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?

Transcript: "Lasting Integrity" - Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1990

Happy Friday!  Today's transcript addition appeared in the April 12, 1990 issue of the LA Times during the Presto tour. "Lasting Integrity: Rush's Stubborn Individualism Has Paid Off In The Long Run", is an interview with Neil Peart, and is an excellent testament of Rush's integrity over the years, defying convention while crafting intelligent songs, and the ongoing shunning by the critics. - Thanks to Joe Pesch for the article!

Transcript: Alex Lifeson talks to Metal Express Radio, May 23, 2013

Here's an interview with Alex Lifeson from last May while Rush was touring the UK which flew under the radar until now. Alex talks to Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio about the Clockwork Angels tour, and gives his thoughts on the R42 tour (sadly, doesn't look like The Fountain of Lamneth will be included). - Thanks to RushFanForever for sharing!

Transcript: "Stained Glass" - Kerrang!, October 17-30, 1985

My latest transcript is "Stained Glass", a review of Power Windows from the UK's Kerrang! magazine (issue No. 105, October 17-30, 1985).  The writer admits the album went over his head... First comparing Power Windows in scope to Hemispheres with "this album harks back to their 'Hemispheres' period, my least favourite Rush venture and the time when l largely lost interest in the band", he goes on to write "I've always thought I was pretty much in tune with what they're all about, but this album aims a little over my head and I wonder if Rush haven't somehow lost sight of who they're supposed to be writing for..." Thank god Rush doesn't write for the lowest common denominator...

Transcript: "DW Builds NHL Logo Kit For Neil Peart's Rendition Of The League's Official Theme Song" - DWDrums.com, December 2009

For posterity's sake, I've added "DW Builds NHL Logo Kit For Neil Peart's Rendition Of The League's Official Theme Song" to the Transcript Archive. This is a very short announcement originally posted on DWDrums.com's news page in December 2009 to announce the creation of Neil's "Hockey Kit".

Transcript: "Geddy Lee: Entering Different Stages" - Long Island Entertainment, October 1998

Yesterday was the 36th anniversary of the recording of the Hammersmith Odeon show from Different Stages, and as a followup here is a fresh transcript of an exclusive interview with Geddy Lee which appeared in the October 1998 issue of Long Island Entertainment newspaper. "Geddy Lee: Entering Different Stages" is a really great interview, and includes some new tidbits regarding Different Stages, such as the fact that the album was delayed one month from its original release date so that two last minute additions, "The Analog Kid" and "Show Don't Tell", could be added to the album. - Thanks to Joe Pesch for the original article!

Transcript: "Rush Tunes Out Growing Temptation To Go Quartet" - Chicago Tribune, March 20, 1986

My latest transcript, "Rush Tunes Out Growing Temptation To Go Quartet", is from the March 20, 1986 issue of the Chicago Tribune. An interesting article from the Power Windows tour, Neil talks about working with keyboardist Andy Richards to record the album, and using new technologies to sample the sounds live on tour. - Thanks to RushFanForever the article.

Transcript: "Rush Fancast: Different Stages" - SonicNet, November 15, 1998

For your weekend reading enjoyment, here's a treasure from 1998: to promote Different Stages, Geddy and Alex appeared on camera from Atlantic's New York offices in a video chat which was streamed live on Sonicnet. Fans asked questions via text online, and those questions were posed by the host/moderator.  Example Q: What do you think of albums like Caress of Steel...I think its absolute genius.  GEDDY: Well, that guy smokes dope. (laughs).  Rush fan SLynn later transcribed the video fancast, and you can read the full transcript here: "Rush Fancast: Different Stages" - SonicNet, November 15, 1998. - Thanks to Kayla Kreuger McKinney for sending the transcript!

Transcript: "The Albums That Saved PROG: 'Signals'" - PROG #43, February 2014

Last weekend I let you know that the new issue (#47) of PROG magazine includes a feature on Signals, and I have transcribed it for your reading pleasure. "The Albums That Saved PROG: 'Signals'" is a new interview with Alex Lifeson, where he talks about the band's decision to make a change after the success of Moving Pictures, the difficulty in making Signals, his frustration with the album's guitar mix, the eventual dismissal of Terry Brown, and more. - Thanks to Reed Lover for sending the original article!

Transcript: "Moving Pictures World Premiere" - CHUM-FM, February 11, 1981

Moving Pictures was released 33 years ago today, and to celebrate I have added a transcript of the "Moving Pictures World Premiere", Geddy Lee on Toronto's CHUM-FM, which aired February 11, 1981. Running through the songs one by one, Geddy sheds his insights on Moving Pictures, recording in digital, and the then-shelved 1980 live album: "when we went over to Britain, we recorded about ten dates so we've got about 50 reels of tape sitting around somewhere". He and the interviewer are drinking Dom Perignon and it appears that after awhile, Geddy gets irritated by the interviewer's interruptions.

Transcript: "Rush Looks Forward, Back" - Billboard, January 31, 2003

Rush's best selling greatest hits compilation, "The Spirit of Radio - Greatest Hits (1974-1987)" was released on this day in 2003. Here's a new addition to the transcript archive: ""Rush Looks Forward, Back" is a short announcement that appeared on Billboard's news page on January 31, 2003, first breaking news of the greatest hits' release, as well as the news that Rush was working on their first concert DVD tentatively to be named "Rush In Rio".

Transcript: "Exit Stage Left - Deborah Samuel Interview" - Durston Photography, November 9, 2012

Rush's album art has always been of particular interest to me. In fact, that was what inspired the creation of my website in the first place. The latest addition to the Rush Transcript Archive is unique in that it provides details on some of Rush's most recognizable album art. Two years ago, photographer Rob Durston interviewed fellow photographer Deborah Samuel for his blog, and that interview never surfaced in Rush circles until this week. Ms. Samuel served as photographer for art director Hugh Syme on four of Rush's album covers, and in "Exit Stage Left - Deborah Samuel Interview", she provides many first hand details of the production of the album covers for Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Exit Stage Left and Signals, such as the wardrobe of the Permanent Waves girl, getting the dog on the Signals cover to sniff, etc, as well as details on her work after Rush. - Thanks Darren for the headsup!