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On this day in 1981, the Rush LP “Exit Stage Left” debuted on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #39 (November 14)

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Side two of “Exit... Stage Left” was recorded from June 10–11, 1980 at The Apollo in Glasgow, Scotland, during the band's tour for their seventh studio album, “Permanent Waves”.

The remaining three sides were recorded on March 27, 1981 at The Forum in Montreal, Canada during the subsequent tour of their eighth album, “Moving Pictures”.

Drummer Neil Peart said the band were happier with “Exit... Stage Left” than with their first live album “All the World's a Stage”, noting that the latter suffered from uneven sound quality.

Geddy Lee explained that the album’s name came from a cartoon character:

“The whole title came from a character in an American cartoon called Snagglepuss.

He's a great little creature, a lion, and every time there's trouble he flees, uttering 'Exit... stage left' or 'Exit... stage right'.

But the fact of the matter was that the album cover picture was taken from stage left. And coincidentally that's the direction in which Snagglepuss runs most of the time.”

Neil Peart added:

“We wanted to have Snagglepuss's tail on there. You know, 'Exit Stage Left', with a picture of just his tail. Forget it! They wanted all kinds of legal hassles and tons of money.”

The album went to #6 in the UK, #7 in Canada, #10 in the US, #19 in the Netherlands, and #28 in Norway.

“Exit... Stage Left” was voted the ninth best live album of all time by Classic Rock magazine in 2004.

Cleverly, an item from each of Rush's previous eight studio album covers can be seen on the front and back cover of this live album, though each has been modified in some way.

The snowy owl from “Fly by Night” flies above Apollo, the man in the suit from “Hemispheres”, who stands next to Paula Turnbull, the woman from “Permanent Waves”.

On the back cover, the puppet king from “A Farewell to Kings” sits atop a box stenciled with the band logo from Rush.

Next to him is a painting of the “Caress of Steel” album cover, held by one of the movers from “Moving Pictures”, with another mover standing behind. Next to this is Dionysus, the nude man from “Hemispheres”.

Behind this scene, the starman from “2112” hangs in the background, next to an "EXIT" sign.

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