All the World's a Stage (album)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
All the World's a Stage
File:Rush ATWAS.jpg
Live album by Rush
Released September 29, 1976
Recorded June 11–13, 1976
Genre
Length 79:32
Label Anthem (Canada)
Atlantic (Japan)
Mercury
Producer Rush, Terry Brown
Rush chronology
2112
(1976)21121976		 All The World's a Stage
(1976)		 A Farewell to Kings
(1977)A Farewell to Kings1977
Singles from All the World's a Stage
  1. "Fly by Night/In the Mood (Live)"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2.5/5 stars link

All the World's a Stage is a double live album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The album was recorded at Massey Hall in Toronto on June 11 through 13 during their 2112 tour. The title of the album alludes to William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, which would again be referenced by Rush in their 1981 song "Limelight."

Album content

This performance of "2112" omits the "Discovery" and "Oracle: The Dream" sections of the studio recording. The final 32 seconds of "Discovery" are played as a lead-in to "Presentation," but the liner notes do not indicate this. Rush would not perform the entire suite live until the 1996-97 Test for Echo Tour, as documented on the live album Different Stages.

The album closes with a bit of post-show chatter among the band members and the sound of a slamming of a door as they leave the venue.

According to the liner notes, this live album (Rush's first) marks the end of the "first chapter of Rush," and would begin a trend of Rush releasing a live album after every four studio albums. This lasted until 2003, when Rush in Rio was released one year after the studio album Vapor Trails.

Neil Peart incorporates a drum solo into a medley of "Working Man" and "Finding My Way."

Chart positions

All the World's a Stage would be Rush's first US Top 40 charting album and would go gold, alongside A Farewell to Kings and 2112 on November 16, 1977. It was certified platinum in the US in 1981 after the release of Moving Pictures. In Canada, gold certification came on December 1, 1976; platinum on August 1, 1978.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart, except where noted.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Bastille Day"   4:57
2. "Anthem"   4:56
3. "Fly by Night/In the Mood" (Lee; Peart/Lee) 5:03
4. "Something for Nothing" (Lee, Peart) 4:02
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Lakeside Park"   5:04
6. "2112 15:45
Side three
No. Title Length
7. "By-Tor & the Snow Dog
  • I. At the Tobes of Hades
  • II. Across the Styx
  • III. Of the Battle
    • a. Challenge and Defiance
    • b. 7/4 War Furor
    • c. Aftermath
    • d. Hymn of Triumph
  • IV. Epilogue"  
 11:57
8. "In the End" (Lifeson, Lee) 7:13
Side four
No. Title Length
9. "Working Man/Finding My Way/Drum solo" (Lifeson, Lee/Lifeson, Lee) 14:56
10. "What You're Doing" (Lifeson, Lee) 5:39

Personnel

  • Terry Brown — engineer
  • Hugh Syme — design
  • George Graves — mastering on original album
  • Bob Ludwig — remastering

Remaster details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

  • The tray has a picture of the star with man painting (mirroring the cover art of Retrospective I) with "The Rush Remasters" printed in all capital letters just to the left. All remasters from Rush through Permanent Waves are like this.
  • The original CD omitted "What You're Doing" and the post-show chatter due to recording length constraints (CDs could only hold 75 minutes at the time). By 1997, however, advances in recording technology had increased that maximum time to 80 minutes; the missing song and chatter are included in the remaster. Prior to its release, the same live version of "What You're Doing" was included on the compilation Chronicles in 1990.
  • The album's original triple gatefold artwork with concert pictures is included with the remaster.

All The World's A Stage was remastered again in 2011 by Andy VanDette for the "Sector" box sets, which re-released all of Rush's Mercury-era albums. All The World's A Stage is included in the Sector 1 set.[2]

All The World's A Stage was remastered for vinyl in 2015 by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios as a part of the official "12 Months of Rush" promotion.[3] The high definition master prepared for this release was also made available for purchase in 24-bit/96kHz and 24-bit/192kHz formats, at several high-resolution audio online music stores. These masters have significantly less dynamic range compression than the 1997 remasters and the "Sector" remasters by Andy VanDette.[4]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop Albums 40

Singles

Fly by Night/In the Mood/ Something for Nothing (US 7" promo)

  1. ↑ Music Canada, Gold Platinum Database. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=all%20the%20world%27s%20a%20stage&ica=False&sa=rush&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist
  2. ↑ http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/andy-vandette-on-remastering-14-rush-albums
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=All_the_World%27s_a_Stage_(album)&oldid=145064"