Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Rush Changing Hemispheres book plus 4-DVD set coming soon
UK multimedia publisher Abstract Sounds Books is set to release a 116-page hardcover book and 4-DVD set titled Rush: Changing Hemispheres on Monday, September 26th in the UK. From Play.com:
This is the true story of Rush from humble Canadian beginnings through to international super stardom. Featuring a masterful and comprehensive text packed with great photographs of the band this unique production also includes four documentary DVDs packed with candid audio interviews with the band members compared and contrasted with the views of a leading team of music journalists, insiders and musicologists.
This uncensored and independent title has not been viewed or approved by the band or its management and is completely free to tell the unvarnished story of Rush as it really happened. The contents of this amazing book and DVD combination are completely essential reading and viewing for Rush fans everywhere.
It's not clear whether the set will be released in the US/Canada and very few details regarding the content are known at this time. It's quite possible that this is just a repackaging of previously released material; perhaps a re-purposing of the lackluster 2006 set Inside Rush: Music in Review 1974-1981. So if you are looking to purchase this, proceed with caution. More information as I learn it. Thanks to John at Cygnus-X1.net and Alan D for the heads up.
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If this is a rerelease of the "Inside/Music In Review" DVD from 2006 the content is basically a commentary and criticism piece of all their albums from the debut up through Moving Pictures. You can see excerpts of it on You Tube. I wouldn't call it the "unvarnished" story of Rush as this upcoming DVD claims. In response to #14 you are correct with the assertion that this series does have some of the same repeat "leading team of music journalists,insiders,and musicologists" that appear on other "Review" titles. However,as a fan of music commentary and criticism I really enjoyed the two "docs" on Black Sabbath. The problem with the Rush review was that it seemed to me that some of the people reviewing the material were not ones I would consider journalists,much less musicologists. In any case,I've never met any musicologist named "Tank",one of the people in the original release. Two people that I would love to hear Rush commentary from are Martin Popoff and Malcolm Dome,arguably the two most credible hard rock writers out there currently. Some of you are aware that Popoff authored "Contents Under Pressure" back in 2004. Dome appears in the Sabbath videos mentioned earlier,and both have written commentary for Classic Rock magazine over the years. Both know how to praise AND critique that is not only entertaining,but thought-provoking and informative as well. Personally, I like the "Inside" series much more than Behind The Music on VH-1. They discuss everything in a musician's life EXCEPT the music. Go figure. Thanks RIAB.
Oh, OK then.
I laugh every time...at how annoyed people get.
#20.
#17, it is not a joke. I don't think there is anything funny about first, zero or any other number.
# 16 / Graham, very well said, agreed!
#2 let it go. If you tell a joke 20 times and nobody laughs you quit telling it!
I noticed this item a few weeks back.
Its unofficial and therefore not approved by the band.
I will wait and see what reviews are placed on Amazon but probably not interested.
I doubt there will be any interviews with the band as its an unofficial product.
Also, bear in mind where the cash is heading ? Not to the band. Anyone of us could put something like this together.
Personally I would avoid these items as your going to be disappointed.
Here in the UK the price is unavailable however a few weeks back it was around the £18 mark.
Considering the Rush Time Machine Tour is only £9.99 someone is looking to rip us fans off.
I have better things to spend my money on like the new album.
The Music Review thing is one of the worst packages I have ever watched or fell asleep through to be more accurate. Just terrible. This has a real music review vibe of it...on the cheap...notice it says audio interviews of the band...which means they couldn't afford the licensing rights to video interview footage or performance footage.
Oh and another thing...why do they always use 1970s pictures and focus on that era with anything to do with Rush? Their biggest decade was the 1980s. I bet this is more bullshit stories from 1966 up to 1980 and a heavy focus on 2112. How about a heavy focus on the albums that were breezed through on BTLS? Like 81-97? Those DO need a few DVD's to really tell the story of that time period. Not the 11 minutes Sam Dunn gave them.
I don't know about this.
I looked at the publisher's website and it has the same format for all these other bands: AC/DC, Zeppelin, Metallica, Abba (one of these bands is not like the others), etc.
They're all 116 pages with 4 DVDs.
They're all labelled "uncensored" "the real story" etc.
Sounds like one of those formula books, where they'll have lots of full color pictures, and a few boxes of text every 4 pages. The DVD.
I would bet that the "leading team of music journalists, insiders and musicologists" are probably the same people for every band and they get paid to say fancy things about the bands.
I will wait to see if Rush.com lists this on their website and if it gets sold on the Rush Backstage Club.
Well, they will probably do a better job with the release date at least.
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