Taking listeners on a journey through
Rush
's seminal, prog-heavy early period,
Sector 1
is the first in a series of three box sets released by the band in 2011. Collecting the band's first five albums,
,
Fly by Night
Caress of Steel
2112
, and the live album
All the World's a Stage
, the set shows
finding their feet artistically as they grow from a
Led Zeppelin
-inspired blues-rock band on their debut to the wildly ambitious band that released
, an album with a 20-minute title track. As a bit of nostalgia, the albums are all repackaged in CD scale re-creations of the original LP jackets, giving
fans the opportunity to pour over these albums as they were when they were released, even if it's in a somewhat diminutive form. Also, as one would expect from a reissue, all of the albums here have been remastered, and for the audiophiles out there, the set even includes a bonus DVD-Audio version of
, which features both a stereo and a 5.1 Surround mix of the album, making
a great way to experience the early days of
. ~ Gregory Heaney