RUSH – Moving Pictures (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe) (2022)
Finally, RUSH’s 1981 album ”Moving Pictures” is being reissued for its (belated) 40th anniversary into this Super Deluxe edition. The set features the 2015 remastering on CD for the first time (it was previously only available on vinyl and digital).
The release includes the ”Moving Pictures” 2015 remastering on disc one, while CDs 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 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”)…