The EP was a 7-inch single housed in a plain sleeve that came in a variety of colors including pink, blue, red, yellow and green.

[2] In a Trouser Press article on the band dating from January 1979, Cole Springer refers to it as a bootleg of British origin.

[3] However, Devo webmaster and archivist Michael Pilmer later stated that it was produced by Virgin Records and included with some copies of the band's 1978 debut album Q: Are We Not Men?

[citation needed] The tracks "Mechanical Man" and "Auto-Modown" were recorded in 1975, when the band was a quartet and Jim Mothersbaugh was their drummer.

[5] In 2023, Electronic Sound magazine repressed a limited edition of the Mechanical Man EP on yellow 7-inch vinyl and offered it as a bundle with issue 103, a 100-page celebration of Devo's 50th anniversary.