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Rush

Stadthalle Offenbach
Offenbach am Main
Germany
May 28th 1979

Here's the three amigos thrashing away

on their Hemispheres tour.
Well known soundboard that goes by many names.
Black Forest, Hemispheres in Frankfurt etc.
Doubt the good folks of Offenbach
would appreciate being tagged as Frankfurt!
They first played in Germany in 1977
and they were Offenbach (sorry)
Mrs. Luxor is German and she says she had
never heard of Rush before coming to the UK.
But Germans think Barclay James Harvest
are as good as Led Zeppelin.
And Saga are the best thing since sauerkraut.
I saw Rush on this tour about a month before
this recording. Support was from the wonderful
Max Webster who were promoting their
Million Vacations album at the time.
Which is a better album than
anything Rush ever did IMO.
There were free promotional flexi-discs
left on each seat. Might still have one somewhere.
I remember Kim Mitchel in his long stripy socks.
I still have the ticket...£3.50
Which a quick google told me
is equivalent to £17.50 in today's money.
About the price of two beers at the venue bar.
If you're lucky!
regards
Titus

DISC 1

01 - Intro
02 - Anthem
03 - A Passage To Bangkok
04 - By-Tor & the Snow Dog
05 - Xanadu
06 - Something For Nothing
07 - The Trees
08 - Cygnus X-1
09 - Hemispheres
10 - Closer To The Heart

DISC 2

01 - A Farewell To Kings
02 - La Villa Strangiato
03 - 2112
04 - Working Man
05 - Bastille Day
06 - In The Mood
07 - Drum Solo

Disc 1

Disc 2