Rush - Strife


Cover

Compact Disc - Zoom Club Records - ZCRCD63.
1975 - U.K - Reissue 2001.

Sleeve design, photography (A. Powell/S. Thorgerson): HIPGNOSIS.
Graphics: Richard Evans, Colin Elgie.


Back cover

Inlay

Disc

Booklet

Booklet



Strife




Memorabilia:

Chrysalis Records


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  1. IT'S PSYCHODELIC BABY MAGAZINE.comFebruary 25, 2026 at 9:39 AM


    John Reid Talks Strife: 70s Heavy Rock and the Chaos Behind It

    By Klemen Breznikar


    Where was ‘Rush’ recorded? What are some of your strongest memories from working on it?

    ‘Rush’ was mainly recorded at Morgan Studios in London and, being our first album, we were full of anticipation about how it was going to sound in comparison to our live performances. Because of our time in LA, we had a good rapport with Dean and he introduced us to sound engineer Don Gooch, who had done a lot of work with Motown, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, and The Eagles, and he wanted to work on the album too—so it was all systems go. As far as I can remember, we had no problems playing or recording the songs as we had played them so many times over the years.

    As for the sound and production, we basically left that to Dean and Don, who decided to take us back to LA to mix it in studios that were familiar to them. My strongest memories of the whole experience were how different it all was from playing live, and Dean bringing in girl singers and saxophones—and not being sure if that was quite right. I do remember Gordon not being too happy about it.

    Anyway, at the end of the day I was just glad that we finally had an album out. It was certainly a bit different because of Dean’s production, and whether it was right or wrong, I am still not sure to this day.


    What’s the story behind the artwork?

    Chrysalis was responsible for organising the artwork and we had no idea what it was going to be like. When we saw it, we really liked it—especially the logo for the band, which we kept right through to the end. Apparently, the two samurai swordsmen were played by two dentists who took part-time acting jobs, but I’m not too sure if that was true. Anyway, the famous book by Hipgnosis of album covers obviously thought it was worth including in their collection, alongside some other great and better-known bands of the ’70s.

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