Description

TRACKS ARE :
(1) Spirit Of The Radio,

(2) The Trees,
(3) Working Man.

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”The Spirit of Radio:”

Rush – Spirit Of Radio
Label: Mercury – RADIO 12
Format: Vinyl, 12″”, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Feb 1980
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist:
A1 The Spirit Of Radio 4:54
Lyrics By – Peart, Music By – Lifeson , Lee. Producer – Rush, Terry Brown
A2 The Trees 4:46
Lyrics By – Peart. Music By – Lifeson , Lee. Producer – Rush, Terry Brown
B Working Man 7:07
Producer – Rush. Written-By – Lifeson , Lee

Heath-Levy Music Ltd.
A:   1.1980 Cat Productions Ltd. 2.1978 Phonogram Inc.
B:   1974 Phonogram Inc.
A: Original sound recording made by 1.Cat Productions Ltd. 2.Phonogram Inc.
B: Original sound recording made by Phonogram Inc.
Made in England
Both sides all timings approximate
Marketed by Phonogram
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A): RADIO 12 A // 1?E420 1 1 5 RC-PP
Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B): RADIO 12 B // 1?E420 1 1 1 9

 “Spirit Of Radio” by Rush:

1980’s Permanent Waves might have been the album that signalled a shift to [some] shorter based material for the band, but in album opener The Spirit Of Radio they had a bona fide gem to kick things off.  Fired on by Alex Lifeson’s crystal clear riff, the song, inspired by hometown radio station Toronto CFNY, proved a hit on radio stations around the world, introducing the band to a whole new audience unaware of their 70s predilection for sword, sorcery and sci-fi epics. It remains the band’s most successful UK single, reaching No.13 in March 1980.

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The Spirit of Radio”” is a song released in 1980 by Canadian rock band Rush from their album Permanent Waves. The song was significant in the growing popularity of the band. It is also their first song of the 1980s, since Permanent Waves was released on January 1, 1980, and it was the opening track on the album. The band had grazed the UK Top 40 two years earlier with “”Closer to the Heart””, but when issued as a single in March 1980, “”The Spirit of Radio”” soon reached #13 on the UK singles chart. It remains their biggest UK hit to date (the 7″” single was a 3:00 edited version which has never appeared on CD to date). In the U.S., the single peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980, and in 1998 a live version of the song reached #27 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. “”The Spirit of Radio”” was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, Rush only such entry.
The song was among five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010.

Lyrics:
The final lines of the song (“”For the words of the profits were written on the studio wall…/Concert hall/And echoes with the sounds of salesmen””) are an allusion to the famous final lyrics from the Simon and Garfunkel classic “”The Sound of Silence””: “”…the words of the prophets/Are written on the subway walls/And tenement halls/And whispered in the sounds of silence.””

The album version includes the sound of a cheering crowd just after Lee sings “”concert hall.”” It has since become a tradition in live shows for the arena lights to come up at this point and the audience to cheer, mimicking the effect.
On performances during the 1981 tour, the line “”one likes to believe in the freedom of music”” was changed to “”one likes to believe in the freedom of baseball”” as a commentary on the 1981 Major League Baseball Players Association strike. Geddy Lee still occasionally drops this change into the song when performing live.

Media usage:
This song is also used in the movie White Noise: The Light, as arranged by Terry Frewer, a Vancouver-based composer, and performed by the Vancouver Bach Children Chorus. Soloists for this performance include Madeline Busby and Olivia Curth.

 

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