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With the platinum-selling "A Million Vacations" now in the charts, this is Max Webster's first time headlining Maple Leaf Gardens. While this show wasn't quite sold out, they would play the following two New Year's Eves here, which certainly were.
On occasion Geddy Lee and Pye Dubois would sing the "AOMU" part of Rascal Houdi into a microphone off stage, but tonight, despite Rush not being on the gig, Geddy Lee came on stage to deliver the goods.
104.5 CHUM FM did a radio spot during the show, and Beyond The Moon can be heard in the background.
Line-up
- Kim Mitchell : Vocals/Guitar
- Terry Watkinson : Keyboards
- Gary McCracken : Drums
- Dave Myles : Bass
Bands
- Streetheart
Partial Setlist
- Lip Service
- Let Go The Line
- A Million Vacations
- The Party (including Sarniatown Reggae)
- Rascal Houdi
- Beyond The Moon
- Hangover
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Donald Gadziola
Me and my buddy Jim were right at the stage standing. We were right below Kim Mitchell. At one point Kim picked up a plastic beer cup took a swig and handed it down to me. I thought, "cool... beer!!!" I took a big whack and almost gagged. Straight rye. So I passed it to Jim. He took a chug, then I handed it back up to Kim. Great memory.
I was shooting and was on my 2nd roll. I had one shot left on the roll and decided to save it for the encore. Well thank Ged I did. When they did come back for the encore, out walked Geddy. The crowd went nuts. They began the encore, which was the Max tune Rascal Houdi: AOMU. Geddy was singing harmony with Max bassist Dave Myles.
Gregg LaMarsh
[My friend] Al took my trusty silver flight case (with its decoy Olympus camera sticker) from me then breezed through security with his backstage pass. My taper and mics were inside that case. Then he handed the case back to me, so I could go up into the stands to my seat. After the show, we rendezvoused outside the venue and anxiously listened to the playback. Or tried to. My gaffe had been to forget to place enough sticky tape across the recycled cassette’s lugs. My intention had been to record the Max show over an old and very lousy Led Zep recording that I’d once made live in Detroit. Imagine our surprise when far from hearing ‘Oh War’ during the playback, Al and I instead heard ‘Achilles Last Stand’!