Date
Venue
City
State
Add
Sources
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Providence Civic Center
Providence
RI
Introduction.
Bastille Day.
By-Tor And The Snow Dog.
Xanadu.
A Farewell To Kings.
2112 (cut).
City Hall
Newcastle
UK
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Anthem
2112
Working Man
Fly by Night
In the Mood
Drum Solo
Cinderella Man
The Apollo
Glasgow
Scotland
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer To The Heart
2112
Working Man
Fly By Night
In the Mood
Drum Solo
"Premium Import" bootleg.
Setlist likely incomplete.
The Apollo
Glasgow
Scotland
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor & The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer To The Heart
2112
Working Man
Fly By Night
In The Mood
Drum Solo
Cinderella Man
Hammersmith Odeon
London
England
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Closer To The Heart
Anthem
2112
Working Man/Fly By Night/In The Mood
Drum Solo
Cinderella Man
'Waterproof'
Hammersmith Odeon
London
England
Bastille Day
By-Tor & Snow Dog
Xanadu
Farewell to Kings
Something 4 Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Working Man
Fly by Night
In the Mood
Cinderella Man
City Hall
Sheffield
UK
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor and the Snowdog >
Xanadu
A Farewell to Kings
Something for Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer to the Heart
2112 (all except "Oracle: The Dream")
Working Man >
Fly by Night >
In The Mood >
Drum Solo
Cinderella Man
The Apollo
Manchester
England
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor and the Snowdog
Xanadu
A Farewell to Kings
Something for Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer to the Heart
2112
drum solo
Cinderella Man
Liverpool Empire
Liverpool
UK
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By Tor and The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell to Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer To The Heart
2112
Working Man
Fly By Night
In The Mood
Cinderella Man
Convention Center
Niagara Falls
NY
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Anthem
Closer To The Heart
2112
Medley
Cinderella Man
'Niagara Falls Revisited'
McNichols Arena
Denver
CO
Bastille Day
Lakeside Park
By-Tor And The Snow Dog >
Xanadu
A Farewell To Kings
Something For Nothing
2112 (all except "Oracle: The Dream")
Working Man >
Fly By Night >
In The Mood >
Drum Solo
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver
BC
Anthem
A Passage to Bangkok
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer to the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112
Working Man
Bastille Day
In the Mood
Drum Solo
"Waltz of the Shreves"
Warnor's Theater
Fresno
CA
Anthem
A Passage To Bangkok
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
Something For Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer To The Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell To Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112
Working Man
Bastille Day
Convention Center Arena
Tucson
AZ
Anthem
A Passage To Bangkok
By-Tor And The Snowdog
Xanadu
Something For Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer To The Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell To Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112
Working Man
Bastille Day
In The Mood
Drum Solo
Something For Nothing
Cygnus X-1
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver
BC
Anthem
A Passage To Bangkok
Something For Nothing
The Trees
Hemispheres
Closer To the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell To Kings
La Villa Strangiato
Working Man
Bastille Day
In The Mood
Drum Solo
Cobo Arena
Detroit
MI
Anthem, A Passage To Bangkok, By-Tor And The Snow Dog > Xanadu, Something For Nothing, The Trees, Cygnus X-1, Hemispheres > Closer To The Heart, Circumstances, A Farewell To Kings > La Villa Strangiato, 2112, Working Man > Bastille Day > In The Mood > Drums > In The Mood
Mecca Arena
Milwaukee
WI
Intro > Anthem
A Passage to Bankok
By-Tor & The Snow Dog >
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer to the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112 (all except "Oracle: The Dream")
Working Man >
Bastille Day >
In the Mood >
Drum Solo
Unknown gen audience source.
Civic Center
St. Paul
MN
Anthem
A Passage to Bangkok
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Xanadu
International Amphitheatre
Chicago
IL
Anthem
A Passage To Bangkok
By-Tor And The Snow Dog
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer to the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112
Working Man
Bastille Day
In the Mood
Drum Solo
Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto
ON
Intro - Nights, Winters, Years by the Blue Jays
Anthem
Passage to Bangkok
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer to the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112
Working Man
Bastille Day
In the Mood
Drum Solo
Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto
ON
Intro > Anthem
A Passage to Bankok
By-Tor & The Snow Dog >
Xanadu
Something for Nothing
The Trees
Cygnus X-1
Hemispheres
Closer to the Heart
Circumstances
A Farewell to Kings
La Villa Strangiato
2112 (all except "Oracle: The Dream")
Working Man >
Bastille Day >
In the Mood >
Drum Solo
various
various
various
Disc 1 - 72:04
Track 1. Intro/Warm-up 2:54
2. Anthem 4:01
3. A Passage To Bangkok 3:54
4. By-Tor and the Snow Dog5:24
5. Xanadu 12:26
6. Something For Nothing 4:25
7. The Trees 4:37
8. Cygnus X-1 10:33
9. Hempispheres20:23
10. Closer to the Heart 3:26
Disc 2 - 52:39
Track 1. Circumstances 4:26
2. A Farewell to Kings 5:40
3. La Villa Strangiato 10:33
4. 2112 19:12
5. Working Man 3:09
6. Bastille Day 1:43
7. In The Mood 2:43
8. Drum Solo 5:12
A Single, Perfect Sphere v1.1 comes from my great love of the Hemispheres
Tour. Every Soul a Battlefield was the first boot that I ever traded for (by
B&P) because I wanted to hear Hemispheres live! I still love that recording,
and the other Hemispheres Soundboards, but I have often wished there were
a complete Hemispheres Soundboard with no tape flips or major problems like noticable tape fluctuation.
To have a "Single, Perfect" Hemispheres show is the goal, but I hope the title
doesn't suggest that I think this is it! The title simply indicates my goal.
I realize that my skills as a sound editor (not to mention my equipment) leave
much to be desired and that improved versions of the Hemispheres Soundboards
may surface and so I will remain open to the future need of new editions of AS,PS.
This release is mainly the result of the excellent work of the producers of the three
shows that are here represented. Mine is just the idea to blend the best of them all
in the least noticable way possible.
With version 1.1 I have eliminated the sector bourndary errors, lowered the volume of some of
Geddy's spoken intros to songs as needed, improved a few transitions between shows, added a more
complete version of the evening in Tucson's intro tape, and made a few edits of rough material.
Intro is mainly from A Desert Passage PE and now is "complete" being sourced from a clean disc,
with only the last few seconds cross-faded into Black Forest where the band is announced.
Anthem is at first from Black Forest and then cross-fades into A Desert Passage PE.
The reason is that the beginning of the ADP PE version is marred by an Alex flub
(not very noticable) and a short equipment sound problem, but then the rest of the track
is great. Conversly, the beginning of Anthem from Black Forest is very nice with unique
playing from Alex while later in the track there is some clipping on Geddy's vocals.
A Passage to Bangkok is from Black Forest because I think the performance is the best
and the sound is very good.
By-Tor is from A Desert Passage PE because I think it sounds the best and because it
goes immediately into
Xanadu, which is also from ADP PE. I think this is the best sounding over-all version of this
song available from this tour. I did, however, take the liberty to edit out a finger/string split-second
electric guitar noise that occurs in the stop-time silence right before the very last set of chords.
With this edition I've also replaced the very crunchy keyboard riff at 9:00 with an earlier, identical riff.
The beginning of this production borrows heavily from ADP PE, but I have edited out completely
the problems with the crowd from the evening in Tucson. This is an interesting historical event for
the group and us fans, but I don't think it should represent the Hemispheres Tour!
Something for Nothing is from ADP PE because I think it has the best sound and performance.
The Trees is one of the big reasons why I wanted so much to make this show. I love, as a whole,
the performance and sound of the ADP PE version, but I have never liked how the nylon guitars
sound from any of the Tucson versions. So, the intro is taken from Black Forest, and the rest of
the song is from ADP PE. This was also partly done because I also wanted to take
Cygnus X-1, Book 1 from ADP PE as well (and The Trees seamlessly leads into it).
This track arguably sounds the best from the tour, has a great performance and is complete including the whole intro tape.
Cygnus X-1, Book 2: Hemispheres is the greatest reason for this compilation. It is taken from
Black Forest. Thankfully, this track is completely (so far as I can tell) free of the minor sound problems that are present
on some of the other songs from BF. The best thing about it is that it is absolutely complete! There was no
tape flip that night (at least not during Hemispheres!) Even still, I chose to take The Sphere from ADP PE,
mainly because of the transition into the next song, but also because it just sounds the best in a number of ways.
So you get a different Hemispheres here than any where else!
One very notable improvement featured on this production is that I have, believe it or not, eliminated the splice between
Hemispheres and
Closer to the Heart, which is also from ADP PE. Now it sounds like the keyboard is continuous. This was done by looping
the keyboard sound a little and lots of cross-fades and then a little volume adjustment.
Circumstances is from Buenos Noches! Motor City because I needed to get this show involved--now that the tape
fluctuation is done, and because the only alternative from ADP PE features a mis-sung lyric from Geddy. In that
show he says something like "...inn...one more, that's looking for, the world..."
A Farewell to Kings is also from BN!MC, mainly because the nylon guitar sounds very nice and the alternative from Black Forest
features a volume problem with Geddy's Synth (the very beginning of that part.)
La Villa Strangiato is from Black Forest chiefly because of the very unique and weird effects put on the spoken introduction. With this
vesion I have added crowd noise behind the brief, (nearly) dead silence between La Villa and
2112, which is from ADP PE. The space between these two songs just sounded weird on version 1.
Working Man and
Bastille Day are also from ADP PE because there was no reason that they shouldn't have been and this meant no transition work
for a while!!! ; )
In the Mood is from BN!MC mainly because of Geddy's unmistakable silliness and enthusiasm. This makes this version very unique.
Drum Solo is also from BN!MC because it is a fine performance and Geddy calls Neil Dr. Brain-o, okay?
I hope this release brings the listener much enjoyment!
Mike Edison 02-12-05
1978 Backstage Special with Jimmy Roach
Pittsburg
PA