Rush : Fly By Night

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 Fly by Night

 is the second 

studio album 

by the 

Canadian 

rock band

 RUSH

released on

 February 1975, 

by Mercury Records. 

It was the first

 Rush album

 to showcase 

elements of

 progressive rock 

for which the band

 has become known.

 It was also

 the first to

 feature

 lyricist

 and 

drummer 

Neil Peart,

 who replaced 

original drummer 

John Rutsey

 the previous summer

 just prior

 to the band's

 first

 North American tour. 

Peart took ove

r as Rush's 

primary lyricist, 

and the 

abundance of

 fantastical 

and 

philosophical themes

 in his compositions

 contrasted greatly

 with the simpler

 hard rock 

of the band's

 debut album.

Background and Recording

In March 1974, 

the second

 Rush line-up, 

consisting of

 guitarist 

Alex Lifeson, 

drummer 

John Rutsey, 

and singer

 and bassist 

Geddy Lee,

 released their 

self-titled 

debut album.

 In the following

 four months,

however, 

Rutsey fell ill 

following complications

 with diabetes

 and had to 

sit out 

while the

 group continued 

with a 

replacement,

 Jerry Fielding.

 Rutsey rejoined 

the group

 for a month

 of club dates

 before Lifeson

 and Lee 

decided it was best 

for Rutsey to leave

 due to the difficulty

 in managing 

his health 

on tour and

musical differences

 between them. 

Lee recalled:

 "We were

 guilt-ridden at first, 

but we

 realized that

 it's just the way

 it had to be.

 He wasn't happy 

and we 

weren't happy".

Rush auditioned

 five drummers,

 the fourth of which 

was

 Neil Peart 

of a local band 

named

 J.R. Flood. 

The three played 

along to

 "Anthem", 

a song mostly

 written while

 Rutsey

 was in the group

 that Rush later

 recorded for

 Fly by Night.

 Lifeson and Lee

 were so impressed

 with Peart's style

 they felt embarrassed

 for the fifth drummer

 who had prepared

 by writing charts

 to their songs

 to follow.

 Peart joined on

 July 29, 1974,

 Lee's 21st birthday,

 two weeks before

 the band's 

first U.S. tour

 kicked off

 on 

August 14th

at the Civic Arena

 in

 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

opening for 

Uriah Heep 

and 

Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 

By the end of the year

 the group had

 written new material

 for a

 follow-up album.

Fly by Night 

was recorded 

during the last week

 of December 1974 

and mixed in 

early January 1975 

at

 Toronto Sound Studios

 during a gap in touring.

 Lifeson said it took

 around five days

 to record and

 once the mixing

 had finished,

 the group packed

 their cases 

and travelled 

to Winnipeg, 

starting their 

Fly By Night tour 

on January 15th

 It was the

 band's first album

 co-produced by

 Terry Brown 

who would maintain

 this role through

 to Signals

 (1982)

. Lifeson was pleased 

with the songs

 on the album 

and felt like it was 

a second beginning

 for the group.

Lee recalled the

 difficulty that their 

label's management

 had in understanding

 the material on

 the album,

 particularly 

"By-Tor and the Snow Dog"

 as they had wanted

 material in the

 style of their debut

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