Transcript: "Turn On With Rush" - Chicago Tribune, March 28, 1980

34 years ago today, one of the most cherished and heavily bootlegged Rush recordings, "Live In Concert From St. Louis", was first broadcast on radio.  Recorded February 11-13, 1980 then pressed to vinyl and issued to radio stations for later radio broadcast, "Turn On With Rush", from NBC's "The Source", is the press release to promote the radio broadcast the weekend of March 28, 1980: "Recorded by EDR-Media in front of 30,000 people on three consecutive nights, this exclusive concert captures the energy and style of RUSH...The weekend of March 28. On more than 200 radio stations throughout the country."

Transcript: "Interview With Alex Lifeson" - Radio Clyde, October 1987

Here's an interesting item: a transcript of an interview with Alex Lifeson on Glasgow Scotland's Radio Clyde from October 1987. According to this interview, Hold Your Fire wasn't released in the UK until over a month after it was released in the rest of the world (September 8th, 1987). Alex confirms the delay was a record company discussion to maximize sales, apparently. Other topics include logistical problems when touring the UK, as well as how the band first considered Cyndi Lauper and then Chrissie Hynde, before finally approaching Aimee Mann to appear on "Time Stand Still".

Transcript: "Back On The Road With Rush" - Professional Lighting And Production, Summer 2013

Happy Friday! For your weekend reading, I've transcribed last summer's issue of Professional Lighting And Production magazine, which features Rush on the cover and includes the feature story "Back On The Road With Rush: 'Clockwork Angels' Tour Steams Across Continents". - Thanks to RushFanForever to pointing the way!

Transcript: "Off The Record With Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson" - 1985

The latest addition to the transcript archive is an all new radio transcript.  Check out "Off The Record With Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson", from 'Off The Record With Mary Turner' promoting the release of Power Windows. Geddy and Alex in the studio, it just doesn't get any better than this.

Transcript: "A View From The Middle" - Middle School Journal, September 2010

My latest transcript addition is from the September 2010 issue of the Middle School Journal from the National Middle School Association. In "A View From The Middle", author David Virtue writes about how important the relationships built in early adolescence can be to a person's life, as demonstrated by two guys who met in grade 7 at Fisherville Junior High School... - Thanks to RushFanForever for passing along the article.

Transcript: "Rush Album Review" - Circus Raves, February 1975

March 2014 sees the 40th Anniversary of the original Moon release of Rush's debut album.  As a celebration, my latest transcript is a review of Rush's debut album from the February '75 issue of Circus Raves magazine. Although published far after John Rutsey left the group, the writer makes no mention of his leaving. However, the writer is obviously enthusiastic about the potential future of the new band named Rush!

Transcript: "Backroads & Backbeats: Neil Peart Takes The Scenic Way To Work" - BMW Owners News, March 2014

As I announced yesterday, Neil Peart is featured in the March issue of BMW Owners News. You can check out the full article here: "Backroads & Backbeats: Neil Peart Takes The Scenic Way To Work". - Thanks to John at Cygnus-X1.net for transcribing!

Transcript: "Thinking Fan's Band Plays Chapel Hill" - Durham Herald-Sun, March 6, 1992

Published 22 years today, check out "Thinking Fan's Band Plays Chapel Hill" from the March 6, 1992 issue of Durham's Herald-Sun "Preview" magazine. This story appeared before Rush's performance there the following day! - Thanks to John Patuto for sharing the transcript!

Transcript: "After The Gold Rush" - Word, April 2009

Rush's Retrospective 3 was released five years ago today.  My latest transcript addition is from the April 2009 issue of UK's Word magazine.  "After The Gold Rush" is what you get when you ask an ex-Rush fan, a fan who jumped the Rush train after Signals, to review Retrospective 3, a collection of Rush's 'hits' from 1989-2008.    What are your thoughts on this compilation?