The Word and the Pictures was a two-volume book published in England as a supplemental tour book for the Hemispheres tour. Volume 1 was published in 1979 and Volume 2 in 1980 but both have long been out of print. The books contain pictures of Rush alongside facsimiles of Neil Peart's original lyric sheets. Back in March of last year Andrew Olson posted all of Volume 1 on his Neil Peart site. He recently did the same with Volume 2. What's particularly cool is this Flash-driven slideshow scan of the entire book. Thanks Andy!

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