Rush - Xanadu (Live Manchester 1977) Pre-Release

a show they played while they were recording a farewell to kings a very good quality bootleg, definitely one of the finest rush audience recording you can get your hands on.
Bootleg - Sign Of Eth
Set - 1.Lakeside Park 2.2112
3.Xanadu (New Song)
4.Bytor and The Snowdog
5.The Necromancer (Parts II-III)
6.Working Man/Finding My Way/Drum Solo
7.Fly By Night
8.In The Mood

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• rush
• farewell
• to
• kings
• pre
• release
• xanadu
• alex
• lifeson
• geddy
• lee
• niel
• peart

[chillumpuffer]

I assume you mean Manchester UK? I went to this show. I still have my ticket stub as well. June 2nd 1977 . I remember sneaking in the stalls before the show and sat down on what i thought was a coat. The guy just stopped me cos underneath it was a very expensive looking tape machine. I wonder if this was the recording. Great gig and good times. Saw them the year after, twice on the Farewell to Kings tour. I may be wrong but Def Leppard support them on TFTK tour?

[pinkfloydrule27]

@chillumpuffer Manchester in t'north indeed and wow maybe you sat on this very bootleg haha it is incomplete so i hope that isn't your fault!!!

[aguscanzani]

WELL, SUDDENLY EVERYONE WENT TO THE SHOW...

[BKKMekong]

I too was at this concert, I was 13 at the time,

Xanadu is actually Shangdu, the ex summer capital of China during Kubla Khan's reign, the song is not fantasy but based on fact.

I visited Inner Mongolia and Shangdu a couple of years ago, it was so surreal stood in the city walls listeneing to this song on my iPhone whilst there. I did break my thirst on honeydew and drank the milk of paradise

[socialdef3]

@aguscanzani Lol, yeah, if you look at the comment below you, they have also been there, to the actual Xanadu!

[matnichol]

My older brother was at this concert - Free Trade Hall, Manchester.

[docmilsap]

I saw them on the 12th June at the Glasgow Apollo, still have the ticket dtub, programme & one of the Apollo posters!! Support band was Stray!

[Raptorizor]

..so where can I find THIS boot?

[ChiefWalleye]

I envy anyone there in 77. I was only 10 but at 17 became an addict to this progressive paradise!

[markaqua64]

@BKKMekong Jammy bastard....

[Locoroco2fan]

@BKKMekong LUCKY! Im 14 but Rush doesn't ever come near me,

I was on the wiki for this song a few days ago and it said Neil wrote it after reading the poem Kubla Khan, which is a fictional garden created by Kubla Khan which grants immortality, Later the man realizes that immortality sucks, lol. You probably know a lot more about Rush then me but thats just what it says on Wiki.

But whatever its about, its still a really great, actually, my favorite Rush song!

[aakhi321]

@aguscanzani I didn't go either. Anyone else?

[throwsand]

Why is it in the wrong key

[JM13121]

Thanks for the upload...Very nice!