Artist: RUSH
Album: ALL THE WORLDS STAGE REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1976/ 1997
EAN/UPS: 0731453462724
Media type: CD

Recorded live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada between June 11 & 13, 1976.Having returned from the edge of obscurity with the ambitious concept album 2112 and years of almost non-stop touring, Rush decided to buy themselves a little time with a double live album. Recorded in 1976 in front of a hometown Toronto audience, ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE is the first of what would become a Rush tradition: following every fourth studio album with a live one as a way of closing out a chapter in the band's history. The set kicks off with a pair of hard rocking numbers, "Bastille Day" and "Anthem," that pack more power than would be expected from a trio. "2112" proves that this still young band was more than just muscle; the abridged version heard here still clocks in at over 15 minutes. From their second album, "By-Tor And The Snow Dog" is the band's first attempt at a multi-part opus, weaving a fanciful story around an extended jam that recalls their earliest days as a bar band banging out Cream tunes. The album closes out with four songs from their debut. Taken as a whole, ALL THE WORLD shows how far Rush had come in the previous three years and hints at what was to come.

TRACKLIST:

1. Bastille Day
2. Anthem
3. Fly by Night/In the Mood
4. Something for Nothing
5. Lakeside Park
6. 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
7. By-Tor and the Snow Dog
8. In the End
9. Working Man/Finding My Way
10. What You're Doing

LINE-UP:

Geddy Lee (vocals, bass, keyboards)
Alex Lifeson (guitar)
Neil Peart (drums, percussion