RUSH Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary edition (with Richard Chycki Dolby Atmos mix)

[SyrinxTemple]

Bootleg-esque kind of stuff!

I just remembered a high school friend who bought the cheap pre-recorded cassettes. I'm pretty sure these were Rush albums I'm remembering. Bootleg-esque but actually official releases. They didn't want to waste a second of blank tape at the end of one of the sides so they faded a song out and faded it back in on side 2. And the time that it was fading out, flipping the tape, and fading back in was lost. They didn't rewind the source to the dubbing machine a bit before starting side 2. Even most bootleggers weren't this trashy!

Yes! I remember those with cassettes, also. They always wanted Side 1 to be longer than Side 2. I remember they flip-flopped "Thank You" for "Heartbreaker" on the Led Zeppelin II cassette for one example. If I remember they completely flip-flopped the entire sides for Zeppelin's first album.

My favorite was buying the double cassette release for Kiss Alive II. I got home and the second cassette was labeled as Kiss Alive II, but the music was actually Donna Summer.

Sorry, I'm getting off topic.

 

[cdheer]

Sounds like what they used to do with K-Tel Presents 24 Greatest Hits on 1 LP!!!! Yes TRUNCATED versions of all the songs so they could get them all in

K-Tel : record labels :: Walmart : retailers

 

[gloco]

Brand new to the hobby, and this is the first new release from my favorite band, and...ugh. $300+? And I've never heard the SW mix of A Farewell to Kings, but I found Hemispheres disappointing.

URGH. The OCD collector in me wants to pre-order this, but the (admittedly tiny) rational part of my brain says that cash could be better spent on other releases.

Farewell sounds incredible. MP 5.1 DVDA was so underwhelming I was angry...angry that an incredible album was fubared by someone who shouldn't be mixing albums to surround sound. $300 is a joke and I imagine the atmos mix will be blah.

 

[edisonbaggins]

So, how much of the price point is controlled by Alex, Geddy and Neil's estate is something I am unsure of. Is it strictly Universal Music? I would be willing to bet that it is for the most part. I can't imagine Alex and Geddy saying that $300 sounds right for a bunch of crap that will go in a box in storage for many people. UMe knows it is their most popular album. They also know that the die hards will pay that much for this box.

I'm pretty sure this box set would sell out sans BD or at least sans new MC mix.
Die hards on various Rush sites are sucking 'em up.

 

[SyrinxTemple]

I'm pretty sure this box set would sell out sans BD or at least sans new MC mix.
Die hards on various Rush sites are sucking 'em up.

I don't doubt it. I've seen the same reaction from Rush fans on their Facebook posts and on Geddy's IG. In fact, I was the only one that I saw in all of the comments with a complaint about Rich Chycki. No doubt it will sell.

 

[dr. simple]

For me, this was an easy decision: Is the new mix by Steven Wilson? No. Okay, pass. Moving on. Frankly I’m very happy with the Chycki mix. I’m listening to it right now and it sounds fantastic.

That being said, I haven’t ventured into Atmos world, so I don’t know what I might be missing. After all: six ears, six speakers!

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

I don't doubt it. I've seen the same reaction from Rush fans on their Facebook posts and on Geddy's IG. In fact, I was the only one that I saw in all of the comments with a complaint about Rich Chycki. No doubt it will sell.

Did you order one? Just wondering….I’m still on the fence

 

[SyrinxTemple]

Did you order one? Just wondering….I’m still on the fence

I was 10 years old when I discovered Rush. I heard Tom Sawyer on the radio and that was it. 40 years later, they are still my favorite band. I've seen them 17 times. I had the honor of meeting Geddy and Alex. That being said, I just can't bring myself to order the super deluxe set. I think I'll just go for the 5LP set. I don't care about all the extra crap, so if I bought the super deluxe I would really be paying over $150 for the surround mix. I can't imagine it being THAT good.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

I was 10 years old when I discovered Rush. I heard Tom Sawyer on the radio and that was it. 40 years later, they are still my favorite band. I've seen them 17 times. I had the honor of meeting Geddy and Alex. That being said, I just can't bring myself to order the super deluxe set. I think I'll just go for the 5LP set. I don't care about all the extra crap, so if I bought the super deluxe I would really be paying over $150 for the surround mix. I can't imagine it being THAT good.

My being from Toronto actually (North York a suburb just north of Toronto central) where RUSH are from I’d met them many times, but they were never my fav band even from the Toronto area. I liked TRUIMPH & MAX WEBSTER more (taste goes without saying), but got into them when they recorded ATWAS at Massey Hall because friends took me for my BD that year. To me MP has got the most songs of all their albums that I like, but what I’d love to see is a SDE of ATWAS and if the multi’s are still around or even if the shows were recorded that way or not, I have absolutely no idea. So if that would ever come to fruition I’d be in, I completely agree with your sentiments of your last post.

 

[paligap]

My being from Toronto actually (North York a suburb just north of Toronto central) where RUSH are from I’d met them many times, but they were never my fav band even from the Toronto area. I liked TRUIMPH & MAX WEBSTER more (taste goes without saying), but got into them when they recorded ATWAS at Massey Hall because friends took me for my BD that year. To me MP has got the most songs of all their albums that I like, but what I’d love to see is a SDE of ATWAS and if the multi’s are still around or even if the shows were recorded that way or not, I have absolutely no idea. So if that would ever come to fruition I’d be in, I completely agree with your sentiments of your last post.

San Antonio, where I'm from, had a connection with Canadian bands such as Rush and Triumph back in the Seventies. I saw them both several times. I might be the only Rush fan whose favorite album is Caress of Steel. I'd love to hear that in surround.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

San Antonio, where I'm from, had a connection with Canadian bands such as Rush and Triumph back in the Seventies. I saw them both several times. I might be the only Rush fan whose favorite album is Caress of Steel. I'd love to hear that in surround.

You are correct they sure did, lots of my friends moved down to Texas in the 70’s and Texans Canadian bands

 

[jimfisheye]

This set will be more like buying a picture disc set back in the vinyl days. A collector's item kind of thing. And it actually plays! The listening experience might be more novelty. If you're looking for an alternate universe experience where this was mixed in surround as the original was mixed in stereo like Wilson is going for, this mix probably won't be that.

 

[musicmemorabiliashoppellc]

This set will be more like buying a picture disc set back in the vinyl days. A collector's item kind of thing. And it actually plays! The listening experience might be more novelty. If you're looking for an alternate universe experience where this was mixed in surround as the original was mixed in stereo like Wilson is going for, this mix probably won't be that.

If we keep making comments like this…..wouldn’t it be nice if they put a HODL on it and make sure it’s done properly before releasing it….I’m going to look for that Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow

see y’all when I return

 

[edisonbaggins]

For me, this was an easy decision: Is the new mix by Steven Wilson? No. Okay, pass. Moving on. Frankly I’m very happy with the Chycki mix. I’m listening to it right now and it sounds fantastic.

That being said, I haven’t ventured into Atmos world, so I don’t know what I might be missing. After all: six ears, six speakers!

I'm one of those who gave Chycki's MP 5.1 mix a "9". Some minor details missing. No Tom rolls wrapping around the room. But sounds good, to me. If they simply included the original BD in the deluxe set, I'd be happy for those die-hard fans obtaining it, as it could be a cool 1st surround experience for them.
It's the mixes currently streaming that have me concerned. New doesn't necessarily mean improved!
Yet, to my ears, Chycki did great on The Hip's Road Apples Atmos release. He can do it. Question is, did he?!?!?!

 

[dr. simple]

Yet, to my ears, Chycki did great on The Hip's Road Apples Atmos release. He can do it. Question is, did he?!?!?!

I’m too satisfied with the existing 5.1 mix of Moving Pictures to find out. If it were Steven Wilson… well, heck. Even then, not at this price.

 

[EricKalet]

I'm one of those who gave Chycki's MP 5.1 mix a "9". Some minor details missing. No Tom rolls wrapping around the room. But sounds good, to me. If they simply included the original BD in the deluxe set, I'd be happy for those die-hard fans obtaining it, as it could be a cool 1st surround experience for them.
It's the mixes currently streaming that have me concerned. New doesn't necessarily mean improved!
Yet, to my ears, Chycki did great on The Hip's Road Apples Atmos release. He can do it. Question is, did he?!?!?!

Perhaps the one thing we haven’t really addressed or speculated on…maybe it’s not Chycki…maybe the two remaining members of Rush have presently and had specifically in the past asked Chycki to mix their stuff more conservatively. Perhaps they were not pleased with SW’s work so they didn’t see the need to contract with him again. I’m just thinking about this because Chycki has some excellent surround mixes, even the one I’m listening to now, self titled Dream Theater album. Mike you liked what he did with Road Apples and MP original 5.1. Just thinking how much input did Geddy and Alex have this time around?

 

[bookofsaturdays]

San Antonio, where I'm from, had a connection with Canadian bands such as Rush and Triumph back in the Seventies. I saw them both several times. I might be the only Rush fan whose favorite album is Caress of Steel. I'd love to hear that in surround.

You’re not alone. A Steven Wilson 5.1 mix of The Necromancer would be absolute heaven for me

 

[Cheezmo]

San Antonio, where I'm from, had a connection with Canadian bands such as Rush and Triumph back in the Seventies. I saw them both several times. I might be the only Rush fan whose favorite album is Caress of Steel. I'd love to hear that in surround.

Interesting. I never saw either in concert in San Antonio but graduated from Churchill HS in San Antonio in 1981 and Triumph's Just a Game was one of my favorite albums. Didn't realize it was likely from local airplay, never understood why more people didn't get into them.

 

[Steve Schoultz]

 

[Steve Schoultz]

Joe Anthony, a local DJ, championed Rush in their early days. That’s him with Rush.