Rush : ABC 1974 (WMMS FM radio broadcasts from Agora Ballroom, Cleveland OH.)

I HAD A WOMAN

NOT TOO LONG AGO

A COOL-HEARTED WOMAN,

LET MY FEELINGS SHOW

 The history of 

the ever mighty 

RUSH

goes back to 1968

 when the group

 first got together,

 but it was not

 until 1974

 that the band 

proper with

 Neal Peart

 joining

 Geddy Lee 

and 

Alex Lifeson 

to make for 

the line-up 

we have known

 and loved

 ever since 

came to the fore. 

Peart joined 

just two weeks 

before Rush's

 first US tour 

and it was during 

this American jaunt

 that the guys 

played the

 infamous

 Agora Ballroom, Cleveland

 a venue at which

 the group would go

 onto play 

numerous more shows

 during their

 formative years. 

At their 1974 

booking however, 

radio station 

WMMS radio 

was on hand

 to broadcast 

the whole event

 across the airwaves 

and thus make this

particular gig

 a somewhat

 notorious event 

as well as being 

Rush's very first 

radio broadcast. 

The set played by 

the group that 

hot August evening

 in America's dark 

industrial underbelly, 

includes songs

 from their 

debut album, 

Rush, 

and features 

two early versions 

of cuts from 

their sophomore record, 

Fly by Night. 

The show also 

contained a

 cover of

 Larry Williams

 Bad Boy

 a 1950s rocker 

 plus incredibly, 

two excellent tracks 

that have never

 been released

 on any previous

 Rush release;

 the super-rare

 Fancy Dancer

 and 

Garden Road , 

both composed

 in their very

 earliest incarnation 

before

 Neal Peart 

was on board. 

The package is 

completed by

 three bonus tracks

 from their second

 US broadcast, 

back at the ABC 

a year later, 

and again courtesy 

of their by then

 long time champions, 

WMMR Cleveland.

 All three songs

from the 75 set 

originated on

 Fly By Night.

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