Rush released a special R40 video box set on six Blu-ray discs or ten DVDs in November to celebrate their 40th anniversary. The set features live footage spanning all four decades of their career. Over two hours of unreleased material, including a rare performance of entire seven-part version of ‘2112’, three unreleased tracks from the 1974 vault plus their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction. Check out the trailer for the completist edition below:

2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush’s eponymous debut album in 1974. This superb collector’s box set brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of their career. It includes Rush In Rio, R30, Snakes & Arrows Live, Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland and Clockwork Angels Tour plus a bonus disc of previously unseen and unreleased live material stretching from 1974 to 2013.

To the delight of fans, the bonus disc will include all eight songs from the Laura Secord Secondary School show in 1974 which features original drummer John Rutsey. That recording includes two Rush originals “I’ve Been Runnin;” and “The Loser”, as well as their cover of Larry William’s “Bad Boy”, made famous by The Beatles. The bonus discus also features 5 songs from songs from the Capitol Theatre in 1976 such as “Anthem” and “Lakeside Park”, the rarely performed full, 7-part version of “2112” filmed in 1997, “Lock and Key” from the Hold Your Fire tour, as well as footage from the glorious evening when Rush fans got their beloved band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rush are renowned for the energy and excitement of their live concerts and this set brings together some of their finest performances. The 10 DVD (or 6 Blu-ray) discs are contained in a stunning 52 page hardback book measuring 305mm x 225mm with the 10 discs contained in 5 additional rigid insert pages each holding two discs. The 52 pages of the book are filled with memorabilia and photographs documenting 40 years of Rush live in concert. This is the ultimate collection of Rush live performances, beautifully presented.

Rush – R40 – Blu-Ray Disc contents

(DVD content is the same – except where noted – but across 10 discs)

Disc One – Rush In Rio *

“Tom Sawyer”
“Distant Early Warning”
“New World Man”
“Roll the Bones”
“Earthshine”
“YYZ”
“The Pass”
“Bravado”
“The Big Money”
“The Trees”
“Freewill”
“Closer to the Heart”
“Natural Science”
“One Little Victory”
“Driven”
“Ghost Rider”
“Secret Touch”
“Dreamline”
“Red Sector A”
“Leave That Thing Alone”
“O Baterista”
“Resist”
“2112”
“Limelight”
“La Villa Strangiato”
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Encore Medley: By-Tor and the Snow Dog / Cygnus X-1 / Working Man”

The Documentary – The Boys in Brazil

A film by Andrew MacNaughtan

Disc Two – R30 *

“R30 Overture (Finding My Way / Anthem / Bastille Day / A Passage To Bangkok / Cygnus X-1 / Hemispheres)”
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Force Ten”
“Animate”
“Subdivisions”
“Earthshine”
“Red Barchetta”
“Roll the Bones”
“Bravado”**

“YYZ”**

T“he Trees”**

“The Seeker”
“One Little Victory”**

“Tom Sawyer”
“Dreamline”
“Secret Touch”**

“Between the Wheels”
“Mystic Rhythms”

‘Red Sector A”**

“Der Trommler”
“Resist”
“Heart Full of Soul”
“Medley: 2112 / La Villa Strangiato** / By-Tor and the Snow Dog** / Xanadu / Working Man”
“Summertime Blues”
“Crossroads”
“Limelight”

Disc Three – Snakes & Arrows Live

“Limelight”
“Digital Man

“Entre Nous”
“Mission”
“Freewill”
“The Main Monkey Business”
“The Larger Bowl”
“Secret Touch”

Circumstances”

“Between the Wheels”
“Dreamline”
“Far Cry”
“Workin’ Them Angels”
“Armor and Sword”
“Spindrift”
“The Way the Wind Blows”
“Subdivisions”
“Natural Science”
“Witch Hunt”
“Malignant Narcissism – De Slagwerker”

Hope”

“Distant Early Warning”
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Tom Sawyer”
“One Little Victory”
“A Passage to Bangkok”
“YYZ”

Bonus Features

Oh, Atlanta! The Authorized Bootlegs

“Ghost of a Chance”
“Red Barchetta”
“The Trees”
“2112 / The Temples of Syrinx”

Disc Four – Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland

“The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.2 “Don’t Be Rash”
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Time Stand Still”
“Presto”
“Stick it Out”
“Workin’ Them Angels’

“Leave That Thing Alone’

“Faithless”
“BU2B”
“Freewill”
“Marathon”
“Subdivisions”
“The “Real” History of Rush Episode No.17 “…and Rock and Roll is my name.”
“Tom Sawyer”
“Red Barchetta”
“YYZ”
“Limelight”
“The Camera Eye”
“Witch Hunt”
“Vital Signs”
“Caravan”
“Moto Perpetuo” (featuring Love For Sale)

“O’Malley’s Break”
“Closer to the Heart”
“2112 Overture / The Temple of Syrinx”
“Far Cry”
“La Villa Strangiato”
“Working Man”

Bonus Material

Outtakes from “History Of Rush Episodes 2 & 17”

“Tom Sawyer” featuring the cast of “The “Real” History of Rush Episode 17”
“Need Some Love” live at Laura Secord Secondary School

“Anthem” Live from Passaic, New Jersey

Disc Five – Clockwork Angels Tour

“Subdivisions”
“The Big Money”
“Force Ten”
“Grand Designs”
“The Body Electric”
“Territories”
“The Analog Kid”
“Bravado”
“Where’s My Thing?”

Here It Is!” (drum solo)

“Far Cry”
“Caravan”
“Clockwork Angels”
“The Anarchist”
“Carnies”
“The Wreckers”
“Headlong Flight”

Drumbastica”

“Peke’s Repose” (guitar solo)/ “Halo Effect”
“Seven Cities of Gold”
“Wish Them Well”
“The Garden”
“Dreamline”
“The Percussor (I) Binary Love Theme (II) Steambanger’s Ball” (drum solo)

“Red Sector A”
“YYZ”
“The Spirit of Radio”
“Tom Sawyer”
“2112

Bonus tracks:

“Limelight” (soundcheck recording)

“Middletown Dreams”
“The Pass”
“Manhattan Project”

Can’t Stop Thinking Big (tour documentary) / Behind The Scenes (featuring Jay Baruchel) / Outtakes / Interview with Dwush / Family Goy / Family Sawyer / The Watchmaker / Office of The Watchmaker

Disc Six – R40 Bonus Disc

Laura Secord Secondary School 1974

“Need Some Love”
“Before and After”
“Best I Can”
“I’ve Been Runnin’”
“Bad Boy”
“The Loser”
“Working Man”
“In the Mood”(partial)

Capitol Theatre 1976

“Bastille Day”
“Anthem”
“Lakeside Park”
“2112”
“Fly By Night/In the Mood”
“Lock and Key” 1988

Molson Amphitheatre 1997

“Limelight”
“Half the World”
“Limbo”
“Virtuality”
“Nobody’s Hero”
“Test for Echo”
“Leave That Thing Alone/Drum Solo

“2112” (all seven parts)

I Still Love You Man 2011

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2013

2112 featuring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nick Raskulinecz “Tom Sawyer”, “The Spirit of Radio.”

* DVD version to also include:

Rush In Rio

MX Multiangle:

“YYZ”
“O Baterista”
“La Villa Strangiato”

Easter Eggs:

By-Tor movie

Anthem 1975

R30

Interviews:

979 Hamilton, Ivor Wynne Stadium

1981 Le Studio, Quebec

1990 Artist of the Decade

1994 Juno Hall of Fame Induction

2002 Vapor Trails Tour

From the Anthem vault:

“Fly By Night”
“Finding My Way” (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)

“In The Mood” (mpeg1 from Rock Concert)

“Circumstances”
“La Villa Strangiato”
“A Farewell to Kings”
“Xanadu”

“The Spirit of Radio” (Soundcheck 1979 Ivor Wynne Stadium)

“Freewill” (Toronto Rocks 2003)

“Closer to the Heart “(Canada For Asia 2005)

** Only available on Blu-ray