rush releasen.
/rʌʃ rᵻˈliːs/, U.S. /ˌrəʃ rəˈlis/, /ˌrəʃ riˈlis/ Originally U.S.
The action or an instance of producing and marketing a film, music recording, or other product in the shortest possible time; a product released in this way.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > type of record
pre-release1871
record album1904
re-release1907
ten-inch1908
twelve-incher1909
demonstration record1911
pressing1912
swinger1924
repressing1927
transcription1931
long-player1932
rush release1935
pop record1937
album1945
demonstration disc1947
pop disc1947
pop single1947
long-play1948
picture disc1948
781949
single1949
forty-five1950
demo disc1952
EP1952
shellac1954
top of the pops1956
gold disc1957
acetate1962
platinum disc1964
chartbuster1965
miss1965
cover1966
reissue1966
pirate label1968
rock record1968
thirty-three (and a third)1968
sampler1969
white-label1970
double album1971
dubplate1976
seven-inch1977
mini-album1980
joint1991
1935 Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. i. 13/1 (headline) Rush release on Ethiopian picture.
1970 Billboard 13 June 81/1 A rush-release of the album containing all the famous songs, has been set for the end of May.
1989 Q Mar. 18/2 Their excellent, self-titled first album might not exactly be a rush release.
2003 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 4 Apr. e11 As with most rush releases, this one [sc. a DVD] has a minimum of extras.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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