RUSH - Rush

Item Description

Vinyl, , 1st Canadian Mercury Pressing
LP Album Repress

The record's popularity in Cleveland quickly led to the re-release of the album by Mercury Records. The first Canadian Mercury release on the standard red Mercury label is nearly as rare as the Moon version. It also had the Moon number 'MN-100' between the run-out groves, indicating that it was pressed from the same metal parts as the Moon disc. The Rush logo is printed red on the cover, as in the original Moon Records release.

First four Canadian pressings:

[url=https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Rush/release/3358925]1st Pressing on Moon Records[/url]

[url=https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Rush/release/3964666]2nd Pressing on Red Mercury Label with Moon Records logo on the back cover, LP still utilizing original MN-100 stampers[/url]

[url=https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Rush/release/9427346]3rd Pressing on Red Mercury Label without Moon Records logo on the back cover, SRO logo changed to left side of back cover, rear cover credits not revised yet, front band logo now in pink/magenta, some lps still made with original MN-100 stampers, others with new stamper (G Kong version)[/url]

[url=https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Rush/release/2248918]4th Pressing on Red Label without the Moon Records logo, credits revised on rear cover, LP did not utilize MN-100 stampers[/url]

See images for specifics.

As this is the 1st Mercury pressing, their catalog number SRM 1-1011 is lightly etched in front of the B side Moon stamper matrix number MN-100-B, however, the S is reversed so looks like a Z or 2 so reflect it’s actual appearance in the BaOI, but indicate it’s intent parenthetically (S).

Pressing plant ID: Etched Q in runout matrix [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/111208-Quality-Records-Limited]Quality Records Limited[/url]