Rush - Moving Pictures Tour Footage - PART 1/2 3-1-1981

This is 8mm footage of Rush on the Moving Pictures tour. The date of the recording is March 1, 1981 and it is from the Chicago World Ampitheatre. Being sourced from and 8mm reel, there is obviously no sound. But still, this is a treat, since we've never before seen footage like this from the Moving Pictures tour besides the official Exit...Stage Left DVD. Thanks GeddyOnDime for sharing this!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rush
• Live
• Geddy
• Lee
• Alex
• Lifeson
• Neil
• Peart
• Moving
• Pictures
• Tour
• 1981

[pinkfloydrule27]

thats great quality. any ideas on the songs there performing in the video. the first 2 minutes look like it could be freewill

[RollTheFemers]

I have NO IDEA. :-P It really could be anything. They didn't have those light shows and video backdrops back then -- otherwise it'd be easy to tell...

[JuanchoC2112]

Its great quality for that time!

[DeltaGaryGordon]

Oh my God this is going to wear on me now. I need to hear what the Jazz sounded like live in '81!

[ePhilosopher9]

@66TJP neither was there a time machine

[66TJP]

New version is now up on youtube.

Thanks everyone.

I'm glad you like it.

Glad I took the time to film it.

There wasn't a "youtube" back in 1981.

[MrLosfuegos]

that would be great to match this to a bootleg, but there's no way of knowing wich track is played when...

[nov20five]

Agree with trevizons below...the Dry Ice/Double Neck Rickenbacker/Double neck Gibson part is definitely Xanadu. This is awesome video. I was at the Tulsa show later that month.

[beyoncelover202]

damn geddy put his bass high for the last few tours b4 he switched from his Rick.

he still got a badass tone on it, OMG I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH!!!

[trevizons]

Nice footage, my personal era ! I believe it's Xanadu after 5:00 because of the double neck guitars .

[gimme2utah1]

@RollTheFemers I know this video doesn't show it ,but they did have a video backdrop. I saw this concert live. I remember the scene of a winding road being projected on a huge screen during "Red Barchetta." and the typical spotlight arraingements of the time....This brings back great memories, Thanx for posting this.

[Royalhighlander]

tHEY HAVE JUST ANNOPUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO TOUR AND DO THIS ALBUM COMPLETE DURING THE PERFORMANCES

[66TJP]

Hello everyone,

There will be a better (clearer and better framed hopefully) verion of this old footage sometime down the line. Hopefully synched with audio.

I am the person that filmed this Super 8mm footage of Rush.

I have the original reels and those reels will be copied to digital again sometime this year by progarchive. They made a good film of some other 1981 footage.

Hope you all enjoy the trip back in time to the old International Ampitheatre, in Chicago, IL 3/1/81.