Rush – Permanent Waves: 40th Anniversary [Super Deluxe Edition]

Description

Celebrating 40 years of Rushs Permanent Waves, the Super Deluxe Edition will feature two CDs, three 180-gram audiophile black vinyl LPs and a 40-page hardcover book filled with reimagined artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme, unreleased photos from the bands archive and an exclusive twelve-thousand plus word essay. The Abbey Road Mastering Studios 2015 album remaster is made available on CD for the first time. CD 2 is loaded with unreleased bonus live tracks from three stops on the Permanent Waves World Tour 1980: Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England; Hammersmith Odeon, London, England; and Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, all newly mixed by the bands longtime producer Terry Brown.

Permanent Waves is the bands first of many iconic visits to Le Studio recording studio in Morin Heights, Quebec which has been nicknamed Rushs Abbey Road Studios. A blank sheet of Le Studio letterhead was newly discovered, so the first of many collectibles included is a 20-page 5×7 Le Studio notepad. The two replica tour programs represent the official Permanent Waves World Tour 1980 program and with the inclusion of U.K. performances the very rare, unofficial The Words & Pictures Volume II UK-only tour program is included. The Super Deluxe Editions finishing touches feature 3 band member replica backstage laminates, a 24×36 double-sided poster showcasing the original album cover model and photos of each band member recording at Le Studio, and three Neil Peart handwritten lyric sheets for The Spirit Of Radio, Entre Nous and Natural Science.

Permanent Waves is the bands first departure from in-depth, ten-minute plus conceptual song crafting and is deemed as a poignant moment they reinvented themselves and their sound. Weve taken it (the conceptual album) to its logical limit and its time to do something else, remarked Geddy Lee. To further reinvent themselves, the band opted to record at Le Studio in Quebec which has been highly credited in the evolution of the Rush sound and would soon become their home away from home for future albums to come. Giving birth to two of the bands most important songs in their stable, The Spirit Of Radio along with Freewill offered fans a long overdue experience: regular radio play. Additionally, the album features the cinematic Jacobs Ladder, the albums third single Entre Nous, the Geddy Lee lyric penned Different Strings and the barometer for pure progressive rock Natural Science.

Tracklist:

1. The Spirit of Radio
2. Freewill
3. Jacob’s Ladder
4. Entre Nous
5. Different Strings
6. Natural Science
7. Beneath, Between & Behind (Live in Manchester)
8. By-Tor & the Snow Dog (Live in London)
9. Xanadu (Live in London)
10. The Spirit of Radio (Live in Manchester)
11. Natural Science (Live in Manchester)
12. The Trees (Live in Manchester)
13. Cygnus X-1 (Live in London)
14. Cygnus X-1 Book II (Live in London)
15. Closer to the Heart (Live in Manchester)
16. Jacob’s Ladder (Live in Missouri)
17. Freewill (Live in London)
18. Freewill (Live In London)
19. The Spirit of Radio
20. Freewill
21. Jacob’s Ladder
22. Entre Nous
23. Different Strings
24. Natural Science
25. Beneath, Between & Behind (Live in Manchester)
26. By-Tor & the Snow Dog (Live in London)
27. Xanadu (Live in London)
28. The Spirit of Radio (Live in Manchester)
29. Natural Science (Live in Manchester)
30. A Passage to Bangkok (Live in Manchester)
31. The Trees (Live in Manchester)
32. Cygnus X-1 (Live in London)
33. Cygnus X-1 Book II (Live in London)
34. Closer to the Heart (Live in Manchester)
35. Jacob’s Ladder (Live in Missouri)
36. Freewill (Live in London)

UPC: 602508607158
Label: Mercury
Release Date: 5.29.20
Format: Vinyl