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CD/DVD Releases: Rush - Super Deluxe CD/Blu-Ray Version Of ''2112'' Due In December

Posted on Monday, November 26 @ 19:20:00 UTC by nightowl

According to MusicTAP, Mercury Records will reissue a Super Deluxe CD/BD version of Rush's classic 1976 album 2112 on December 18. The set is expected to contain a 5.1 version of the album.

2112 was included in the Sector 1 box set release last year, but no 5.1 edition of the album was made available.

A unique blend of classic rock and synthesizers that made Rush a sensation both in Canada and the United States, 2112 is one of two Rush albums listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (the other being Moving Pictures). In 2006, a poll of Planet Rock listeners picked 2112 as the definitive RUSH album. In 2012, the album came in at No. 2 on Rolling Stone's list for "Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time," as voted for in a reader's poll, being one of three Rush albums included on the list (the others being Moving Pictures and Hemispheres).

Doing a little digging on our (PW's) own, as the rest came from a Blabbermouth.net news release, this is more than rumour... as you can pre-order it now from Amazon.com. Here's what the box set contains:

2112: Deluxe Editions (DVD Version and Blu-Ray Version):
2 Disc: CD + DVD Audio/Video
2 Disc: CD + Blu-Ray

Expanded artwork, liner notes, lyrics and unreleased photos by original album designer Hugh Syme. Brand new liner notes by David Fricke, Rolling Stone.

CD - Digitally remastered plus 3 unreleased bonus live tracks:
    - Overture (Northland Coliseum, Edmonton, AB - June 25, 1981)
    - The Temples of Syrinx (Northland Coliseum, Edmonton, AB - June 25, 1981)
    - A Passage To Bangkok (Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England - June 17, 1980)

DVD AUDIO/VIDEO AND BLU-RAY CONTAIN:
    - Digital Comic Book - experience the comic book formatted for widescreen televisions during playback of the album.
    - Photo Gallery - unreleased photos and handwritten lyrics by Neil Peart
    -DVD AUDIO/VIDEO SPECS:
        -5.1 Surround Sound mix by Richard Chycki in PCM (DVD-Audio players) and 48kHz / 24-bit Dolby Digital (DVD-Video players)
        - 96kHz / 24-bit PCM Stereo (DVD-Audio players) and 48kHz / 24-bit Dolby Digital Stereo (DVD-Video players)
    -BLU-RAY SPECS:
        -5.1 Surround Sound mix by Richard Chycki in 96kHz / 24-bit PCM and DTS-HD Master Audio
        - 96kHz / 24-bit PCM Stereo

2112: SUPER DELUXE EDITION:

2 DISC: CD + BLU-RAY version contained in hardbound book case
Housed in a hardbound book with a 40 page comic book by story artist Tom Hodges (Star Wars "The Clone Wars," The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horrors #17") and a 24 page book with expanded artwork, liner notes, lyrics and unreleased photos. New liner notes written by David Fricke, Rolling Stone.

[Source: Blabbermouth.net, Amazon.com]

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