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Caress Of Steel Tour

 

Title: '75 8mm (DVD)
Date: 11/75, Rochester, NY
Label: None
Source: Audience
Quality Rating: B+/C+
Description: I never thought I'd be adding a DVD from the COS tour to my list but fortunately there is a first time for everything. This isn't your average video boot. This 8mm silent video is taken from two shows on the Caress Of Steel tour. I'm told one is from Rochester, but no firm date or venue was given. It's definitely from that tour because of Neil's bass drumhead and there's also a "Caress Of Steel" banner with the album cover hanging above the stage. The footage is amazing for it's age. The video comes across as a montage of amateur footage from the tour, with many nice close-ups and surprising clarity. The camera is a bit shaky but it's tolerable. Since the footage is silent, the only known audience boot from this tour (Rockford, IL) was synced to run with the footage. The audio and video are not in sync at all. The footage runs for about 50 minutes, some of which may be repeated from time to time. This is some of the earliest, not to mention rarest Rush footage you will ever see.


Tracklisting:

Intro / Bastille Day  5:18
Anthem  4:35
Lakeside Park  4:35
The Necromancer  13:39
By-Tor and the Snow Dog  10:55
Working Man  14:46

 

 

Title: Stainless Steel
Date: 11/15/75, Rockford, IL
Label: Digital Reproductions
Source: Audience
Quality Rating: C
Description: This is considered to be the "long lost rush boot" or long awaited, I should say. It's an audience recording from the "Down The Tubes Tour" which was for promoting the "Caress Of Steel" album. At this particular show, Rush was the opening act for Kiss, that is why the setlist is only an hour long. The drawbacks? Well, it's an audience boot from 1975. That being said, it's not THAT bad, actually. You can hear the instruments decently, although Geddy's voice is often lost or very low. However, the sound quality gets a little bit better as things move along...just in time for the biggest treat on this collection...the only full, live bootleg recording of "The Necromancer" available. It was performed on later tours, but not in it's entirety. Overall, the sound quality is pretty weak, but not completely unlistenable. Also, given the context of this performance, I think it's really neat. This is Rush from the "Caress" tour as an opening act...I mean, how often do we get to hear that? After the Rush performance you can hear the stage announcements for Kiss merchandise being sold at the venue. For the Rush die hard, this is a must-have. If for no other reason, the full version of "The Necromancer" is included here.


Tracklisting:

Intro / Bastille Day  5:18
Anthem  4:35
Lakeside Park  4:35
The Necromancer  13:39 (mp3 sample, 496k)
By-Tor and the Snow Dog  10:55
Working Man  14:46

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