RUSH – Moving Pictures (40th Anniversary Deluxe) [Japan SHM-CD x3] *HQ*

As requested, here’s RUSH 1981’s classic album ”Moving Pictures 40th anniversary Deluxe Edition” in its Japanese Edition pressed on SHM-CD. The set includes ”Moving Pictures” remaster on disc one, while discs two and three feature the complete, unreleased Toronto concert from March 25, 1981.
Recorded in Quebec’s Le Studio, ”Moving Pictures” saw the band continue down the route of shorter, more radio friendly songs. Longtime producer Terry Brown was back for what was the band’s eighth studio album. ”Moving Pictures” is already one of the most essential Rush album, their most organic blend of ’70s-style prog virtuosity (instrumental monster “YYZ”) and ’80s punch (hooky price-of-fame sing-along “Limelight”).
The remaster reveal more subtle details. As example, Neil Peart’s triangle is cleared, more pronounced during the intro of “YYZ,” swirling around the speakers. But the crux of this package is a rattling, previously unreleased 1981 live album, captured in Toronto and spread across two discs. It captures an unvarnished, warts-and-all aesthetic, all jagged edges in contrast to the main LP’s smooth contours.

It’s always fascinating to hear Rush go ragged, with Lee straining to hit the high chorus of “Limelight” or the full band failing to grasp a solid tempo on the soft-to-soaring “Closer to the Heart.”
And several of these live tracks are almost punishing in their intensity: Peart’s ringing toms during the big-band jazz section of “La Villa Strangiato,” the dynamic shift into hard rock on “Natural Science,” the heavy reggae switch-up on “Working Man” amid the multi-track medley.
Highly Recommended

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Disc I: Moving Pictures (remastered)
1 Tom Sawyer
2 Red Barchetta
3 YYZ
4 Limelight
5 The Camera Eye
6 Witch Hunt
7 Vital Signs

Disc II: Live In YYZ 1981*
1 2112 – Overture
2 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3 Freewill
4 Limelight
5 Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude
6 Beneath, Between & Behind
7 The Camera Eye
8 YYZ
9 Broon’s Bane
10 The Trees
11 Xanadu

Disc III: Live In YYZ 1981 (continued)*
1 The Spirit Of Radio
2 Red Barchetta
3 Closer To The Heart
4 Tom Sawyer
5 Vital Signs
6 Natural Science
7 Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II
– Hemispheres
– Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind
– By-Tor & The Snow Dog
– In The End
– In The Mood
– 2112
– Grand Finale
8 La Villa Strangiato

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