Rush - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2017/FLAC)

Having formed in 1968, it was not until 1974 that the band proper with Neal Peart joining Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to create the line-up that has remained in place ever since came to be. And just two weeks after Peart joined the group, Rush began their first US tour. On 26th August 74 the group played at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland , Ohio, a show recorded and broadcast by WMMS radio, which made it Rush s very first radio broadcast. It is this now legendary gig which forms the first disc of this set, alongside some bonus tracks which were recorded at the same venue a year later. The second disc here is home to an FM broadcast recorded at Holland s Pinkpop Festival in June 1979. Perfomed while the group were promoting their 1978 album Hemispheres, this rarely heard recording is included here on CD for the first time. The final disc in this collection featured the classic 1980 broadcast from the group, recorded at the Kiel Auditorium in St Louis, Missouri, on 13th February as part of their Permanent Waves Tour, and this recording remains arguably one of Rush s very finest live performances.



  • August 26th, 1974 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio
  • June 4th, 1979 - Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands
  • February 13th, 1980 - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri


 

 
Disc 1: ABC 1974 - The First American Broadcast

August 26th, 1974 - Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio

01 Finding My Way
02 The Best I Can
03 Need Some Love
04 In The End
05 Fancy Dancer
06 In The Mood
07 Bad Boy
08 Here Again
09 Working Man
10 Drum Solo
11 What You're Doing
12 Garden Road
13 Anthem
14 Beneath, Between And Behind
15 Fly By Night
Tracks 1 - 12 from Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, August 26, 1974; WMMS FM Broadcast.
Tracks 13 - 15 from Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1975; WMMS FM Broadcast.

Disc 2: Pinkpop 1979 - The Classic Dutch Radio Broadcast

June 4th, 1979 - Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands

01 Intro
02 A Passage To Bangkok
03 Xanadu
04 The Trees
05 Hemispheres: The Sphere
06 Closer To The Heart
07 La Villa Strangiato
08 2112: Discover - Presentation - Soliloquy - Grand Finale
09 In The Mood - Drum Solo

Disc 3: Spirit of the Airwaves - Live 1980 Radio Broadcast

February 13th, 1980 - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri

01 2112: Overture
02 The Temples Of Syrinx
03 Discovery
04 Presentation
05 Soliloquy
06 Grand Finale
07 By-Tor And The Snow Dog
08 Xanadu
09 The Spirit Of Radio
10 Natural Science
11 Beneath, Between And Behind
12 Working Man
13 Finding My Way Intro
14 Anthem
15 Bastille Day
16 In The Mood
17 Drum Solo
18 La Villa Strangiato
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