Rush Replay The Years With A New Box Set

04/07/06 6:00pm

by Eva Lampert (CHARTattack)

A new Rush box set featuring three home videos and a previously unreleased audio CD version of Grace Under Pressure, will be released on June 13.

Rush Replay X 3 follows on the heels of last year's Rush R30 DVD/CD package and includes concerts in support of 1982's Exit... Stage Left, 1985's Grace Under Pressure and 1991's A Show Of Hands albums. Guitarist Alex Lifeson created new stereo mixes for the shows, which are presented in 5.1 Surround Sound. Tour booklets from the three concerts were also reprinted for the collection. Exit... Stage Left was shot in Montreal and features such tracks as "Red Barchetta," "YYZ," "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight" and "Closer To The Heart."

Grace Under Pressure was filmed in Toronto and mixes hits like "New World Man" and "The Spirit Of Radio" with more obscure tracks like "Witch Hunt," "The Enemy Within" and "The Weapon." That last song has an accompanying video featuring actor Joe Flaherty playing his SCTV character, Count Floyd. A Show Of Hands was taped in Birmingham, England and was originally released as a live album of the same name. Highlights include "Turn The Page," "Marathon" and a closing medley of "2112," "La Villa Strangiato" and "In The Mood."

Rush are currently in the early stages of work for their first studio album since 2002's Vapor Trails.