Rush - Earthshine [Remix]

Artist: Rush
Album: Vapor Trails
Song: Earthshine

*The remix is from "Retrospective III" which will contain this on the official "Vapor Trail" remaster when it comes out*

Copyright 2002/2009, Atlantic Records

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Music

Tags:

• rush
• vapor
• trails
• remix
• earthshine

[TommYYZ]

I was lucky enough to get an early copy of VaporTrails, it sounds so much cleaner than the studio version. Such a bad mess up for what is one of my fav Rush LPs.

[RadeonZero]

@TommYYZ Early copy? Something like demos you mean? And I agree, the original mixing/mastering was an absolute wreck to such a great album. I heard the vinyls of the album are considerably quieter, and much better in overall sound quality. Though it was noted that the vinyl still sounded fairly muddy.

[DOMECHOPBRAINS]

They just need to remove the crowd sound from the Rio version pretty much.

[RadeonZero]

@DOMECHOPBRAINS On a proper sound system, the "beef" is there. In a interview the band had said these remixes (this and 'One Little Victory') that Richard Chycki had did were a lot more how they wanted the album to sound. The band is also funding the remixes because Atlantic doesn't have much interest in funding the albums' remix being a decade-old. Richard, the band and the mastering engineer for these remixes Andy VanDette are all optimistic due to the most part, positive responses.

[TommYYZ]

@RadeonZero Yes, Geddy actually talks about the early demo that got out. He did not mention that it sounded better though...ha ha. I got a copy of VT about 3 months before it hit store shelves.

[RadeonZero]

@KeyGuy1967 I have to agree with your definition for production better. What both of you guys said deal with the term "production". Short and simple, it depends what kind of production you are really talking about.. But the term production deals with nearly every aspect of a album.

[KeyGuy1967]

@wilfan12 Well I guess our definitions of "production" have deifferent meanings. Musical producation encompasses all facets of the recording process from mix levels to how the instruments are tuned and what studio is used for recording, there are a ton of variables.

When it's all said and done I put Vapour Trails in my sound system and no matter how much I play with my EQ levels it still sounds distorted and awful.

I love Rush, just wish some of their music was recorded better

[wilfan12]

@KeyGuy1967 The production on Vapor Trails is absoloutly genius, the mix however is very hit and miss, but in saying that, it appeals to me because it sounds RAW and thrashy as opposed to the clean approach they usually take, but listen to the production, the sequencing on the reversed guitar parts, where they come in, the use of bass chords and Alex's bass lines on guitar, its just incredibly hard to emulate, and incredibly hard to compose anything like it. Production is how a song is layed out

[DOMECHOPBRAINS]

the "beef" to this track is gone... the original needs the acoustic guitar part turned up around 0:44 and that's pretty much it.

[VegasRage]

Awesome perspective.