{"product_id":"rush-a-farewell-to-kings-ultradisc-one-step-box-set","title":"Rush - A Farewell To Kings (UltraDisc One-Step 2LP Box Set)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eV-5iNu6Sd8?controls=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUltraDisc One-Step, Numbered Edition Of 5,000, 180g 45 RPM 2LP Box Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMobile Fidelity Sound Lab's UltraDisc One-Step edition of \u003cem\u003eA Farewell To Kings\u003c\/em\u003e, catalog number UD1S 2-069, spreads Rush's 1977 album over four sides of two 180 gram LPs at 45 RPM. The One-Step method makes the stampers in a single plating step instead of the usual three, skipping two generations of copying. Krieg Wunderlich cut the lacquers at MoFi in Sebastopol, California, from the 1\/4-inch, 15 IPS Dolby A analog tape by way of DSD 256 and an analog console, and Fidelity Record Pressing pressed the discs. The run is limited to 5,000 numbered copies, each LP in its own foil-stamped jacket inside a deluxe slipcase. The tapes are licensed from Anthem and Universal Music Enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was the band's fifth studio album and the first it recorded away from Toronto. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart cut it with co-producer Terry Brown at Rockfield Studios in Wales in June and July of 1977, with Pat Moran engineering, then mixed it at Advision in London. Peart said the album was \"put down in three weeks.\" MoFi's notes say the band recorded parts of it outdoors: the knocking that opens \"Xanadu\" was taped in the Rockfield courtyard, and Lifeson played the guitar introduction to the title track while walking the grounds, with birds audible on both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arrangements grew to match. Lee added a Minimoog and bass-pedal synthesizer, Lifeson classical and 12-string guitars and bass pedals of his own, and Peart orchestra bells, tubular bells, temple blocks, wind chimes and a bell tree. MoFi's notes say \"Xanadu,\" loosely drawn from Coleridge's \"Kubla Khan,\" was finished in one take. \"Closer to the Heart,\" with lyrics co-written by Peter Talbot, reached No. 36 in the UK; \"Cinderella Man\" borrows its premise from the 1936 film \u003cem\u003eMr. Deeds Goes to Town\u003c\/em\u003e; and \"Cygnus X-1\" ends on a story the band picked up again on \u003cem\u003eHemispheres\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album came out in 1977 and reached No. 11 in Canada, No. 22 in the UK and No. 33 on the Billboard 200, and it is certified platinum in the United States and Canada and gold in the UK. Hugh Syme designed the cover around a photograph by Yosh Inouye, and MoFi's notes identify Toronto's Harbourcastle Hilton in the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Farewell to Kings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eXanadu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Three\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCloser to the Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCinderella Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMadrigal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCygnus X-1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete the Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e (5)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rush-rush-numbered-lp\"\u003eRush\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rush-fly-by-night-numbered-lp\"\u003eFly by Night\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Farewell To Kings (this release)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rush-permanent-waves-40th-anniversary-super-deluxe-box-set\"\u003ePermanent Waves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rush-the-spirit-of-radio-greatest-hits-1974-1987-lp\"\u003eThe Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 821797206921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mobile Fidelity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.23.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48226652782750,"sku":"EVP-C4127EDD-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":172.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/rushfarewellone__04593.1781882400.jpg?v=1792122397","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/rush-a-farewell-to-kings-ultradisc-one-step-box-set","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}