Rush - ABC 1974 (2011)
Canada
Best power trio ever!!! \O/ !!!
Hard Rock + Heavy Rock + Rock
Geddy Lee (vocals, bass),
Alex Lifeson (guitar, backing vocals) &
Neil Peart (drums)
1. Finding My Way
2. Best I Can
3. Need Some Love
4. In The End
5. Fancy Dancer
6. In The Mood
7. Bad Boy
8. Here Again
9. Working Man
10. Drum Solo
11. What You're Doing
12. Garden Road
13. Anthem
14. Beneath, Between And Behind
15. Fly By Night
"A very pleasant surprise it was to see this 1974
Rush show recently receiving an official release, having only previously been available on a bootleg titled
The Fifth Order Of Angels. It was recorded at the
Agora Ballroom in
Cleveland by
WMMS Radio very soon after drummer
Neil Peart replaced
John Rutsey. It will be of particular interest to Rush fans for the inclusion of two unreleased tracks -
Fancy Dancer and
Garden Road as well as a cover of the
Larry Williams song
Bad Boy.
Of course back in 1974
Rush were purely a heavy rock band, before any signs of prog influences started to come through. Nevertheless for those who enjoy the first album, which not surprisingly is featured heavily here, the band turn in a lively and tight performance despite the recording being somewhat rough round the edges - if you thought the 78 show from
Different Stages was rough think again! Still, despite this it captures the power of the band and is perfectly listenable and very enjoyable. It also features a couple of tracks from the
yet to be released Fly By Night, the best being a powerful version of
In The End.
Garden Road is the better of the two unreleased tracks and is in fact as good as much of the first album. The same can't be said of
Fancy Dancer which is a run of the mill bluesy rocker. There's an early
Peart drum solo which is very lively but not surprisingly lacks the finesse of later ones, even including the one that appeared on the
All The World's A Stage album that was only two years later. As a bonus to the tracks recorded for the 1974 shows there's a further three songs that appeared on
Fly By Night recorded at the same venue the following year. The recording quality of these is quite a bit inferior to the 74 show but welcome additions nevertheless.
Overall then despite this performance being recorded well before
Rush hit their prime it shows that they were a very tight band and very capable players even at this early stage. If you enjoy the first two albums then you'll love this."
Review by
Nightfly @
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