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Title Big Ben
Date 1980-06-06
City, State London
Country England
Venue Hammersmith Odeon
Art Yes
Taped By Unknown
Catalog J6680
   
Grade 5.5/10
Format SHN
Discs 2 CDR
   
Lineage cdrs~eac~wav~flac
Source AUD
Acquired From Mail trade w/ N. Swift
   
Setlist

Disc One:
2112 15:05
Freewill 5:56
Bytor and the Snowdog 5:42
Xanadu 12:17
The Spirit of Radio 5:15
Natural Science 8:23
A Passage to Bangkok 4:07
The Trees 5:17
Cygnus X-1 8:08

Disc Two:
Hemispheres 14:25
Closer to the Heart 3:19
Beneath, Between and Behind 1:34
Jacob's Ladder 8:28
Working Man/Anthem/Bastille Day/In The Mood 9:39
Drum Solo 6:21
La Villa Strangiato 10:21

   
Notes

Ron's Rush RoIO Review
This is a great performance from the European leg of the PeW tour, taken from one day before taping of a show which would eventually end up on “Exit...Stage Left.” As such, we see a lot of “Rush Firsts” on this show. This is the first time an audience shouts “Hey!” during Overture, the first time we hear Broon’s Bane, and the first time we get the instrumental solo before Jacob’s Ladder. Also, there’s a neat transition between The Trees and Cygnus X-1. A great PeW show! This show sounds like a typical audience show from the early 1980s. The fidelity is a bit limited, but the EQ is great, and all the instruments sound great. The sound is a bit mushy, and distorted in places, which prevents a higher grade, but overall a great