A Farewell to Kings: Liner Notes

Neil Peart
Drums, orchestra bells, tubular bells, temple blocks, cowbells, wind chimes, bell tree, triangle, vibra-slap

Geddy Lee
Bass guitar, twelve string guitar, Mini Moog, bass pedal synthesizer, vocals

Alex Lifeson
Six and twelve string electric guitar, six and twelve string acoustic guitar, classical guitar, bass pedal synthesizer

Produced by Rush and Terry Brown
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales, June 1977
Engineered by Pat Moran and Terry Brown (Broon)
Mixed at Advision Studios, London
Engineered by Terry Brown, Assisted by Declan (not Norman!) O’Doherty and Ken Thomas

Art direction and graphics by Hugh Syme
Cover photography by Yosh Inouye
Sleeve photography by Roger Stowell
Liner photographs by Fin Costello
Design assistance by Bob King

Mastered at JAMF, Toronto by George Graves

Management by Ray Danniels, SRO Management, Inc., Toronto
Executive Production-Moon Records

Roadmaster and lighting director-Howard (Herns) Ungerleider
Concert sound engineer and effects consultant-Major Ian Grandy
Stage right technician-Liam (Elfbjörn) Birt
Stage left technician-Skip (Slider) Gildersleeve
Centre stage technician-Larry (The Saint) Allen
Stage Manager-Mike (Lurch) Hirsh Chauffeur extraordinaire-(Ms.) Jorge Hoadley

Hello and thank you to National Sound and Crew, See Factor Lighting and Crew (U.K. too!), Electrosound U.K. and Crew, Graham The Coach Driver, Alans Moore and Kearsley, all at Rockfield and Pat (Duffo) Moran, (Farewell to Kingsley), Max Websters’ Dancing and Crew, the Cult and Crew, Fabrissio, The Percussion Centre, Tony (Old School Thai) Kelly, Continental Tom Berry, and all our friends in the U.K. (and everywhere!) we remember Brooklyn.

A special thank you to Dirk, Lerxst, and Pratt.

Our thanks also go out to the good people of Gibson Guitars, Rickenbacker Guitars, and Slingerland Drums for their personal help and consideration.

Dedicated to Nancy, Charlene, and Jacqueline