Rush – A Farewell To Kings (Vinyl)

Description

A Farewell To Kings was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, and mixed at Advision Studios in London. The album took three weeks to record and two weeks to mix. It was the band’s Rush’s first US gold-selling album, receiving the certification within two months of its release, and was eventually certified platinum. The band was happy with how it turned out. Geddy recalled in 1978:

“It’s the only one of our albums apart from ‘2112‘ that I can really live with. I’ve yet to look at it and start finding fault with it, pick it apart, you know…it still sounds so positive.”

And with respect to Rockfield Studios, Geddy said:

“We were very happy with the sound we got there for ‘Kings’, also it’s got so much to offer… Rockfield is so good if you want to experiment–you know, you can go outside to record, use their weird echo room…that’s the kind of environment we like…”

The birds heard on “A Farewell to Kings” and “Xanadu” were recorded outside near Rockfield Studios.