Rush Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary Backstage Edition 3CD/5LP/Blu-Ray BOX NEW

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146

This is an auction for the rare Rush Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary 'Backstage Edition' 3CD/5LP/Blu-Ray box set. This 'Backstage Edition' includes an additional 6 lyric sheets not included in the 'Super Deluxe'  version of the box set (all other contents the same as the 'Super Deluxe' version). 

US bidders only, free shipping within the 48 lower states, please contact for shipping charges to Alaska or Hawaii. This box set is new, sealed and presumed mint. This will be carefully packed, double boxed and shipped via Fedex, insured and tracked. No returns if the shrink-wrapped box set is opened. Thanks for bidding on this rare item!!

From discogs confirming the difference between Super Deluxe and Backstage Edition:

The same pressing was used for two different editions: (1) Super Deluxe Edition, and (2) Backstage Edition.
Only the Backstage Edition includes a set of 6 lyrics sheets. No other differences detected.

From the rush site documentation for the 'Super Deluxe' version (with this Backstage Edition including the 6 additional lyric sheets not mentioned below, and with the different front hype sticker noting it as a 'Backstage Edition'):

The Super Deluxe Edition includes three CDs, one Blu-ray Audio disc, and five high-quality 180-gram black vinyl LPs. The set encompasses the Abbey Road Mastering Studios 2015 remastered edition of the album for the first time on CD, along with two discs of previously unreleased and newly restored bonus live content newly mixed from the original analog live multi-tracks by Rush’s original producer, Terry Brown, featuring the band’s complete, unreleased Toronto concert from Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, on March 25, 1981 (designated here as “Live In YYZ 1981”). The fourth bonus disc is a Blu-ray Audio disc with the core album newly mixed from the original multi-tracks in Dolby Atmos (a Rush catalog first!), Dolby TrueHD 5.1, and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound as done by noted producer/engineer Richard Chycki, alongside the previously available PCM Stereo mix. Also included on the Blu-ray are four bonus videos: a brand-new video for “YYZ” plus three remastered vintage promo videos for “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight,” and “Vital Signs.” Additionally, all of the vinyl in the Super Deluxe Edition has been cut via half-speed Direct to Metal Mastering (DMM) (another Rush catalog first!) on five 180-gram audiophile LPs.

The Super Deluxe Edition of Moving Pictures-40th Anniversary will also include several exclusive items, including a 44-page hardcover book with unreleased photos and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme, along with new illustrations for each song; extensive liner notes by Kim Thayil (guitarist, Soundgarden), Les Claypool (bassist/vocalist, Primus), Taylor Hawkins (drummer, Foo Fighters), Bill Kelliher (guitarist, Mastodon), and Neil Sanderson (drummer, Three Days Grace); a Red Barchetta model car mounted on a black perch with an MP40 nameplate; two Neil Peart signature MP40 branded drumsticks; two metal-embossed guitar picks, one each with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s respective signatures engraved on them; a replica of the Moving Pictures 1981 official tour program; an MP40 logo enamel pin; a 3D lenticular “Moving Pictures in motion” lithograph; an 18×24-inch Toronto 1981 concert poster; a replica concert ticket from the 1981 Maple Leaf Gardens show; a 12×36-inch Rush Through The Years 1973-1981 poster; a YYZ luggage tag; and a All Access World Tour ’81 insert.  All contents are housed in a premium lift-top box, which features movingly reimagined cover artwork by Hugh Syme.