Whenever I have the opportunity to watch your channel, I am always reminded of how fantastic vinyl was and is. Listening to this album from Rush is a perfect reminder of that. The richness of the sound, those drums, Geddy’s unique vocals, this was a band for whom vinyl was the perfect medium. Thanks Jim. ✌️
Hi Jim! Great album! I much prefer the early Rush. I followed them up to Hemispheres and then lost interest. I got to know them, as one day I was walking past a record shop and in the front window display was this album. I thought "Interesting, I don't know this band." So, I went in and the album was playing on the turntable so I brought it there and then. So at that time Rush was not that well known. I bought a ticket to see them play at Shefield City Hall and there were about 200 people there. I also bought a ticket for the next tour, this time there were 2,000 in attendence at Sheffield City Hall! In 1977, I was travelling to Greece with Interrail in Italy a couple of Canadians came into my cabin. They were from Toronto, not only that they had been at the same school as Geddy Lee, albeit 5 years below his year. I asked what they knew about him, they said he was very quiet and spent most of his time practising his guitar. They did say that they played a concert at the school.
I suspect Neil is one of the few drummers anywhere whose drumming is identifiable just from the sound of it. The power and absolutely otherworldly precision leaves an unmistakable trademark on his work.
Yes!!!!!!! I know you know, and I have so many influences on me as a musician and a lover of music.....but Rush is so fundamental to me as a person/ fan/musician....it can't be overstated.
Omg I just dug out this record a few days ago and gave it a listen. I bought it back in 1984-85 ish. You must have read my mind. Thanks for your feedback on this classic and I look forward to more from you by Rush.
Lots of stopping moments on this first side especially....the sheer technical prowess the three achieve here so early in their career goes swiftly through the hall of technical skill and enters a room full of fantastical artistic accomplishment...👏👏👏
Looking forward to you discovering Rush songs you missed and rediscovering the songs you haven't heard in awhile. With all the material they have, there will be a bit of rediscovery for me as well.
Neil's first album and a transition record for sure for the band a good start. I hope very much you consider Jim doing their Top 3 Proggier albums that really put Rush over the Top .... 2112/ A Farewell To Kings/ Hemispheres. Even Caress Of Steel shows the magic to come, and of course their Great "Live" album (All The World's A Stage) really captures their "2112" tour period !! I'll be watching. 👍🎼🎶
I can’t believe how good this album still sounds. Rush: such a rich history of wonderful music with so many brilliant albums, hardly any, if any fail to deliver. Neil Peart: Greatest prog drummer ever.
Love it Jim! You should do this for every album, and do it in order, the evolution from one album to the next is great. Then decade to decade the evolution is amazing. All hail Rush 🤘🏻
The frenetic pace of the first side of this album puts their youth on display. Amazingly skilled already, musically finding their chops. I love that you are listening to these on vinyl. I own all of the albums (not all on vinyl) but there isn’t a bad one in the lot. Some songs to skip, of course, but 40 years of genius.
This was my first Rush album. Think it was after listening to Working Man on the Friday Rock Show I went out and bought the first Rush album I could find and Fly by Night had just been released, so I got that. Lost touch with them over the next 2 albums but then caught up with them at Uni and managed to see them twice. I love Beneath, Between and Behind especially the pseudo Zep bridge. What they cram into a 3minute song is incredible.
Nice to see you delving into Rush at last. Fly By Night is a great early Rush album; a more mature sound that the debut, and not as heavy and weighty as Caress of Steel where they sort of lost the plot. Infact it's more of a lead-in to 2112 than Caress of Steel was. There are some seriously brilliant standouts here including Anthem and of course good old By-Tor and the Snow Dog with that awesome middle guitar section. Neil Peart started as he meant to go on and really upgraded the percussion sound for the band as well as bringing his lyrical abilities.I saw Rush nearly 20 times and watched them play some of the songs from FBN live in the early shows, which was truly amazing. One of the great things about Rush is how they grew, evolved, matured and never deviated from their ability to create quality music. What a great way to start your Rush odyssey.
Such a great rock album, just hinting at the more complex stuff they'd do later. It's given me so many years of pleasure. I've always been amazed at how much noise 3 people can make when they're that good. This album made me go out and buy an Electric Mistress flanger pedal, the same as Alex Lifeson had.
Like many others, I discovered Rush in the early 80s thanks to Tom Sawyer, and fell in love with their back catalogue. But mid-80s Rush wasn't doing it for me and I mostly gave up on them --the quintessential fickle fan I'm embarrassed to admit. It wasn't till a couple years ago, with the advent of streaming, I decided to give their entire catalogue another go. With maturity, I realized the 80s stuff was actually quite good, and discovered so much more in their discography through the 90s and beyond. My favorite era will always be Fly By Night through Signals, but I'm so glad I eventually persevered. Lots and lots of great music throughout their career.
What a great album side (and great way to start a Monday!) With "Anthem" Rush immediately begin to separate themselves from the "Led Zeppelin Junior" comparisons. The prog influences begin to creep in on a bunch of songs, but overall they're taking a back seat to some amazing statements of intent as a thinking person's hard rock power trio. The comment about Rush being more contemporaries of Yes rather than years later is a good one, although they were a bit after. In prog terms, Rush were the same generation as bands like Camel. But Rush's influences were mainly 60's bands like Cream, The Who, and the Yardbirds. Jim, your recollections of hearing some of these songs may be fueled by live versions. "Anthem" and "By-Tor" were on *All the Worlds a Stage* and "BBB" was on *Exit... Stage Left*.
This is the Rush album that inspired me to play drums. I even have that owl tattooed on my shoulder! Saw Rush first in 1984 with Grace Under Pressure and saw them about 8 times since then. The last tour for me was 40th anniversary. Love this album, it's so full of energy and muscle and bravado! Terry Brown production is soooo good. BTW, I was wonder what brand/model of headphones do you have? Looking to purchase some new Studio mixing headphones. Anyway, I appreciate and love watching you listening to all these albums that I've adored since the 80's. I recommend your next band to Kansas! Just start at the beginning and enjoy, so many good albums!
Yes, know this album for decades already. A friend of mine was a Rush fan. I bought the album A show of hands and the blu-ray of their Snakes and arrows live concert. I prefer later Rush music because Geddy sang a bit lower and with less rasp.
Good album. I first encountered Rush when i heard Finding My Way from the first album, played by either Fluff Freeman on his Saturday Rock Show or Whispering Bob Harris on the Old Grey Whistle Test (over the top of one of those weird, ancient films). Could have been both actually. A-ha! I thought. Zeppelin imitators. Nothing wrong with that, as Zep were my fave band…(ok, early Queen were also Zep imitators but there was always something about Queen that I couldn’t stand…but i digress). When i saw Fly By Night in the shop i took a chance on it and was mightily impressed. I didn’t think they would become all conquering world beaters…I mean, to my mid 70s ears the likes of Pavlov’s Dog and Starcastle were equally good, if not better, but give Rush their due, they persevered, did all the right things in the 70s (like coming over to record in Rockfield) and i really respected them. Then they got the synths in…and i’m sorry, but to me synths always bland everything out. By Grace Under Pressure i’d lost interest. Naturally when i went off them, everybody else loved them 🤷♂️ Anyway…i don’t think they ever bettered this lp. I know not many will agree but i never got the same thrill from the ‘first listen’ with any other of their albums as i did from this. So there ya go 🤔
The difference from Rush to Fly by Night is startling, from a Basic Led Zep Cover band to this in 6 months or so. Neil had a massive influence in the change by just being a completely different beast to Rutseys straight ahead drumming. The heavy stuff, for mid 70s is VERY heavy. Compare this to BOCs Secret treaties which was released around the same time. One is a much better blueprint to the Metal sound of the late 70s and early 80s. Thats not to denigrate Secret Treaties which is an album anyone listening to this channel should own as its brilliant.
Best I can is a leftover from the first album material, so it sounds more liek the vibe of the debut album. In the End is also a leftover from before Neil, but it fits this album well.
I know exactly why you reference Yes when discussing Rush but I'm sure that you'll agree that this side sounds nothing like Yes (other than the vocals occupying the same part of the stratosphere) This is straight ahead rock music which, if it borrows from anyone, shows a familiarity with Budgie and maybe the Groundhogs. The progressive side of Rush slowly emerged (starting with the lyrical concern and instrumental passages on By-Tor) but didn't elbow aside the love for basic rock of which this is an excellent example.
Uh weird coincidence alert....I was listening to this album first time in aaaages this morning Jim. It still ranks as middling Rush album for me (which means still full to brim with greatness) but the highlights are for sure excellent.... especially Perts drumming on this. This is an album of feels rather than stick in your mind songs mostly. After this I listened to to Dog and Butterfly by Heart....now there's a band I wasn't expecting to fall for....ever....anyway the prog rock folk elements on the first 3 or so Heart albums are simply brilliant...I have a vague memory you got some Heart lps in a job lot recently....👀👀👀😉
I can’t tell if it’s the recording because I know they did some goofy stuff with drumming phasing but with my one headphone the drums sound so unclear. I don’t know if it’s a freak of the mix + having only one headphone in or if it’s a recording issue After checking yes it’s just that weird drummer phaser thing they did on this album I believe. 😂 but I still love this album and just about every one of them (except hold your fire. It’s fine)
Never a bad time to listen to Rush! The only thing I never liked about them but, well, tolerated, is Geddy Lee's smurfy helium voice.....definitely an acquired taste....
Whenever I have the opportunity to watch your channel, I am always reminded of how fantastic vinyl was and is. Listening to this album from Rush is a perfect reminder of that. The richness of the sound, those drums, Geddy’s unique vocals, this was a band for whom vinyl was the perfect medium. Thanks Jim. ✌️
Ohh yes, Rush!!! Can't wait to join you on your Rush journey Jim!
Hi Jim! Great album! I much prefer the early Rush. I followed them up to Hemispheres and then lost interest. I got to know them, as one day I was walking past a record shop and in the front window display was this album. I thought "Interesting, I don't know this band." So, I went in and the album was playing on the turntable so I brought it there and then.
So at that time Rush was not that well known. I bought a ticket to see them play at Shefield City Hall and there were about 200 people there. I also bought a ticket for the next tour, this time there were 2,000 in attendence at Sheffield City Hall!
In 1977, I was travelling to Greece with Interrail in Italy a couple of Canadians came into my cabin. They were from Toronto, not only that they had been at the same school as Geddy Lee, albeit 5 years below his year. I asked what they knew about him, they said he was very quiet and spent most of his time practising his guitar. They did say that they played a concert at the school.
R.I.P. Professor. You are so missed. I know you are jamming with Alan on The Ultimate Stage. 🥁🥁🥁⚘️⚘️⚘️🕊🕊🕊
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I suspect Neil is one of the few drummers anywhere whose drumming is identifiable just from the sound of it. The power and absolutely otherworldly precision leaves an unmistakable trademark on his work.
@@davepeterschmidt5818 There are others. Moon, Bonham, Bruford, just to name a few. But Neil was also one of the best!🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁😎
Been a fan since I first heard them back in the early 80s in my teenage years. Absolutely excellent Jim.
Yes!!!!!!! I know you know, and I have so many influences on me as a musician and a lover of music.....but Rush is so fundamental to me as a person/ fan/musician....it can't be overstated.
Rush!! Now we are talking 💪
Omg I just dug out this record a few days ago and gave it a listen. I bought it back in 1984-85 ish.
You must have read my mind.
Thanks for your feedback on this classic and I look forward to more from you by Rush.
Lots of stopping moments on this first side especially....the sheer technical prowess the three achieve here so early in their career goes swiftly through the hall of technical skill and enters a room full of fantastical artistic accomplishment...👏👏👏
Looking forward to you discovering Rush songs you missed and rediscovering the songs you haven't heard in awhile. With all the material they have, there will be a bit of rediscovery for me as well.
Thank you Jim, I really enjoyed your reaction. Great job.
Neil's first album and a transition record for sure for the band a good start.
I hope very much you consider Jim doing their Top 3 Proggier albums that really put Rush over the Top .... 2112/ A Farewell To Kings/ Hemispheres. Even Caress Of Steel shows the magic to come, and of course their Great "Live" album (All The World's A Stage) really captures their "2112" tour period !! I'll be watching. 👍🎼🎶
Fantastic album, album is already more, more progressive!!!
👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️🎸
Thanks for a great reaction to Fly By Night. I have not listened to the whole Album in some time and really enjoyed you spinning this LP.
I can’t believe how good this album still sounds.
Rush: such a rich history of wonderful music
with so many brilliant albums, hardly any, if any
fail to deliver.
Neil Peart: Greatest prog drummer ever.
It sounds better because it isn’t remixed trash. This is how we heard it on our turntables.
Neil was only just the greatest prog drummer? More like one of The best drummers of all time!
…Yes, Probably the best drummer of all time, certainly my favourite.
What a legend - so sadly missed.
Rush on Vinyl always refreshingly good Jim 🎸
One of my favorite by the band.
So happy to hear you are thinking of working your way through the discography! Rush will always be my favorite band!
Love it Jim! You should do this for every album, and do it in order, the evolution from one album to the next is great. Then decade to decade the evolution is amazing. All hail Rush 🤘🏻
Great album. So glad to see you finally getting to some RUSH.
The frenetic pace of the first side of this album puts their youth on display. Amazingly skilled already, musically finding their chops. I love that you are listening to these on vinyl. I own all of the albums (not all on vinyl) but there isn’t a bad one in the lot. Some songs to skip, of course, but 40 years of genius.
This was my first Rush album. Think it was after listening to Working Man on the Friday Rock Show I went out and bought the first Rush album I could find and Fly by Night had just been released, so I got that. Lost touch with them over the next 2 albums but then caught up with them at Uni and managed to see them twice. I love Beneath, Between and Behind especially the pseudo Zep bridge. What they cram into a 3minute song is incredible.
Nice to see you delving into Rush at last. Fly By Night is a great early Rush album; a more mature sound that the debut, and not as heavy and weighty as Caress of Steel where they sort of lost the plot. Infact it's more of a lead-in to 2112 than Caress of Steel was. There are some seriously brilliant standouts here including Anthem and of course good old By-Tor and the Snow Dog with that awesome middle guitar section. Neil Peart started as he meant to go on and really upgraded the percussion sound for the band as well as bringing his lyrical abilities.I saw Rush nearly 20 times and watched them play some of the songs from FBN live in the early shows, which was truly amazing. One of the great things about Rush is how they grew, evolved, matured and never deviated from their ability to create quality music. What a great way to start your Rush odyssey.
Such a great rock album, just hinting at the more complex stuff they'd do later. It's given me so many years of pleasure. I've always been amazed at how much noise 3 people can make when they're that good.
This album made me go out and buy an Electric Mistress flanger pedal, the same as Alex Lifeson had.
Like many others, I discovered Rush in the early 80s thanks to Tom Sawyer, and fell in love with their back catalogue. But mid-80s Rush wasn't doing it for me and I mostly gave up on them --the quintessential fickle fan I'm embarrassed to admit. It wasn't till a couple years ago, with the advent of streaming, I decided to give their entire catalogue another go. With maturity, I realized the 80s stuff was actually quite good, and discovered so much more in their discography through the 90s and beyond. My favorite era will always be Fly By Night through Signals, but I'm so glad I eventually persevered. Lots and lots of great music throughout their career.
Yes, they used overdubs in the studio but they managed to play live without adding extra touring musicians. So respect to the guys as a trio!
It's 50/50. In the 70s, it seemed sometimes they prefered a rhythm gtr underneath Alex's solo, but sometimes they didn't bother.
What a great album side (and great way to start a Monday!) With "Anthem" Rush immediately begin to separate themselves from the "Led Zeppelin Junior" comparisons. The prog influences begin to creep in on a bunch of songs, but overall they're taking a back seat to some amazing statements of intent as a thinking person's hard rock power trio. The comment about Rush being more contemporaries of Yes rather than years later is a good one, although they were a bit after. In prog terms, Rush were the same generation as bands like Camel. But Rush's influences were mainly 60's bands like Cream, The Who, and the Yardbirds. Jim, your recollections of hearing some of these songs may be fueled by live versions. "Anthem" and "By-Tor" were on *All the Worlds a Stage* and "BBB" was on *Exit... Stage Left*.
Fabulous album ,the first rush one I ever heard ,superb playing ,the follow up record ,caress of steel is in my opinion,even better .
This should get a few thumbs up.
The first Rush album RUSH ( STA. ) is definitely worth a listen to. Already Alex and Geddy are showing their chops
All the songs from this album live on All The Words A Stage are great but By Tor is unbelievable next level great.
This is the Rush album that inspired me to play drums. I even have that owl tattooed on my shoulder! Saw Rush first in 1984 with Grace Under Pressure and saw them about 8 times since then. The last tour for me was 40th anniversary. Love this album, it's so full of energy and muscle and bravado! Terry Brown production is soooo good. BTW, I was wonder what brand/model of headphones do you have? Looking to purchase some new Studio mixing headphones. Anyway, I appreciate and love watching you listening to all these albums that I've adored since the 80's. I recommend your next band to Kansas! Just start at the beginning and enjoy, so many good albums!
Hey Jim! RUSH!!! Long overdue my friend. This is the album that started my interest in the band. One of my top 10 bands of all time. Enjoy Jim!!🦉🦉🦉😎
Fabulous band!
@@JimNewstead Absolutely!😎
Yes, know this album for decades already. A friend of mine was a Rush fan.
I bought the album A show of hands and the blu-ray of their Snakes and arrows live concert. I prefer later Rush music because Geddy sang a bit lower and with less rasp.
Those Slingerland's sound EXACT LY as heard on the album.
The live version of By-tor from All The World's A Stage smokes!
I know the hits but the deep tracks will be new to me.
Good album. I first encountered Rush when i heard Finding My Way from the first album, played by either Fluff Freeman on his Saturday Rock Show or Whispering Bob Harris on the Old Grey Whistle Test (over the top of one of those weird, ancient films). Could have been both actually. A-ha! I thought. Zeppelin imitators. Nothing wrong with that, as Zep were my fave band…(ok, early Queen were also Zep imitators but there was always something about Queen that I couldn’t stand…but i digress).
When i saw Fly By Night in the shop i took a chance on it and was mightily impressed. I didn’t think they would become all conquering world beaters…I mean, to my mid 70s ears the likes of Pavlov’s Dog and Starcastle were equally good, if not better, but give Rush their due, they persevered, did all the right things in the 70s (like coming over to record in Rockfield) and i really respected them. Then they got the synths in…and i’m sorry, but to me synths always bland everything out. By Grace Under Pressure i’d lost interest. Naturally when i went off them, everybody else loved them 🤷♂️
Anyway…i don’t think they ever bettered this lp. I know not many will agree but i never got the same thrill from the ‘first listen’ with any other of their albums as i did from this. So there ya go 🤔
Hi Jim. Not too familiar with this one like you but a very good half hour listening. Very good indeed. Nice one. Dave✅✅
The difference from Rush to Fly by Night is startling, from a Basic Led Zep Cover band to this in 6 months or so. Neil had a massive influence in the change by just being a completely different beast to Rutseys straight ahead drumming. The heavy stuff, for mid 70s is VERY heavy. Compare this to BOCs Secret treaties which was released around the same time. One is a much better blueprint to the Metal sound of the late 70s and early 80s. Thats not to denigrate Secret Treaties which is an album anyone listening to this channel should own as its brilliant.
Best I can is a leftover from the first album material, so it sounds more liek the vibe of the debut album. In the End is also a leftover from before Neil, but it fits this album well.
Rush is an amazing band. You should also try listening to Crown Lands, Context: Fearless Pt. I. You wont regret it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Neil Peart.👏👏🔥🤘🏻
Oh unrelated. But did you see there’s a new yes album coming out? The new single hit me like a semi truck it came out of nowhere
I know exactly why you reference Yes when discussing Rush but I'm sure that you'll agree that this side sounds nothing like Yes (other than the vocals occupying the same part of the stratosphere) This is straight ahead rock music which, if it borrows from anyone, shows a familiarity with Budgie and maybe the Groundhogs. The progressive side of Rush slowly emerged (starting with the lyrical concern and instrumental passages on By-Tor) but didn't elbow aside the love for basic rock of which this is an excellent example.
Uh weird coincidence alert....I was listening to this album first time in aaaages this morning Jim. It still ranks as middling Rush album for me (which means still full to brim with greatness) but the highlights are for sure excellent.... especially Perts drumming on this. This is an album of feels rather than stick in your mind songs mostly.
After this I listened to to Dog and Butterfly by Heart....now there's a band I wasn't expecting to fall for....ever....anyway the prog rock folk elements on the first 3 or so Heart albums are simply brilliant...I have a vague memory you got some Heart lps in a job lot recently....👀👀👀😉
I already listened to one of them on the channel, still have the other to go.
@@JimNewstead 👍
You may have heard them on All The Worlds A Stage.
If you haven’t, you should😁
I can’t tell if it’s the recording because I know they did some goofy stuff with drumming phasing but with my one headphone the drums sound so unclear. I don’t know if it’s a freak of the mix + having only one headphone in or if it’s a recording issue
After checking yes it’s just that weird drummer phaser thing they did on this album I believe. 😂 but I still love this album and just about every one of them (except hold your fire. It’s fine)
I think it might be your headphones.... this sounded spectacular to me!
@@JimNewstead I had to check and the drum phaser and having a single earbud in is making it sound strange
Nice Canadian boys. I use to run into Geddy and Alex on their walks a lot they both were fine gentlemen. Chris Squire was Geddys influence.
Never a bad time to listen to Rush! The only thing I never liked about them but, well, tolerated, is Geddy Lee's smurfy helium voice.....definitely an acquired taste....
Hm. The music is OK, but I find Geddy's voice irritates :( so mostly avoid Rush