It's official: I'm a RUSH completist!

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

(Well, putting aside "Archives" and "Retrospective", which are unnecessary IMO)

Yes! I only had "2112", "All The World's A Stage", "Moving Pictures", "Exit... Stage Left", "Chronicles", "Different Stages" and their DVDs ("Rio", "R30" and "Replay"), but since I admire them so much, I decided to become a completist. Of course, nowadays it is pretty easy to get entire discographies (illegally) from the Net, but I'm sort of a "fetishist" of original material when I feel it's really good. Besides, these guys are geniuses, so they deserve to be supported. I ordered the music in two batches from Amazon.com and the second batch arrived yesterday (I even ordered "2112", "All The World's A Stage", "Moving Pictures" and "Exit... Stage Left" again just to have the complete remasters). I'm so excited!

[BassGod]

Very cool. I own many Rush albums, but I hope to have all of them someday.

Actually, just recently I purchased my last Matthew Good CD. I now own every album of his.

Being a completist is .

Graeme

[geshel]

Does your copy of Power Windows have a blank CD label? (no printing on the CD at all) - mine does.

Out of curiousity I tried putting it in upside-down once. Didn't work.

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by geshel

Does your copy of Power Windows have a blank CD label?

No, man. Mine is OK.

[jsbass]

I'm a Metallica completist.

[gkbass13]

i used to be that way with pearl jam and primus, not so much anymore...im a talib kweli completist though, i think that is it.

[RWP]

Way to go! I love Rush but my collection very incomplete. Need to work on that.

[cgworkman]

I recently completed my RUSH catalog also. I had trouble getting 'Fly By Night' but was finally able to get ahold of one.

[905]

I'm a Tool, Doors and Who completist - I'm getting "Quadrophenia" as a late christmas present tomorrow.
"Who Are You" and "the Who Sings My Generation" were tough to get a hold of, but I found them.
I also have most of Primus' stuff.
Soon I will have Bob Marley & Peter Tosh' discography, and then I will be one step closer to world domination...
My father has all of Zappa's albums, alot of Bootsy's albums, frankly I don't think there is a music genre he doesn't have an album from.

Back on topic, I don't have a single Rush album. I searched Virgin by Louvre in Paris, but they were all out (they didn't have ONE Townshend album either).
What are the best ones to start with?

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by 905

What are the best ones to start with?

You'll find lots of opinions in this thread. Anyway (and without the intention of derailing my own thread) I can tell you as a starting point about one album and one tune that I consider the band's magnum opus:

The album: Moving Pictures
The tune: La Villa Strangiato (from Hemispheres)

[Baryonyx]

I wish to be a Jonas Hellborg completist. That said, to get hold of everything, especially the original versions, would be very hard indeed.

I'll just be a Rush completist, only a couple more records from the 70's to go and I'm done!

[I<34080]

The newest retrospective has remixed versions of songs form Vapor Trails, I'd say you can't really be a completest without them.

[stratovani]

I'd say I'm a Rush completist. I have all 19 studio albums and all 5 live albums. I generally stay away from compilations since I already have them in the original album.

[Old Joe]

Brains...

I'm only missing Power Windows in my Rush collection. Had to purchase most of the CDs twice after they were stolen from my car back in the 90s.

[perfektspace6]

I have all studio and live albums. Within a year of getting into the band (mid-90's) I had everything. Not interested in repeatedly buying greatest hits albums that keep coming out so I guess I'm not a completist in the strictest sense.

[mmbongo]

I have everything up to Hold Your Fire on Vinyl.
I have everything up to Show of Hands on cassette.
I have every CD that was originally released.
I have every remastered CD.
I have every laserdisc they ever put out.
I have every VHS they ever put out.
I have every DVD/BluRay they ever put out.
I have every MoFi CD they put out.
I have the new Roll The Bones gold CD that just came out.

I'm such a dork.

[Hawkbone]

Been a fan for 30+ years, I have most or all of the albums on vinyl and CD. Had quite a few on cassette too, so some of their stuff I've bought 2 or 3 times. Likewise for Zeppelin - vinyl, cassette, CD, remasters. Recently completed my Masters of Reality collection. Have all Soundgarden on CD. Complete Big Sugar, or more accurately, complete Gordie Johnson collection. Only thing better than a good thing is more of it!

hey 905, are you having trouble finding Rush in Norway? I'll be over in a month or so, I could easily get what you wanted and bring it over. If you are outside the Oslo and Buskerud areas I could mail them to you. I would suggest getting the albums in chronological order (or all at once), but you really can't go wrong. The early stuff (70's) is epic, 80's were poppier with more keys and some of the albums from that era seem overproduced, but great songs and they all kill live. Manhattan Project - wow! Counterparts is great, as is Snakes and Arrows. Or you could start with all the live albums. That will give you a quick cross section of their catalog. They used to do a live album after every four studio LPs, not sure if that's still true.

[Hawkbone]

mmbongo - cool avatar!

and by posting here you are admitting to dorkdom

BTW, has anyone seen Alex's roles in the Trailer Park Boys movies and one show? Hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3Tdk4GPto

[hrodbert696]

Not near a Rush completist, but aspiring to be. Much nearer on completing Yes, but there's still a couple of theirs I haven't picked up yet.

Congrats!

[mmbongo]

You're not a Rush completest until you have this:
RUSH MOVING PICTURES MFSL GOLD CD SEALED ! | eBay