Rush - 10 March 1979 - Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida

Rush live at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood, Florida during the Hemispheres tour. This is one among several of the better quality audience recordings of the Hemispheres tour, in regards to sound quality and the band’s performance. There is a very short cut during The Trees, Hemispheres, and Temples of Syrinx, otherwise this recording captures the entire performance. There is a weird chipmunk-like vocal effect used very quickly during By-Tor, which I’ve never heard used during that song before, rather usually during Geddy’s intro to La Villa Strangiato. Geddy’s scream at the end of Cygnus X-1, “every nerve is torn apart“, is one among several of the strongest recordings I’ve heard of him delivering those lyrics. Track Listing: 01 - Anthem [0:00] 02 - A Passage To Bangkok [4:12] 03 - By-Tor And The Snow Dog [8:01] 04 - Xanadu [13:47] 05 - Something For Nothing [26:08] 06 - The Trees [30:31] 07 - Cygnus X-1 [35:26] 08 - Hemispheres [45:56]