Rush - Signals (40Th Anniversary Remastered 1982 Version) (2024)

Rush’s 1982 album Signals will be reissued for its (belated) 40th anniversary in April. The record features the single ‘New World Man’ which was number one in Canada and a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

There’s only two physical formats for this campaign, the first is a vinyl picture disc of the Hugh Syme-reworked front cover artwork and the second is a seven-disc super deluxe edition box set.
Both formats use the 2015 remaster, which up until this point was unreleased on CD. The box set is high on visual concepts but fairly low on actual audio. The album is repeated on CD and half-speed mastered black vinyl and there’s four seven-inch singles with reworked artwork, three with lenticular sleeves.

A Blu-ray Audio disc offers brand new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mixes by Richard Chycki plus the 48/24 stereo remaster, with new animated visualisers for each song. Additionally, there’s two bonus music videos for ‘Subdivisions’ and ‘Countdown’.
Beyond that, there’s other ‘stuff’ including a 40-page hardcover book with new song illustrations and unreleased photos from the Signals Tour, four Signals Tour band lithos, Hugh’s original album cover sketch litho and a double-sided 24″ x 24″ poster featuring Hugh’s new art on one side and an outtake photo from the original album cover shoot on the other side.

Signals will be reissued on 28 April 2023, via UMR/EMI.