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==Distribution and release==
The band and its management formed their own company, [[Moon Records (Canada)|Moon Records]], and released the album in Canada. Only 3,500 copies of the original Moon Records LP, catalogue number MN-100, were pressed. The promotional version of the LP has a cream-coloured label with a blue Moon Records logo and black type. The remaining 3,500 were blue labeled with a blue Moon Records logo and black type.

The album was soon picked up by [[WMMS]], a radio station in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. [[Donna Halper]], a [[Disc jockey|DJ]] working at the station, selected "Working Man" for her regular play list. Every time the song was played the station received phone calls asking where to buy the record. Copies of the Moon Records album were imported to the Cleveland area and quickly sold out. In the 2010 documentary film ''[[Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage]]'', Halper says that "Working Man" was the perfect song for the Cleveland rock audience, as it was still mostly a factory town in 1974. WMMS later sponsored one of Rush's first performances in the United States, in Cleveland on August 26, 1974.

The record's popularity in Cleveland quickly led to the re-release of the album by [[Mercury Records]] on August 10, 1974. 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 grooves, indicating that it was pressed from the same metal stampers as the Moon disc. "A special thank you to Donna Halper for getting the ball rolling" was added to the album credits of this and all later versions.

At this point manager [[Ray Danniels]] scraped together an additional $9,000 for producer [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] to professionally re-mix all of the recordings for better sound quality. This remix version was used for later releases, most of which used the Mercury "skyline" record label instead of the red label. A later Moon Records version of undetermined origin has a pink label with grey moon craters.

The original album logo was red, but a printing error made it appear more magenta in colour. This is one of two Rush albums where the cover artwork had printing errors, the other album being ''[[Caress of Steel]]''.

The complete album, along with ''[[Fly by Night (album)|Fly by Night]]'' and ''[[Caress of Steel]]'', was included as part of the 1978 Anthem release ''Archives.'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Rush – Archives (1978, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Archives/release/1513445 |website=Discogs |access-date=26 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220053632/https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Archives/release/1513445 |url-status=live }}</ref>