Description
2112 (40th Anniversary)
Artist: Rush
Format: LP
Release Date: 12/16/2016
LABEL: Mercury
NUMBER OF DISCS: 3
UPC: 602557202700
GENRE: Rock
DESCRIPTION
Triple 200 gram vinyl LP pressing with custom etching and Starman turntable mat. Includes original album remastered at Abbey Road Studios, live Rush recordings from 1976 and five newly recorded covers from Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nick Raskulinecz, Billy Talent, Steven Wilson and others. Features newly designed artwork by Hugh Syme and extensive liner notes by rock historian Rob Bowman. Deluxe 40th Anniversary edition of the Canadian trio's classic 1976 album. 2112 is the fourth studio album by Rush. Released in April 1976, it features the seven-part title suite composed by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with lyrics written by Neil Peart telling a dystopian story set in the year 2112. It is sometimes described as a concept album although the songs on the second side are unrelated to the suite.
Tracklist;
– Disc 1 –
1 LP: Side One: "2112", I Overture
2 II the Temples of Syrinx
3 III Discovery
4 IV Presentation
5 V Oracle: The Dream
6 VI Soliloquy
7 VII Grand Finale
– Disc 2 –
1 Side Two: A Passage to Bangkok
2 The Twilight Zone
3 Lessons
4 Tears
5 Something for Nothing
– Disc 3 –
1 Side Three: Solar Federation
2 Overture – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nick Raskulinecz
3 A Passage to Bangkok – Billy Talent
4 The Twilight Zone – Steven Wilson
5 Tears – Alice in Chains
6 Something for Nothing – Jacob Moon
– Disc 4 –
1 Side Four: "2112" – Live at Massey Hall 1976 Outtake
– Disc 5 –
1 Side Five: Something for Nothing – Live at Massey Hall 1976 Outtake
2 The Twilight Zone – Live 1977 Contraband
3 2112 Radio Ad
