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Iʼve raised £7,498 to produce an album "Tributes - Songs for Neil Vol.1" for RUSHfest Scotland. All profit going to charity. PRE-SALE AVAILABLE NOW.
- Arisaig, Scotland, UK
- Funded on Wednesday, 13th January 2021
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UPDATE 11 JAN 2021 - After multiple delays we have been promised the red vinyl LPs will be with us by the end of January. Thanks to everyone for their support and patience. This page will be closing soon but copies of the album on CD, LP and download will still be available from our main site WWW.RUSHFESTSCOTLAND.CO.UK Thanks again to everyone involved. With regards, Steve Brown
UPDATE 19 OCT - we hope to have the test pressings for the vinyl any day now and still be on target to ship the LPs in November. Please note - this is a single red vinyl album featuring the first 8 tracks. Everyone that buys an LP also gets the full 14 track download. I apologise for not making this clear in this campaign but making vinyl is unbelievably expensive and this project is about raising money for charity.
If anyone would like a refund - or to change their order please contact steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk
UPDATE 2 OCT - thanks to everyone that has donated and bought copies already. The first batch of CDs arrived the other day so my wife and I have been busy labelling and shipping them out.
Plenty are still available so please spread the word. They can be bought via this page or on our main site www.RUSHfestScotland.co.uk/album
THANK YOU, stay safe and Rush On!
Steve
Please buy your copy now by donating on this page.
UPDATE 14 Sept 2020 - COPIES STILL AVAILABLE -Sincere thanks to everyone that has already supported this project and bought copies. We had a a lovely album launch online event on 12 Sept - celebrating Neil's birthday with fan video messages and a playthrough if this entire album using videos from each band. These are all still online on our Facebook Page and YouTube channel.
COPIES STILL AVAILABLE - see below for info and prices.
RUSHfest Scotland is an annual event for fans of the Canadian band Rush. Founded in 2013 by Steve Brown (who is also running this crowdfunding campaign) RUSHfest Scotland has donated over £50,000 to cancer charities throughout the UK. Please see our main site for more information.
All profits from this album will be split equally between two charities - Glioblastoma Foundation Neil Peart Research Award in the USA and Cancer Support Scotland (registered charity SC012867).
This crowdfunding campaign is to help finance the production of an album of Rush songs played by Rush tribute bands and musicians from around the world. Rush themselves retired from touring in 2015 and, tragically, drummer Neil Peart was diagnosed with a brain tumour (glioblastoma) a year later. He passed away in January of this year.
This album "TRIBUTES - SONGS FOR NEIL VOL.1" is dedicated to Neil Peart and will hopefully be released on what would have been his 68th birthday on 12 September 2020. All going well, this will be an annual project - hence this year's is Vol.1.
Any amount you can donate will be sincerely appreciated. PLEASE BUY YOUR COPY BY DONATING TO THIS PAGE. The original £3500 target was to cover production and licencing expenses to make 300 CDs and 300 LPs on beautiful red vinyl, plus downloads. THIS WILL BE A COLLECTABLE LIMITED EDITION ALBUM - especially the coloured vinyl format with gorgeous artwork from CHARLIE ROY and PAUL TIPPETT and a helping hand from the wonderful HUGH SYME himself!
TARGET REACHED - THANK YOU -
but please still order your copies by donating via this page.
All of the musicians, engineers, artists and graphic designers have given their time and tracks for free and no one is taking any profit from this project. All legal copyright licences will be paid.
At time of writing, the following bands and musicians have confirmed to be on the album. In alphabetical order - 3 Snow Dogs (Brazil), Bravado (England), Clockwork Angels (Scotland), David King (Scotland), Far & Near (UK), Fleesh (Brazil), Jacob Moon (Canada), La Villa Strangiato (Italy), Lotus land (USA), The Macallan Project (Scotland), Moving Pictures (Scotland), New World Men (Canada), The Rush tribute Project (USA), The Rushians (Netherlands).
Sincere thanks to everyone for taking part and submitting their recordings, time and skills.
ON SALE NOW
All and any amount of donations will be appreciated and if you would like a copy of the album PLEASE buy here by making a donation. Once you've made your donation PLEASE CONFIRM YOU ORDER (format / number of copies) by emailing steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk We will not be able to send you the Download / CD / LP if you do not confirm an email address with Steve - thank you.
£10 - 14 track album MP3 download (DL) - link sent within 48 hours
£12 plus postage (£3 UK, £5 rest of world) - 14 track album CD plus DL.
£20 plus postage (£5 UK, £10 rest of world) - 8 track red vinyl LP plus 14 track DL - LP shipped in November, DL link within 48 hours. NOTE - THIS IS A SINGLE LP featuring the first 8 tracks. FULL TRACK INFORMATION ON RUSHfestScotland.co.uk/album
Please note all payments are in £GBP - UK currency. Paypal will do any currency conversion for us.
AFTER PAYMENT YOU MUST EMAIL DETAILS OF YOUR ORDER TO STEVE@RUSHFESTSCOTLAND.CO.UK OTHERWISE WE MAY MISS YOU
Please contact steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk if you would like to chat about becoming a sponsor and for multiple shipping rates.
Any amount you pay over the prices stated above will be graciously accepted and added to the amount we send to the charities.
RELEASE DATE - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020 - NEIL PEART'S BIRTHDAY
RUSHfest Scotland celebrated Neil's birthday and the release of this album by having an online event on www.facebook.com/rushfestscotland This featured videos from all of the bands involved - plus some lovely video messages from fans from around the world. Thanks to everyone that took part. The videos are still available to view on the Facebook page and the RUSHfest Scotland YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwyndpR2FN1CD2ceH3A-lhA?view_as=subscriber
Thanks for reading through all of this. If you would like any more information please contact steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk
Slainte!
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- 4 years ago
Steve Brown
4 years agoAfter multiple delays we have been promised the red vinyl LPs will be with us by the end of January. Thanks to everyone for their support and patience. This page will be closing soon but copies of the album on CD, LP and download will still be available from our main site WWW.RUSHFESTSCOTLAND.CO.UK Thanks again to everyone involved. With regards, Steve Brown
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- 4 years ago
Steve Brown
4 years agoUPDATE 19 OCT - we hope to have the test pressings for the vinyl any day now and still be on target to ship the LPs in November. Please note - this is a single red vinyl album featuring the first 8 tracks. Everyone that buys an LP also gets the full 14 track download. I apologise for not making this clear in this campaign but making vinyl is unbelievably expensive and this project is about raising money for charity. If anyone would like a refund - or to change their order please contact steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk
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- 4 years ago
Steve Brown
4 years agoUPDATE 2 OCT - thanks to everyone that has donated and bought copies already. The first batch of CDs arrived the other day so my wife and I have been busy labelling and shipping them out. Plenty are still available so please spread the word. They can be bought via this page or on our main site www.RUSHfestScotland.co.uk/album THANK YOU, stay safe and Rush On! Steve
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Jay Cornelius
Dec 27, 2020
Thank you for doing this. I love RUSH.
Colin Burgess
Oct 14, 2020
Fantastic tribute to an awesome musician and man!
£20.00
Derek Gillanders
Oct 3, 2020
£25.00
Anonymous
Sep 21, 2020
Fantastic effort from all involved!
£15.00
Rachael Buchanan
Sep 20, 2020
£25.00
Henk van der Tas
Sep 18, 2020
Great initiative, well organized. "It's all for the best."Can't wait to put the CD in the hifi radioset and drive my Red Barchetta with some 'new' tribute songs of the holy triangle. Good luck
£26.00
Ian
Sep 18, 2020
Great work Mr. Broon!
£30.00
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Steve Brown
Arisaig, Scotland, UK
Fulltime musician since 1993, Steve founded RUSHfest Scotland in 2013 and has so far donated over £50,000 to cancer charities. Every penny profit from RFS events in 2020 and 2021 is going to Cancer Support Scotland - registered charity SC012867. steve@RUSHfestScotland.co.uk