{"id":1071,"date":"2011-11-02T20:05:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/11\/02\/rush-to-release-qsectorsq-three-box-sets-spanning-entire-mercury-records-era-on-november-21-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T20:05:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:05:25","slug":"rush-to-release-qsectorsq-three-box-sets-spanning-entire-mercury-records-era-on-november-21-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/11\/02\/rush-to-release-qsectorsq-three-box-sets-spanning-entire-mercury-records-era-on-november-21-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush To Release &#8220;Sectors&#8221; Three Box Sets Spanning Entire Mercury Records Era On November 21, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/46\/Rush-in-concert.jpg\/250px-Rush-in-concert.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"157\" height=\"118\" \/><br \/>With more than 40 million records sold worldwide  and countless sold-out tours, Rush\u00a0 Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil  Peart are not only one of the most successful and influential bands in  rock history but continue to garner new fans and continue in popularity  every year.     <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p> On November 21, 2011, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) celebrates the  legacy of Canadian rock trio Rush with the release of three separate  six-disc box sets which together spans their entire historic Mercury  Records recording career. Each &#8220;Sector&#8221; contains five of their 15  Mercury albums in chronological order, all transferred to high  resolution 96kHz\/24-bit audio and digitally remastered for optimal  quality. In addition, each volume includes an exclusive booklet packed  with unpublished photos, original album lyrics and credits, and features  one album from each set specially remixed on DVD in high resolution  96kHz\/24-bit, 5.1 surround sound and stereo, compatible with both  DVD-Audio players and DVD-Video players. Each album is packaged in a  replica vinyl mini-jacket of the original album release with all three  box sets forming a Rush CD road case. <\/p>\n<p> SECTOR 1<br \/> RUSH\u00a0 Their hard-rocking, self-titled 1974 debut hit the  Billboard 200 and features classics   such as &#8220;Working Man&#8221; and &#8220;Finding  My Way.&#8221;<br \/> FLY BY NIGHT (1975)\u00a0 Released in 1975, Fly By Night sees the  debut of drummer Neil Peart      who would help drive the band towards  more complex material. Included are fan favorites such as the title  track, &#8220;Anthem&#8221; and the eight-minute composition &#8220;By-Tor And The Snow  Dog,&#8221; which shows the band&#8217;s musical growth and progression. <br \/> CARESS OF STEEL (1975)\u00a0 Also released in 1975, Caress Of Steel hit the Top 200 and gives a <br \/> further glimpse of the band leaning toward prog rock and features Rush classics such as &#8220;Lakeside Park&#8221; and &#8220;Bastille Day.&#8221; <br \/> 2112 (1976)  &#8211; One of Rush&#8217;s all-time classics, 2112 was the band&#8217;s commercial breakthrough<br \/> reaching the Top 100 on the album chart and remains one of their most  popular albums successfully merging prog rock with their hard rock  roots, a first for its time. 2112 features epic tracks such as the  20-minute title track &#8220;2112,&#8221; taking up the entire first side of the  original vinyl album.<br \/> ALL THE WORLD&#8217;S A STAGE (1976): Hitting Top 50, this was  Rush&#8217;s first live album and features classics such as &#8220;Fly By Night\/In  The Mood&#8221; which reached Top 100, &#8220;2112,&#8221; &#8220;Bastille Day&#8221; and &#8220;Something  For Nothing.&#8221;<br \/> DVD: FLY BY NIGHT\u00a0 Their classic 1975 sophomore release is now, for the first time, presented <br \/> in high-resolution 96kHz\/24-bit 5.1 surround sound and stereo.<\/p>\n<p> SECTOR 2<br \/> A FAREWELL TO KINGS (1977)\u00a0 Their 1977 Top 40 release features their hit &#8220;Closer To The <br \/> Heart,&#8221; &#8220;Xanadu&#8221; and the title track, &#8220;A Farewell To Kings.&#8221;<br \/> HEMISPHERES (1978)\u00a0 Reaching Top 50 on the album chart,  Hemispheres includes the 20-minute opus &#8220;Cygnus X-1Book II\u00a0  Hemispheres&#8221; and the metaphoric social commentary &#8220;The Trees.&#8221;<br \/> PERMANENT WAVES (1980)\u00a0 This 1980 release hit No. 4 on the  Billboard 200 and features classics such as &#8220;Freewill&#8221; and &#8220;The Spirit  Of The Radio.&#8221;<br \/> MOVING PICTURES (1981)\u00a0 Considered one of the greatest hard  rock albums of all time, this  quadruple platinum-selling masterpiece  features the Grammy nominated instrumental &#8220;YYZ&#8221; and rock radio staples  such as &#8220;Tom Sawyer,&#8221; &#8220;Red Barchetta,&#8221; &#8220;Vital Signs&#8221; and &#8220;Limelight.&#8221;<br \/> EXITSTAGE LEFT (1981)\u00a0 Released in 1981, this Top 10 live  album features performances of   favorites such as &#8220;Tom Sawyer,&#8221;  &#8220;Freewill,&#8221; &#8220;YYZ&#8221; and deeper album tracks such as &#8220;La Villa Strangiato&#8221;  and &#8220;Broon&#8217;s Bane.&#8221;<br \/> DVD: A FAREWELL TO KINGS\u00a0 The album that set their musical  course and signature songwriting style is now presented in  high-resolution 96kHz\/24-bit 5.1 surround sound and stereo. <\/p>\n<p> SECTOR 3<br \/> SIGNALS (1982) &#8211; The synthesizer-driven Signals reached Top 10  and produced their No. 1 hit &#8220;New World Man&#8221; and the Top 20 hits  &#8220;Subdivisions&#8221; and &#8220;The Analog Kid.&#8221;<br \/> GRACE UNDER PRESSURE (1984)\u00a0 This 1984 release hit Top 10 on  Billboard&#8217;s album chart and features classics such as &#8220;Red Sector A&#8221; and  &#8220;Distant Early Warning.&#8221;<br \/> POWER WINDOWS (1985)\u00a0 Released in 1985, Power Windows  features Top 10 hits &#8220;Marathon&#8221; and &#8220;Big Money,&#8221; plus the Top 50 hits  &#8220;Territories&#8221; and &#8220;Mystic Rhythms.&#8221;<br \/> HOLD YOUR FIRE (1987) The Top 20 album includes &#8220;Force Ten&#8221;  and &#8220;Time Stand Still&#8221; with both reaching No. 3 on the Mainstream Rock  chart, plus the Top 50 hits &#8220;Lock And Key&#8221; and Mission.&#8221;<br \/> A SHOW OF HANDS (1988)\u00a0 While 1976&#8217;s All The World&#8217;s A Stage  shows Rush&#8217;s hard rock roots and 1982&#8217;s Exit Stage Left showcases their  mix of synth and prog rock, the Top 50 double live album A Show Of Hands  concentrates on the band&#8217;s later synth-driven era with tracks such as  &#8220;Subdivisions,&#8221; &#8220;Force Ten,&#8221; &#8220;Red Sector A&#8221; and &#8220;Marathon.&#8221;  <br \/> DVD: SIGNALS\u00a0 The 1982 Top 10 album Signals is also featured in high-resolution 96kHz\/24-bit <br \/> 5.1 surround sound and stereo. <\/p>\n<p> Topped only by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Rush remains at the  No. 3 spot for the most consecutive gold\/platinum studio albums by a  rock band certified by the RIAA, and their current single &#8220;Caravan&#8221; went  to No. 3 on the radio chart. In addition to their commercial success,  Rush has also been recognized with a number of Juno Awards, multiple  Grammy nominations and, with their recent pop culture renaissance, the  band made a rare and a memorable cameo in the hit comedy I Love You,  Man. With sold-out concerts worldwide, including the recent critically  acclaimed &#8220;Time Machine Tour,&#8221; Rush continue to gain new generations of  fans worldwide. A career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature summed up the  renowned rock trio&#8217;s continuing artistic vitality by observing, &#8220;It&#8217;s  true that Rush doesn&#8217;t mean today what it did in &#8217;76 or even &#8217;96. It may  mean more.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Source: www.rush.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 40 million records sold worldwide and countless sold-out tours, Rush\u00a0 Geddy Lee,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}