All the World's a Stage

After 2112, everybody’s favorite Canadian prog rock power trio needed something to stop the gap in their relentless release schedule while they prepared A Farewell to Kings. It was the ’70s: that meant a double-LP live release. Not as polished as their later stage recordings, these distortion-soaked takes give the highlights from their first four albums a raw energy — especially the cuts from the underwhelming Caress of Steel. We would never quite see this side of them again but this last glimpse offered a lovely farewell as they transitioned into rock royalty.