Rush’s Landmark ‘Moving Pictures’ Gets Lavish 40th Anniversary Editions

‘Moving Pictures – 40th Anniversary’ will be available in six configurations, packed with extras.

Published on

February 11, 2022

Rush artwork: UMG

The extensive Rush 40th anniversary album series continues on April 15 with UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records’ newly expanded editions of the band’s 1981 landmark Moving Pictures.

Moving Pictures – 40th Anniversary will be available in six configurations: the Super Deluxe Edition, the three-CD Deluxe Edition, five-LP Deluxe Edition, one-LP Edition, the Digital Deluxe Edition, and the Dolby Atmos Digital Edition. All of them can be pre-ordered here.

The Super Deluxe Edition of the storied band’s eighth studio album includes three CDs, one Blu-ray Audio disc, and five high-quality 180 gram black vinyl LPs. For the first time on CD, it encompasses 2015’s Abbey Road Mastering Studios remastered edition of the album, along with two discs of previously unreleased and newly restored bonus live content, newly mixed from the original analog live multi-tracks by Rush’s original producer, Terry Brown.

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This features Rush’s complete, unreleased concert from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, on March 25, 1981, designated here as Live In YYZ 1981. The fourth bonus disc in the Super Deluxe is a Blu-ray Audio disc with the core album newly mixed from the original multi-tracks in Dolby Atmos (a first for the Rush catalog), Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound, by noted producer/engineer Richard Chycki, alongside the previously-available PCM Stereo mix.

The Blu-ray disc also includes four bonus videos. These are a brand new clip for “YYZ” and three remastered, vintage promo videos, for “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight,” and “Vital Signs.” In another first, all of the vinyl has been cut via half-speed Direct to Metal Mastering (DMM) on five 180 gram audiophile LPs.

This Super Deluxe Edition will also offer several exclusive items, including a 44-page hardcover book with unreleased photos and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme, plus new illustrations for each song. There are extensive liner notes by Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, Primus bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher, and Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson

Also included in the lavish package is a Red Barchetta model car mounted on a black perch with an MP40 nameplate; two Neil Peart signature MP40 branded drumsticks; two metal-embossed guitar picks, one each with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s respective signatures engraved on them; a replica of the Moving Pictures 1981 official tour program; an MP40 logo enamel pin; a 3D lenticular “Moving Pictures in motion” lithograph; an 18×24-inch Toronto 1981 concert poster; a replica concert ticket from the 1981 Maple Leaf Gardens show; a 12×36-inch Rush Through The Years 1973-1981 poster; a YYZ luggage tag; and a All Access World Tour ’81 insert. All contents are housed in a premium lift-top box, which features movingly reimagined cover artwork by Hugh Syme.

The second configuration of the reissues is a three-CD Deluxe Edition digipak that includes the newly-remastered original album on CD 1 and the entire, unreleased 1981 Toronto concert on CDs 2 and 3. Extras include a 24-page booklet with unreleased photos and reimagined artwork by Syme, plus the aforementioned liner notes by Thayil, Claypool, Hawkins, Kelliher, and Sanderson.

The five-LP Deluxe Edition is housed in a slipcase including a single-pocket jacket for the remastered original Moving Pictures on LP 1, and two gatefold jackets for LPs 2-5, comprising all 19 tracks from the complete, unreleased Live In YYZ 1981 concert. Again, all the vinyl has been cut via half-speed Direct to Metal Mastering (DMM) on 180-gram black audiophile vinyl. Extras in the package include a 24-page booklet with unreleased photos, Syme’s reimagined artwork and new illustrations, and the complete liner notes.

The fourth configuration is am exclusive one-LP eCommerce edition, featuring the first-ever half-speed DMM vinyl pressing. It comes newly-wrapped in a limited edition premium tip-on style gatefold jacket with printed sleeve; each pressing has one of six randomly inserted lyric sheets hand-drawn by Neil Peart.

The Deluxe Digital Edition features the original album and all 19 bonus live performances from Toronto, and is the digital equivalent to the three-CD Deluxe Edition. Finally, the sixth configuration, the Dolby Atmos Digital Edition, is the digital equivalent of Richard Chycki’s Atmos mix of all seven tracks from the original album.

Pre-order the 40th anniversary expanded editions of Moving Pictures, which are released on April 15.

The complete tracklists are:

SUPER DELUXE EDITION

CD 1: MOVING PICTURES / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown / 2015 remaster on CD for the first time

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs

CD 2: LIVE IN YYZ 1981 / previously unreleased

2112 – Overture
2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
Freewill
Limelight
Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude
Beneath, Between & Behind
The Camera Eye
YYZ
Broon’s Bane
The Trees
Xanadu

CD 3: LIVE IN YYZ 1981 / previously unreleased

The Spirit Of Radio
Red Barchetta
Closer To The Heart
Tom Sawyer
Vital Signs
Natural Science
Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
La Villa Strangiato
BLU-RAY AUDIO – DISC 4 Dolby Atmos* / Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1* / PCM Stereo
* Denotes previously unreleased mixes

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs

Bonus Promo Videos
Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1* / PCM Stereo
* Denotes previously unreleased mixes
** Denotes previously unreleased video

Tom Sawyer
Limelight
Vital Signs
YYZ**

LP 1 – MOVING PICTURES
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown

LP 1 – SIDE A

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
LP 1 – SIDE B

1. The Camera Eye
2. Witch Hunt
3. Vital Signs
LP 2 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased
LP 2 – SIDE A

1. 2112 – Overture
2. 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3. Freewill
4. Limelight
LP 2 – SIDE B

1. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude
2. Beneath, Between & Behind
3. The Camera Eye
LP 3 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased

LP 3 – SIDE A

1. YYZ
2. Broon’s Bane
3. The Trees
LP 3 – SIDE B

1. Xanadu
2. The Spirit Of Radio

LP 4 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased

LP 4 – SIDE A

1. Red Barchetta
2. Closer To The Heart
3. Tom Sawyer
LP 4 – SIDE B

1. Vital Signs
2. Natural Science
LP 5 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased

LP 5 – SIDE A

1. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind /   By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
LP 5 – SIDE B

1. La Villa Strangiato

3CD DELUXE EDITION

CD1 – MOVING PICTURES
Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

CD 2 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981 / previously unreleased

CD 3 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981 / previously unreleased

1. The Spirit Of Radio
2. Red Barchetta
3. Closer To The Heart
4. Tom Sawyer
5. Vital Signs
6. Natural Science
7. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind /
By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
8. La Villa Strangiato

5LP DELUXE EDITION

LP 1 – MOVING PICTURES
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown

LP 1 – SIDE A

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
LP 1 – SIDE B

1. The Camera Eye
2. Witch Hunt
3. Vital Signs
LP 2 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased
LP 2 – SIDE A

1. 2112 – Overture
2. 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3. Freewill
4. Limelight
LP 2 – SIDE B

1. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude
2. Beneath, Between & Behind
3. The Camera Eye
LP 3 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased
LP 3 – SIDE A

1. YYZ
2. Broon’s Bane
3. The Trees
LP 3 – SIDE B

1. Xanadu
2. The Spirit Of Radio

LP 4 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased
LP 4 – SIDE A

1. Red Barchetta
2. Closer To The Heart
3. Tom Sawyer
LP 4 – SIDE B

1. Vital Signs
2. Natural Science
LP 5 – LIVE IN YYZ 1981
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / previously unreleased
LP 5 – SIDE A

1. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
LP 5 – SIDE B

1. La Villa Strangiato

1LP LIMITED ECOMMERCE EDITION

MOVING PICTURES
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown
Premium Gatefold Tip-on Jacket / Printed Sleeve / 1 of 6 Randomly Insert Neil Peart Hand-drawn Lyric Sheets

SIDE A

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
SIDE B

1. The Camera Eye
2. Witch Hunt
3. Vital Signs
DELUXE DIGITAL EDITION

MOVING PICTURES
Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

LIVE IN YYZ 1981 / previously unreleased

1. 2112 – Overture
2. 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3. Freewill
4. Limelight
5. Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Prelude
6. Beneath, Between & Behind
7. The Camera Eye
8. YYZ
9. Broon’s Bane
10. The Trees
11. Xanadu
12. The Spirit Of Radio
13. Red Barchetta
14. Closer To The Heart
15. Tom Sawyer
16. Vital Signs
17. Natural Science
18. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
19. La Villa Strangiato