![]() As noted above, all vinyl has been cut for the first time ever via half-speed Direct to Metal Mastering (DMM) on 180-gram black audiophile vinyl. Extras include a 24-page booklet with unreleased photos and reimagined artwork by Syme, along with the aforementioned liner notes by Kim Thayil, Les Claypool, Taylor Hawkins, Bill Kelliher, and Neil Sanderson.Ī 5-LP Deluxe Edition is housed in a slipcase including a single-pocket jacket for the remastered original Moving Pictures on LP 1, and two gatefold jackets for LPs 2-5 that comprise all 19 tracks from the complete, unreleased Live In YYZ 1981 concert. The 3-CD Deluxe Edition digipak includes the newly remastered original album on CD 1 and the entire, unreleased 1981 Toronto concert on CDs 2 and 3. All contents are housed in a premium lift-top box, which features movingly reimagined cover artwork by Hugh Syme. The Super Deluxe Edition of Moving Pictures-40th Anniversary will also include several exclusive items, including a 44-page hardcover book with unreleased photos and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme, along with new illustrations for each song extensive liner notes by Kim Thayil (guitarist, Soundgarden), Les Claypool (bassist/vocalist, Primus), the late Taylor Hawkins (drummer, Foo Fighters), Bill Kelliher (guitarist, Mastodon), and Neil Sanderson (drummer, Three Days Grace) a Red Barchetta model car mounted on a black perch with an MP40 nameplate two Neil Peart signature MP40 branded drumsticks two metal-embossed guitar picks, one each with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s respective signatures engraved on them a replica of the Moving Pictures 1981 official tour program an MP40 logo enamel pin a 3D lenticular “Moving Pictures in motion” lithograph an 18×24-inch Toronto 1981 concert poster a replica concert ticket from the 1981 Maple Leaf Gardens show a 12×36-inch Rush Through The Years 1973-1981 poster a YYZ luggage tag and a All Access World Tour ’81 insert. The instrumental barnburner “YYZ,” lovingly named after the airport identification code for Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, runs the gamut of the band’s forever impressive progressive chops in under four minutes flat. (Listen to a previously unreleased live performance of the song below.) Next, the band shifts into the multi-generational dreamscape of “Red Barchetta,” which chronicles the thrills and chills of a high-stakes backroads car race. The album’s lead-off track, “Tom Sawyer,” became one of Rush’s most cherished FM favorites in addition to taking its rightful place as a perpetual concert staple for decades to come. Moving Pictures was also the second of many Rush recording sessions at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, which was ultimately nicknamed the trio’s own personal Abbey Road recording studio. The album’s seven songs expertly blended Rush’s intrinsic prowess for channeling its progressive roots into radio-friendly arrangements, a template the band had mastered “to a T” all throughout its previous album, 1980’s deservedly lauded Permanent Waves. The band’s eighth studio album was originally released on February 12, 1981, and its adventurous yet accessible music catapulted the forward-thinking Canadian band to even newer heights as it began navigating the demands of a new decade. Listen to several of the performances below. The new collections arrive April 15, 2022, via UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records, in various configurations: including the Super Deluxe Edition, 3-CD Deluxe Edition, 5-LP Deluxe Edition, LP Edition, and digital. Rush’s groundbreaking 1981 album, Moving Pictures, is receiving an expanded edition for its 40th anniversary with previously unreleased and newly restored bonus live content.
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