Signals

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Geddy Lee:
Bass guitar, synthesizers, vocals, Pitcher

Alex Lifeson:
Electric and acoustic guitars, Taurus pedals, First Base

Neil Peart:
Drums and percussion, Third Base

Produced by Rush and Terry Brown, Left Field
Arrangements by Rush and Terry Brown
Recorded and mixed at Le Studio, April, May, June, and July 1982
Engineered by Paul Northfield, Centre Field (a regular Albert One-Stone)
Assisted by Robbie Whelan Right Field
Digitally mastered by JVC
Special guest performance by Ben Mink, electric violins on Losing It, appears courtesy of FM

Art direction, graphics, and cover concept by Hugh Syme
Photography by Deborah Samuel
Compact disc redesigned by Stve Kleinberg
Hydrant courtesy of the Department of Public Works, TORONTO

Management by Ray Danniels, SRO Productions, TORONTO
Executive Production by Moon Records

Road Manager and Lighting Director: Howard Ungerleider
Concert Sound Engineer: Jon Erickson
Stage Managers: Nick Kotos and Liam Birt, Shortstop
Stage Right Technician and Crew Chief: William B. Birt
Stage Left Technician: Skip Gildersleeve
Centre Stage Technician: Larry Allen, Coach and Catcher
Guitar and Synthesizer Maintenance: Tony Geranios Second Base
Stage Monitor Mixer: Steve Byron
Concert Security: Ian Grandy
Concert Projectionist: Lee Tenner
Personal Shreve-of-all Trades: Kevin Flewitt

Concert Sound by National Sound: Tom Linthicum, Fuzzy Frazer, and Dave Berman
Concert Lighting by See Factor International: Nick Kotos, Mike Weiss, Jeffrey Thomas McDonald, Mark Shane
Busheads and Truckfaces: Tom Whittaker, Billy Barlow, Lance Vaughn, PatLynes, Arthur MacLear, Red McBrine, Bob Hoeschel

Most Valuable Persons: At Le Studio; André, Yaël, Paul Robbie, Richard, Solange, Nancy, Lina, Awesome André Moreau and Michel; Al, Pat, Jill, and Maria at The Baldwins; The Embers at Settlers Bay; Warren Cromartie and the Montreal Expos'; Intellivision Baseball; The Ziv Orchestra; Trevor and the Commons Hotel; Trevors Tramps (34-15); the Griffin family and the people of NASA; Mr. O. Scar for pre-production work; Bill Churchman; all the Oak Manoroids at SRO

Special Awards for Technical Assistance: John Kaes and See Factor, Ted Veneman, Richard Ealey, Ron Shaughnessy, the Music Shoppe TORONTO, the inflationary Ted McDonald, the Percussion Centre FORT WAYNE, Tama drums, Avedis Zildjian cymbals

A fond farewell and best wishes to Michael Hirsh and Greg Connolly

Mercury/Polygram, September 9, 1982
© 1982 Mercury Records © 1982 Anthem Entertainment

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Notes:

• Certified Gold by RIAA: November 10, 1982 - Certified Platinum: November 10, 1982 - Highest Billboard Chart Position: 10
• Click here for the Signals Transcript Archive
• The are two unique versions of "The Weapon" in existence. The 12" single includes an abbreviated Count Floyd spoken intro and abbreviated guitar solo. The Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Ultradisc II- 24 KT Gold CD, released October 11, 1994, has a unique version of "The Weapon": the lyrics "and the things that he fears, are a weapon to be held against him...." are missing from the second chorus at 3:13. As quoted in the Rush FAQ, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (who remastered the Ultradisc series) stated "The master tapes, which were provided to us directly from the Rush offices in Canada, did not include these vocals. Apparently, these vocals were edited in at a later time."
• "New World Man", Rush's highest charting single to date, was written one day and recorded the next: "writing it in one day and recording it the next! We wanted to capture a spontaneous, relaxed feel for this one, not even spending much time getting the sounds together. Thus, it could stand in contrast to the rest of the album, being much more raw and 'live' in its affect. Two days is very close to a record for us to write and record a song." - Neil Peart, "Stories From Signals"
• "The summer before I turned fifteen, my family camped outside Montreal to visit the World's Fair, Expo '67, and at the campground, I met a girl from Ohio. Her father was extremely watchful (warning her that Canadian boys had 'Roman hands and Russian fingers'), and we never even kissed, but I fell hopelessly in fourteen-year-old love...I always remembered her ('the fawn-eyed girl with sun-browned legs' in the song 'The Analog Kid')". - Neil Peart, Roadshow
• "While we were making that record we formed a softball team and those were the positions we played." - Geddy Lee regarding the positions listed in the linernotes, "Rockline", May 21, 1984
• Long believed to be the 'spoken voice' in "Subdivisions", Toronto newscaster Mark Dailey himself stated in 2009 that this is an "urban myth":

  "That's been an urban myth for years. It's not my voice on 'Subdivisions' by Rush but I continue to get credit. I've tried to dispel it but won't go away." - Mark Dailey, Citytv.com, March 23, 2009

Neil Peart later confirmed in a 2010 interview that Neil in fact provided the voice when discussing Jacob Moon's cover of "Subivisions" at Rush's induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame earlier this year:

"We all shared Jacob Moon's performance of Subdivisions quite a long time ago and sent it to each other, 'Hey have you seen this?' because it's such a beautiful cover. The imaginative way that he uses the little cassette player to get my voice in there. It's superb." - Neil Peart, Jam!Showbiz, March 26, 2010