The majority of the performances on this album were from the 1988
Hold Your Fire tour, recorded in the American cities of
New Orleans,
Phoenix, and
San Diego, and the British city of
Birmingham. "
Mystic Rhythms" and "
Witch Hunt" were recorded in
East Rutherford, New Jersey, during the 1986
Power Windows tour. The opening track "Intro" features
The Three Stooges theme playing in the background; the band used this music to open many of their concerts during the 1980s. With the exception of "
Closer to the Heart", the tracklist focuses almost entirely on the band's material from the 1980s, and is Rush's only live record to feature no performances of songs released before 1977. Unlike ''
All the World's a Stage and Exit... Stage Left'', this album does not have any songs that had to be omitted for single CD release. The first two were released prior to the introduction of compact discs and were double album sets, whilst this album was initially released on CD so time restrictions were already taken into account. ==Video release==