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Title Freefall
Date 1974-12-16 & 1974-12-05
City/State Cleveland, OH & New York, NY
Country United States
Art Front, Back
Venue Agora Ballroom & Electric Lady Studio
Taped By ?
Catalog Gold Tone: GT-022
   
MP3 Sample "Bad Boy"
   
Grade 3/10
Format SHN
Discs 1 CDR
   
Lineage ?
Source FM/FM
Acquired From Bought as Silver Bootleg
   
Setlist Finding My Way
The Best I Can
What You're Doing
Fly By Night
Here Again
Anthem
Bad Boy
Working Man

In the Mood
Need Some Love
Fly By Night
Here Again
Working Man
   
Notes "This is my first ever bootleg, and also the only one I ever bought.  I was at Play It Again Records in Bethlehem Pennsylvania when I spotted it in the Rush section as "Import".  As I never thought at that point I would hear live Rush before ATWaS I quickly grabbed it for aboot 13-14 bucks.  At the time I thought this disc, although of very crappy quality was the greatest thing since sliced back bacon.  It was my first exposure to Bad Boy, and my first time hearing live stuff off the first album not played on ATWaS.  Since then I've come to realize what crappy quality it is, but it will forever hold a special place in my heart for getting me into trading.  'Nickeh'

While this disc captures a great show, it doesn't sound good enough to get a lot of pleasure from. At times, some instruments come in loud and clear, only to be drowned out later. It sounds as though the recording level was set way too high, and a good deal of audio compression is evident. And the sound is somewhat distant. It sounds fine on a crappy stereo, but crank it up on a good stereo and you will have a headache after twenty minutes or so. This show's strong point is that it's the only reasonably decent sounding show from '74 that's not the Electric Lady Studios show.