GiGinJapan Artwork of Japanese CDs (mostly) Rush / St. Louis 1980 Pre-fm / 1CD / Cygnus
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, USA 11th-13th February 1980
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RUSH in 1980 opened a new horizon by sending the ambitious work “PERMANENT WAVES” to 4th place in the US. A soundboard album that will pour the live performance into your brain is now available.
“February 1980 St. Louis performance” is engraved on this work. It is the stereo sound board recording. Speaking of “PERMANENT WAVES Tour”, part of it was adopted in the traditional edition “EXIT… STAGE LEFT”, and now the official live album is attached to the deluxe edition of “PERMANENT WAVES”. In order to organize the situation around that, let’s first take a bird’s eye view from the activity summary at that time.
● 1979
“HEMISPHERES Tour”
・ January 11-April 15: North America # 1 (60 performances)
・ April 23-June 4: Europe (27 performances)
“PERMANENT WAVES Warm Up Tour”
・ August 17-September 22: North America # 2 (20 performances)
《Production of “PERMANENT WAVES” from September to October》
● 1980
“PERMANENT WAVES Tour”
・January 17-May 23: North America #3 (79 performances) ← Coco
・ June 1-22: UK (19 performances) ← * Official 2 types
“PERMANENT WAVES Warm Up Tour”
・ September 11th-October 1st: North America # 4 (16 performances)
《Production of “MOVING PICTURES” from September to October》
This is the 1979-1980 RUSH. At that time, they were also known for their unique activity style, and it was a rotation of “warm-up tour → album production → main tour → warm-up …”. Even on this tour, “EXIT … STAGE LEFT” and official Dela Eddy were produced from the “UK” tour, but the St. Louis performance of this work was the beginning of “North America # 3” before that. However, the date has not been confirmed. The St. Louis performance is also famous for being broadcast on the radio, but the live itself was three consecutive nights on “February 11th, 12th and 13th”. I don’t know which of these shows, or if it’s a synthetic edit.
In any case, the FM soundboard broadcast of the St. Louis performance has reigned as a major staple of the “PERMANENT WAVES Tour”, but this work is the highest peak. It is one of the products digitized from the pre-FM reel before broadcasting. In fact, the sound is completely official grade. The effect processing that emphasizes the feeling of echo like “EXIT … STAGE LEFT” is less, but it is a super-superior product that does not compromise on the mix and the sound quality itself.
The live performance of the “PERMANENT WAVES Tour”, which has entered a new era, is depicted with such transcendent quality. It’s not a full show because it’s edited according to the broadcast frame, but the recording time of about 76 minutes is almost the same scale as “EXIT … STAGE LEFT”. Let’s put things in order here.
・Night Flight: Beneath, Between And Behind／By-Tor And The Snow Dog
・Permanent Waves: The Spirit Of Radio/Natural Science
・Other: 2112 (★)/Xanadu/La Villa Strangiato (★)/Medley (Working Man/Anthem/Bastille Day/In The Mood: ★)
* Note: “★” marks are songs that cannot be heard even in the official Dela Eddy “PERMANENT WAVES WORLD TOUR 1980”.
… and it looks like this. As mentioned above, the most famous symbol of the current “PERMANENT WAVES Tour” is the official live album “PERMANENT WAVES WORLD TOUR 1980” recorded in “PERMANENT WAVES” Dela Eddie. In this work, you can enjoy the large songs “2112”, “La Villa Strangiato” and the initial medley that you can not listen to there. In particular, the medley, which concentrates the famous songs up to “CARESS OF STEEL” in about 10 minutes, is a delicious suite as it was not even in “EXIT…STAGE LEFT”. Also, for those who have not experienced “PERMANENT WAVES” Dela Eddie, the large song “Natural Science” that flows out with a completely official-class sound may be fresh.
A great classic that has been loved by fans for many years is the Shin Ketteiban that has undergone the ultimate evolution by pre-FM masters. RUSH decided to postpone the live album plan and produce “MOVING PICTURES” due to the favorable reception of “PERMANENT WAVES”. If the live album was made as originally planned, what kind of work would it have become? Please fully enjoy the press CD that leaves its brilliance forever.
★ Stereo sound board recording of “February 1980 St. Louis performance”. It is a pre-FM master that updates the highest peak of standard sound sources, and its sound is completely official. The effect processing that emphasizes the echo feeling like “EXIT … STAGE LEFT” is less, but neither the mix nor the sound quality itself is compromised. “By-Tor And The Snow Dog”, “Natural Science”, “2112”, and the early medley, the repertoire that cannot be heard in “EXIT… STAGE LEFT” is also a delicious decision board.
