Maggot Brain OrgMusic reissue is coming in September

[JBoogie]

Pre-order is up for the OrgMusic reissue of Maggot Brain. Ship date is around 9/7/26. I’m sure there will be other retailers selling other exclusive variants.

https://orgmusic.com/collections/vinyl-lp/products/maggot-brain?variant=46629761810593

Also, the remastered version is up on streaming sites with only “Can You Get To That” available right now.

From the listing:
For this definitive 2026 reissue, the album was mastered directly from analog tape, preserving the raw power, depth, and atmosphere of the original recordings with extraordinary detail. A longtime holy grail for collectors, Maggot Brain receives the treatment it has long deserved

[silentboatman]

Nice! No doubt, this is the release a lot of people have been waiting for. I really wish they will continue with the rest of the catalog. A 4LP AEIY anyone?

Saw that they’re also doing a SACD. Good for people that’s into that. And they also have Maggot Brain coffee, hahaha ok..

[chilly_jon]

Is the SACD stereo or multichannel? I know it mentions hybrid, but I’m not sure if that means normal CD stereo layer and a higher quality stereo layer or if it’s stereo and multichannel type of deal

[silentboatman]

Hybrid means that there’s both a normal CD layer and a SACD layer. The SACD layer could be multichanneled, but probably it’s just stereo in this case. Surely they would’ve mentioned it if it had more channels.

[TomBomb1]

Already ordered Lp and cd.

[silentboatman]

What LP variant did you pre order? I will go for the 2LP 45 RPM.

[JBoogie]

I ordered the 2x LP 45 RPM.

[silentboatman]

Here are the mockups of the Org Music variants (including the store exclusives).

And then there’s the In Groove variant. Black single disc, with a nicer tip-on jacket. Like what they did with Free Your Mind.

Here’s a couple of links for EU and UK pre-orders: hhv, juno, rough trade.

[silentboatman]

Did you see that they’re having listening parties? A bunch of them all over the US. Between September 11-13. There’s apparently also giveaways and prizes.

The listening parties

Alabama
Seasick Records — Birmingham
10,000 Hz Records — Opelika

Arizona
Stinkweeds — Phoenix
The “In” Groove — Phoenix
Tracks In Wax — Phoenix
Vinyl Record Dude — Scottsdale
Zia Records — Tempe
Zia Records — Tucson (Speedway)

Arkansas
Control — Little Rock

California
Traffic Records — Atascadero
Run Out Groove Records — Burbank
Fingerprints — Long Beach
Common Wave Hi-Fi — Los Angeles
Funky Groove Store — Los Angeles
1-2-3-4 Go! Records — Oakland
M-Theory Music — San Diego
Soul Side Vinyl — San Diego
Needle To The Groove — San Jose
Streetlight Records — San Jose
Boo Boo Records — San Luis Obispo
Streetlight Records — Santa Cruz

Colorado
Twist & Shout Records — Denver
Wax Trax — Denver
Sold Out Vinyl Records — Englewood

Connecticut
GRAILS — New Haven

Florida
Tonevendor — St. Augustine
Sweat Records — Miami
Park Ave CDs — Orlando
Rust & Wax Record Shop — Palm Beach
Rearview Vintage & Vinyl — Tallahassee

Georgia
Housewolf Records — Woodstock

Idaho
The Record Exchange — Boise

Illinois
Exile on Main Street — Champaign
Bucket O’ Blood — Chicago
Out Of The Past Records — Chicago
Pinwheel Records — Chicago
Reckless Records — Chicago (N. Milwaukee)
Shug Records — Chicago
Animal Records — Evanston
Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap — Lisle
Waiting Room Records — Normal
Rolling Stones — Norridge

Indiana
Landlocked Music — Bloomington
Psychedelic Cellar — Marion

Kansas
Love Garden Sounds — Lawrence
Spektrum Muzik — Wichita

Louisiana
Euclid Records — New Orleans

Maryland
KA-CHUNK!! Records — Annapolis
The Sound Garden — Baltimore

Massachusetts
GOOD TASTE Records — Boston
vinyl index. — Somerville

Michigan
Flat, Black, & Circular — East Lansing
Ripe Records — Grosse Pointe Park
Out There — Sawyer
Street Corner Music — Oak Park

Minnesota
Down In The Valley — Golden Valley
Agharta Records — Minneapolis
Electric Fetus — Minneapolis

Mississippi
The End of All Music — Jackson
The End of All Music — Oxford

Missouri
Josey Records — Kansas City
Mills Record Company — Kansas City
Vintage Vinyl — St. Louis
Euclid Records — Webster Groves

Montana
Cactus Records & Gifts — Bozeman

Nevada
Zia Records — Las Vegas (Rainbow)

New Jersey
The Score Records — Oaklyn

New Mexico
Mottainai — Santa Fe

New York
Finer Sounds — Brooklyn
Vinyl Veritas — Brooklyn
Generation Records — New York City
Rough Trade Below — New York City
Darkside Records — Poughkeepsie
Not Donuts Records — Stanfordville
The Sound Garden — Syracuse
Sound House Records — Troy

North Carolina
Lunchbox Records — Charlotte, NC
Sell Your Soul Records — Mooresville
Schoolkids Records — Raleigh
Schoolkids Records — Wilmington
Yellow Dog Discs — Wilmington

North Dakota
Orange Records — Fargo

Ohio
The Vinyl Groove Records — Bedford
Used Kids Records — Columbus
Omega Music — Dayton
Plaid Room Records — Loveland
Haskins House Records — Portsmouth
Culture Clash Records — Toledo
Resignation Records — Troy

Oklahoma
Guestroom Records — Norman
Guestroom Records — Oklahoma City
Guestroom Records — Edmond

Oregon
B-Side Records & Vintage — Milwaukee
Music Millennium — Portland
Paul’s Boutique — Portland
Produce Records — Portland, OR

Pennsylvania
Siren Records — Doylestown
Young Ones Records — Kutztown
Repo Records — Philadelphia
Attic Record Store — Pittsburgh
Needle & Bean — Pittsburgh
Rosie’s Records — Pittsburgh

South Carolina
Horizon Records — Greenville

South Dakota
Black Hills Vinyl — Rapid City

Tennessee
Dallas Vinyl Love — Chattanooga
The Great Escape — Nashville
Vinyl Tap — Nashville
Yellow Racket Records — Chattanooga

Texas
Antone’s Record Shop — Austin
Breakaway Records — Austin
CD Warehouse Records & Tapes — Arlington
End of an Ear — Austin
Good Records — Dallas
Hybrid Records — Corpus Christi
Record Town — Fort Worth
Static ATX — Liberty Hill

Utah
Graywhale Entertainment — Taylorsville
Lavender Vinyl — Ogden

Vermont
Autumn Records — Winooski

Virginia
AFK Books & Records — Virginia Beach
BUMRUSH Vinyl Shop — Stafford
Melody Supreme — Charlottesville
Plan 9 Music — Richmond

Washington
Easy Street Records — Seattle
Rainy Day Records — Olympia
Royal Records — Seattle
Sonic Boom Records — Seattle
Spin Cycle Records — Seattle

Washington, D.C.
Byrdland Records

West Virginia
Admiral Analog’s — Shepherdstown

Wisconsin
Abraxas Wax — Eau Claire
Lilliput Records — Milwaukee
Strictly Discs — Madison
Volta Records — Greenfield

[ambro278]

Read on the Hoffman forums that the SACD will not be peak limited like the standard CDs / streaming. Quite pleased to hear that. I wonder why the non-SACD digital formats need to have limiting. Maybe their distributor is concerned with how it sounds on earbuds or something.