On March 21, Ume/Mercury and Anthem Records Label Groups Celebrate The Half-Century Milestone Marker for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Icons with “Rush 50”A Wide-Ranging 50-Track Super Deluxe Anthology that Entirey of the Band’s Long and Stord Career for the First Time Across All The Band’s Label Groups, Bookended With The Frup Ever Reissue of Their debut 1973 Single and a Live Recording of The Last Song They Ever performed Together As a Band at Their Concert in 2015 at the forum in los angeles.

“Rush 50” Will Be Available To Fans In Five Distinct Configurations, Including The (1) Super Deluxe Edition, (2) Rush Store Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition, (3) 7-LP Deluxe Edition, (4) 4-CD Deluxe Edition, and (5 ) Digital Edition.

Watch The “Rush 50” Unboxing Video Below

Rush Bassist/Vocalist Geddy Lee Commeable: “50? is that all? … Seriously … it’s a cool collection … but look at all those songs – i’m exhausted just reading the effin list!”

In July 1974, Bassist/Keyboardist/Vocalist Geddy LeeGuitarist/Vocalist Alex Lifesonand The Late, Great Drummer/Lyricist Neil Peart Came Together To Solidify Rush‘S Lineup That Broucht The World at Large Mack Multiple Decades’ Worth of Masterful Progressive-Rock-Leaning Musicianship and Scores of Rock Radio Masterpieces, Iconic Lyrics and Storytelling. “Rush 50” Serves as a full career-spanning Rush Anthology on Seven LPS and Four CDS, Featuring 50 Tracks in Total – Seven of Them Previous Unreleased – Alongside Numberus Choice Selections from Every Studio Album, Live Release, and Deluxe Reissue The Band Has Officially Relay Over The Years. Among the Holy Grail Unreleased Tracks Are The First-Ver Official CD and LP Reissue of Rush‘S Vary First Single on Moon Records From 1973, “Not Fade Away” and “You Can’t Figh It”to Pair of Early Gems That Rush Fans have been clamoring to be release officially for decades – Newly Remastered from the original analog tapes. Other Studio Rarities Found on “Rush 50” Include Vault Editions of 1974’s “Working Man” and 1978’s “The Trees”Both of Which Showcase Alternate Guitar alone by Alex Lifesonwith The Former Track Only Having Been Available As a Digital Single While The Latter Cut Has Never Been Officially Released Beyond its Appearance On Instrumental-Based Video Games.

ADDITIONALLY, Five Unreleased Live Songs Have Been Culled From Sub of Rush‘s legendary performance. Four of them-including two non-album cuts, “Bad Boy” and “Garden Road” – Originate from a Pair of the Band’s Earliest Live Shows At (1) Laura Secord Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, On May 15, 1974, and (2) The Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 26, 1974. The Two Live Tracks from The Ontario Show Include Original Drummer John Rutsey (“Need Sub Love” and “Before and After”), While The Other Two from The Cleveland Gig Feature Neil Peart Behind the Kit (“Bad Boy” and “Garden Road”). Rush Visit New York’s Ionic Electric Lady Studios in December 1974 with their unreleased performance of “Anthem” Being presented here. The “Rush 50” Collection’s Last Unreleased Live Offering Comes From Rush‘s final career performance with Peart That Took Place at The Forum in Los Angeles, California, On August 1, 2015 – A Masterful, Nuanced Medley Construction of “What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road” Newly Mixed from the Multi-Tracks by Longtime Rush Produce and Engineer Terry Brown.

Kisides before long-souught-fact rarities, “Rush 50” EMBODIES THE FULL ARC OF Rush‘S Growth and Ultimate Prowess in the Studio Setting, as evidenced by the restless nomadic manifesto “Fly By Night”The Vulnerability Linchpin “CLOSER TO THE HEART” and the crackling energy of the airwaves in “The Spirit of Radio” and “Tom Sawyer”. The Collection Continues to Showcase at Least One Studio Track from All 20 Official Studios Albums While Also Spotllighting Officially Relay Live Live Recordings Such As “Yyz”, “The Villa Strangiato” and two Neil Peart Masterpiece Drum alone.

The Super Deluxe Edition Includes Four CDS, Seven LPS, and New Artwork From Hugh SymeThe Band’s Longtime Creative Director Who has designated Rush‘S Songs. The Seven High-Qualy 180-Gram Audiophile Black-Vinyl LPS EACH FEATURE ADDITIONAL NEW ARTWORK FROM Syme In Premium Tip-on Jackets. EACH LP IN THE SUPER DELUXE EDITION HAS BEEN CUT VIA ADDRESS METALING AND THESE BEEN PRESSED AT GZ MEDIA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. The Included 104-Page Hardcover Book Sports Detailed Essays From Note Rock Journalists David Fricke and Philip WildingWho Both collect their individual experiences with the band and convey their crowning achievements-and all of it is centered unfortunate Career-Spanning Photos of the Band in Action. Exclusives to the Super Deluxe Edition Are 20 New Illustration Lithographs by Syme -Showcasing One Song from Each Studio Album, and A Second Hardcover Book, The Brand-New 100-Page Graphic Novel “The Fullness of Time”. Written and Illustrated By FantoonsThe Graphic Visually Brings to Life A Conversation Between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reflecting on the trials, tribulations and successes recording each Studio album with contributions from many of the producers and Engineers who was instrumental in the evolution of Rush‘S Sound Over The Years – Terry Brown, Peter Henderson, Paul Northfield, Peter Collins, Rupert Hine, Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, Stephen W. Tayler and Nick Raskulinecz. FINALLY, ALL OF THE CONTENTS IN “Rush 50” are house in a premium box with rotating lid and a “Rush 50” Golden Jubilee Emblem.

The Rush Store-Exclusive version of the Super Deluxe Edition of “Rush 50” Will Offer Everything Note ABOVE PLUS FOUR BONUS LITCHOS SHOWCASING Rush Through Time, Newly Illustrated By Fantoons From the Characters Created for the Graphic Novel Depicting the Band in the ’70s,’ 80s, ’90s and 2000s.

The Third Configuration Of “Rush 50” Will Be Released in A Seven-Lp Deluxe Edition, which is the vinyl-only equals of the super deluxe edition with slightly different Syme Artwork in Tow.

The Fourth “Rush 50” Configuration Will Be The Four-CD Deluxe Edition, which features all 50 tracks from the super deluxe edition, and it includes Syme‘S New Artwork and The Contents of the 104-Page Hardcover Book As Well.

Finally, The Fifth Configuration, The Digital Edition, is the digital equals of the super deluxe edition.

As evidenced by the power and the glory of the elements that embody “Rush 50”The True Spirit of Rush Lingers Over Every Note, Arrangement, and Lyric Heard in This Truly Historic Career-Spanning 50-Track Collection.

Track listing:

01. Not Fade Away**
02. You can’t Fight it**
03. Working Man (Vault Edition) **
04. Need Sub Love (Live AT Laura Secord Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada – May 1974) **
05. Before and After (Live AT Laura Secord Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada– May 1974) **
06. Bad Boy (Live AT Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio – August 1974)*
07. Garden Road (Live AT Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio – August 1974)*
08. Anthem (Live at Electric Lady Studios, New York – December 1974)*
09. Fly By Night
10. Bastille Day
11. 2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx
12. By-tor & the snow dog (Live at Masey Hall, Toronto, Canada – June 1976)
13. Something for Nothing (Live at Masey Hall, Toronto, Canada – June 1976)
14. CLOSER TO THE HEART
15. Xanadu (Live AT Hammersmith Odeon, London – February 1978)
16. Drum alone (Live AT Hammersmith Odeon, London – February 1978)
17. The Trees (Vault Edition)*
18. The Strangiato Villa (Live at Pink Pop Festival, Netherlands – June 1979)
19. In the mood (Live at Pink Pop Festival, Netherlands – June 1979)
20. The Spirit of Radio
21. Natural Science (Live at Manchester Apollo, Manchester – June 1980)
22. A Passage to Bangkok (Live at Manchester Apollo, Manchester – June 1980)
23. Tom Sawyer
24. LIMELIGHT (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – March 1981)
25. VITAL SIGNS (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – March 1981)
26. Yyz (Live at The Forum, Montreal, Canada – March 1981)
27. Subdivissions
28. Network Sector a
29. Witch Hunt (Live AT Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – SEPTAMBER 1984)
30. New World Man (Live AT Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – SEPTAMBER 1984)
31. The Big Money
32. Time Stand Still
33. Distant Early Warning (Live at nec Arena, Birmingham – April 1988)
34. Superconductor
35. Dreamline
36. Stick it out
37. For echo test
38. The Rhythm Method (Live AT World Music Theater, Tinley Park, Illinois – June 1997)
39. One Little Victory (Remixed)
40. Cygnus X-1 (Live at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro – November 2002)
41. The Seeker
42. Between The Wheels (Live AT Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany – SEPTEmber 2004)
43. The Main Monkey Business
44. Workin ‘Them Angels (Live AT Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam – October 2007)
45. Freewill (Live at Quick Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio – April 2011)
46. BARCHETTA NETWORK (Live at Quick Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio – April 2011)
47. Headlong Flight
48. Manhattan Project (Live AT US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona; American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas; AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas – November 2012)
49. Jacob’s Ladder (Live Air Canada Center, Toronto, Canada – June 2015)
50. What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, California – August 2015)*