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. . . unusual, rarely heard, strange, and just plain "off-the-beaten-path"... "RUSH
ODDITIES" - as
compiled, collected, or uncovered by . . .
- New content added on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - |
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" . . . So who's afraid of a little abstraction? . . . " |
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| *** | indicates featured item |
| * | indicates newly added item |
| OdD Rush Interviews - | |
| Nardwuar the interviewer "talks to" (bothers/confounds) Geddy Lee ... | |
| *** | (Real Audio) as well as (Transcript) |
| OdD Rush News Items - | |
| * | Floor plan of recording studio for the new upcoming Rush album! (from allairestudios.com) |
| *** | Broke-Leg Stoneman - The actual Test For Echo Inukshuk, complete with broken leg! |
| *** | Geddy "Klezmer" Lee - Geddy has a small cameo speaking role in the 1988 album "Ship To Shore" by Klezmer band Finjan , produced by Rush friend Ben Mink. Geddy plays the brief speaking part of the Yiddish nephew, by the name of Grshn Lzr !! - (Thanks to David B. for letting me know this existed) |
| *** | Winter Safety Advice (Geddy Lee loves to toboggan) |
| *** | Ged's Mom, Neil's Sister, and Alex's Parents - "What were the boys like as kids" |
| *** | NASA identifies Rush in Outer Space |
| *** | Raymond Scott's ''Powerhouse" meets Rush' La Villa Strangiato - (La Villa RayScotto) - thanks Tascam! |
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| *** | Alex Scuba Dives with Canadian Prime Minister |
| Geddy says "don't drive drunk" - a PSA from the Gedster himself | |
| Rush lands on Mars - DVDs engraved with Rush's name are transported on the Spirit and Opportunity rover missions to the planet Mars! - (Thanks to Jon Collins for this!) | |
| Toyota creates a line of cars with the name "Rush" - (Thanks Bytor-jp) | |
| Pye Dubois recites his poem "There is a Lake Between the Sun and Moon " - Thanks Peter Griffin! | |
| Early Rush music review (review of "Rush" on Moon records)- Thanks Patti2112 ! | |
| If You're heading to Toronto from here . . . . You're In Luck!!! - Thanks Alwaysrushing! | |
| Geddy Lee at the "Fashion Cares" gala event, June 2005 - Thanks supermouse !!! | |
| Geddy's Wine Cellar - thanks supermouse! | |
| The Lifeson "Omega Stand" - thank you STPBL | |
| "Geddy Soprano" talks about choir practice in school | |
| Geddy Goes Hiking in Costa Rica (www.osaaventura.com ) | |
| Mazda 323 "Rush" Series - (thank you Theodoor) | |
| OdD Rush Studio Recordings - | |
(recovered fade-outs, and other OdDiTiEs) |
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| * | "FadeLess" - recovered fadeout for Faithless |
| * | Spin-no-drift - recovered fadout |
| * | "Because it Happens" (RTB hidden rap vocal - recovered fadeout) |
| *** | Different Strings -Alex' guitar solo (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | "Help me, help me..." from Nocturne (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | The Camera Eye fadeout (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | "Distant Early Ending" - recovered fade-out from "DEW" |
| *** | Heresy intro and outro recovered - African drummers segment (fade-in/fade-out recovered) |
| *** | I Think I'm Going Bald / Hair recovery (you can hear the beginning of Lakeside Park bleeding through!) |
| *** | Countdown, NASA ground control... "We'll see you in Madrid ..." (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| *** | Alex's finale mission (no fade-out recovered ending) |
| The Longer Money - from "The Big Money" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Tai loose ends | |
| Hidden 'fade-in' from "Take A Friend" | |
| HERO OF AN ENDING - recovered fade-out from "Nobody's Hero" | |
| Lock & Key drum solo - (no fade-out, recovered ending) | |
| Territorial Ending from "Territories" - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Vital Signs (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "An Ending for Nothing" - from "Something for Nothing" - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Presto, Magic Ending" - from "Presto" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Available light (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Don't Leave That Thing Alone (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Closer to the close (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Wow, Whoa, WOW! What a show..." from "All The Worlds A Stage" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Hand Over Fist - (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Mystic Rhythms (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Roll The Bones (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Alex's "Lessons" guitar solo (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| The Stars Look Down (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| The Weapon (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| "Because he happens to be a Digital Man" (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| Between The Wheels (no fade-out recovered ending) | |
| OdD Rush Studio Pre-releases / Alternate releases - | |
| *** | Leave that thing alone, Neil - Drum-part-only - (Thanks Tascam) |
| *** | "How It Was" -a discarded Mandola part from "How It Is" - later used for on www.rushvaportrails.com for background music |
| *** | "Out Of My Nose . . . Eine-Zwei-Drei-Vier" ("Men About Oars") - from the original Counterparts studio demos, the "Men About Oars" was originally part of Alex's "counted intro" to Between Sun And Moon (intro spoken in German). Some have claimed it is Alex, joking around, saying "out of my nose" through his nose :^) |
| *** | Cold Fire - (no fade-out, alternate ending)- Thanks Peter Griffin! |
| *** | One Little Victory (guitar layers brought to the forefront from alternate version/ pre-release without vocals) |
| *** | Double Agent (Pre-release, with unusual audio sequence) |
| Peaceable Kingdom from Rush in Rio documentary | |
| Nocturne from Rush in Rio documentary | |
| A Cut Apart from the Chase (from"Cut to the Chase") - Alternate version - Thanks Peter Griffin! | |
| "The Loon" in Time & Motion | |
| Stick It Out (Pre-release - studio - unusual ending) | |
| OdD Rush Live Pre-releases - | |
| * | Fly By Night live pre-release - performed for the first time ever |
| *** | Xanadu - earliest-known version ever! (May 10th, 1977) |
| *** | Xanadu - pre-release- (performed live in Manchester, June 2, 1977) |
| *** | Red-Sector-A, live pre-release - from 9-18-1983 (- MitA remix) |
| *** | By-Tor and the Snow Dog - live pre-release - (originally part of the extended guitar section of "Working Man" - performed one month prior to the studio recording) - Thanks Eric and PPG |
| *** | "Best I Can" live pre-release - (performed Dec 5th, 1974, one month before the studio recording) - thanks Eric and PPG |
| *** | Tom Sawyer - (performed live prior to the studio recording) |
| *** | Middletown Dreams - 3-15-1985, Hollywood, FL - (performed live prior to the studio recording) |
| *** | Entre Nous - performed live during a sound-check- (the only time ever heard other than the Studio release) |
| The Spirit Of Radio - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Sub-Subdivisions - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Analog Kid - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Limelight - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Freewill - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| Kid Gloves - 9-18-1983, (performed live two months prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Body Electric - 9-18-1983 (performed live two months prior to the studio recording) | |
| The Big Money - 3-15-1985, Hollywood, FL - (performed live prior to the studio recording) | |
| OdD Rush "Unplugged" Live Performance | |
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| * | "Distant Early Acoustic Alex" - Alex live, without any guitar effects |
| * | Alex Rolls an Acoustic Bone" - Alex guitar part live, without effects |
| *** | Alex plays "The Spirit of the Banjo" |
| *** | Alex's The Analog Acoustic Kid |
| *** | Alex's unplugged deviation from the Norm |
| *** | "Xolodu!!" Alex plays Xanadu alone - ( thank you Tascam ) |
| *** | Geddy plays "Solo-Divisions" - ( thank you Tascam ) |
| *** | Unplugged Money |
| *** | Acoustic " Alex Sawyer" |
| *** | Alex "rolls the bones, all alone" - Alex isolated guitar from the Roll The Bones tour |
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