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. . . unusual, rarely heard, strange, and just plain "off-the-beaten-path"... "RUSH
ODDITIES" - as
compiled, collected, or uncovered by . . .
- New content added on Saturday, November 01, 2014 - |
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" . . . So who's afraid of a little abstraction? . . . " |
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| * | indicates newly added item |
| OdD Rush Interviews - | |
| Nardwuar the interviewer "talks to" (bothers/confounds) Geddy Lee ... | |
| *** | (Real Audio) as well as (Transcript) |
| OdD Rush News Items - | |
| *** | NASA identifies Rush in Outer Space |
| *** | Broke-Leg Stoneman - The actual Test For Echo Inukshuk, complete with broken leg! |
| *** | Geddy "Klezmer" Lee - Geddy has a small cameo speaking role in the 1988 album "Ship To Shore" by Klezmer band Finjan , produced by Rush friend Ben Mink. Geddy plays the brief speaking part of the Yiddish nephew, by the name of Grshn Lzr !! - (Thanks to David B. for letting me know this existed) |
| *** | Winter Safety Advice (Geddy Lee loves to toboggan) |
| *** | Ged's Mom, Neil's Sister, and Alex's Parents - "What were the boys like as kids" |
| *** | Alex Scuba Dives with Canadian Prime Minister |
| *** | Pye Dubois recites his poem "There is a Lake Between the Sun and Moon " - Thanks Peter Griffin! |
| *** | Raymond Scott's ''Powerhouse" meets Rush' La Villa Strangiato - (La Villa RayScotto) - thanks Tascam! |
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| Geddy says "don't drive drunk" - a PSA from the Gedster himself | |
| Rush lands on Mars - DVDs engraved with Rush's name are transported on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions to the planet Mars! - (Thanks to Jon Collins for this!) | |
| Toyota creates a line of cars with the name "Rush" - (Thanks Bytor-jp) | |
| Early Rush music review (review of "Rush" on Moon records)- Thanks Patti2112 ! | |
| If You're heading to Toronto from here . . . . You're In Luck!!! - Thanks Alwaysrushing! | |
| The Lifeson "Omega Stand" - thank you STPBL | |
| "Geddy Soprano" talks about choir practice in school | |
| OdD Rush Studio Recordings - | |
(recovered fade-outs, and other OdDiTiEs) |
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| *** | Different Strings -Alex' guitar solo (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | "Help me, help me..." from Nocturne (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | The Camera Eye fadeout (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | "Distant Early Ending" - recovered fade-out from "DEW" |
| *** | Heresy intro and outro recovered - African drummers segment (fade-in/fade-out recovered) |
| *** | I Think I'm Going Bald / Hair recovery (you can hear the beginning of Lakeside Park bleeding through!) |
| *** | Countdown, NASA ground control... "We'll see you in Madrid ..." (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | Alex's finale mission (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| "FadeLess" - recovered fadeout for Faithless | |
| Spin-no-drift - recovered fadout | |
| "Because it Happens" (RTB hidden rap vocal - recovered fadeout) | |
| The Longer Money - from "The Big Money" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Tai loose ends | |
| Hidden 'fade-in' from "Take A Friend" | |
| HERO OF AN ENDING - recovered fade-out from "Nobody's Hero" | |
| Lock & Key drum solo - (no fade-out, recovered ending) | |
| Territorial Ending from "Territories" - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Vital Signs (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "An Ending for Nothing" - from "Something for Nothing" - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Presto, Magic Ending" - from "Presto" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Available light (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Don't Leave That Thing Alone (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Closer to the close (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Wow, Whoa, WOW! What a show..." from "All The Worlds A Stage" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Hand Over Fist - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Mystic Rhythms (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Roll The Bones (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Alex's "Lessons" guitar solo (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| The Stars Look Down (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| The Weapon (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Because he happens to be a Digital Man" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Between The Wheels (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| OdD Rush Live Pre-releases - | |
| * | Spirit of Radio - Soundcheck |
| * | Rush soundcheck - "The Spirit Of Radio" from 7-31-79 |
| * | Rush soundcheck - "Freewill" from 7-31-79 |
| *** | Xanadu - earliest-known version ever! (May 10th, 1977) |
| *** | Xanadu - pre-release- (performed live in Manchester, June 2, 1977) |
| *** | Red-Sector-A, live pre-release - from 9-18-1983 (- MitA remix) |
| *** | By-Tor and the Snow Dog - live pre-release - (originally part of the extended guitar section of "Working Man" - performed one month prior to the studio recording) - Thanks Eric and PPG |
| *** | "Best I Can" live pre-release - (performed Dec 5th, 1974, one month before the studio recording) - thanks Eric and PPG |
| *** | Tom Sawyer - (performed live prior to the studio recording) |
| *** | Middletown Dreams - 3-15-1985, Hollywood, FL - (performed live prior to the studio recording) |
| *** | Entre Nous - performed live during a sound-check- (the only time ever heard other than the Studio release) |
| Fly By Night live pre-release - performed for the first time ever | |
| The Spirit Of Radio - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Sub-Subdivisions - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Analog Kid - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Limelight - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Freewill - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Kid Gloves - 9-18-1983, (performed live two months prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Body Electric - 9-18-1983 (performed live two months prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Big Money - 3-15-1985, Hollywood, FL - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| OdD Vocals | |
| (Alex Sings Live !!) - | |
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| * | Ale-x-y-z - thanks graceunderpresssure |
| Alex Lifeson... sub-prime-mover - thanks Ancient Queen! | |
| Alex Sings 2112, live, 1983 - thanks Sharkpedal | |
| Alex chooses his "Free-will" and sings! | |
| Alex "Sticks It Out" (his voice, that is . . . ) | |
| Alex "sings on the fly" | |
| Alex's very limited Aimless River | |
| Between Sun And Alex- thank you, Thorswitch ! | |
| Alex's voice has Driven us to a deep, dark hole - thank you, Thorswitch! |
| OdD Rush Live Stylings - | |
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| Rush does Jazz - thanks Sharkpedal | |
| "Workin' them Reggae Performances" - extended reggae live jam - thanks Doug | |
| "Reggae Working Man" - version 2 | |
| Permanent Working (Reggae) Man | |
| Rush establishes their "Disco Groove" | |
| Country Music, the Band's "New Direction" | |
| Rush Country Improv 2002 | |
| Rush Country Improv 1996 | |
| Rush Country Improv 1974 |
| OdD Rush Remixes - | |
| *** | "New" Song from Rush - "What The Heck's that Thing" - MitA remix |
| *** | Xanadu "pitch-corrected" studio version - re-adjusted to natural pitch (A=440) |
| *** | 2112 - Passaic, NJ - Live - (1976) - MitA remix |
| *** | Mystic Rhythms - concert soundboard - Mita remix |
| *** | Natural Science-St Louis-1980 - MitA remix |
| "The Spirit Of Remix"- thanks www.kevinkeller.net | |
| "Rush Retro-Mix" - thanks Bongo | |
| The Camera Eye - Live, 3-1-1981, MitA Remix - thanks Takearushfan | |
| The Necromancer, live in concert (May 10th, 1977) | |
| The Necromancer - live (12-31-1976) | |
| Countdown without "ground control" | |
| Countdown from NASA Ground Control (isolated NASA engineers minus Geddy) | |
| Virtually no net-boy - thanks msgeometry | |
| Rush In Rio documentary audio clip custom remix - thanks Bongo |
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