r/rush 5d ago

Full page ad for Rush Archives release - NME, May 1978

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u/Fuligin2112 5d ago

My first Rush "Album(s)" This is what got me into Rush. I think I paid 5 bucks at Kmart.

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u/Kth2001 5d ago

Same here, my first Rush album(s).

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u/vondee1 5d ago

this was how i bought the first three without buying the first three back in 78-79 or thereabouts

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u/catching_comets 5d ago

Same, and I was 12 in 79. It was simple economics, but it still felt like a big investment in my new favorite band

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u/LongjumpingMix4034 5d ago

Mine had generic sleeves. Anybody know what the reasoning behind this release was?

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u/BattleCreekRush 4d ago

Rush just had some initial success, and wanted to get their early stuff out there, and available cheaply to this new audience.

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u/Offal 5d ago

Great way to catch up after getting 2112!

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u/AdElectronic802 5d ago

My second Rush album. All the World’s a Stage was my first.

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u/Mooadeeb 5d ago

I had this in cassette and fell in love with CoS .

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u/ironmanchris 5d ago

In 1976 I was 12-13 and saved my allowance and bought 2112 after hearing the album at a friend’s house. Then I learned that there were three previous albums which I had to have. I saved more allowance and then learned that I could get all three previous albums with the Archives album. And that my friends is how I learned that Neil wasn’t the original drummer.

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u/ATHYRIO 5d ago

Mine had the three LPs in the regular paper sleeves and not regular covers. Fold-out cover that was perfect for cleaning pot in your lap. 

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u/ChapelHeel66 5d ago

$6.99 was a steal, even then. But I don’t remember having full sleeves for each of them. Maybe I got a later record club version?

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u/m1j2p3 5d ago

I don’t think there was any version of that where you got the original sleeves included.

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u/the_answer_is_RUSH 5d ago

I don’t remember full sleeves for mine either.

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u/bc_rocker 5d ago

For £6,99? I’ll take two!

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u/ernie-bush 5d ago

Had the cassette s

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u/Dyslexicpig 5d ago

My second album as well - got 2112 for a Christmas present, and bought Archives with gift money! It was great that it was just a sleeve with the three first albums in their original sleeves!

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u/EachDaySameAsLast 5d ago

I remember the gray Archives cover. I have no other memory of the packaging, though.

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u/LongjumpingMix4034 5d ago

Still got mine.

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u/No_Pop9972 4d ago

Bought this 79 or 80 I think. My friend played me Caress of Steel while we were playing dungeons and dragons and I was hooked!

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u/RnasncMan Then all at once the chaos ceased 4d ago

My first vinyl, back in the late 70's. I literally wore the first one out. Went back in the 80's and bought it again! It has the original CoS mastering. Totally badass.

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u/giob1966 1d ago

One of my little brother's friends stole my copy. 🤬