By-Tor & The Snow Dog

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“By Tor & The Snow Dog”
Song by Rush
Album Fly by Night
Released February, 1975
Genre Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal
Length 8:39
Label Mercury Records
Writer Lee & Lifeson
Lyrics by Peart
Producer Rush & Terry Brown
Fly by Night track listing
"Beneath, Between & Behind"
(3)
By Tor & The Snow Dog
(4)
"Fly by Night"
(5)


By-Tor & The Snow Dog is the fourth song from the album Fly by Night, by the Canadian band Rush.

[edit] Order

The song is divided into 4 chapters:

  1. At the Tobes of Hades
  2. Across the Styx
  3. Of the Battle (a. Challenge and Defiance b. 7/4 War Furor c. Aftermath d. Hymn of Triumph.)
  4. Epilogue.

[edit] Infinite windchimes

On the original, vinyl Fly By Night album, the chimes at the end of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" were printed into the runout groove of side one. This meant that on older turntables the chimes would play on forever, until the stylus was physically lifted from the vinyl. On the Archives version, "By-Tor" is 28 seconds longer as these additional chimes were included. [1]