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Rush - Cygnus X Story (Tucson November 20, 1978) (1978)

Track listing:
  1. Introduction 0:50
  2. Anthem 4:02
  3. A Passage To Bangkok 4:01
  4. By-Tor & The Snow Dog 5:18
  5. Xanadu 12:22
  6. Something For Nothing 4:11
  7. The Trees 4:43
  8. Cygnus X-1 10:20
  9. Hemispheres
  10. Closer To The Heart 3:43
  11. Circumstances 3:48
  12. Farewell To Kings 5:57
  13. La Villa Strangiato 10:02
  14. 2112

Notes

November 20, 1978
Tucson Convention Center Arena
Tucson, AZ

Comments: A great soundboard recording from 'The Tour Of The Hemispheres'. This show has been pressed as other CD titles, but this is the best sounding version. It is in stereo and all of the effects come through excellent. Lifeson's guitar sound in La Villa is amazing. I have heard people criticize this show as a lack-luster performance by Geddy but I don't hear it. He is a little pissed at the audience for crowding the stage at one point, but overall his performance is top notch. I would give this show an A+ but as in all versions of this show, Hemispheres has a cut in it. It is the last verse of Armageddon. I timed it and it is a little more than one minute of the song. Also 2112 cuts off early but it is a little longer than on the other pressings of this show. Check out Cygnus: Gold Edition for a 'sort of' fixed version of the show.