Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart: RUSH R40 - 40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set Available In DVD & Blu-ray

RUSH R40 - 40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set Available In DVD & Blu-ray
Set features live footage spanning all four decades of their career
Over two hours of unreleased material, including a rare performance of entire seven-part version of '2112'
Three unreleased tracks from the 1974 vault
Plus Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush's eponymous debut album in 1974. This superb collector's box set brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of their career. It includes “Rush In Rio”, “R30”, “Snakes & Arrows Live”, “Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland” and “Clockwork Angels Tour” plus a bonus disc of previously unseen and unreleased live material stretching from 1974 to 2013.

To the delight of fans, the bonus disc will include all 8 songs from the Laura Secord Secondary School show in 1974 which features original drummer John Rutsey. That recording includes 2 Rush originals “I've Been Runnin'” and “The Loser”, as well as their cover of Larry Williams' “Bad Boy”, made famous by The Beatles. The bonus discs also features 5 songs from songs from the Capitol Theatre in 1976 such as “Anthem” and “Lakeside Park”, the rarely performed full, 7-part version of “2112” filmed in 1997 in their hometown of Toronto, “Lock and Key” from the Hold Your Fire tour, as well as footage from the glorious evening when Rush fans got their beloved band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rush are renowned for the energy and excitement of their live concerts and this set brings together some of their finest performances. The 10 DVD (or 6 Blu-ray) discs are contained in a stunning 52 page hardback book measuring 305mm x 225mm with the 10 discs contained in 5 additional rigid insert pages each holding two discs. The 52 pages of the book are filled with memorabilia and photographs documenting 40 years of Rush live in concert. This is the ultimate collection of Rush live performances, beautifully presented.

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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

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