Rush FEEDBACK Atlantic Records 83728-1 (MINT) Ltd. 1st Ed. pressing (Rare & OOP)

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RUSH Feedback ATLANTIC RECORDS 83728-1 (Anthem) Limited 1st Edition pressing (Rare & OOP)

Tracklist

A1 Summertime Blues Written-By – Eddie Cochran 3:52 A2 Heart Full Of Soul Written-By – Graham Gouldman 2:52 A3 For What It's Worth Written-By – Stephen Stills 3:30 A4 The Seeker Written-By – Pete Townshend

3:27 B1 Mr. Soul Written-By – Neil Young 3:51 B2 Seven And Seven Is Written-By – Arthur Lee 2:53 B3 Shapes Of Things Written-By – Keith Relf 3:16 B4 Crossroads Written-By – Robert Johnson 3:27

*(all photos are of the actual item)

Notes

30th anniversary album with Rush playing cover versions of songs from the 1966/1967 time, when they began to make music as thirteen and fourteen year old beginners. Comes in a thin paper sleeve without additional inserts. 

The album credits the original writers of the songs - which are not necessarily the original performers, or are part of a group. The original performers/groups that inspired Rush however were: 

A1. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 
A2. Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds 
A3. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 
A4. The Seeker - The Who 
B1. Mr. Soul - Buffalo Springfield or Neil Young 
B2. Seven And Seven Is - Love 
B3. Shapes Of Things - The Yardbirds 
B4. Crossroads - Cream

• Recorded At – Phase One Studios
• Engineered At – Phase One Studios
• Mixed At – Phase One Studios
• Mastered At – Marcussen Mastering
• Mastered At – Master Cutting Room

• Bass Guitar, Vocals – Geddy Lee
• Guitar [Electric, Acoustic, Mandola] – Alex Lifeson
• Mastered By – RCE*, Stephen Marcussen
• Percussion [Drums, Cymbals] – Neil Peart

Notes

30th anniversary album. 
Released in a gatefold sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 075678372810
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): MCR-RCE ST-A-83728 A-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): ST-A-83728 B-1

     As they celebrate a thirty-year career of filling arenas, selling tens of millions of albums and playing songs with which a generation of rock fans came of age, visionary rock legends Rush decided to have a little fun with the music they grew up with. Featuring covers of songs by The Who, The Yardbirds, Love, Cream, Buffalo Springfield and more, the trio’s new EP Feedback is a rocking good time for anyone who loves Rush or just classic rock & roll. Drummer Neil Peart, in the album’s liner notes, explains, "It was April of 2004, but Geddy, Alex, and I were channeling back to 1966 and 1967, when we were thirteen- and fourteen-year-old beginners. We thought it would be a fitting symbol to commemorate our thirty years together if we returned to our roots and paid tribute to those we had learned from and were inspired by. We thought we might record some of the songs we used to listen to, the ones we painstakingly learned the chords, notes, and drum parts for, and even played in our earliest bands. The tracks on this collection are songs we liked from the era that we thought we could ‘cover’ effectively (meaning not too many backing vocals), and have some fun with. The music celebrates a good time in our lives, and we had a good time celebrating it."
Review by Thom Jurek       This is a riot! Rather than put out some windy and dreary box set to celebrate their 30th anniversary, Canada's seminal power prog band and one of big rock's most enduring units turns the tables and lays out hot and heavy covers of eight classics from the annals of rock & roll history. The track list is amazing, and the cool thing is that the arrangements of these nuggets are not all ripped up and mutated, either. "Summertime Blues" may begin as a nod to Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady," but it comes roaring back as an acknowledged homage to the Who's Live at Leeds version. The version of Stephen Stills' "For What It's Worth" begins as a slippery little acoustic tune but quickly turns into a heavy, droning rock orgy. "The Seeker" goes for the jugular in the same way that the Who's did; Geddy's sneer has a little less contempt than Daltrey's but it's just as hungry and desperate. "Heart Full of Soul" is pure psychedelic Yardbirds elegance with a bunch of space and dimension added to redeem the track for the 21st century. The backmasked guitars on "Mr. Soul" and Neil Peart's deliberate mix of thud and snap give the cut a solid footing for Alex Lifeson to unhurriedly coax Lee's vocal along the lyric. The ringing of Lifeson's chords that barely hold this side of overblown feedback is masterful in keeping the original spirit of the song while future-dating its sonics. Rush's read of "Seven and Seven Is" is much faster that Love's original, but its barely-on-the-rails tempo is welcome in lieu of the fact that these guys are all in their fifties and play like they're kids. "Shapes of Things to Come" is fun, and a real attempt to provide nuance to a great song, especially the cross-channel fading in the guitar mix. But on "Crossroads," the other bookend of this EP, Rush give a romper-stomper wailing performance of Cream's arrangement of Robert Johnson's seminal blues tune. Lifeson leaves Eric what's-his-name in the dust. Lee may not be the vocalist that Jack Bruce is but he kicks his ass as a bass player, and his moment of glory in this cut tears the roof off the song. None of these tunes are done with an ounce of camp. What the listener encounters is a Rush that has never ever been heard before: they indulge in the hero-worship and dream roots of the garage band that eventually became Rush, and they simultaneously search for the young garage band whose members never dreamed they'd be playing these tunes 30 years later as Rush. Anyone who thinks that there is no life left in the classics of the genre needs to hear this. That something this wild and freewheeling could only be pulled off by a band with 30 years experience is not only worth noting, but celebrating.