Power Windows 40th boxed set?

[PurpleHayes]

1 hour ago, Brava Doh! said:

 

I don’t see them getting that far unless the did a big combo set with, say, HYF-ASOH-Presto-RTB all in it together, with a live show or two and some bolder remixes. 

 

Yeah, they'll call it the 'When Rush Lost Half Their Fanbase Collection'

[Bahamas]

Very biased, sir. I would bet the band gained a lot of fans during those "middle albums".

I didn't pay much attention after Moving Pictures but since have learned a heck of a lot and there are songs that are fantastic among those albums. 

[PurpleHayes]

18 minutes ago, Bahamas said:

Very biased, sir. I would bet the band gained a lot of fans during those "middle albums".

I didn't pay much attention after Moving Pictures but since have learned a heck of a lot and there are songs that are fantastic among those albums. 

 

I'm in the same boat as you...but I can't tell you how many Rush fans I've met over the years who tuned out after Moving Pictures...when the band started tinkering with those newfangled synths.

 

Ok, I can tell you...it's seven.

 

But I truly can't tell you how many fans I've met who only became fans after 1983 or so and who also despise anything from the debut album up through and including Moving Pictures... because I haven't met any.

Edited March 25 by PurpleHayes

[Bahamas]

I don't think we are in the same boat? Not a problem, for me. We all love Rush.

 

I still bet there are a tonne of fans that joined the concert scene after Moving Pictures (also a very heavy synth album).

They paid millions in ticket prices and got on the digital purchasing scene, for many, many albums that followed.

 

[PurpleHayes]

11 hours ago, Bahamas said:

I don't think we are in the same boat? Not a problem, for me. We all love Rush.

 

I still bet there are a tonne of fans that joined the concert scene after Moving Pictures (also a very heavy synth album).

They paid millions in ticket prices and got on the digital purchasing scene, for many, many albums that followed.

 

 

Maybe we're not in the same boat, but I think we're in the same naval flotilla.

 

I guess my point was that I've never met any Rush fans who ONLY became fans after 1982 AND also hated the older hard rock stuff...every person I've met who became a fan after MP (like me) also likes the older, heavier stuff (well, except for CoS)...although over the years I didn't listen to anything from AFTK or before as much because, honestly, my spouse really doesn't like Geddy's shrieking voice.

 

I've just NEVER met a Rush fan who didn't like MP and Permanent Waves.

 

But as I said I've met a few guys (it's always guys) over the years who don't like anything they did after MP...even if they do go see them live. I think many of these fans are like AC/DC fans: they want the same album every year. I wonder if some of these people also don't like Genesis after 1975, Iron Maiden after 1981, or Van Halen after 1985.

Edited March 25 by PurpleHayes

[Todem]

RTB was a platinum seller PurpleHayes.....it was a big album for Rush and a big rebound from HYF and Presto's gold sales.

 

HYF - 600-700K worldwide

 

Presto - 650K worldwide

 

Roll The Bones - 1.1-1.2MM worldwide

 

 

My rankings of those 3?

 

1. Hold Your Fire

2. Roll The Bones

3. Presto

 

Anyway......I think Roll The Bones will get the royal treatment one day. And I happen to love the mix and master on it. Fit's the material and approach they had then perfectly. 

 

Same with Hold Your Fire....sonically a lush and ambitious production. Still blows me away. 

 

Presto.....meh.....they stumbled their sonically. And they readily admit that themselves. 

[TheGhostRider]

52 minutes ago, Todem said:

RTB was a platinum seller PurpleHayes.....it was a big album for Rush and a big rebound from HYF and Presto's gold sales.

 

HYF - 600-700K worldwide

 

Presto - 650K worldwide

 

Roll The Bones - 1.1-1.2MM worldwide

 

 

My rankings of those 3?

 

1. Hold Your Fire

2. Roll The Bones

3. Presto

 

Anyway......I think Roll The Bones will get the royal treatment one day. And I happen to love the mix and master on it. Fit's the material and approach they had then perfectly. 

 

Same with Hold Your Fire....sonically a lush and ambitious production. Still blows me away. 

 

Presto.....meh.....they stumbled their sonically. And they readily admit that themselves. 

Didn’t know that Roll The Bones sold the best out of the three. Personally for me it’s definitely the weakest of the 90’s albums. Never liked the mix. It sounds too flat and dull to me. Hold Your Fire sounds great, and Presto just sounds ok, it has the same problems as Roll The Bones but it’s not as bad in my opinion.