Rush R40 6 disc Blu Ray box set

No they don't. They have good graphics.

The packaging.... is terrible. I have them and spare me the broken digipaks and shredded, bent, and scratched paper folders. And scratched discs. But that's how Rush decides to sell physical media (CD, DVD, BD) these days...

Throw in compressed audio and I'll pass.

 

I'm in.

 

A live version of Limbo? It's my favorite Rush instrumental, so this bonus disc seems mighty tempting. I have all the DVD's and none of the Blu-ray's, so getting the latter box would be logical choice. BUT, there are some factors that are holding me back:

1. My brother always hogs the only Blu-ray player we have (PlayStation 4), and he never lets me use it.
1.b. And he absolutely HATES Rush, (apparently just because "They're gross and ugly, which means their music is also gross and ugly! " . How does he expect to get anywhere with that mentality? In other words; if exposed to anything Rush-related, he'll (get really mad at me/attempt to hurt me (it's a sibling thing so don't worry)/make a stupid, but funny comment about their "grossness"/whatever).
2. Even if I did use the Blu-rays behind his back, we don't have a sound system downstairs.
2.b There are some Bluetooth GTAV headphones to use with the PS4, but my brother hogs them too. Why? Because he thinks "Little Devin might break them".
3. I don't know how to hook up regular headphones to an HDTV, nor do I feel like doing that.

So I guess I'll sell the DVD's I already have and get the DVD box set.

 

I think it's pretty lame to do it this way, but since I've never bought any of the Rush blu-rays, I might pick this up somewhere down the line. Not sure how much latter-day live Rush I really need though...wish the effort was spent on upgrading the 1980's live videos to full concerts instead of stuff like this, but that's just me.

 

I have most of these releases already on Blu-ray but if the audio was remastered from the ground up (guitar is way down in the mix) on the last Clockwork Angels tour release, I would be tempted to double dip (and sell my singles on eBay).

 

It's a real shame; some of the best live music ever and it sounds atrocious.

 

Rush - R40 - BLU-RAY DISC CONTENTS
(DVD content is the same - except where noted - but across 10 discs)

Disc One - Rush In Rio *

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Distant Early Warning
3. New World Man
4. Roll the Bones
5. Earthshine
6. YYZ
7. The Pass
8. Bravado
9. The Big Money
10. The Trees
11. Freewill
12. Closer to the Heart
13. Natural Science
14. One Little Victory
15. Driven
16. Ghost Rider
17. Secret Touch
18. Dreamline
19. Red Sector A
20. Leave That Thing Alone
21. O Baterista
22. Resist
23. 2112
24. Limelight
25. La Villa Strangiato
26. The Spirit of Radio
27. Encore Medley: By-Tor and the Snow Dog / Cygnus X-1 / Working Man

The Documentary - The Boys in Brazil

A film by Andrew MacNaughtan

Disc Two - R30 *

1. R30 Overture (Finding My Way / Anthem / Bastille Day / A Passage To Bangkok / Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres)
2. The Spirit of Radio
3. Force Ten
4. Animate
5. Subdivisions
6. Earthshine
7. Red Barchetta
8. Roll the Bones
9. Bravado**
10. YYZ**
11. The Trees**
12. The Seeker
13. One Little Victory**
14. Tom Sawyer
15. Dreamline
16. Secret Touch**
17. Between the Wheels
18. Mystic Rhythms
19. Red Sector A**
20. Der Trommler
21. Resist
22. Heart Full of Soul
23. Medley: 2112 / La Villa Strangiato** / By-Tor and the Snow Dog** / Xanadu / Working Man
24. Summertime Blues
25. Crossroads
26. Limelight

Disc Three - Snakes & Arrows Live

1. Limelight
2. Digital Man
3. Entre Nous
4. Mission
5. Freewill
6. The Main Monkey Business
7. The Larger Bowl
8. Secret Touch
9. Circumstances
10. Between the Wheels
11. Dreamline 1
12. Far Cry
13. Workin' Them Angels
14. Armor and Sword
15. Spindrift
16. The Way the Wind Blows
17. Subdivisions
18. Natural Science
19. Witch Hunt
20. Malignant Narcissism - De Slagwerker
21. Hope
22. Distant Early Warning
23. The Spirit of Radio
24. Tom Sawyer
25. One Little Victory
26. A Passage to Bangkok
27. YYZ

Bonus Features
Oh, Atlanta! The Authorized Bootlegs:

1. Ghost of a Chance
2. Red Barchetta
3. The Trees
4. 2112 / The Temples of Syrinx

Disc Four - Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland

1. The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.2 “Don't Be Rash”
2. The Spirit of Radio
3. Time Stand Still
4. Presto
5. Stick it Out
6. Workin' Them Angels
7. Leave That Thing Alone
8. Faithless
9. BU2B
10. Freewill
11. Marathon
12. Subdivisions
13. The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.17 “...and Rock and Roll is my name.”
14. Tom Sawyer
15. Red Barchetta
16. YYZ
17. Limelight
18. The Camera Eye
19. Witch Hunt
20. Vital Signs
21. Caravan
22. Moto Perpetuo (featuring Love For Sale)
23. O'Malley's Break
24. Closer to the Heart
25. 2112 Overture / The Temple of Syrinx
26. Far Cry
27. La Villa Strangiato
28. Working Man

Bonus Material
- Outtakes from “History Of Rush Episodes 2 & 17”
- “Tom Sawyer” featuring the cast of “The “Real” History of Rush Episode 17”
- “Need Some Love” live at Laura Secord Secondary School
- “Anthem” Live from Passaic, New Jersey

Disc Five - Clockwork Angels Tour

1. Subdivisions
2. The Big Money
3. Force Ten
4. Grand Designs
5. The Body Electric
6. Territories
7. The Analog Kid
8. Bravado
9. Where's My Thing? / Here It Is! (drum solo)
10. Far Cry
11. Caravan
12. Clockwork Angels
13. The Anarchist
14. Carnies
15. The Wreckers
16. Headlong Flight / Drumbastica
17. Peke's Repose (guitar solo) / Halo Effect
18. Seven Cities of Gold
19. Wish Them Well
20. The Garden
21. Dreamline
22. The Percussor (I) Binary Love Theme (II) Steambanger's Ball (drum solo)
23. Red Sector A
24. YYZ
25. The Spirit of Radio
26. Tom Sawyer
27. 2112

Bonus tracks:
- Limelight (soundcheck recording)
- Middletown Dreams
- The Pass
- Manhattan Project

Bonus material
- Can't Stop Thinking Big (tour documentary)
- Behind The Scenes (featuring Jay Baruchel)
- Outtakes
- Interview with Dwush
- Family Goy
- Family Sawyer
- The Watchmaker
- Office of The Watchmaker

Disc Six - R40 Bonus Disc
Laura Secord Secondary School 1974:

1. Need Some Love
2. Before and After
3. Best I Can
4. I've Been Runnin'
5. Bad Boy
6. The Loser
7. Working Man
8. In the Mood (partial)

Capitol Theatre 1976:

1. Bastille Day
2. Anthem
3. Lakeside Park
4. 2112
5. Fly By Night/In the Mood

Lock and Key 1988

Molson Amphitheatre 1997

1. Limelight
2. Half the World
3. Limbo
4. Virtuality
5. Nobody's Hero
6. Test for Echo
7. Leave That Thing Alone/Drum Solo
8. 2112 (all seven parts)

I Still Love You Man 2011

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2013:

1. 2112 featuring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nick Raskulinecz
2. Tom Sawyer
3. The Spirit of Radio

* DVD version to also include:

Rush In Rio

MX Multiangle:

1. YYZ
2. O Baterista
3. La Villa Strangiato

Easter Eggs:

1. By-Tor movie
2. Anthem 1975

R30

Interviews:

1. 1979 - Hamilton, Ivor Wynne Stadium
2. 1981 - Le Studio, Quebec
3. 1990 - Artist of the Decade
4. 1994 - Juno Hall of Fame Induction
5. 2002 - Vapor Trails Tour

From the Anthem vault:

1. Fly By Night
2. Finding My Way (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)
3. In The Mood (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)
4. Circumstances
5. La Villa Strangiato
6. A Farewell to Kings
7. Xanadu
8. The Spirit of Radio (Soundcheck 1979 Ivor Wynne Stadium)
9. Freewill (Toronto Rocks 2003)
10. Closer to the Heart (Canada For Asia 2005)

** Only available on Blu-ray

 

The bonus disc should be released separately. I have everything else from this set.

 

Ditto for me. I don't have a blu-ray player so no incentive to upgrade the media either.

I just hope the bonus thing comes out on DVD separately. I'd buy that, but not a complete video set I already have.

 

Agree, bonus needs to be separate. I've spent so much on Rush already.

 

Alex Lifeson Looks Back on Previously Unreleased Performances in Rush’s ‘R40′ Box
by Jeff Giles November 3, 2014 10:58 AM

Rush have made an awful lot of music over the years, so it’s no surprise that guitarist Alex Lifeson doesn’t have the sharpest recollection of the early unreleased performances the band unearthed for its new ‘R40‘ box set, which comes out Nov. 10.

In fact, during an interview with Radio.com, Lifeson admitted he’d completely forgotten the archival track ‘I’ve Been Runnin’,’ saying, “That one was really lost to me. But it was a shuffle-y, Delta bluesy kind of song that we were inspired by via Led Zeppelin.”

That’s a far cry from the more progressive vein the band moved into after original drummer John Rutsey left and was replaced by Neil Peart, and Lifeson pointed out that the shift in direction wasn’t an accident of timing. “Geddy [Lee] and I were both leaning towards that kind of music, we loved what Yes was doing, and Jethro Tull, and of course we were big Pink Floyd fans,” Liefson recalled.

“But John was a strong influence in the band and he was a real basic rocker. That was part of the reason for him leaving. There were other reasons: his health. But really when it came right down to it, he was a sort of Bad Company kind of rocker, and Ged and I wanted to move into something that was a bit meatier in terms of arrangements and performance.”

Those early efforts to find a sound would doubtless prove fascinating to longtime fans, but apart from what’s been dug up for ‘R40,’ Lifeson isn’t sure how many others exist. “There might be some tapes lying around, but I can’t imagine what sort of shape they’re in, 40-plus years later,” he admitted. “We never thought about hanging on to that stuff back then. You think of something new and you say, ‘Forget about that old crap.’”



Read More: Alex Lifeson Looks Back on Previously Unreleased Performances in Rush's 'R40' Box | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-unreleased-performances/?trackback=tsmclip

 

Look like those wanting to view the unrelesed material will have to resort to the net, which means less revenue.

 

Best Buy claims an exclusive DVD with this box set. I can't seem to find out what is on this. Does anyone know?

 

The Pass

I am a big fan of RUSH and pretty much have all their regular releases in one form or another. I have seen them live numerous times since the 80's. I use to purchase everything including all the Neil Peart books. However, I have to be honest. I'm now really bored with RUSH releases. The new Blu Ray set is a repackage with one extra bonus disk. Big deal. RiR on blu Ray will yield no improvement. And I think most of us agree Alex cannot mix. Also, Neil's last Book was a repackage of his online diary (ripoff). But yet all the fanboys will fork over the cash. I really do not blame the band. if I could save my turds, wrap in shrink-wrap and sell for cash, I would. I'll pass on this one

 

How much for the turds?

 

The best buy dvd contains stuff that is missing from the dvd and bluray sets. For some reason the dvd set has some stuff that the bluray set doesn't have and viceversa! Very annoying for me as I now have to get a freinds brother in law who lives in teh states to get it for me so I don't pay the crazy Ebay prices,

 

Will there be a DVD release?

 

Time Machine was unbearable to watch...his voice is shot, but the little movies in between were kind of funny. I would actually watch a whole movie of their comedy bits...

 

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When we will have a remastered Exit... Stage Left on high-def? Come on, it's one of the best shows of all time (that Xanadu version alone is enough proof) and we have a badly edited VHS-looking dvd... The audio is good but the video is in really bad shape. I believe that it can be transferred to HD (not sure it's film but looks like) so it's time for Eagle Rock to get their hands in this material and come up with a definitive testament of the marvelous Moving Pictures tour.

 

If the audio mastering follows the same suit as their recent blu rays, don't expect much. I have Clockwork Angles and Snakes and Arrows blu rays and the audio quality is not that great.

 

Make offer. I'll release a box set with a bonus dingleberry

 

Here's a free turd

 

Ok I can learn to resist, but when I found out Best But had a bonus completist dvd, I could not quietly resist. Yes, I had to wait in line amongst the fools and thieves in the temple and marketplace, but I will finally get to see these TFE tracks played live.

 

I'm hoping for a friend to get it for me from Bestbuy and send it to Oz but apparently he rang his local bestbuy and theyre only getting 2 copies and they won't hold them for him as he can't get there til 12th ...my hopes are fading!