With such a large repository of knowledge, you'd think it would be easy to ascertain when Rush released Hemispheres but no. I have seen 3 or 4 dates for it but the 29th seems to be the most common so I am going with it.
And so, Hemispheres was released this day back in 1978 - theoretically. It continues to mine the progressive rock vein with acoustic bits, shifting time signatures, and lengthy epics.
A friend of mine saw them here in Madison at the Dane County Coliseum on the this tour. He has related to me how he ingested many a substance that night and had something of a freak out episode when the rear projection screen showed two giant hemispheres of a brain splitting apart. Unfortunately, I have never found a recording of that concert nor can I find any photos of that image from that tour.
Anyway, here's "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" from 7 December 1978 at the MECCA Arena in Milwaukee.
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