Rush Amplifies It's Sonic and Narrative Vocabularies on A Farewell to Kings: 1977 Album Features Bass-Pedal Synthesizers, Exploratory Arrangements, and Standout ProductionGet Closer to the Heart and More: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set Presents the Record in Definitive SoundA multi-part epic that travels to outer space, a tune inspired by a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem, a permanent radio favorite, a band embracing art without limitations, and much more: Rush explores thrilling directions on A Farewell to Kings. Making good use of rare down time and favorable circumstances at Rockfield Studios in Wales, the Canadian trio advances the incorporation of electronic instrumentation into it's work and expands it's vocabulary on a landmark renowned for adventurousness, musicianship, songwriting, and sonics.Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's California studio from tape contained in boxes that show both 'master' and 'safety copy' on their labels, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, MoFi's numbered-edition UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP box set presents the group's 1977 effort in definitive sound. Housed in a deluxe slipcase containing a foil-stamped jacket for each LP, the premium packaging helps illuminate every aspect of the band's fifth studio record. Those characteristics extend to the prolific colors, textures, and tones in songs - and how they fueled Rush's ambitions, from recording outside in a courtyard to nailing the complex 'Xanadu' in a single take. Hear the results like never before on an album Geddy Lee believes holds up as well as any in the Rush catalog. A Farewell to Kings is sound and fury, Rush barreling headlong into mystery and searching for something more.Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step ProcessInstead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step and bypasses two processes of generational loss. In addition to revealing extra musical detail and dynamics otherwise lost due to the standard copying process, the UD1S technique produces a final LP with the lowest noise floor possible today.1/4' / 15 IPS Dolby A analog tape to DSD 256 to analog console to latheLIMITED TO 5000Numbered Limited Edition UD1S180g 45RPM 2LP Set