KFIX Rock News: Rush Releasing High-Quality Vinyl Versions Of Six Albums Originally Issued On Atlantic Records

In January, Rush launched a yearlong vinyl reissue campaign celebration of its 40th anniversary, and the Canadian power trio now has announced plans to release high-quality vinyl editions of six more of its albums in the coming months.

Six of the band’s albums that were issued on Atlantic Records between the late 1980s and the 2000s will be made available on audiophile-quality, 200-gram vinyl, with two titles arriving in October, November and January.

1989’s Presto and 1991’s Roll the Bones will be released on October 23, 1993’s Counterparts and 1996’s Test for Echo will hit stores on November 6, and the 2004 covers EP Feedbackand 2007’s Snakes & Arrows are due out on January 15, 2016. Each vinyl disc will come with a code giving access to a high-def digital download of the album.

The Counterparts, Test for Echo and Snakes & Arrows reissues will be sold as two-LPs sets. In addition, theCounterparts and Test for Echo collections will feature special etched designs on side D of each album. All six albums can be pre-ordered now at Rush.com.

As previously announced, several of the albums Rush put out on the Mercury label also are scheduled to be reissued on high-quality vinyl between now and the end of 2015.

Here is the full list of Rush’s upcoming reissues and their release dates:

9/25 — Exit…Stage Left (1981)
10/9 — Signals (1982)
10/23 — Presto (1989), Roll the Bones (1991)
11/6 — Counterparts (1993), Test for Echo (1996)
12/4 — Grace Under Pressure (1984), Power Windows (1985)
12/11 — Hold Your Fire (1987), A Show of Hands (1989)
1/15 — Feedback (2004), Snakes & Arrows (2007)

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