^^Can't answer your query Fielding...it seems like worthy in house Rush news to me.
As far as redoing an old album, who knows? If the band feels it was lacking something and want a "do-over" then that is up to them. There is only so much tinkering you can do anyway with the mastertapes, so I would be very surprised if a remix was a quantum jump up in quality.(They better not knock the balance out of whack either, that would make things worse.)
I agree it is their right to redo the album. We all know they have the resources (money/time) to do it and we also know that any number of labels would love to be involved just to make some more money off of Rush product. The average label doesn't care what the product is as long as the band name Rush is on the label somewhere.
Who is going to buy it, though?
People who paid for the album the first time around?
Not necessarily. A segment of their audience is going to be of the opinion that buying the songs once is enough.
People who never bought the album to begin with?
Not necessarily. If they wanted the album, they would have bought it the first time around. After all, they've had eight-plus years to pick it up.
It makes me wonder what the point is. Let's assume Rush follows through with this plan, unlike Boston who planned to do the exact same thing with the
Corporate America album, because they honest-to-god believed it should have sold a
million copies when it didn't even sell a third of that amount.
Then Rush might as well rewrite or otherwise tweak some of the existing songs or even add a new song or two. If they are going to do it, then at least rearrange the music or lyrics a little, if it is a genuine effort to improve the original product. It just doesn't make sense to do note for note, cut and paste reproductions of the exact same songs. Does it?
I'm genuinely worried about getting on your nerves here LG, since I'm strongly opposed to this sort of idea from a band. I can assure you I am not going out of my way to argue with you or anyone else in the thread.
