Rush Celebrates 40 Years Of Live Rock With “R40” Box Set

Hot on the heels of the 40th anniversary vinyl reissue earlier this year of Rush’s debut album, the Canadian prog-rock legends are celebrating their four decades of making music with a new career-spanning live box set coming soon from Concord Music Group and Rounder Records. R40, available in both DVD and Blu-ray formats on November 11, brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of the band’s long career. The box includes five videos first released between 2003 and 2013:

• Rush in Rio (2003);
• R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour (2005);
• Snakes & Arrows Live (2008);
• Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (2011); and
• Clockwork Angels Tour (2013)

The box set adds a bonus disc of previously unreleased live material recorded between 1974 and 2013 including all eight songs from the Laura Secord Secondary School show in 1974 featuring original drummer John Rutsey. This disc also features five songs from Passaic, New Jersey’s late, lamented Capitol Theatre in 1976 such as “Anthem” and “Lakeside Park,” the full, 7-part version of “2112” from 1997, “Lock and Key” from the Hold Your Fire tour, and footage from the band’s 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

After the jump, we have more including the complete track listing and pre-order links!

All told, R40 comprises 10 DVDs or 6 BD; there are, however, minor variations in the track listings of the Rush in Rio and R30 programs.  Both formats are housed in a 52-page hardcover book illustrated with memorabilia and photographs documenting these past 40 years of Rush live in concert.   This celebration of all things Rush is available on November 11 from Rounder Records and can be pre-ordered at the links below!

Rush, R40 (Concord/Rounder, 2014

[Disc numbering reflects Blu-ray edition but track listings are identical except as noted below]

DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Disc 1: 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. 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
28. Bonus Documentary – The Boys in Brazil – A film by Andrew MacNaughtan

MX Multiangle for “YYZ,” “O Baterista” and “La Villa Strangiato,” plus “Easter Eggs”: By-Tor movie and “Anthem 1975” are exclusive to DVD edition

Disc 2 – R30 (** indicates tracks exclusive to Blu-ray edition)

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

DVD edition also includes: 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)

Disc 3 – 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
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
28. Oh, Atlanta! The Authorized Bootlegs Bonus Songs (a) Ghost of a Chance   (b) Red Barchetta   (c) The Trees   (d) 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
29. Outtakes from “History Of Rush Episodes 2 & 17” (Bonus Feature)
30. “Tom Sawyer” featuring the cast of “The “Real” History of Rush Episode 17” (Bonus Feature)
31. “Need Some Love” live at Laura Secord Secondary School (Bonus Feature)
32. “Anthem” Live from Passaic, New Jersey (Bonus Feature)

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
28. Limelight (Soundcheck Recording) (Bonus Song)
29. Middletown Dreams (Bonus Song)
30. The Pass (Bonus Song)
31. Manhattan Project (Bonus Song)
32. 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