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Geddy Lee

#41
wateroftyne said:
Y'know, I've always found them disappointing. The mixes are usually terrible, and compressed to heck.

IMO, the best live album is disc #3 of Different Stages - the Hammy Odeon gig from the 70s. It's punchy, present and lively.
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I wouldn't say that.
All the world's a stage is excellent recorded, certainly considering that it is in the 70's. Great Rick tone.
Exit Stage left is very good,
A Show of hands is well recorded as well, but probably less popular due to the songs on it. I like it less due to the bass tone Geddy have on this album. This tone is my least favorite of all the live ones.
Different Stages is one of my favorites and contains SO many nice songs.
R30 is also quite well done.
Live in Rio is a bit "spacey", boomy and less defined.
 
#46
wateroftyne said:
Y'know, I've always found them disappointing. The mixes are usually terrible, and compressed to heck.

IMO, the best live album is disc #3 of Different Stages - the Hammy Odeon gig from the 70s. It's punchy, present and lively.
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Really????
I think Rush is one of the greatest live bands ever, and you can hear that in almost all there live recordings, there great. Remember....its live, not sitting in a comfy studio for 6 months. For what it is they have amazing live recordings
 
#48
If you have the money, buy everything they've done in the studio and start listening chronilogically.

If you had to pick only a few, go with one or two from each era. My recommendations include:

Fly By Night
2112
Moving Pictures
Power Windows
Counterparts
Vapor Trails

From there, you can keep adding on to the eras:

Caress of Steel
Hemispheres
Hold Your Fire
Test For Echo

Then:

Rush
Farewell To Kings
Permanent Waves
Signals
Presto

And everything else. And just because I didn't list every single record (I came close) doesn't mean each one isn't a work of pure brilliance front to back.
 
#49
Around 1980 or 81 a friend turned me onto Rush and I spent most of the next three years hunched over my turntable straining to get every note. I started Moving Pictures, which has both very accessible but also some really challenging bass parts (i.e. YYZ). But for me, Geddy's most inspired work will always be Hemispheres. Amazing playing that still challenges me and inspires me.
 

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