Rush Treat 'Moving Pictures' to 40th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue

The set includes a model "Red Barchetta," Neil Peart drumsticks and a "YYZ" luggage tag

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Feb 11, 2022

Tomorrow marks 41 years since Rush delivered their revered eighth studio LP Moving Pictures, and after some rare album shoot photos got the celebrations started last year, it has now been announced that the LP will get an expanded reissue.

The Moving Pictures 40th anniversary reissue arrives in Super Deluxe, 5-LP Deluxe, 3-CD and single LP editions on April 15.

The Super Deluxe package features the 2015 remastered edition of Moving Pictures for the first time on CD, and two discs of previously unreleased, newly restored live recordings from a Toronto, ON, concert from Maple Leaf Gardens, on March 25, 1981, mixed from the original analog multi-tracks by Rush producer Terry Brown. 

All that audio is also spread across five 180-gram, half-speed, directed metal mastered vinyl LPs. An included Blu-ray Audio disc features Moving Pictures newly mixed from the original multi-tracks in Dolby Atmos — a first in the Rush catalogue — Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound by producer/engineer Richard Chycki.

Also included is a 44-page hardcover book with new 40th anniversary artwork by Hugh Syme, and liner notes by Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Les Claypool, Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins, Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace.

Rounding out the set are collectibles like a Red Barchetta car, Neil Peart signature MP40 drumsticks, two metal guitar picks engraved with the signatures of Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, a 1981 Moving Pictures replica tour program, enamel pin, 3D lenticular lithograph, a 1981 Toronto concert poster, Toronto concert replica ticket, YYZ luggage tag, six printed lyric sheets originally hand-drawn by Neil Peart and more.

You can pore over the Super Deluxe edition's tracklist below, ahead of finding further pre-order information here.

Certified four-times Platinum in Canada, Moving Pictures features Rush catalogue staples like "Limelight" and "Tom Sawyer," showcases the trio's instrumental prowess with "YYZ," and finds them playing with lengthier song structures on "The Camera Eye." Rush have previously given the massive 40th anniversary reissue treatment to their self-titled debutA Farewell to KingsHemispheres and 2112.

In April, guitarist Alex Lifeson is set to release a new album with Envy of None.



Moving Pictures - 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition:

CD 1 - Original Album (2015 Remaster):

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

CD 2 - Live In YYZ 1981 (Previously Unreleased):

1. 2112 – Overture
2. 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3. Freewill
4. Limelight
5. Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Prelude
6. Beneath, Between & Behind
7. The Camera Eye
8. YYZ
9. Broon's Bane
10. The Trees
11. Xanadu

CD 3 - Live In YYZ 1981 (Previously Unreleased) [Part Two]:

1. The Spirit Of Radio
2. Red Barchetta
3. Closer To The Heart
4. Tom Sawyer
5. Vital Signs
6. Natural Science
7. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale
8. La Villa Strangiato

Blu-Ray Audio (Dolby Atmos/Dolby Truehd 5.1/Dts-HD Master Audio 5.1/PCM Stereo)

01. Tom Sawyer
02. Red Barchetta
03. YYZ
05. Limelight
06. The Camera Eye
07. Witch Hunt
08. Vital Signs
09. Bonus Promo Videos

Videos:

A. Tom Sawyer
B. Limelight
C. Vital Signs
D. YYZ**

LP 1 – Moving Pictures (DMM Half-Speed Mastering)

Side A
1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight

Side B
1. The Camera Eye
2. Witch Hunt
3. Vital Signs

LP 2 – Live In YYZ 1981 (DMM Half-Speed Mastering)

Side A
1. 2112 – Overture
2. 2112 – The Temples Of Syrinx
3. Freewill
4. Limelight

Side B
1. Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Prelude
2. Beneath, Between & Behind
3. The Camera Eye

LP 3 – Live In YYZ 1981

Side A
1. YYZ
2. Broon's Bane
3. The Trees

Side B
1. Xanadu
2. The Spirit Of Radio

LP 4 – Live In YYZ 1981

Side A
1. Red Barchetta
2. Closer To The Heart
3. Tom Sawyer

Side B
1. Vital Signs
2. Natural Science

LP 5 – Live In YYZ 1981

Side A
1. Working Man / Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres – Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind / By-Tor & The Snow Dog / In The End / In The Mood / 2112 – Grand Finale

Side B
1. La Villa Strangiato

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