Quote:
Rush
14 August 1974
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: Audience
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Track Listing:
01 - Finding My Way
02 - In The Mood
03 - Bad Boy
04 - Working Man / Drum Solo
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Notes:
This was Rush's very first live performance with Neil Peart, who joined the band (29 July 1974) only two weeks prior.
The performed setlist is short since Rush were opening for Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann during this concert.
Early pieces of By-Tor And The Snow Dog can be heard during the middle section of Working Man.
There are several different versions of this recording, all with different sound qualities and lengths.
All versions are from the same original source recording, but captured from various different generations of copies over time.
The version with the best sounding quality was missing over half of Working Man and all of Neil's drum solo.
The full uncut versions were all at different degrees of worse qualities.
I've taken the best quality recording and merged the missing segment seamlessly from the second best sounding version I could find.
The change in sound quality is noticeable, but in my opinion it creates the best listening experience and the best version to preserve of this historic recording.
-- By-Tor X-1, 3 April 2021