Published 2025-02-09 06:00
"Rush 50" will be the 1st official career spanning anthology released in commemoration of the legacy of the prog rock trio. The collection will be out on March 21st, 2025, in super deluxe format, and will pack classic Rush songs alongside previously unreleased fan requested material.
The super deluxe edition includes 4 CD's, 7 LP's, and new artwork from Hugh Syme, the band’s longtime creative director who has designed the collection’s brand new 50th anniversary graphics, along with 29 new illustrations that celebrate the vibrant essence of Rush’s songs.
The 7 high quality 180 gram audiophile black vinyl LP's each feature additional new artwork from Syme in premium tip on jackets. Each LP in the super deluxe edition has been cut via Direct Metal Mastering and they have been pressed at GZ Media in the Czech Republic.
The included 104 page hardcover book sports detailed essays from noted rock journalists David Fricke and Philip Wilding, who both recount their individual experiences with the band and convey their crowning achievements, and all of it is centered around incredible career spanning photos of the band in action.
Exclusives to the super deluxe edition are 20 new illustration lithographs by Syme, showcasing one song from each studio album, and a 2nd hardcover book, the brand new 100 page graphic novel "The Fullness Of Time", written and illustrated by Fantoons, the graphic novel visually brings to life a conversation between Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reflecting on the trials, tribulations and successes recording each studio album with contributions from many of the producers and engineers who were instrumental in the evolution of Rush’s sound over the years, Terry Brown, Peter Henderson, Paul Northfield, Peter Collins, Rupert Hine, Kevin Shirley, Stephen W Tayler, and Nick Raskulinecz.
Finally, all of the contents in "Rush 50" are housed in a premium box with rotating lid and a “Rush 50” golden jubilee emblem.