Moon Records is a Canadian record publishing company established in 1973 after Rush and their SRO management company run by Ray Danniels were unable to find a record label interested in signing them. Moon Records served as an outlet for the band's first single, " Not Fade Away", and self-titled debut album '' Rush'' in 1974. Moon was distributed by London Records of Canada. After the success of ''Rush'', the band was offered a two-record deal with the Polygram Group and signed with Polygram's

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in 1974. Moon Records folded as a label and transformed in 1974 from an independent record label to a music production company.

Anthem Records Anthem Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The company was formed in May 1977 by Ray Danniels and Vic Wilson with initial recording artists Rush, Max Webster, Liverpool and A Foot in Coldwater. The three ...

would become Rush's label in Canada.

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of Rush, who joined the band after its Moon Records period, said about the experience of releasing the debut of the band:

"When we were starting, no record company in Canada would touch us, and the only way we could get a record released was by putting it out ourselves on an independent label, which is pretty pathetic when you think about us being the biggest band Canada has produced. It makes you a little bit cynical about the whole thing."

With Moon Records acting as a production company for Rush, Ray Danniels, Rush's manager also launched Taurus Records (1973 – 1977).

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{{Authority control Defunct record labels of Canada Record labels established in 1973 Record labels disestablished in 1977 London Records Rush (band)