Rush 50

Rock icons Rush celebrate their 50-year milestone as Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart officially solidified the Holy Trinity in July of 1974. Bringing the world masterful Progressive Rock musicianship, brilliant recordings, and iconic lyrics & storytelling as well as rock radio masterpieces – we present the first-ever, complete career-spanning Rush anthology featuring 50 tracks with 7 unreleased offered on 4 CDs and 7 LPs. Igniting the collection is the first-ever official CD & LP reissue of the band’s very first singles “Not Fade Away” and “You Can’t Fight It” which fans have been begging to be reissued for decades. Filling out the anthology are selections from every studio, live and deluxe reissue album the band have officially released. The golden jubilee gems will be 8 rarities: Vault Editions of “Working Man” and “The Trees” both showcasing alternate guitar solos with the former only being available as a digital single and the latter never officially released beyond the instrument-based video games. Next up are 5 unreleased live songs all from 1974 including two with original drummer John Rutsey with non-album songs like “Bad Boy” and “Garden Road.” Closing out the celebration is the incendiary final performance with Neil Peart in Los Angeles on August 1, 2015 of “What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road.”

Hugh Syme – the band’s longtime creative director – has been enlisted to design the brand-new 50th anniversary graphics along with new illustrations celebrating Rush’s songs. Rock journalists David Fricke and Phillip Wilding recount their individual experiences with the band and their crowning achievements centered around incredible photos of the band in a 100-page hardcover book offered in all three physical formats.

Exclusive to the Super Deluxe Edition, Fantoons has created a 100-page graphic novel as the second hardcover book detailing a conversation of Geddy and Alex reminiscing on their 50-year journey of the trials, tribulations and successes that the creation of each album and their songs endured. With contributions from producers and engineers Terry Brown, Peter Henderson, Paul Northfield, Peter Collins, Rupert Hine, Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, Stephen Tayler and Nick Rasculinecz all who were instrumental in the evolution of Rush’s sound.

CD 1
1.    Not Fade Away**
2.    You Can’t Fight It**
3.    Working Man (Vault Edition)**
4.    Need Some Love (Live)*
5.    Before And After (Live)*
6.    Bad Boy (Live)*
7.    Garden Road (Live)*
8.    Anthem (Live)*
9.    Fly By Night
10.    Bastille Day
11.    2112: Overture / The Temples Of Syrinx
12.    By-Tor & The Snow Dog (Live)
13.    Something For Nothing (Live)

CD 2
1.    Closer To The Heart
2.    Xanadu (Live)
3.    Drum Solo (Live)
4.    The Trees (Vault Edition)*
5.    La Villa Strangiato (Live)
6.    In The Mood (Live)
7.    The Spirit Of Radio
8.    Natural Science (Live)
9.    A Passage To Bangkok (Live)
10.    Tom Sawyer
11.    Limelight (Live)
12.    Vital Signs (Live)

CD 3
1.    YYZ (Live)
2.    Subdivisions
3.    Red Sector A
4.    Witch Hunt (Live)
5.    New World Man (Live)
6.    The Big Money
7.    Time Stand Still
8.    Distant Early Warning (Live)
9.    Superconductor
10.    Dreamline
11.    Stick It Out
12.    Test For Echo
13.    The Rhythm Method (Live)

CD 4
1.    One Little Victory (Remixed)
2.    Cygnus X-1 (Live)
3.    The Seeker
4.    Between The Wheels (Live)
5.    The Main Monkey Business
6.    Workin’ Them Angels (Live)
7.    Freewill (Live)
8.    Red Barchetta (Live)
9.    Headlong Flight
10.    Manhattan Project (Live)
11.    Jacob’s Ladder (Live)
12.    What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road (Live)*

LP 1 - SIDE 1
1.    Not Fade Away**
2.    You Can’t Fight It**
3.    Working Man (Vault Edition)**
4.    Need Some Love (Live)*
5.    Before And After (Live)*

LP 1 - SIDE 2
1.    Bad Boy (Live)*
2.    Garden Road (Live)*
3.    Anthem (Live)*
4.    Fly By Night
5.    Bastille Day

LP 2 - SIDE 3
1.    2112: Overture / The Temples Of Syrinx
2.    By-Tor & The Snow Dog (Live)
3.    Something For Nothing (Live)

LP 2 - SIDE 4
1.    Closer To The Heart
2.    Xanadu (Live)
3.    Drum Solo (Live)

LP 3 - SIDE 5
1.    The Trees (Vault Edition)*
2.    La Villa Strangiato (Live)
3.    In The Mood (Live)

LP 3 - SIDE 6
1.    The Spirit Of Radio
2.    Natural Science (Live)
3.    A Passage To Bangkok (Live)

LP 4 - SIDE 7
1.    Tom Sawyer
2.    Limelight (Live)
3.    Vital Signs (Live)
4.    YYZ (Live)

LP 4 - SIDE 8
1.    Subdivisions
2.    Red Sector A
3.    Witch Hunt (Live)
4.    New World Man (Live)

LP 5 - SIDE 9
1.    The Big Money
2.    Time Stand Still
3.    Distant Early Warning (Live)
4.    Superconductor

LP 5 - SIDE 10
1.    Dreamline
2.    Stick It Out
3.    Test For Echo
4.    The Rhythm Method (Live)

LP 6 - SIDE 11
1.    One Little Victory (Remixed)
2.    Cygnus X-1 (Live)
3.    The Seeker
4.    Between The Wheels (Live)

LP 6 - SIDE 12
1.    Between The Wheels (Live)
2.    The Main Monkey Business
3.    Workin’ Them Angels (Live)
4.    Freewill (Live)

LP 7 - SIDE 13
1.    Red Barchetta (Live)
2.    Headlong Flight
3.    Manhattan Project (Live)

LP 7 - SIDE 14
1.    Jacob’s Ladder (Live)
2.    What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road (Live)*