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Thursday, April 6, 2006

DVD Reissues details: Rush Replay X 3

[Rush Boxes Up Vintage Concert Videos]

UPDATE - 5/24@10:25AM: Technical details (tracklisting, running time, etc.) are now available also.

UPDATE - 5/16@3:05PM: It has been confirmed that Lock and Key will NOT be included on the A Show of Hands DVD included in the Rush Replay X 3 box set.

UPDATE - 4/17@11:20AM: Rush Replay X 3 is now available for preorder through Amazon.

UPDATE - 4/11@1:50PM: The offical Rush site has posted a little preview movie for Rush Replay X 3. They also revealed the artwork for the dvd.

There are finally some details regarding the DVD reissues. The previously reported release date of June 13 has been confirmed. In addition, we now have a title and confirmation that it will be a box set. Here are the details from Billboard.com:

Three vintage Rush home videos will make their DVD debut as part of the boxed set "Rush Replay X 3," due June 13 via Mercury/UME. The collection will include 1982's "Exit ... Stage Left," 1985's "Grace Under Pressure" and 1991's "A Show of Hands," plus a previously unreleased audio CD version of "Grace Under Pressure."

As previously reported, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson created new stereo mixes for the releases, which are presented in 5.1 Surround Sound. Tour booklets from the three concerts have also been reprinted for the set.

Filmed in 1981 in Montreal, "Exit ... Stage Left" spotlights Rush in its early career heyday as it performs such tracks as "Red Barchetta," "YYZ," "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight" and "Closer to the Heart."

"Grace Under Pressure" was taped in Rush's Toronto homebase and blends hits like "New World Man" and "The Spirit of Radio" with more uncommon fare like "Witch Hunt," "The Enemy Within" and "The Weapon." The latter track is accompanied by a video featuring actor Joe Flaherty as his "SCTV" character Count Floyd.

"A Show of Hands" was taped in 1988 in Birmingham, England, and was issued in tandem with a live album of the same name. Peart's nightly drum solo appears here for the first time on an official release. Other highlights include "Turn the Page," "Marathon" and a closing medley of "2112"/"La Villa Strangiato"/"In the Mood."

Rush is in the early stages of work on its first studio album since 2002's "Vapor Trails."

The only extra alluded to is the previously unreleased audio CD version of "Grace Under Pressure". I'm hoping there'll be something else though. We'll see.