Exit...Stage Left (video)

Infobox music DVD
Name = Exit...Stage Left
Type = DVD
Artist = Rush


Released = 1982 (VHS, Laserdisc)
May, 2007 (DVD)
Recorded = 1981
Remastered = 2005 - 2006
Genre = Rock
Label = Anthem/Mercury Records
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"Exit...Stage Left" is a concert film released on videocassette, laserdisc, and DVD by the Canadian band Rush. It documents a live concert performance by the band on their 1981 "Moving Pictures" tour. In October 1981, the band released an audio album of the same name on vinyl LP, audiocassette, 8-track cartridge and (later) compact disc. The video comprises an entirely different recording, and features a different track list.

Dates of release & formats

The videocassette and laserdisc versions were the original formats of release, both in 1982 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GAKJAK Amazon.com: Rush: Exit Stage Left: Movies & TV: Rush ] ] . The videocassette and laserdisc versions are currently out-of-print.

In 2006, a DVD version of the original production, with its audio re-mastered in 5.1-channel Dolby Surround by Rush guitarist and co-producer Alex Lifeson, was released as part of the DVD box set, titled "Rush Replay X 3". In 2007, the DVD version of "Exit...Stage Left", as it was included in "Replay X 3", was released as a single, stand-alone DVD. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GAKJAK Amazon.com: Rush: Exit Stage Left: Movies & TV: Rush ] ]

Filming locations

The concert footage documented in "Exit... Stage Left" was filmed March 27, 1981, at The Montreal Forum, in Montreal, Quebec. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FDFOX0 Amazon.com: Rush - Replay [3 DVD/CD Box Set: Movies & TV: Rush ] ]

Track listing

All songs are part of the live performance unless specified otherwise. All songs written by all three band members (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart) except where indicated.
# Intro (includes narration, with segments of "The Camera Eye" live version), 2:15
# "Limelight", 4:38
# "Tom Sawyer" (by Lee/Lifeson/Peart/Dubois), 5:00
# "The Trees", 4:47
# "Xanadu", 12:32
# "Red Barchetta", 6:37
# "Freewill", 5:50
# "Closer to the Heart" (by Lee/Lifeson/Peart/Talbot), 3:30
# "YYZ" (by Lee/Peart) (segments of the studio version, with interview audio) 1:25
# Medley:
"By-Tor and the Snow Dog", 4:13
"In the End" (by Lee/Lifeson), 1:42
"In the Mood" (by Lee), 1:35
"2112: Grand Finale", 2:42
# End Credits, 2:20

Personnel:

*Geddy Lee: Bass guitar, vocals, synthesizers, bass pedal synthesizer, and occasional rhythm guitar
*Alex Lifeson: Electric and acoustic guitars, bass pedal synthesizer
*Neil Peart: Drums and percussion

References