So I was looking at Rush's Discography and I saw that Different Stages had not only tons of live material, but the entirety of 2112. Was it discontinued or something? I looked it up on Amazon and it was like $80 new. What's the deal-io?
That sounds pricey to me. I'm not sure if it was discontinued. I was at that show for the recording of 2112. 6th row. One of the best shows I've ever saw.
Funny thing about that show and the recording of "2112" on
Different Stages - a few months ago when I was compiling my Rush Tours Complete Live Series, I picked the "Great Woods & Summer Skies" SBD bootleg to represent the TFE tour, and there's a gaff that Neil does near the end of "2112 VII. Grand Finale". He misses the change and accidentally continues the 6/8 groove when Geddy and Alex start the ascending quarter note chords.
Apparently, they 'fixed' it on the DS release, because I've A/B'd the two recordings and they either subbed in a different show for just that portion, or they sampled the first few notes of the repeat of that same section. Either way, I did the same fix on my copy of GW&SS just so it sounds right! Too bad I can't fix the intro to "Freewill" where Alex totally misses the first 2 beats! Whoops!
Aside from those two mistakes, the band was on FIRE that night, and it's a great show and one of my favorite bootlegs!
-Marc.