Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play is a rare promo LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 recording by Canadian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 Rush

Rush (band)

Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...

. All of the songs on the record had been previously released on other albums by the band up until that point. Copies of the record were given to radio stations in North America as it featured material fit for radio airplay. However no material from the band's first album, Rush appears on the promo. This is also the first time edited versions of 2112

2112 (song)

2112 is the sidelong title track of Canadian progressive rock band Rush's album of the same name, released in 1976. The overture and the first section, Temples of Syrinx, were released as a single and are still popular among Rush's setlists today. The "sci-fi" sounds in the beginning of the song...

 (Overture/Temples of Syrinx) and The Fountain of Lamneth

The Fountain of Lamneth

The Fountain of Lamneth is the fifth song from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart. It chronicles a man's journey to find the Fountain of Lamneth. It consists of six parts:#* "I. In the Valley" – 4:18#*...

 (Bacchus Plateau) were released on an album. Unlike other Rush promos, this LP is not actually released nor listed on any Rush discography.

Tracklisting

• Fly by Night
  Fly by Night (song)
  "Fly by Night" is the fifth song from Rush's second album of the same name. The music was written by Geddy Lee and the lyrics were penned by Neil Peart. Peart wrote this song about his first trip away from home. In 1971, at 18 years old, he left behind his small-town Canadian life and flew to England...
  
  
• Making Memories
• Bastille Day
  Bastille Day (song)
  "Bastille Day" is the first song from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart...
  
  
• Something for Nothing
• Lakeside Park
  Lakeside Park (song)
  "Lakeside Park" is the third song from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart. The song details Peart's memories of many summers spent at the park....
  
  
• Anthem
  Anthem (song)
  "Anthem" is a song from the concept album and subsequent musical Chess by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.- Kerry Ellis version :...
  
  
• Overture/Temples of Syrinx
  2112 (song)
  2112 is the sidelong title track of Canadian progressive rock band Rush's album of the same name, released in 1976. The overture and the first section, Temples of Syrinx, were released as a single and are still popular among Rush's setlists today. The "sci-fi" sounds in the beginning of the song...
  
  
• The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone (Rush song)
  "The Twilight Zone" is the third track on Rush's album 2112. It was released in 1976. As with most Rush songs, the lyrics are written by Neil Peart. It is based on two episodes of The Twilight Zone, the first stanza of the song being based on the episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?",...
  
  
• Best I Can
• Bacchus Plateau
  The Fountain of Lamneth
  The Fountain of Lamneth is the fifth song from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart. It chronicles a man's journey to find the Fountain of Lamneth. It consists of six parts:#* "I. In the Valley" – 4:18#*...
  
  
• In the End