed an official announcement would be coming soon after I found these, but haven't seen anything yet. Anyone have info on this? Here's a playlist with all the tracks that someone made a few days ago...maybe that's a sign we'll hear something soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 That would be great. I need an official version of Limbo live! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) That's really, really odd. It's a complete show, but it sounds absolutely terrible, for one thing - like a slightly out-of-tune FM radio station played back on some crappy car speakers and recorded to cassette with a cheap microphone. It's definitely a bootleg, and not a particularly good one - not something you would expect to find on the band's official channel. I really want to know what the story is here... Edited November 21, 2022 by Rush Didact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHonestMan Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 22 minutes ago, Rush Didact said: That's really, really odd. It's a complete show, but it sounds absolutely terrible, for one thing - like a slightly out-of-tune FM radio station played back on some crappy car speakers and recorded to cassette with a cheap microphone. It's definitely a bootleg, and not a particularly good one - not something you would expect to find on the band's official channel. I really want to know what the story is here... It does say radio broadcast at the bottom of the album cover, so you might be onto something there lol. But yeah, I was also disappointed by the audio quality. Geddy's bass sound is far too muddy/muffled. And there are times when Alex's backup vocals are more prominent than Geddy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostRider Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Rush Didact said: That's really, really odd. It's a complete show, but it sounds absolutely terrible, for one thing - like a slightly out-of-tune FM radio station played back on some crappy car speakers and recorded to cassette with a cheap microphone. It's definitely a bootleg, and not a particularly good one - not something you would expect to find on the band's official channel. I really want to know what the story is here... This seems to be a "official" upload of the Stolen Signals Bootleg. I worked with this recording on a video project recently and I am very familiar with how it sounds. I believe it was recorded by tapping into Alex's Inner Ear Monitor. That's why its possible to hear him singing clearly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, TheGhostRider said: This seems to be a "official" upload of the Stolen Signals Bootleg. I worked with this recording on a video project recently and I am very familiar with how it sounds. I believe it was recorded by tapping into Alex's Inner Ear Monitor. That's why its possible to hear him singing clearly. That would explain it! Thanks! Still doesn't make any sense why it was uploaded to the official account, though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHonestMan Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 57 minutes ago, TheGhostRider said: This seems to be a "official" upload of the Stolen Signals Bootleg. I worked with this recording on a video project recently and I am very familiar with how it sounds. I believe it was recorded by tapping into Alex's Inner Ear Monitor. That's why its possible to hear him singing clearly. Ah, interesting. Thanks for the info! 53 minutes ago, Rush Didact said: That would explain it! Thanks! Still doesn't make any sense why it was uploaded to the official account, though... Not only did they upload it, they also made (as far as I can tell at least) a new, custom album cover for it. Very odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taurus Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Maybe they are going to follow what Pink Floyd and others have done and start to release old bootlegs, officially. I think Zappa was the first to do this with his "Beat the Boots" series Volume 1 and 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Could listen to an album of that noo problem, different but really fresh and vital, like you up on stage with em 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 4:16 PM, Rush Didact said: That would explain it! Thanks! Still doesn't make any sense why it was uploaded to the official account, though... Very strange. Uploading a random bootleg doesn't make sense. Could the account have been hacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 6:22 PM, taurus said: Maybe they are going to follow what Pink Floyd and others have done and start to release old bootlegs, officially. I think Zappa was the first to do this with his "Beat the Boots" series Volume 1 and 2 That's possible, but why start with THAT one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taurus Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 20 hours ago, ytserush said: That's possible, but why start with THAT one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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