Rush admitted to using inferior recording equipment to record this show, which I can't understand, and they also ran into many technical difficulties, thanks to the torrential rain storms leading up to the show. The severe weather conditions delayed the set-up, as the road crew, film crew, and recording crew all scrambled to get things ready. This essentially meant that there would be no sound check, no film check, and no recording check - they would simply have to wing it, including the band. Considering the many obstacles that were overcome that night, the production turned out rather well. I just think of what could have been. The most amazing thing of all though, is that at the end of a long and exhausting tour, where their scheduled DVD recording was almost sabotaged by a monsoon, Rush still turned in the performance of a lifetime.

The DVD package also includes a second disk that features "The Boys In Brazil", a 54 minute documentary of the band's tour of Brazil, which includes interviews, backstage footage, and other great stuff. You also get multi-angle options of the songs "YYZ", "O Baterista", and "La Villa Strangiato", as well as "Easter Eggs" of a 1975 promotional video for "Anthem", and the "By-Tor And The Snow Dog" cartoon that is projected during the concert. You can find instructions on how to access these eggs all over the Internet now, so I will not waste another paragraph here to explain it. This was long enough already, don't you think?

Performance - 10/10
Production - 8/10

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