Canadian prog rock legends Rush just announced the release of Rush: The Albums: 1989-1996, a six-disc vinyl box set collecting the band’s Presto, Roll The Bones, Counterparts and Test For Echo albums together in one box set.
Rush: The Albums: 1989-1996 is to be released on November 11 , 2024 and is available to pre-order from Rush Backstage now.
Presto and Roll The Bones are both single vinyl packages, while Counterparts and Test for Echo both are double-LP sets featuring music on three sides and an etching on the fourth. Each album is accompanied by a print of reimagined cover artwork by the band’s longtime art director, Hugh Syme, who also designed the set’s slipcase.
The four albums were originally recorded for Atlantic Records before Rush went on a five-year hiatus in 1998 following the tragic deaths of drummer Neil Peart’s daughter and wife.
In 2013 Rush released The Studio Albums 1989–2007, a seven-CD box set comprised of the four albums contained in the new set, plus the three albums recorded after their return from hiatus: Vapor Trails (2002), Feedback (2004) and Snakes & Arrows (2007).
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion). After Lee joined, the band went through a few line-up changes before arriving at its classic power trio line-up with the addition of Peart in July 1974; this line-up remained unchanged for the remainder of the band’s career.
Rush were known for their virtuosic musicianship, complex compositions and eclectic lyrical motifs, which drew primarily on science fiction, fantasy and philosophy. The members of Rush have been acknowledged as some of the most proficient players on their respective instruments, with each winning numerous awards in magazine readers’ polls in various years.
The band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, and are widely considered to be one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
