Rush - "You Can’t Squeeze Sausage From An Accordion"

April 12th 2011 United Center Chicago, IL USA

Sirius Records - SIR1010/1011/1012

Source: Audience Digital Master

Recording Equipment: (2) Audio Technica 933 cardioid mics > (2) Audio Technica 8532 Power Modules > Edirol R-09 24bit WAV Recorder

Location: Section 3, Row 13 (13th row Geddy's side)

Taper: kinglerxst

Mastering: SiriusJoe

Artwork: kinglerxst

DISC ONE

1st Set Intro 6:08 The Spirit Of Radio 5:06 Time Stand Still 5:21Presto 6:55 Stick It Out 4:40 Workin' Them Angels 4:56 Leave That Thing Alone 5:32 Faithless 5:55BU2B 4:47 Freewill 5:35 Marathon 6:40 Subdivisions 6:07

DISC TWO

2nd Set Intro 3:30 Tom Sawyer 4:56 Red Barchetta 7:04 YYZ 4:35Limelight 4:40 The Camera Eye 10:11 Witch Hunt 4:47Vital Signs 5:25 Caravan 5:51Drum Solo 8:49

DISC THREE

Acoustic Guitar Solo 1:38 Closer To The Heart 3:27 2112: Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx 6:58 Far Cry 7:01 La Villa Strangiato 7:41 Working Man 6:30 Outro (I Still Love You, Man) 6:12 Outro (Closer To The Heart - Polka version) 2:28

Taper's Notes:

Well, a few days before seeing the 2011 opening night show from the front row I had a decision to make, do I make the trip up for the Chicago show....after the 2nd show in Chicago last year was postponed and I was not able to make it for the make up date, I finally decided it was worth the chance, especially since it was inside at a proper venue and hopefully the crowd was a bit better than last year at the horrible outdoor thing they choose to call a venue.

It all paid off bigtime, no problems in getting up to Chicago from FL, great weather, and of course the great hospitality of SiriusJoe!! After arriving at the venue and a very short trip to get inside I made the trek to find where my seat was, I knew what row I was in, but not until I got to the row did I realize I was on the outer aisle and that made all the difference in the world! The crowd was pretty well behaved around me and having the ability to slightly adjust to things with no-one crammed around me is always a good thing

The boys put on a great show, the place was pretty packed and they definitely fed off of that. The sound was great where I was and the mix was overall very nice. It made for some great versions of many songs and they were enjoying themselves very much, Geddy seemed very into it and was going off on the bass quite bit. Alex was very outgoing as well and simply shredded during Working Man with Geddy right next to him doing the same. Neil was great as well of course This is what a concert in Chicago should be all about!!!!

Special thanks to cameraeye_34 for the use of the photos for the artwork!

And of course, a very, very special thanks to SiriusJoe and his family for the awesome hospitality and making it all a great time and also to SiriusJoe for mastering this puppy!!!

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