Rush Through Time
Rush Through Time is a compilation released in 1979 on Mercury Records, issued in Europe as a picture disc only. It is essentially a European version of a 1976 American promotional disc, Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted To Hear By Rush But You Were Afraid To Play, with two tracks from Caress of Steel swapped out for two from A Farewell to Kings. That puts it in the middle of the band's progressive rock run of the 1970s.
The record was later repackaged as a standard vinyl album, with a colour sleeve and updated back cover graphics, and reached UK and European shops on 1981-07-03. According to drummer Neil Peart, Polygram's German branch put it out without the band's involvement, so it stands as a curiosity rather than a planned release. Collectors of Rush oddities will find it an interesting piece of the group's early catalogue.
Rush Through Time: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 45:34Tracklist
- 1Fly by NightGeddy Lee and Neil Peart3:20
- 2Making MemoriesLee, Lifeson, Peart2:56
- 3Bastille DayLee, Lifeson, Peart4:36
- 4Something for NothingGeddy Lee and Neil Peart3:56
- 5Cinderella ManGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson4:17
- 6AnthemLee, Lifeson, Peart4:10
- 72112: I. OvertureLee, Lifeson, Peart3:45
- 82112: II. The Temples of SyrinxLee, Lifeson, Peart2:13
- 9The Twilight ZoneLee, Lifeson, Peart3:14
- 10Best I CanGeddy Lee3:24
- 11Closer to the HeartLee, Lifeson, Peart, Talbot2:52
- 12In the EndGeddy Lee and Alex Lifeson6:51
- Produced by
- Terry Brown, Rush
- Recorded at
- Toronto Sound Studios, Rockfield Studios
- Recorded
- 1974–1977
- Mixed by
- Terry Brown
- Mixed at
- Toronto Sound Studios, Advision Studios
- Engineered by
- Terry Brown, John Woloschuk, Pat Moran
- Labels
- Mercury Records, Mercury
- Length
- 45:34
Line-up
- Geddy Lee · bass guitar, vocals, Minimoog, bass pedals, 12 string guitar
- Alex Lifeson · guitar, bass pedals, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitar
- Neil Peart · percussion, drums (drum set), triangle, cowbell, vibraslap, tubular bells, temple blocks, bell tree, wind chime
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1979, 1982)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1982 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | May 1979 | |
| Wikidata | 1979 | |
| UK / Europe release | 3 July 1981 | earliest UK or European date |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | XE | Mercury Records | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 600x598, upscaled to 1500 (x2.51)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 600×598 | upscaled: major: best source 600x598, upscaled to 1500 (x2.51) |