I bought this DVD yesterday and really enjoyed it. I especially like the part where Graeme Edge is checking into the hotel and they're fixing up this hair and coloring his beard. As far as video selection I wish they would have included "Sitting at the Wheel" which I know I've seen on VH1classic.

I got the PERMANENT WAVES album on cassette some years ago from my brother-in-law but it got messed up in my mom's tape deck. I finally bought it on CD today rather than their new album and have really enjoyed it.
Ofcourse, I already knew "Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill" since they are just overplayed on my local classic rock station but I still like them. Wheather you're religious or not, if you're familiar with the Bible you'll find "Jacob's Ladder" to be very eerie. "Entre Nous"(if someone would tell me what language that is and what it means I would appreciate it) shows that love songs aren't exactly Rush's strong suite, Neil Peart even said in an interview once that he wasn't into writing love songs. "Different Strings" is a semi-acoustic song about how different people see things in you guessed it different ways. Ok now for the finale "Natural Science", this would be their second to last really long song I believe. Second to "The Camera Eye" on the next album. The song has three parts the first is Tidal Pools, the second hyperspace, and the third Permanent Waves.
At this point in their musical career Rush could still rock, have long and short songs, and use the synth without drowning out Alex Lifeson's guitar. Aside from the compilations, as an album this would definitely be a good introduction to Rush. I highly recommend this to anyone who is curious about Rush's music.

I received this day five days before it comes out. I pre-ordered it through Mike Pinder's official website. Although I ended up paying a little more I got it autographed by him. Anyway, I really enjoyed the concert. It's in an intimate club setting in Paris. You actually get to see the band members walking up to the stage. This is kind of similar to the CAUGHT LIVE album in the sense that Mike and Ray introduce all the songs. As far as the songs they chose to play there are none sung by Mike Pinder and there are no poems by Grame Edge. They open up with "Lovely To See You" which is also the first song on ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM. Mike announces that they are going to play "Question" which will be released as a single in 2 weeks. The audio doesn't really seem to be on the same track as the visual or there's some problem. There were a couple times where I'd hear the flute but Ray wasn't playing it yet. What's up with that? Whats great about the concert is that the band looks very enthusiastic and they're having a good time. It's interesting to see Pinder adjusting the nobs on his mellotron especially before the orchestral ta-da! on "Question." It does look like your typical video performance from that time where you can't really tell if they're actually playing or lip syncing. But overall its a great concert and a must-have for any Moody Blues fan!

When I bought this compilation I already owned Boy, Unforgettable Fire, War, October, Joshua Tree, and Rattle and Hum but all on cassette so I bought this so I could have the best songs on CD. The only flaws I find is the version here of "The Sweetest Thing" is not the one I'd heard and loved on the radio. Also it's missing "Gloria" and "Bullet the Blue Sky".

This is a great album from start to finish. Although I find myself listening to "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" less since they are placed ad infinitum on my local classic rock station. But the good thing is I can get more into the less popular tracks. All the songs on this album have been performed live. The Camera Eye is the only one not to be released live. Hopefully now with RUSH IN RIO and Rush breaking their tradition of a live album after every four studion album they'll be releasing some performances from the vaults. Anyway, before I read someone else's review I was not aware that Camera Eye was over ten minutes long, it didn't feel that long.

To begin with I don't own this collection but I have listened to it so it and heard the terrible butchering of "Fly Like an Eagle" and "Abracadabra", so I have the right to review it. I don't think it's possible to call a Steve Miller collection "complete" when it only spans one disc. He has been so over anthologized on single disc compilations(I've counted about 7 or 8 that are still in print) plus the 3-disc box set, I think he's due a good 2-disc compilation at a reasonable price. Colombia has released that essential series for their artists and I don't know how successful they've been but I myself own the Billy Joel and the Neil Diamond ones. I think Capitol should do that with some of their artists like the Beach Boys(that's a whole other story). What do I think should be included on this 2-disc collection? Well for one thing all 20 of SMB's hits which are as follows: :"Your Cash Ain't Nothin' but Trash," "Going to the Country," "Heart Like a Wheel," "Circle of Love," "Give It Up," "Shangri-La," "Bongo Bongo," "Nobody but You Baby," "Cool Magic", "Living in the USA", "The Joker" (no 1 Billboard), "Take The Money And Run", "Rock'n' Me" (no 1 Billboard), "Fly Like An Eagle", "Jet Airliner", "Jungle Love", "Swingtown", "Abracadabra" (no 1 Billboard), "I Want To Make The World Turn Around" and "Wide River". It should also include other good tracks which actually were included on the Inclomplete Greatest Hits like "Space Cowboy", "My Dark Hour", "Wild Mountain Honey", "The Stake", "Dance Dance Dance", "Serenade", "Threshold", "Shubada du Ma Ma", "Who Do You Love", and "Cry Cry Cry". Of course the "Space Intro" must definitely be included. Also "Gangster of Love" and "Keeps Me Wondering Why". That should clock in at 34 tracks and if they can fit any more then go for it.

I think that when this was released RUSH Chronicles on DVD format they should have included some more videos. Especially since with RUSH IN RIO they got all 28 songs from the concert ont the first disc. Most of the videos are good especially "Subdivisions". I don't know why Afterimage and Enemy Within are bonus videos which you can see by clicking on the RUSH thing in the main menu, because they were already included on the VHS version. I think they should've included "Body Electric" and "Vital Signs". Also it would've been nice to see "Superconductor" and "Roll the Bones". The DVD includes a performance of "Red Barcheta" from the EXIT STAGE LEFT video and "Red Sector A" from the GRACE UNDER PRESSURE TOUR video, I think it would've been nice to see maybe "Mission" or "Marathon" from A SHOW OF HANDS. A previous reviewer said there should be a Chronicles 2 but, you can probably fit all their music videos onto one disc. I was doing a little research and I found a site which listed all of Rush's video and I believe I counted a total of 43. I'm pretty sure thats the same amount as David Bowie's DVD collection. If a Rush DVD collection included all that I think more people would buy it. And please no hidden tracks. Another thing its a little annoying having 3 videos per page. With the 30th anniversay there are many rumors about different Rush releases one of them being a Rush video anthology which is a good sign!

I got the cassette of Exit... Stage Left from my half-sister's ex-husband along with some other Rush tapes. It's actually pretty enjoyable even though it doesn't sound very live. It just leaves me wondering why they left off limelight.

I was first introduced to a few songs from this album when I purchased the Singles+ 2-disc set of the Moody Blues. Those songs were "Lovely to See You", "Dear Diary", and "Never Comes the Day". They also happened to be some of the only songs on that compilation not to be edited. Another song I'd heard before I bought the album was "Lazy Day", which I heard on the Musicchoice classic rock station on my Comcast digital cable. I will do a brief review of the songs that make this album worth purchasing rather than getting some compilation.
"In the Beginning"-once their album is opened up with a poem by Graeme Edge just as on the next album. As usual it's used as an intro to the next song or if you will the first song
"Lovely to see You" a rocker by Justin Hayward who normally rights romantic ballads. To be honest this song actually gets a little boring. I know it's included on at least three of there compilations and you can hear it live on A NIGT AT RED ROCKS, but there's other better songs on the album like
"Dear Diary" by Ray Thomas. It's a very relaxing song and it also features a flute solo. You can hear him saying something towards the end of the song, but you can't really understand what it is he's saying.
"Send Me No Wine" and "To Share Our Love" are two back-to-back songs by John Lodge. They are not really filler but they also don't really go anywhere except seques on to the next song. These two are also the only contributions by John. Kind of a regression since his big hit with "Ride my See Saw" on their previous LP "In Search of the Lost Chord", but he would do much better in the next album and the ones that followed.
"So Dee Within You" by Mike Pinder is a fun song to listen to. It happened to have been covered by the Four Tops along with another song penned by Pinder "A Simple Game" which was the B-Side to the aforementioned "Ride My See Saw" both produced by Tony Clarke.

Note: In the liner notes of the CD I think it's the first one to have a picture of each member with their name in a caption. I don't if DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED does because I only have it on vinyl. There is a photo of Clarke their producer with a caption to as he was considered to be the six member of the band at that time.
On to the second side of the album
It starts off with "Never Comes the Day" by Justin Hayward. It starts of slow and gets louder in the chorus. It's one of those songs of his like "Tuesday Afternoon" and "The Other Side of Life" that just repeat the same lyrics after the chorus. You can hear a live version of this song on CAUGHT LIVE +5 another CD I own. They still perform it to this day although you wont hear it on either of the last two live albums.
"Lazy Day" is another great song by Ray. It's a good song to listen to on a Sunday afternoon.
On both of the last two songs you can hear him playing the harmonica which is kind of rare.
"Are You Sitting Comfortably" was co-written by Justin and Ray. This is one of the best songs on the album. You can also hear it live on CAUGHT LIVE. It then segues onto a poem by Greame Edge titled "The Dream"- not much to say I'm not good at critiqing poetry but it's a pretty damn good.
Have You Heard pt.1/The Voyage/Have You Heard pt.2 is Pinder's masterpeice. It doesn't hold up very well in concert, but its an example of what you can do with the mellotron and since then keyboard and synthesizers have improved drastically.
The best songs here are by Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder.

I remember I'd seen either "A Night at Red Rocks" or the Hall of Fame concert or both on PBS back when they were on but I didn't really get into the Moody Blues yet. The only songs I'd heard on the local classic rock station were "Nights in White Satin", "Ride My See-Saw", "Question", "I'm Just a Singer", and "Your Wildest Dreams". Plus they used part of Tuesday Afternoon on the commercial for their twofer Tuesday they have every week. It was finally when I saw the San Juan Capistrano concert of Justin Hayward on PBS that I got into their music. Soon after I was at Best Buy and I saw this double CD really cheap. After listening to it, I started to like more of their songs. But I also noticed that some songs were edited particularly "Nights", QUESTION, and YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. I didn't want to download them because I consider that to be stealing and being a Pink Floyd fan too I know how important the flow of an album can be. So I bought the LP record of Days of Future Passed along with the Beatles Again for Only $8. I dont know why the Days CD is more expensive than the other core 7 albums. Anyway so I now also have In Search of the Lost Cord through to EGBDF. I give it 4 stars because it made me a big fan. But it is by no means a perfect compilation. I mean "Go Now" is a good song but those just don't fit in with the rest. I think it would have been nice to see "Legend of a Mind" or "Gypsy". Plus the complete versions of the songs that were edited.