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A little bit of a technical problem with the time machine this morning (needs a scanner software update :) ), but I did manage to get some images of our next destination. The date is May 21st 1980, and because the band had decided to ignore its hometown on the Permanent Waves Tour, a trip to Buffalo, New York was required. Anyway, here are a couple of pics, I'll see if I can get some more for tomorrow.

 

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Cool! I was there.

 

Did you go to multiple shows? I used to love those three and four night Gardens stands. I'd always try to catch at least two of the shows.

Yes I used to attend multiple shows. Usually around Christmas / New Years at Maple Leaf Gardens. I saw many of those concerts in the 70's and 80's. Did you see them at Varsity Stadium? That was an odd show. If I remember it was raining for most of it.

 

Actually it didn't rain at all. It had rained the previous day and it was a little foggy during the show. You probably remember that because the crowd stated ripping up the damp chunks of turf and chucking them at the stage. (You'll see one of these projectiles in a coming post ;) ). But you are right, it was an odd show, kinda last minute if I recall correctly.

Well my memory is foggy to say the least, but I will take your word for it. I may be mixing that concert up with a Kiss show at Varsity around the same time. And yes the Rush Varsity show was put together quickly I think. I still have the ticket and concert review. I will have to dig it out and read the circumstances.

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I was at the Kiss show as well, that was beautiful weather. Maybe it was raining at the rush show, it was a long time ago and my memory ain't what it used to be. As I recall the wind and rain made using the video screen impossible. The reviews weren't that good either. I seem to remember the headline being "Rush: Clouds of smoke turn to wisps of mist".
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Yep, the infamous red shoes. They are quite something aren't they :D

 

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Here are the last two shots from Buffalo. The pic of Alex is my favourite shot that I have ever taken of the band. Unfortunately I lent the negatives to a co-worker who shared a similar passion for concert photography. A few days later he was arrested and fired for stealing from the company. needless to say I never saw him or my negatives again.

 

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As a concert photographer, I not only enjoy your pics immensely, but I'm also quite envious!!! Those pics in the first post have quite an historical meaning because they were from the last shows before they filmed Exit... Stage Left at the Montreal Forum on March 27th!!! It will always make me sad knowing it was the last tour they did before I became a Rush fan (Only weeks after the ESL show) and I never got to see Xanadu the way it was MEANT to be played... With BOTH Double-necks..... And although I've always loved the RED Jacket/tie and shoes outfit from ESL, I also love that Alex had a yellow version of the outfit!!!! Thanks for sharing your pics!! :notworthy: :)
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As a concert photographer, I not only enjoy your pics immensely, but I'm also quite envious!!! Those pics in the first post have quite an historical meaning because they were from the last shows before they filmed Exit... Stage Left at the Montreal Forum on March 27th!!! It will always make me sad knowing it was the last tour they did before I became a Rush fan (Only weeks after the ESL show) and I never got to see Xanadu the way it was MEANT to be played... With BOTH Double-necks..... And although I've always loved the RED Jacket/tie and shoes outfit from ESL, I also love that Alex had a yellow version of the outfit!!!! Thanks for sharing your pics!! :notworthy: :)

 

I know exactly what you are saying. I love the guys and think they are probably still the best working band on the planet, but I will say that they are not the same band that they were back in the 70's and early 80s. As far as I'm concerned the peaked at about the time of ESL. In those days you could see how hard they worked on stage. Double neck guitars, Taurus pedals, synths, all played at the same time using hands, feet, elbows, and even Geddy's nose at times. After ESL the technology had developed enough that allowed them to use guitar effects instead of doublenecks, sequenced sounds triggered by touching a synth key. The band sounds better, but a lot of the magic was in that dance that they did to create those sounds. They are still a 10 out of 10 band, but back then they were a 12 out of 10 :)

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As a concert photographer, I not only enjoy your pics immensely, but I'm also quite envious!!! Those pics in the first post have quite an historical meaning because they were from the last shows before they filmed Exit... Stage Left at the Montreal Forum on March 27th!!! It will always make me sad knowing it was the last tour they did before I became a Rush fan (Only weeks after the ESL show) and I never got to see Xanadu the way it was MEANT to be played... With BOTH Double-necks..... And although I've always loved the RED Jacket/tie and shoes outfit from ESL, I also love that Alex had a yellow version of the outfit!!!! Thanks for sharing your pics!! :notworthy: :)

 

I know exactly what you are saying. I love the guys and think they are probably still the best working band on the planet, but I will say that they are not the same band that they were back in the 70's and early 80s. As far as I'm concerned the peaked at about the time of ESL. In those days you could see how hard they worked on stage. Double neck guitars, Taurus pedals, synths, all played at the same time using hands, feet, elbows, and even Geddy's nose at times. After ESL the technology had developed enough that allowed them to use guitar effects instead of doublenecks, sequenced sounds triggered by touching a synth key. The band sounds better, but a lot of the magic was in that dance that they did to create those sounds. They are still a 10 out of 10 band, but back then they were a 12 out of 10 :)

 

I agree with EVERYTHING you say, and feel the exact same way.... I also forgot to mention that I'm from Montreal, so had I been a Rush fan on March 27th 1981, I would have been at that classic show, probably as you say the ultimate peak of their career, and have that on DVD forever AND seen the missing parts from the film!! My first show was Signals, the next tour, and I'm lucky that's it's a rather famous Rush boot, so I can watch my 1st ever Rush show over and over!!

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Thank you for sharing these pictures! They are really awesome! It's hard to fathom how long ago these were, and how much (yet how little) has changed. There's a shot of Geddy with his Rickenbacker, playing keyboards, and I'm sure someone could find a modern photo to juxtapose it with. How time marches on, yet things never change!

 

Thanks again for sharing; I love concert photos! :)

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Thanks so much for the awesome pics! Anything from GUP tour?

 

No I don't. Back in those early days the atmosphere at concerts was completely different. There was very little in the way of photo magazines, and no MTV or concert videos. People were hungry for visual images of these bands. In those early days I would have no problems taking my 35mm SLR with a huge 300mm lens in to a show, and when ushers or security people would see it they would actually ask people to make room so I could get to the front of the stage. It was fun to do, but mostly it was a means to get me closer to the bands I admired so much. But that was in the days when concert tickets cost $6 and a tour guide was $2. In the early 80s that started to change and "No Camera" warnings started to appear in the fine print on ticket stubs. I continued to take my camera but found myself having to leave it with security, or have all my film destroyed. The bands at that time (especially Van Halen and Kiss) were starting to control their images and selling their Tour guides for outrageous dollars. Money killed that hobby which is a shame because so much of that era is now undocumented. The pro photogs get their photo pit shots for the first couple of songs, but the bands know they are there and are posing for those pics, whick kind of defeats the purpose.

 

But anyway, I really stopped doing anything after about 1984.

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Thank you for sharing these pictures! They are really awesome! It's hard to fathom how long ago these were, and how much (yet how little) has changed. There's a shot of Geddy with his Rickenbacker, playing keyboards, and I'm sure someone could find a modern photo to juxtapose it with. How time marches on, yet things never change!

 

Thanks again for sharing; I love concert photos! :)

 

Geddy really has aged well hasn't he? He's fit, trim and still has a great head of hair. I'd love to see what he would look like holding that Ricky again!

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Next stop on the Time Machine Tour is September 2nd 1979 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. This was a weird show for the band as it seemed to be put together pretty hastily, and the fact that they were playing a University football field instead of one of the larger arenas or stadiums was a little odd. Also, Permanent Waves was nowhere near release, so the tour really wasn't in support of anything. What made this show interesting was that the weather was not very cooperative. It didn't rain during the show as I recall, the natural turf on the field was very wet, and was soon being hurled around as "sod bombs". The entire field would need to be replaced, and that show was the last ever at that venue. Also, wind and the threat of storms forced the band to scale back on their set up. No video screen were used, the dry ice just blew away, and their was no pyro. Even Howard's light show suffered as the usual "audience smoke" just blew away, leaving nothing for his lights to reflect off of. So the show was pretty basic, reminding me of a club show. Anyway, enjoy the pics :)

 

Aforementioned "Sod Bomb"

 

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