LIFE UNDER PRESSURE

Metal Memory
MM 90021
(47:20)

Recorded:
September 21, 1984
Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto, Ontario

Recorded: (track 9)
March 27, 1981
The Forum. Montreal, Quebec


Track Listing:
The Spirit Of Radio || The Enemy Within || Witch Hunt || New World Man || Distant Early Warning || Red Sector A || Closer To The Heart || Tom Sawyer || Freewill || Finding My Way/In The Mood

Sound Quality: 10-
Packaging: 5

This cd boot is the exact same as Enemies Within and Beyond and Live In Toronto 1986, but missing one song "Limelight". It basically is a copy of the GUP video soundtrack, missing a few songs, and one song ("Freewill") taken from the ESL video soundtrack.

It isn't as sharp-sounding as Toronto, but neither is the crowd so overpowering. It also has some 'glitches' where the sound seems to drop out of one channel for an instant and then return. It happens so fast that you might not even notice it.

The cover has a nice picture of Geddy from a later tour, and the inside of the booklet has a gorgeous collage of the band, but the company chose to put their catalog on the back of the booklet. And something has to be said for a company which can't even decide what the bootleg's name is. "Life" Under Pressure appears on the front of the cd booklet and on the back, but on the spine and cd itself appears as "Live".

An interesting side-note, this cd claims that it was recorded in Pennsylvania on July 8, 1984. Rush did indeed play that date, but gee doesn't that intro to "Finding My Way" sound just like the GUP video? And what about that whistler in "Witch Hunt"? Maybe they hired a guy to go to every show and whistle in the exact same place in the exact same way. Hm...

This isn't one to buy. If you want the same songs plus one extra track, try Live in Toronto 1986. Or if you'd rather have a true GUP soundtrack, try Currently In Vogue.