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"I now have a 2001 Audi A6 4.2...It has their upgraded Bose system. It's a great system. I'm in that car listening all the time, listening to mixes. I base all of my decisions on what I hear in that car." - Alex Lifeson, RoadGearMag.com, May 2002

"I didn't hear it until it was all said and done, at which point the record company was over the moon with it, saying it was fantastic, let's get it out there...To me its guilty as charged. All you can say is decisions were made at the time, everybody was just really tired and we did what we felt was right, and then given a month or two's hindsight we found it was wrong." - Paul Northfield (Producer of Vapor Trails), Chemistry

July 2004: Atlantic announces it will reissue the first five Atlantic era Rush studio albums (Presto through Vapor Trails), However, Vapor Trails is not included among the Atlantic reissues eventually released on Aug. 31, 2004.

Mar. 2005: Atlantic adds a preorder link for the Vapor Trails remaster on its website, and a source close to Anthem Records confirms its release is imminent.

May 16, 2005: Atlantic Records once again delays the release of the Vapor Trails Remaster. Fans hoping for a clean recording without the audio problems found in the original release will have to wait. What is confirmed is that the album has been remastered, and although nothing has been said officially, it is rumored that Atlantic decided to delay releasing the remaster until the next Rush release, as there are apparently plenty of the original in stock. Those who preordered the remaster from the Atlantic website received the following email:

April 28, 2007: As "the next Rush release" is here with no news of a Vapor Trails remaster, it has been learned that "it won't be re-released for a while". Whether that means later this year, or some time in the far future is undetermined.

I thought they had remastered this already.

But is the album really good enough to buy in a remasterd version if you already have the original pressing.

It has to be a good album if you are willing to pay for the album twice, though on the other hand i did buy Union from Yes twice, both times knowing it was a horrible album.

Of course for people not having the album, it would be an improvement if they can buy it in a better sound quality.

anyway i'll sign it, but only because sucking up to higher authorities is second nature to me.