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Rush's Vapor Trails Remix and 7-Disc Box Set of Atlantic Era Studio Albums Coming October 1st
Update (09/08/2013): 30-second sample clips from the remixed version of Vapor Trails are now available at this LINK. Thanks RushIsABand!
The wait is nearly over. Rush have just announced that Vapor Trails, originally released in May of 2002, has finally been remixed to correct many of the sonic issues that plagued the original recording. The remixed album will be released on October 1st and can be pre-ordered HERE.
In addition to the remixed version of Vapor Trails, Rush will also be releasing a 7-Disc Boxed Set Of Atlantic Studio Albums! From the announcement:In 2009, two tracks from VAPOR TRAILS (“One Little Victory” and “Earthshine”) were remixed for the Retrospective III collection, setting you all into a frenzy in anticipation of a possible remixed version of the entire album being released one day. That time has come.
The Vapor Trails Remixed album will be available on CD, Double LP, and digital download on October 1 from Atlantic/Rhino.
“Vapor Trails was an album made under difficult and emotional circumstances – sort of like Rush learning how to be Rush again – and as a result, mistakes were made that we have longed to correct. David Bottrill’s remixes have finally brought some justice and clarity to this deserving body of our work,” says Geddy Lee.
“Every song has been given a new life, from the fire of ‘One Little Victory,’ ‘Secret Touch,’ and ‘Ceiling Unlimited’ to the melodic musicality of ‘Sweet Miracle’ and ‘How It Is’… these songs have been redeemed. Thank you David!”
The remixed version of VAPOR TRAILS will also be included in the new 7-disc boxed set RUSH: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1989-2007, which features every studio album Rush recorded for Atlantic Records. The collection includes the Gold & Platinum albums Presto (1989), Roll The Bones (1991), Counterparts (1993), and Test For Echo (1996), as well as their covers EP Feedback (2004) and the Billboard Top 5 album Snakes & Arrows (2007). THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1989-2007 features each album presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork (except for VAPOR TRAILS, which features a reinterpreted version of the original cover) and is also available on October 1 from Atlantic/Rhino.
Pre-Order Links are below:Vapor Trails Remix
The Studio Albums 1989-2007 [Box Set]
Vapor Trails Remix (Vinyl 2-LP, 180 gram)
One little victory...
I am unfamiliar with the work of David Bottrill (or Pablo Neruda, for that matter) but it's interesting because Rich Chycki was the one who redid One Little Victory and Earthshine for Retrospective III....so new treatments for those, too? Wait and see, I guess. If this Bottrill fellow has the same vision Chycki did, we should be well pleased. That's the plan!
ReplyDeleteApparently David Bottrill remixed Tool's Aenima and Lateralus and, according to a fan, "...did justice to these wonderful songs..."
ReplyDeleteWill have to keep my eyes peeled for this on HDTracks.com!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the other Atlantic-era albums will be remastered?
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