Transcript: 'Fly By Night, A Farewell To Kings & Signals - High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray' - Sound&Vision, December 2015

Part of UME's reissue campaign, over the past few months we have been treated with three 5.1 surround sound mixes on Blu Ray High Fidelity Pure Audio for Fly By Night, A Farewell to Kings and Signals. Sound & Vision's Mike Mettler reviews these mixes in the December issue, and makes the key observation "These mixes were originally done for DVD-Audio by Richard Chycki and were included one each in 2011's trio of Sector box sets. In direct track-by-track A/B comparison, it's quite apparent the Blu-ray versions have much more impact and presence overall." - Thanks to RushFanForever for providing the original article.

Transcript: 'Closer To The Heart' - HOSS, November/December 2015

Geddy Lee is on the cover of the November/December Holiday issue of Canada's HOSS magazine, and the magazine is hosting a "Closer to the Heart with Rush" contest, where they are giving away a custom Fender Squire vintage modified jazz bass guitar. The cover feature, 'Closer To The Heart: At home with Rush singer Geddy Lee talking baseball, wine and the art of enduring" is now available for your reading pleasure. - Thanks to RushFanForever for providing the original article, and to John Patuto for providing the transcript

Transcript: 'The Magic Circle' - Sounds, December 9, 1989

Rush's Presto was released 26 years ago today! (http://tinyurl.com/osl2lrv). From the December 9th, 1989 issue of Sounds magazine, I've just transcribed "The Magic Circle", an interview with Alex Lifeson given when the album was newly released, where he explains some of the lyrical themes of the album such as those in the songs Superconductor, Anagram, Red Tide, and more.

R40 Live Now Available, Read the Linernotes here

R40 Live hits store shelves today, and is available in five different packaging options.  I've transcribed the linernotes, you can check them out here, including the essay written by Philip Wilding.

Transcript: 'Clockwork Angels Tour Video Review' - Classic Rock, February 2014

The Clockwork Angels Tour video and cd were released two years ago today.  I've just transcribed Classic Rock magazine's 'Clockwork Angels Tour Video Review' from the February 2014 issue where they gave it a 9 out of 10 stars, and wrote "unlike followers of other veteran bands, Rush fans aren't just there to hear the old favourites, and the newer songs are the highlights from where we're sitting."

Transcript: 'Geddy Lee Defines Himself: Arena Rocker Was In No Rush To Go Solo' - Calgary Herald, November 11, 2000

Geddy Lee's My Favorite Headache was released 15 years ago today.  I've just transcribed 'Geddy Lee Defines Himself: Arena Rocker Was In No Rush To Go Solo', published in the Calgary Herald just days before the release of the album. Geddy talks about the differences between his solo album and Rush, and adds how he wanted to tour small venues with the album.

Transcript: "Alex Lifeson Interview At The Artist Of The Decade Awards" - Toronto's CILQ, November 20, 1990

Rush were named Artist of the Decade by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences on November 13, 1990. My latest transcript addition is a followup interview with Alex Lifeson which aired a week later on Toronto's CILQ radio.

Transcript: 'Magnetic Memories: Four Decades in the Studio with Rush' - DRUM!, December 2015

The December issue of DRUM! magazine includes an extensive 7 page feature story written by Neil Peart titled "Magnetic Memories: Four Decades In The Studio With Rush". It is a retrospective history of Neil's memories of being in the studio and Rush's recording history. - Thanks to John Patuto for sharing his transcript!

Transcript: 'Rushing At Their Own Pace' - Buffalo News, November 13, 1987

Today's transcript addition is 'Rushing At Their Own Pace', an interview with Neil Peart from the Buffalo News, published the day before their November 13, 1987 show there on the Hold Your Fire tour.   The interview was given two weeks before, the day before the tour kicked off in St. John's, Newfoundland.  Neil recalls the days of endless touring, and his thoughts that the performance suffered because of it. He also discusses Aimee Mann's contribution to the live show. - Thanks to Heiko Klages for the original clipping!