Rush - Newark, NJ 20.10.2012

Rush
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
October 20, 2012

01-Watchmaker 1
02-Subdivisions
03-The Big Money
04-Force Ten
05-Grand Designs
06-Middletown Dreams
07-Territories
08-The Analog Kid
09-The Pass
10-Where's My Thing
11-Far Cry
12-Watchmaker 2
13-Caravans
14-Clockwork Angels
15-The Anarchist
16-Carnies
17-The Wreckers
18-Headlong Flight
19-Halo Effect
20-Wish Them Well
21-The Garden
22-Dream Line
23-The Percussor
24-Red Sector A
25-YYZ
26-The Spirit of Radio
27-Tom Sawyer
28-2112 Overture
29-2112 The Temples of Syrinx
30-2112 Grand Finale
31-Watchmaker 3

Lineage: Stealth recorded and minimally produced by mrsaureus, sitting on the right in the lowest section off the floor about 30 rows back from the stage. Core-Sound High End Binaurals (DPA-4060 capsules) to Sony PCM-M10 (48 kHZ, 24 bit), WavePad Sound Editor to chop and FLAC only. This is an audience recording that aims to document the experience of being in the crowd at the show, and features occasionally loud but appropriate crowd noise. This is the first time this recording is being shared.

As usual, lots of dates for the latest Rush tour have already been posted, and the set list doesn't vary at all, so you might wonder why it's worth bothering adding yet another date. But I think there is a little bit of the anal completist in all tapers, so ideally it's nice to have every single date represented, and anyway, everybody would most like to have the show they actually went to. So for those of you in NY and NJ, here's the Prudential Center leg. There were some technical problems at the beginning of the show with the audio for the Watchmaker videos, and then a broken drumhead, and some guitar issues, but it didn't matter. To paraphrase what I said about the PNC Bank show two years ago: Rush looked great, they sounded great, the Watchmaker videos were really well produced and funny (Geddy Lee could be a very successful professional comedian), and the stage set and pyrotechnics were delightful and at the base of it all is two and a half hours of sterling, nearly flawless classic progressive rock music. One of the things I like about Rush is that they refuse to become a greatest hits band. In fact, it takes a fair amount of courage to play as few hits as they did in this show, but as far as I'm concerned, all the better. I can hear the hits on the radio. I'd rather be challenged by the show. And Rush is happy to do that.

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