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Intro (0:53)
The Big Money (5:52)
Subdivisions (5:19)
Marathon (6:32)
Turn the Page (4:40)
Manhattan Project (5:00)
Mission (5:44)
Distant Early Warning (5:18)
Mystic Rhythms (5:32)
Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear) (3:55)
The Rhythm Method (drum solo 4:34)
Force Ten (4:50)
Time Stand Still (5:10)
Red Sector A (5:12)
Closer To The Heart (4:53)
Notes:
- Certified Gold by RIAA: March 9, 1989 - Highest Billboard Chart Position: 21
- "Choosing the material was difficult. We didn't want to use anything that had appeared on previous albums, with the exception of 'Closer to the Heart', as it had that snappy 'improv' bit at the end that we liked, so we decided to put it on. Other than that, all the material is from Signals on, except for 'Witch Hunt', which hadn't been recorded for a live album previously...While the growing popularity of CDs and cassettes allowed us to make Hold Your Fire a little longer than a record likes to be, this time we were in the quandary of making a double-record set that we wanted to fit on one CD, so you, the hard-pressed consumer, wouldn't be obliged to shell out for two CDs. So we had to keep the time down to around 74 minutes, and had to be fairly selective about the songs we included. There are some we had to leave off which we would like to have included, and no doubt some of you will be disappointed not to find one or two you would have liked too, but we had to be ruthless. (And now we have no more ruths.) The approach to sound was a difficult balance too. In retrospect we always felt that All The World's A Stage was a little too raw, and that Exit Stage Left was a little too refined, so we were trying to find the right balance somewhere in between. We're pleased with what we've got, and hope you will be too. We wanted it to sound good, but we wanted it to sound live too, and it's difficult to find the right meeting point sometimes." Neil Peart, "Rush Backstage Club Newsletter", 1988
- "Rush insisted that A Show of Hands be released as a single CD even though it had to be a double vinyl album. 'Everybody was freakin' out about that,' said Val Azolli, working at SRO at the time. 'They [Mercury Records] wanted two CDs so they could charge $40 instead of $20. They were just being greedy. That would have been pure profit for the record company and the retailers, profit which we wouldn't have seen, but we won that battle.'" - Chemistry
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Geddy Lee - Vocals/Bass/Synthesizers
Alex Lifeson - Guitars/Synthesizers/Vocals
Neil Peart - Drums/Percussion
Additional Musicians
Aimee Mann - Vocals ("Time Stand Still")
Produced by Rush
Engineered by Guy Charbonneau
Mercury, January 10, 1989
Recorded 4/21, 23 & 24/88, except
track 5 recorded 1/27/88
tracks 6 & 12 recorded 2/1/88
track 7 recorded 2/3/88
tracks 9-10 recorded 3/31 & 4/1/86
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