Rush - 2112 40th Anniversary flac album

2112 (pronounced "twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on April 1, 1976, by Anthem Records. After finishing touring for its previous album, Caress of Steel, in early 1976, the band was in financial hardship due to the album's disappointing sales, unfavorable critical reception, and a decline in attendance at its shows.

This new 40th anniversary super deluxe includes two CDs, three vinyl LPs and a DVD and plenty of memorabilia and other bits (tat?) like badges, a handbill and ticket stub lithos. This disc also features a couple of live archive outtakes from Massey Hall in 1976.

2112 40th Anniversary Liner Notes BY Rob Bowman, Grammy Award Winning Professory of Music. Although it is hard to fathom some forty years after the fact, in February 1976 when the three members of Rush entered Toronto Sound Studios to record their fourth album, 2112, their career literally hung in the balance. Formed in 1968 as a power trio in a Toronto suburb, the group's early influences were blues-based British hard rock bands such as the Yardbirds, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Beck. Alex remembers playing the album for Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley whom Rush were opening up for on tour and, although Stanley politely nodded his head and told the band it was excellent, in Alex's words, "I could see he was very confused. Radio play proved to be very limited, at retail the album seemed still-born and Rush found themselves playing often to half-full concert halls.

It seems inconceivable that Rush’s landmark album 2112 is now 40 years old. In fact its real age is a little over the four-decade mark, having originally been released on April 1, 1976. Rush had released three albums up to this point – a self-titled first album, Fly By Night and Caress Of Steel – but by and large, the band were still, to echo a track title from their aforementioned debut, finding their way. And ’76 was categorically not the best year in which to release a record such as 2112. Babylon was all set to burn, Rush’s hard-rock sci-fi shtick was widely regarded as out of place and out of time, and their promo photos – three gawky, long-haired Canadians wearing satin kimonos – didn’t help their cause one iota.

2112: 40 Years Closer - A Q&A with Alex Lifeson and Terry Brown. Overture - Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins & Nick Raskulinecz. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: pre-owned Sold by: cd trusted 100.