The Signals Super Deluxe celebrates 40 years with a brand-new Hugh Syme cover & the 2015 remaster on CD for the first time. The album vinyl was cut for the first time at half-speed via DMM & pressed on 180g black vinyl for optimal vinyl quality with new Hugh Syme art in a premium tip-on jacket. A Blu-ray Audio disc features brand-new immersive Dolby Atmos & 5.1 surround mixes by Richard Chycki, the 2015 48kHz 24-bit stereo remaster, new animated visualizers for each song & 2 bonus music videos for “Subdivisions” and “Countdown”. Bonus items include a 40-page hardcover book with new song illustrations and unreleased photos from the Signals Tour, four 7-inches with new art, three lenticulars that transition from the original black & white band headshots into the original album “Digital Man” color headshots, four Signals Tour band lithos, Hugh’s original album cover sketch litho & a double-sided 24-inch by 24-inch poster featuring Hugh’s new art on one side and an outtake photo from the original album cover shoot on the other side.
Signals, Rush’s ninth studio album, was originally released in September 1982, and its technology-embracing riffs and rhythms, continued the forward-thinking trajectory of the acclaimed Canadian trio as it continued to chart the demands of a new decade. The album’s eight songs built upon Rush’s penchant for adapting to the flow of the times without compromising its flair for melding long-established progressive roots with radio-friendly song arrangements. Signals, co-produced by Rush with longtime band confidant Terry Brown and engineered by Paul Northfield, was the third of numerous Rush recording sessions held at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec. The band’s synergistic recording process at Le Studio had been well-established during sessions for the aforementioned Moving Pictures, as well as the sessions for that album’s predecessor, January 1980’s Permanent Waves.
The Super Deluxe Edition includes one CD, one Blu-ray Audio, one high-quality 180-gram black-vinyl LP with new artwork from original album designer Hugh Syme in a premium tip-on jacket, and four 7-inch singles (“Subdivisions,” “Countdown,” “New World Man,” and “The Weapon (Single Edit”), all of them with new artwork from Syme. The set encompasses the Abbey Road Mastering Studios 2015 remastered edition of the album for the first time on CD. The Blu-ray Audio disc contains the core album newly mixed from the original multi-tracks in 48kHz 24-bit Dolby Atmos (the second Rush album to appear in Atmos, following Moving Pictures) and 96kHz 24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1 as done by esteemed producer/engineer Richard Chycki, alongside the previously available 48kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo mix. Also included on the Blu-ray are new animated visualizers for all eight songs, as well as two bonus remastered vintage promo videos: the high-school halls narrative of “Subdivisions” and “Countdown,” the latter of which features authorized Space Shuttle Columbia launch footage. Additionally, the LP in the Super Deluxe Edition has been cut via half-speed Direct Metal Mastering (the second Rush album to have been done as such, again following Moving Pictures) on a 180-gram audiophile black-vinyl LP, and it has been pressed at GZ Media in the Czech Republic.
The Super Deluxe Edition of Signals-40th Anniversary will also include several exclusive items, including a 40-page hardcover book with new song illustrations and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme and unreleased photos from the Signals Tour, along with three lenticular lithographs that transition from the original black-and-white band headshots into the original album’s “Digital Man” color headshots; four Signals Tour band lithographs; Syme’s original album cover sketch lithograph; and a double-sided 24x24-inch poster featuring Syme’s new Signals artwork on one side, and an outtake photo from the original album cover shoot on the other side. All contents are housed in a premium lift-top box, which features significantly reimagined cover artwork by Hugh Syme.
Track Listing:
CD – DISC 1
Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown / 2015 remaster on CD for the first time
1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
5. The Weapon
6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown
BLU-RAY AUDIO – DISC 2
Dolby Atmos* / Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / PCM Stereo
*Previously unreleased mixes
1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
5. The Weapon
6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown
Bonus Promo Videos
Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / PCM Stereo
*Previously unreleased mixes
1. Subdivisions
2. Countdown
1LP – SIGNALS
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown
SIDE A
1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
SIDE B
1. The Weapon
2. New World Man
3. Losing It
4. Countdown
(4) 7-INCH SINGLES
All four singles feature brand-new Hugh Syme artwork
SINGLE 1 – SIDE A
1. Subdivisions
SINGLE 1 – SIDE B
1. Red Barchetta (Live)
SINGLE 2 – SIDE A
1. Countdown
SINGLE 2 – SIDE B
1. New World Man
SINGLE 3 – SIDE A
1. New World Man
SINGLE 3 – SIDE B
1. Vital Signs (Live)
SINGLE 4 – SIDE A
1. The Weapon (Single Edit)
SINGLE 4 – SIDE B
1. Digital Man
1LP PICTURE DISC EDITION
SIGNALS
DMM Half-Speed Mastering / Original Album – Produced by Rush and Terry Brown
Both sides feature brand-new Hugh Syme artwork
SIDE A
1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
SIDE B
1. The Weapon
2. New World Man
3. Losing It
4. Countdown
DOLBY ATMOS DIGITAL EDITION* / previously unreleased
SIGNALS
1. Subdivisions
2. The Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
5. The Weapon
6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown
