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Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland Released: November 8th, 2011



Highest Billboard Chart Position: 54

Liner Notes

THE TIME MACHINE TOUR CREW

Vinyl Edition Linernotes

by Ray Wawrzyniak

All songs Lee/Lifeson/Peart except:"Leave That Thing Alone"; "YYZ" and "Working Man" (Lee/Lifeson)"Tom Sawyer" (Lee/Lifeson/Peart/Dubois)"Moto Perpetuo" (Peart)"O'Malley's Break" (Lifeson)"Closer To The Heart" (Lee/Lifeson/Peart/Talbot)"Love For Sale" (Porter)"During the guitar solo of the song Presto there was an unscheduled 'brain fart' on my part, and so for the sake of continuity (and to save my own face) rather than leave the song out of the show we chose to repair it with a few seconds of my live performance of that song from another show" - GeddyAll songs published by Core Music Publishing (SOCAN/SESAC) except "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) published by Warner Bros. Music © 1930© 2011 Core Music Publishing. All Rights ReservedRecorded at Quicken Loans Arena, April 15, 2011 in Cleveland, OHMixed by Richard ChyckiAudio Post Production: Mixland Music & DVD, MidhurstMix assistants: Alastair Sims, Kevin O'LearyRecording Engineers: Richard Chycki, Joel SingerAudio assistants: Jimmy Goldsmith, Heather BeslanRemote Audio Recording provided by Music Mix MobileMastered by Andy VanDette, Masterdisk, New York, NYExecutive Producer: Pegi CecconiArt Direction, Illustration and Design by Hugh SymePhotography by Andrew MacNaughtanTour Manager & Accountant: LIAM BIRTLighting Director: HOWARD UNGERLEIDERConcert Sound Engineer: BRAD MADIXProduction Manager: CRAIG BLAZIERRoad Manager: DONOVAN LUNDSTROMProduction Assistant: KARIN BLAZIERKeyboard Technician: TONY GERANIOSDrum Technician: LORNE WHEATONBass Technician: JOHN McINTOSHGuitar Technician: SCOTT APPLETONStage Manager / Carpenter: GEORGE STEINERTNutritionist: BRUCE FRENCHVenue Security: ANTHONY FEDEWASecurity: MICHAEL MOSBACHArtist Liaison: KEVIN RIPAAudio System Engineer: DOUG McKINLEYMonitor Mixer: BRENT CARPENTERMonitor Systems Engineer: ANSON MOORELighting Crew Chief: KENNY ACKERMANMaster Electrician: JOEY BRADLEYLighting Technician: MATT LEVINELighting Technician: BILL WORSHAMLighting Technician: MATTHEW TUCKERHead Rigger: ALBERT POZZEITIRigger: JAMES HARRELSONMotion Control: SEBASTIEN RICHARDVideo Director: DAVID DAVIDIANVideo Engineer: BOB LARKINLED Engineer: GREGORY 'GRIT' FREDERICKCamera Operator: ADRIAN BRISTERCamera Operator: LINDSEY HANEYPyro Technician: JOHN ARROWSMITHBus Drivers: DAVE BURNEITE, LASHAWN LUNDSTROM, MARTY BEELER, JOE C. BUSH, JOHN MORGANTruck Drivers: ARTHUR "MAC" McLEAR, JON CORDES, TOM HARTMANN, HENRY McBRIDE, JULIE MENNITTI, STEVE MENNITTI, RUSS SCHLAGBAUMMerchandise Driver: DON JOHNSONMerchandiser: PATRICK McLOUGHLIN for SHOWTECH MERCHANDISINGLive Nation Global Tour Rep: KEITH KELLERPromoter - Gerry Barad/Arthur FogelAgent - Adam Kornfield for Artist Group InternationalRUSH/Anthem Entertainment Consigliere - ROBERT A FARMERManagement - RAY DANNIELS for SRO MANAGEMENT INC.At SRO/Anthem - Ray Danniels, Pegi Cecconi, Sheila Posner, Anna LeCoche, Cynthia Barry, Andy Curran, Meghan Symsyk, Tyler Tasson, Bob Farmer and Randy RolfeTHANKS TO OUR TECHNICAL SUPPLIERSFor Alex: Hughes & Kettner Amplilieation, Paul Reed Smith, Gibson Guitars, Dean Markley Strings, Audio TechnicaFor Geddy: Saved by Technology, Fender, Tech 21/Sansamp, Rotosound Strings, Taylor Acoustic Guitars, Dunlop Manufacturing. Orange Amplifiers, James Hogg: Custom pickguards, Tom Brantley: Custom pickups and rewinds, Levy's LeathersFor Neil: DW Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Promark Drumsticks, Remo Drumheads, Roland V-DrumIssued under license to Roadrunner Records from Anthem Entertainment. Roadrunner Records is a registered trademark of The All Blacks B.V. Roadrunner Records. 902 Broadway, New York, NY 10010® & © 2011 The All Blacks U.S.A., Inc. for the world excluding Canada. Manufactured and distributed by Warner Music Group. 75 Rockefeller Plaza. New York. NY 10019.

News of a live Rush album has always been greeted with great enthusiasm from the band's loyal fans. Even after a wealth of official live releases spread throughout a five-decade career, Time Machine, captured April 15, 2011, at the Quicken Loans Arena, generated great anticipation as soon as news started to travel. This one was special. This one was recorded in Cleveland!



Cleveland, Ohio. A midsize American city straddling the Northeast and Midwest. Home of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, beloved sports teams, and a radio station program director who played a key role in Rush history. Since early 1974, when early adopter Donna Halper of WMMS dropped the needle on the first album's "Working Man," she and Cleveland have been forever linked in this band's story.



But this is more than the tale of a city.



When Geddy, Alex, and Neil decided to tour in 2010 and 2011, they were breaking their own firmly established rule. From All The World's A Stage (1976) through Exut...Stage Left (1981), A Show Of Hands (1988), and Snakes & Arrows Live (2008), Rush had always recorded tours that supported a studio album. Now, for the first time in their career, they would do it the other way around.



In early 2010 the band convened to begin work on what was to eventually become Clockwork Angels. At the same time, though, their manager, Ray Danniels, had suggested they do some touring. So, following Ray's wishes, they hit the road while simultaneously making progress on some new material.



Rush historians will attest that in years past, the band debuted songs live before committing them to record. "Xanadu," "Tom Sawyer," and "Subdivisions" were given such litmus tests. But Time Machine marks another departure. By the time the tour was ready to launch — it would span 82 dates throughout the Americas and Europe — Geddy, Alex, and Neil had already recorded two brand-new songs. And instead of following the typical sequence, they released "Caravan" and "BU2B" just prior to opening night, June 29, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Included among many Rush staples, these songs are in fact two of the most notable. For the first time ever, material appeared first on a live album, then on a studio album.



Then there's the Moving Pictures segment. Rush had previously come close to performing an entire new studio album. Often the setlist included every song but one or two from the latest release. But on this tour the band were all in for their 1981 classic, playing it in its unbridled, celebrated entirety. The complete seven-song sequence on Time Machine was in fact released on LP as the stand-alone Moving Pictures: Live 2011. However, to experience it in the context of the entire show supports the band's decision to include it in the first place. You can feel the elation of the Cleveland fans that night as "Vital Signs' closes out the suite.



Among the "hits" appearing in setlists over the years, a few live rarities show up. "Presto," the title track from the band's 1989 studio album, had never been performed on stage, so here it makes its first and only appearance on a live Rush release. "Faithless," from 2007's Snakes And Arrows, wasn't played on that tour and was thus considered by many fans to be one of the great Rush songs never to find its way into a set. Alex's incredible solo is an unequivocal highlight of this release.



Then there's "The Camera Eye," appearing here in the Moving Pictures suite. Not performed live since the end of the band's 1983 Signals tour, this cinematic favorite had been in high demand for years. Hearing it in its complex entirety is certainly another standout moment.



Time Machine features a number of Rush's signature songs as well: "The Spirit Of Radio," "Subdivisions," "2112," "La Villa Strangiato" — the list goes on. Notable is "Freewill," the 1980 Permanent Waves cut received night after night with boundless applause from crowds all over the world. Just after the solo section, before Geddy sings, "Each of us, a cell of awareness," you'll hear Cleveland responding to the incredible display of musicianship with louder applause than follows any other song that night. Where "Tom Sawyer" is greeted with ritual enthusiasm to say the least, "Freewill" brings sheer pandemonium, as the album you're holding will attest.



These magnificent two-plus hours of listening offer an array of unique features worth celebrating. The historical significance of Rush live in Cleveland. The unplayed songs, the unrecorded songs. Moving Pictures top to bottom. You don't have to choose among them, but if you want to make an exercise of it, you'll certainly relish the time spent trying.



I'll be right there with you.

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