Good to hear about this. Vapor Trails (2001?) was good as well -- a stripped-down sound, whihc is something they are NOT known for. I agree with you regarding the last few albums. There's a stretch from the mid-80's on where they kinda lost it, IMHO. Vapor Trails and the recent live releases made up for it, though.
And speaking of Floyd, am I correct in my thinking that the only 'tron they used was on "Syssyphus" (sic) from Ummagumma?
Jason
Jim Anderson <jimanderson@...> wrote:
I just picked up the new Rush album "Snakes and Arrows". Having been
a listener of theirs since way back (even if they are Canadian! ;)
I'd been disappointed in the last few albums but the new one is
surprisingly better. Also surprising is their use of a mellotron one
of the tracks. On the Special Edition that I picked up there is a
video where Geddy Lee says it's probably the first time they used one
since a song called "Tears" from 2112. The video shows Geddy
recording the tron strings on and talking about it's qualities
(unfortunately it's mixed way down on the final product...).
-jim/m400#680
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