Rush - Nuts & Bolts [1994]

Antes do postar The Fifth Order Of Angels eu estava dividido entre ele e o Nuts & Bolts. Os dois são excelentes, mas acabei optando pelo primeiro, devido ao seu valor histórico, músicas inéditas e tudo mais. Acontece que desde então não consigo parar de ouvir este Nuts & Bolts, que mesmo não tendo a mesma importância do The Fifth Order Of Angels, é um disco fantástico e com uma qualidade de áudio muito superior, afinal foi registrado 20 anos depois. É bem verdade que em 1994 o Rush já não gozava do mesmo prestígio de outrora entre a nova geração e pararia dois anos depois para só voltar à cena na virada do século com Vapor Trails (2002), mas isso não impediu a banda de fazer um show incrível como este realizado em 2 de abril, no Dane County Coliseum de Madison, Wisconsin (USA). Um puta show! Sem nenhum exagero, tanto é assim que faz mais de uma semana que estou ouvindo esse disco que traz interpretações antológicas de clássicos como “The Spirit Of Radio”, “Stick It Out”, “Limelight”, “Closer To The Heart”, “Xanadu”, “Tom Sawyer”... De modo que, mesmo não sendo minha intenção inicial, acabei resolvendo postar o Nuts & Bolts também e ver se vocês compartilham da mesma opinião.

Rush - Nuts & Bolts


Well, I was quite surprised when I received this recording in trade. Another soundboard from the Counterparts tour seemed to be a little too good to be true. But Geddy identifies the location as Madison, Wisconsin before starting in with Cold Fire, making it abundantly clear. Definitely a better sounding show than the Critical Mass/Mystic Symphonies show as this source is in stereo. The show itself is one of the better shows from the CP tour, the band seems really up for the show. There are a few weird transitions between songs, the indexing is wrong for Xanadu/Hemispheres/Tom Sawyer, but this is definitely digitally sourced and is very clean. I wish there was more information about the recording, but the artwork will divulge no secrets other than it has the wrong date! This is by far and away one of the finest sound board recordings I've yet heard. Sounds professionally mixed and very lively sounding. An absolute "Must Have", and everyone knows I prefer audience recordings to sbds, so that says something!
Review by -> The Digital Dan (From -> The Digital Rush Experience 2001-01-31)


I wasn't in great expectations when I received this show, as I already had the "Animated" and "A Night At The Spectrum" soundboards, and they both sounded great. This would be just another great show to add...I was completely in shock when I put these discs in the CD player! Not only the sound is absolutely perfect, but the band puts one of the best performances I have ever heard! They are playing very tight this night, and definitely having fun! The audience seems to be really into the the show too; when they finish "Time Stand Still", Geddy thanks the crowd and even says something like "You guys are in good voice out there tonight. We appreciate that." As always, you get the cool western intro to "Cold Fire" and the band intros in "Closer to the Heart", and this must be one of the funniest of all tour, I could hear this forever! Alex even makes fun of Neil's hat! IMHO, this is the best SBD of the Counterparts tour, and a must-have for any Rush fan, bootleg collector or not! It doesn't matter if you have a gazillion shows of this tour or you think Counterparts is the worst Rush album...for me this is a perfect recording and I guarantee you that these discs won't leave your CD player for at least 1 month!!!
Review by -> Bahia 2112 (From -> The Digital Rush Experience 2001-01-31)

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