Motorhead’s 1986 album, Orgasmatron, is getting new life.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the album’s release, BMG will re-issue the album Nov. 6. The forthcoming re-issue will be available on separate 3LP bookpack and 2CD set featuring the album’s remastered original mix and remix. That content will be complimented by the inclusion of studio rehearsal and outtake audio recorded during the album’s sessions.
Additionally, the complete BBC 1 radio Friday Rock Show session from 1986 will be included in the re-issue. Pre-orders are open.
A statement from the Motorhead team discusses the album’s significance.
“Orgasmatron is a special album,” the statement reads. “Part of that is down to the stylized production of Bill Laswell, who approached the work from a unique perspective. Bill’s work stands in its own right as something special in the Motörhead library, and Orgasmatron stands as one hell of an album. However, there was some controversy in the sense that both Lemmy and Phil Campbell felt that some of the power, bite and energy had been lost in Laswell’s final delivery.”
The statement adds, “As old-school Motörhead fans, we found ourselves sitting around the coffee table one night several months ago, drinks in hand, pondering what Orgasmatron would sound like if it were to be remixed by Motörhead’s longtime producer, Cameron Webb. Cameron helmed six studio albums, and it’s fair to say he had the trust, love — and grumbles too! — of Lem, Phil and Mikkey. Would it be ‘right’ to ask him if he wanted a crack at remixing Orgasmatron? Would it be disrespecting the original album if we were to offer such a thing alongside Bill’s original work? We concluded a big fat ‘no’! It would be an added adventure if people wanted to take it. So we asked Cameron if he was up for it. And he screamed a rather enthusiastic ‘yes’!”
Motorhead’s eighth album, Orgasmatron was released in July 1875 by GWR Records. The record was the band’s first to feature two guitarists, Phil Campbell and Michael Burston. The albums ‘forthcoming re-issue will be at least its third re-issue. It was previously re-issued in 1996 via Castle Communications and then again in 2006 via Sanctuary Records.
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