Rush Unveils “R50”: A Career-Spanning Box Set Packed with Rare & Unreleased Tracks

Rush played what would be their final tour, dubbed R40, in 2015 to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Now remaining members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have unveiled R50.

Rush 50 is a career spanning anthology featuring fifty songs in a super deluxe boxset. The collection begins with the first ever reissue of their debut 1973 single and ends with a live cut of the last song they ever performed together in 2015.

“50? Is that all?…seriously…it’s a cool collection…but look at all those songs,” Lee writes. “I’m exhausted just reading the effin list!”

Rush 50 will come in a Super Deluxe Edition, a Rush Store Exclusive Super Deluxe Edition, a 7-LP Deluxe Edition, a 4-CD Deluxe Edition, and a digital edition. The song list includes selections from every album, live release, and deluxe reissue from the band. It also has seven previously unreleased tracks.

“Amongst the Holy Grail unreleased tracks are the first-ever official CD and LP reissue of Rush’s very first single on Moon Records from 1973, ‘Not Fade Away’ and ‘You Can’t Fight It,’ a pair of early gems that Rush fans have been clamoring to be released officially for decades – newly remastered from the original analog tapes,” the band shares. “Other studio rarities found on RUSH 50 include Vault Editions of 1974’s ‘Working Man’ and 1978’s ‘The Trees,’ both of which showcase alternate guitar solos by Alex Lifeson, with the former track only having been available as a digital single while the latter cut has never been officially released beyond its appearance on instrument-based video games.”

See everything Rush 50 has to offer in this unboxing video:

The band has also released a track from the set. This take of “Garden Road” was recorded in August of 1974, just a month after drummer Neil Peart joined the fold:

Rush 50 will be released on March 21st. Until then, it’s available for pre-order.

Rush 50 Track List

1. Not Fade Away**
2. You Can’t Fight It**
3. Working Man (Vault Edition)**
4. Need Some Love (Live at Laura Secord Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada – May 1974)**
5. Before And After (Live at Laura Secord Secondary School, St. Catharines, Canada– May 1974)**
6. Bad Boy (Live at Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio – August 1974)*
7. Garden Road (Live at Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio – August 1974)*
8. Anthem (Live at Electric Lady Studios, New York – December 1974)*
9. Fly By Night
10. Bastille Day
11. 2112: Overture / The Temples Of Syrinx
12. By-Tor & The Snow Dog (Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada – June 1976)
13. Something For Nothing (Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada – June 1976)
14. Closer To The Heart
15. Xanadu (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London – February 1978)
16. Drum Solo (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London – February 1978)
17. The Trees (Vault Edition)*
18. La Villa Strangiato (Live at Pink Pop Festival, Netherlands – June 1979)
19. In The Mood (Live at Pink Pop Festival, Netherlands – June 1979)
20. The Spirit Of Radio
21. Natural Science (Live at Manchester Apollo, Manchester – June 1980)
22. A Passage To Bangkok (Live at Manchester Apollo, Manchester – June 1980)
23. Tom Sawyer
24. Limelight (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – March 1981)
25. Vital Signs (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – March 1981)
26. YYZ (Live at The Forum, Montreal, Canada – March 1981)
27. Subdivisions
28. Red Sector A
29. Witch Hunt (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – September 1984)
30. New World Man (Live at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada – September 1984)
31. The Big Money
32. Time Stand Still
33. Distant Early Warning (Live at NEC Arena, Birmingham – April 1988)
34. Superconductor
35. Dreamline
36. Stick It Out
37. Test For Echo
38. The Rhythm Method (Live at World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois – June 1997)
39. One Little Victory (Remixed)
40. Cygnus X-1 (Live at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro – November 2002)
41. The Seeker
42. Between The Wheels (Live at Festhalle Frankfurt, Germany – September 2004)
43. The Main Monkey Business
44. Workin’ Them Angels (Live at Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam – October 2007)
45. Freewill (Live at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio – April 2011)
46. Red Barchetta (Live at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio – April 2011)
47. Headlong Flight
48. Manhattan Project (Live at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona; American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas; AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas – November 2012)
49. Jacob’s Ladder (Live at Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada – June 2015)
50. What You’re Doing / Working Man / Garden Road (Live at the Forum, Los Angeles, California – August 2015)*

* Previously unreleased
** Previously unreleased on CD & LP