Japanese only paper sleeve SHM pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. Warner. 2009.--This text refers to an alternateAudio CDedition.
I had not listened to this album for nearly 20 years. As a teenager in the early '80s, I had pretty much dismissed it. But the other day, I broke out the CD I had purchased about three years ago and never listened to...and listened. I made myself go through all of it.Many years ago, I read a reviewer who compared Rush to Led Zepellin (not favorably). I had never understood that, but listening to their debut, I finally get the point. The boys are clearly inspired by Plant & Page. But they sure couldn't … more
Rush's first recording isn't a Rush album, per se.Before Neil Peart joined, before Rush gained notoriety as a respectable progressive rock band, they were a becoming Led Zeppelin-esque band that rocked hard. And they rocked hard well. Former drummer John Rutsey was no Peart, but it doesn't matter. This is rock n' roll, with no trace of the progressive ambition the band would later embrace with Peart's vision.So what does it offer? Sleek guitar licks, melodic and lyrical hooks, and energetic arrangements … more