2112 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

One of the biggest disappointments to me is how Rush has become a shameless commercial enterprise, willing and happy to repeatedly pillage and package their grand past for yet another buck. They weren't like this when they started and the behavior seems to fly in the face of the messages they've espoused for 40 years.

There's very little to like here. I'm not an audiophile and can't tell the difference between the studio versions here and the ones on my crappy CD I bought back in the early 90's.

The bonus tracks are largely abysmal. Radio commercials? Brief outtakes from the original album? Live versions that are practically identical to the songs found on All The World's A Stage? Covers? Other than the Steven Wilson cover nothing here worth noting.

The ONLY thing...I repeat ONLY thing with any value here is - get this - crappy black and white video with crappy sound from the band opening for some other band in 1976. It's all of 40 minutes long, the sound is terrible and you probably won't watch all that often.

But as a historical document it's invaluable, showing Rush when they were still trying to break through and prove themselves. Geddy could still shriek. Peart had long hair. They were young and aggressive and finding their way (heh).

This is a cash grab made up of odds and ends found in closets...nothing more. Rush shold be ashamed of themselves for peddling this crap.

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