Today Universal Music Enterprises releases deluxe editions of Rush’s landmark album 2112 that will feature 5.1 Surround Sound Mixes, unreleased live tracks and the first ever Rush comic book!
 
The new 2112 is available in three configurations: a regular CD edition, a deluxe edition with CD/DVD or CD/Blu-Ray material including the remastered 2112 CD with 3 live bonus tracks and a DVD or Blu-ray™ disc with a 5.1 surround sound audio mix and an interactive digital comic book, a new album cover by original album designer Hugh Syme, liner notes and unpublished photos, and the super deluxe contains the CD/Blu-Ray in a hardbound bookcase packed with a 40-page comic book representing every song on 2112.
 
Geddy Lee told Vh1 radio how the original album came to be. “We had done a record called Caress of Steel.  It wasn’t received well commercially and we were getting a lot of pressure at that time to write some five minute, three minute, four minute rock songs.  And so we really didn’t think that we would make it. 

We really didn’t think that we’d survive as a band and we figured, ‘Well, if we’re going to go, out let’s go out the way we want to go out.’  So we wrote this kind of passionate, fiery 2112 album and it turned out to be a huge, at least comparatively, critical success, well at least with our fans, and it sold quite well and changed the course of our career.”
 
About 2112, Rush.com says: “Originally released in 1976, Rush’s epic, landmark release 2112 was their creative and commercial breakthrough as well as one of the band’s most highly regarded releases among both fans and critics alike.

With lyrics written by Neil Peart, and influenced by author Ayn Rand, 2112 kicks off with the ambitious seven-suite title track (side one), set in a futuristic world run by the “Priests of the Temples of Syrinx” who regulate “every single facet of every life,” which includes books, music, work and play. “2112” conveys the story of humanity’s instinctual, inner need for one’s free will…2112 is the album that ushered in the next stage in their continuing evolution as artists.” 
 
Get more info here.