Editing Rush (Rush album) (section)

==Recording and production==
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The initial recording sessions were produced by Dave Stock at Eastern Sound Studios in [[Toronto]] in two days during the Summer of 1973. They were scheduled late at night during the 'dead' time in studios because of the band's low budget and the rates during this period were the cheapest.{{sfn|Popoff|2020|p=79}} By request of the band's management, Rush included their version of "[[Not Fade Away (song)|Not Fade Away]]", a staple of the band's live-set during that time, for a possible single-release. The song was eventually released as Rush's debut single in September 1973,<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lee | first1 = Geddy | author-link1 = Geddy Lee | title = My Effin' Life | edition = 1st | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2023 | page = 148 | isbn = 978-0-06-315941-9}}</ref> backed with "You Can't Fight It", a song originally planned for inclusion on the album, but that idea was scrapped in favour of new songs.
From this original recording session, "[[In the Mood (Rush song)|In the Mood]]" and "Take A Friend" would be included in the final album.{{sfn|Popoff|2020|pp=91–93}}

However, Rush were unhappy with the quality of the first sessions. They moved to Toronto Sound Studios in November 1973 and produced these sessions themselves while achieving a significant improvement in recording quality, with the help of engineer Terry Brown.{{sfn|Popoff|2020|p=81}} They added new overdubs to existing backing tracks of "What You're Doing", "Before and After" and "[[Working Man]]" from the first session. In the meantime, the band had written new songs that were recorded entirely at Toronto Sound: "Finding My Way", "Need Some Love" and "Here Again". These new songs took the place of songs from the earlier sessions.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Lee | first1 = Geddy | author-link1 = Geddy Lee | title = My Effin' Life | edition = 1st | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2023 | page = 152 | isbn = 978-0-06-315941-9}}</ref> Both studios used 8-channel [[multitrack recording|multitrack recorders]], which was quite primitive for 1973, but the group quickly learned to make the best use of the technology that was available.

In July 2008, Rush discovered a version of "Working Man" with an alternative guitar solo. They allowed the makers of the popular rhythm game ''[[Rock Band (game)|Rock Band]]'' to use the master tapes for the song's inclusion.<ref name="Working Man on Rock Band">[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/arts/music/14guns.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Working Man in NY Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921050324/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/arts/music/14guns.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |date=September 21, 2017 }}, accessed July 21, 2008.</ref>