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post #31 of 141
7/7/05 at 1:36pm
No appropriate Google hits for "Fogo" or "Fogo Labs" either. -p
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post #32 of 141
7/7/05 at 4:10pm
Thread Starter 
And that Fogo Labs link doesn't work.


Try just the www.fogolabs.com

There was a comma in the article when I copied and pasted the information. They do have a website. Here is the main page (they are currently updating their website).

We are currently having our website renovated.
Please visit again.

FogoLabs offers artists, record labels and production houses end-to-end production services for DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, HDTV, broadcast TV, film and studio projects.

Call us before, during or after you record. We pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality ...on time, on target and on budget.


General Inquiry
T: 514-848-9117
F: 514-282-1312

admin@fogolabs.com

Audio/Video Production

production@fogolabs.com

Graphics & Design

design@fogolabs.com

Archive & Restoration

archive@fogolabs.com


Clients

The Who
Harry Connick Jr
Willie Nelson
Alanis Morissette
Rush
Branford Marsalis
The Stray Cats
Sum41
Aimee Mann
The Tragically Hip
Pete Townshend
Deep Purple
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Counting Crows
Dave Matthews
Slipknot
Neil Young
John Mellencamp
& more


I agree with you, Paul, I will believe it when I see it.
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post #33 of 141
7/7/05 at 6:14pm
Thread Starter 
I guess trying the General Inquiry phone number might yield some answers.
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post #34 of 141
7/7/05 at 6:31pm
Thx, Brett. Persnickety Google: "Fogo" and "Fogo Labs" did not return a hit, but "FogoLabs" did.

Curious/annoying that the artist links don't take you to information on the projects Fogo purportedly did for them but intead to a VH1 site.

I think maybe an e-mail might be more productive than a phone call. You try the latter and I'll try the former and report back with findings, if any?

-p
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post #35 of 141
7/7/05 at 6:41pm
Another problematic quibble: October 15, 2005, the purported "R-30" release date, is a Saturday.

-p
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post #36 of 141
7/7/05 at 6:53pm
Well apparently the mag does exist:

http://www.canadianentertainmentnetwork.com/

Can any HTFers up in the Great White North track down a copy of the issue with the ad referred to in the quoted post above from the PW fan site?

-p
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post #37 of 141
7/7/05 at 9:40pm
Brett et al.:

Shock'n Y'all. I e-mailed FogoLabs and got a couple of prompt, illuminating responses.

Scroll down to the last e-mail, which was the first of the exchange, and read 'backwards' towards the top if you wish to read the thread in order.

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Hi Paul,

HD DVD and/or Blu-Ray is most definitely in the works for R-30. But it will be relased on standard DVD before as the market is not yet ready for high def DVDs.

You'll be reading and hearing about it before you know it.

Drop us a line once you have seen it. Take care.

Coordination
FogoLabs


On 8-Jul-05, at 12:11 AM, Paul****(at)aol.com wrote:
Dear Sir:

Thank you not only for a response but such a prompt one.

I have admittedly not seen the ad I referred to, but rather only an Internet mention of it. Apparently the Internet blurb indicating that October 15, 2005 is the release date for R-30 is inaccurate. I suspected as much, as I am well aware that Fogo is a production company and that a release date announcement would (for me, since I am in Los Angeles) come from Atlantic Records' parent Warner Music Group.

Wonderful to hear that the Frankfurt R-30 shoot was HD. In addition to the hopefully-imminent standard definition DVD-Video release, I hope this may mean that the label will see fit to release an HD DVD or Blu-ray version of the concert with an uncompressed surround sound mix at some point in the future.

Again, thank you for the reply.

Paul S****


In a message dated 7/7/05 8:46:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, FogoLabs writes:

Hello Paul,

Thank you for writing.

FogoLabs produced the R-30 high-definition concert shoot in Frankfurt, Germany last September and some of the post-production work was done at our studios. Yes, we've also worked on the previous Rush titles you mentionned that are being prepared for DVD.

Depending on where you live in this world, Rush albums are released by SRO-Anthem Records though either Warner Music or Universal Music. That has not changed. FogoLabs is not a label and we never announced any release dates for these titles. You need to ask you local record store and keep posted through the Internet to hear about the release dates when they are announced by SRO-Anthem and their licensees and distributors.

As with Hollywood movies, these DVD projects can take quite some time to prepare. What we announced in our ad was that we were a production company that had worked on these upcoming projects. Nothing more. We don't know where you got the Oct. 15th date from, that is, according to our knowledge, inaccurate. But stay tuned, you will be hearing about the date(s) soon.

Kindly.

Coordination
FogoLabs


On 7-Jul-05, at 9:59 PM, Paul****(at)aol.com wrote:

Dear Sirs:

It's my understanding that there is a FogoLabs ad on the back cover of a recent issue of Canadian Entertainment Network magazine which refers to four DVD releases on which Fogo has worked for the rock group Rush (R-30, EXIT . . . STAGE LEFT, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE and A SHOW OF HANDS).

Given that Fogo's Website is currently being revised and no further information on these releases is available therein, I'm hoping the company could provide some additional information directly.

For instance, is Fogo able to confirm the October 15, 2005 release date (which is a Saturday) mentioned in the ad for R-30?

Also, might there be further information available regarding release dates for the other three titles?

Thanks very much.

Sincerely,
Paul S****
Awesome Blu-ray/HD DVD news. I just hope it doesn't take another seven years.

Oh and let's avoid showering this kind soul with e-mails, shall we? It seems as though he's shared about as much as he can at this time.

-p
Edited by Paul.S - 1/1/10 at 3:44pm
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post #38 of 141
7/8/05 at 4:24am
I sure hope they do something more with the 3 older Rush concert videos than merely port them over to DVD, like Chronicles. I would still buy them, but it would be a pretty crappy effort.
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post #39 of 141
7/8/05 at 5:28am
That link just had a stray comma in it. Try this. I don't think fogo is advertising these shows, they are just listing shows they are working on to try to get more business. Fogo was not the company Rush used for "Rush in Rio", but that doesn't mean the company isn't legit.
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post #40 of 141
7/8/05 at 5:37am
Here is a link to a pic of the actual ad.

Also, Rush's website announced several years ago that the 3 older shows were being worked on for dvd release, so Fogo didn't let the cat out of the bag on that. The Rush fan community has also known for quite a while that one of the German shows was filmed in HiDef, so there isn't much surprise on the R30 dvd either.
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post #41 of 141
7/8/05 at 5:45am
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I sure hope they do something more with the 3 older Rush concert videos than merely port them over to DVD


A Show of Hands came out on Laser Disc (at least one version) that was the entire concert, minus one song and part of the drum solo. Other than that, the entire show is there as played live. So, I'm not sure how much they could add to that.

Exit...Stage Left was missing 8 to 10 songs from the "Moving Pictures" tour setlist. Speculation is that the extra footage from that show was either lost or thrown out, so that disc may be pretty bare bones.

I believe the "Grace Under Pressure" laser disc is missing a few songs from the GUP tour setlist, so there could be some additions there.

Rush has a lot of video in their archives. Hopefully they'll go through their archives and pull some things out.
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post #42 of 141
7/8/05 at 6:57am
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I sure hope they do something more with the 3 older Rush concert videos than merely port them over to DVD, like Chronicles. I would still buy them, but it would be a pretty crappy effort.
I won't re-cap herein the lengthy exchange I had with Sergio Martorelli here:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...29#post1716629

But suffice it to say I disagree. Even a judiciously remastered straight content port of these three titles would be welcomed. (And technically the Chronicles DVD included 2 vids that were not originally on that title.)
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That link just had a stray comma in it.
Thx for the link to the ad, Kyle. Terrific to see that it includes the Blu-ray logo, some kind of additional hi def DVD logo and a reference to "analog audio and video TAPE RESTORATION," which was not the forte of Coming Home Studios, the company which produced and distributed Rush In Rio. This intimates that Fogo is indeed doing remastering work on ESL, GUP and ASoH.

And yeah--if you'll scroll back you'll see we figured the comma issue out a while ago.
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Also, Rush's website announced several years ago that the 3 older shows were being worked on for dvd release, so Fogo didn't let the cat out of the bag on that.
Yes but the intimation at the time was that the releases were happening in or about 2002, not three years later.

That's an interesting idea, Kyle: make the catalog releases (more) complete presentations of the set lists of the tours they "represent."

-p
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post #43 of 141
7/8/05 at 8:07am
That's what fans on the Rush site's I've seen are looking for, complete setlists. Like I said, A Show of Hands is nearly complete. Rush in Rio is the first complete concert video they have released. In the past, I think they didn't release the entire show because of time limitations. Those limitations aren't there with dvd. Since many fans favorite song is "The Camera Eye" from "Moving Pictures", many people are hoping that will be added back in to ESL. You can hear a teaser of the live version at the beginning of ESL when I think it's Neal who is talking and the video is showing the crew setting up. Complete shows are what we're hoping for.

Here is what someone from a Rush site posted. It shows what is missing from the typical MP setlist:

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Jacob's Ladder wasn't played during the 1981 show filmed in Montreal. There are several songs on the Exit...Stage Left album that were recorded in 1980 on the Permanent Waves tour (Jacob's Ladder, Closer To The Heart, A Passage To Bangkok, Beneath Between & Behind). Here's what is missing from the video, and may perhaps be seen some day if it isn't lost:

2112 Overture/Temples
Hemispheres: Prelude
Beneath, Between, Behind
The Camera Eye
YYZ / Drum Solo
Broon's Bane
The Spirit of Radio
Vital Signs
Natural Science
Working Man
Hemispheres: Armageddon
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post #44 of 141
7/8/05 at 9:44am
Heck, those missing songs are enough for a complete release of their own!

Wonder if I'll be able to hold off on R-30 until I upgrade to Blu-Ray. . .
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post #45 of 141
7/8/05 at 9:49am
Seeing this thread has my mouth drooling! I recently completed my home theater (click link below) and can't wait for the DVD's. I have been a die-hard fan since the Signal's tour. Seen them live 8 times.

David
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post #46 of 141
7/8/05 at 2:26pm
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Wonder if I'll be able to hold off on R-30 until I upgrade to Blu-Ray. . .
IF R-30 streets in late '05 and the Blu-ray-compatible PlayStation 3 hits shelves in early spring '06, it could potentially be a short, Netflix-able wait.

I suggest that you put the standard def at the top of your Holiday list and get someone to buy that for you and then spring for the hi def yourself.

-p
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post #47 of 141
7/8/05 at 2:34pm
Perhaps a Admin can change the name of this thread to "Rush concerts coming on DVD in 2006?"

Isn't it pathetic that we're made to stand here, wallets open . . . waiting . . . waiting for official versions of these titles . . .

-p
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post #48 of 141
7/21/05 at 9:17am
Thread Starter 
Just some info in regards to another Rush DVD release from Neil Peart's website:
New Instructional DVD: "In mid-July, I will start the filming of a new instructional DVD, this one to focus on the subject of drum soloing. The working title is Anatomy of a Drum Solo. It will be based around an intricately-filmed solo from R30, plus the Grammy-losing '“O Baterista!' from Rush in Rio, and will include a wide variety of other 'ghosts of solos past.' All that, and me talking about it all. (Maybe that’s a better title, 'Ellwood Explains It All.')"


NOW I AM DROOLING!
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post #49 of 141
7/21/05 at 9:55am
Neil Peart -- the *one* guy who can play a drum solo that doesn't drive people from the room screaming. . .
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post #50 of 141
7/22/05 at 7:18am
Yeah. At least he has little clangy melodic thingies and, recently, a spinning set and film clips and the like. It's still pointless, but entertaining.
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post #51 of 141
8/9/05 at 4:44pm
Woah. I'd pay $50 for Exit... Stage Left on dvd with Natural Science!!!
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post #52 of 141
8/10/05 at 3:52pm
So, what exactly is this R-30 I'm hearing about? I went to the Rush site and found nothing about it.
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post #53 of 141
8/10/05 at 5:15pm
Nothing has been announced about the R-30 dvd. R-30 is what the band was calling their tour last year since it has been 30 years since they formed. They filmed a tour stop in Germany that will be coming out at the end of the year.
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post #54 of 141
8/11/05 at 4:14pm
Thanks Kyle. I pretty much figured that's what it was, but just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed any announcements. I missed the concert so I'd be glad to pick up the dvd.
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post #55 of 141
9/2/05 at 4:13am
Thread Starter 
Nothing has been announced about the R-30 dvd. R-30 is what the band was calling their tour last year since it has been 30 years since they formed. They filmed a tour stop in Germany that will be coming out at the end of the year.


IT'S OFFICIAL NOW (R30)

This is from Rush's official website:

NEW RUSH DVDS AVAILABLE SOON

Rush will be releasing the highly anticipated R30 DVD in late fall 2005. R30 will feature the sold out concert that Rush played in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2004 during their 30th Anniversary tour.

Neil Peart is currently working on the follow up to his instructional drum video "A Work In Progress." The follow up will be released as a DVD and is set for release in late fall 2005. The new DVD is produced by Hudson Music and is entitled "Anatomy of Drum Solo."

Please stay tuned to www.rush.com in the coming weeks for information regarding these releases.
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post #56 of 141
9/21/05 at 9:13am
Thread Starter 
Okay, I will just talk to myself, but in case others are still following these developments:

Rock Group Rush Set For DVD Release and New Album

September 19, 2005 4:01 a.m. EST


Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Toronto, Canada (AHN) - Rush fans are rejoicing after a lull in action from the band in 2005, taking nearly a year off to focus on guitarist Alex Lifeson's trial in Naples, Florida and work on a plethora of upcoming DVD projects for the end of 2005 and throughout 2006.

"R:30-Rush Live In Frankfurt," is to be released on November 15. The DVD set will feature a full performance of the German show during the band's 30th Anniversary Tour in 2004. It will also feature a full length documentary on the history of Rush that has a running time of just over one hour and exclusive lost live footage of the band from the early 1980s.

Drummer Neil Peart will release an instructional DVD titled "Anatomy of A Drum Solo" to be released through Hudson Music on December 13. The DVD will contain over two hours of Peart playing through numerous versions of drum solos he has performed for the better part of thirty years.

Rush plans to begin reissuing their VHS catalog on DVD with the 1981 concert film Exit Stage Left..., 1984's Grace Under Pressure Tour, and a performance recorded in 1988, A Show of Hands. The DVD's will be offered in a special box set and then individually.

If that was not enough news for Rush fans, the band has reportedly begun the process of pre-production and are in the early stages of writing for their new album which should be ready for release sometime in 2006 pending no delays.
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post #57 of 141
9/21/05 at 10:33am
Naw, Brett--you're hardly talking to yourself. I've just been rabble-rousing and beating the online bush so hard for so long about GUP, ESL, ASoH and TtCE DVDs that it's difficult for me to get excited about it now until I perhaps have the discs in my hands, especially with hi def DVD on the horizon. Do you know how many times I've been led to believe those discs were coming?

And now still, although I'm happy to see release dates for R30 and Neil's vid, we still don't have release dates for the catalog titles. Just "soon" and "plans to begin reissuing . . . ." Fuck that--it's nothing new. I want dates, so then we can at least opine as to what date the release is going to get delayed from.

-p

P.S. - Where'd you get that release, Brett? It hasn't shown up in my in box from Rush.com yet. Curious to me that the release says the band took a break in 2005 to focus on Alex's trial. I know the guys very much support each other, but that's a matter that I would think largely involved the band's and Alex's personal attorneys.
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post #58 of 141
9/21/05 at 11:08am
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Curious to me that the release says the band took a break in 2005 to focus on Alex's trial. I know the guys very much support each other, but that's a matter that I would think largely involved the band's and Alex's personal attorneys.


Probably also involved Alex to a certain extent, and probably would cause a distraction to actually working on new material, so it doesn't surprise me.

Personally, it was nice to hear that they are working on new material.

Jason
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post #59 of 141
9/21/05 at 3:31pm
Thread Starter 
Where'd you get that release, Brett?


http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/News.htm


Do you know how many times I've been led to believe those discs were coming?


Believe me, you don't have to tell me. Remember, I started this thread almost 4 years ago. I didn't come back to this thread until you emailed me about it.

--it's nothing new. I want dates


I couldn't agree more, but the way I look at it is like a puzzle and the pieces are beginning to fall in place. First off, there was that recent press release in regards to the videos being in production (Fogolabs). Even if that was held in question, they did list R30 as one of the DVDs they (Fogolabs) were working on (along with all the previous video releases). Shortly after that "advertisement" Rush officially announces the R30 show. Now there is a news story stating everything all over again except this time there are actual dates associated with the R30 release and Neil's instructional video.

I am still not getting my hopes up, but I am feeling better now.
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post #60 of 141
9/21/05 at 4:19pm
Yeah Brett I basically agree, but I'm tired of getting spanked.

I wrote a letter to Jim Cameron in 1998 asking about/for a Titanic SE. SEVEN years later Paramount announces it . . . 3 months after announcing that the studio is supporting HD DVD and a release slate for Q4.

In August, the studio announced they're not releasing any HD DVDs this fall.

Warner has similarly "delayed" their HD DVD release plans. So no Batman Begins HD DVD this fall either, after my having blue balls for it since June 15 when I saw that movie.

Found this after clickety clicking around the link you sent me:

"Mar. 2005: Atlantic adds a preorder link for the Vapor Trails remaster on its website, and a source close to Anthem Records confirms its release is imminent."

HA!

In the words of you-know-Who: I "Won't Get Fooled Again"!

-p
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