Rush and the rare video that revives the 2112 tour

[JoãoCarvalho]

 

Recovered by Speedy's Films from original 8mm reels, the footage shows Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart on June 18, 1976, during the 2112 tour, at the moment when Rush was beginning to transform ambition, heaviness, and touring into rock history; watch it!


https://rushbrasil.com/en/rush-e-o-video-raro-resgata-a-turne-de-2112/

[taurus]

Right before ATWAS dates, will be cool to see. This guy had a little treasure trove of 8mm snippets of rixk history. Whets the appetite for sure

[Pound of Obscure]

How is it a recording from that long ago sounds so much better than anything they recorded live or album since Vapor Trails?  Every note from every instrument in perfect clarity.  How did they forget how to do that? 

[TheGhostRider]

This is old news. I posted about this 8mm film the day it was released, two years ago now. It's the earliest existing 8mm film  of Rush as of right now. 

 

Here's my original thread, from the day the film went live: 

 

[Brava Doh!]

Yeah this definitely isn’t new material, if that’s what’s been implied in the article (for clarity I did not read the article).

 

It’s a great little concert though.

[BlairC45]

Ah, I remember this from a few years back, when this was first discovered. In my hometown, when I was just 6 years old.

[Timbale]

17 hours ago, Pound of Obscure said:

How is it a recording from that long ago sounds so much better than anything they recorded live or album since Vapor Trails?  Every note from every instrument in perfect clarity.  How did they forget how to do that? 

It is a very good question.

 

I think from a sonic perspective, Rush were trend chasers after a time, not trend setters.  The sound of A Show Of Hands, for example, is very clear...but is SO of its time - Alex's solid state amp sound and his thin, processed Signature guitar choice....and then Geddy's very non-Rick or Fender Jazz sounding Wahl bass.  And of course a bunch of the digital keyboards that now sound like very thin and bad reproductions of the analog gear that he was using in the early 80s.  Neil's drum sound at that time is still really good.  Then you get into the late 90's-early 00's, and Alex's guitar is super thick.  It sounds like the Foo Fighters to me...and I don't mean that as a compliment.  And then Geddy got into his sort of strumming style on the bass, with a much more overdriven, "dirty" sound...and Neil's drum sounds, to my ears, went downhill as soon as he started his collabs with DW.   I just think they were trying to stay "relevant" with their sound instead of recognizing how timeless and good their earlier albums sounded.  As a drummer, I always wanted someone to sit Neil and his drum tech Lorne down and actually play them Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals and say "maybe AT LEAST try to get it to sound this good..."  I will never understand it.

[Pound of Obscure]

4 hours ago, Timbale said:

It is a very good question.

 

I think from a sonic perspective, Rush were trend chasers after a time, not trend setters.  The sound of A Show Of Hands, for example, is very clear...but is SO of its time - Alex's solid state amp sound and his thin, processed Signature guitar choice....and then Geddy's very non-Rick or Fender Jazz sounding Wahl bass.  And of course a bunch of the digital keyboards that now sound like very thin and bad reproductions of the analog gear that he was using in the early 80s.  Neil's drum sound at that time is still really good.  Then you get into the late 90's-early 00's, and Alex's guitar is super thick.  It sounds like the Foo Fighters to me...and I don't mean that as a compliment.  And then Geddy got into his sort of strumming style on the bass, with a much more overdriven, "dirty" sound...and Neil's drum sounds, to my ears, went downhill as soon as he started his collabs with DW.   I just think they were trying to stay "relevant" with their sound instead of recognizing how timeless and good their earlier albums sounded.  As a drummer, I always wanted someone to sit Neil and his drum tech Lorne down and actually play them Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals and say "maybe AT LEAST try to get it to sound this good..."  I will never understand it.

Yeah, the DWs never sounded good.  Despite being made from ancient Babooba trees from the bottom of a river.  Maybe that's why they always sounded like he was playing under water.  On last tour I was sure someone talked him in to using hydraulic heads on his snare.