Soundgarden’s Debut Album Ultramega OK Gets Expanded Reissue
Soundgarden’s debut album Ultramega OK was released in 1988 on SST. At the time, the band’s members weren’t satisfied with the album’s original mix and decided to remix it themselves. The project was postponed until last year, when Soundgarden finally acquired the original multi-track tapes and worked on a new mix. The remixed reissue of the album is out March 10 via Sub Pop. It features six early versions of songs that appear on the record. (The band call those songs “the Ultramega EP.”) Find the previously unreleased version of “Beyond the Wheel” below.
Jack Endino, the engineer who helped the band remix the album, and guitarist Kim Thayil wrote the liner notes for the reissue. It comes with a previously unseen photo, and the album’s vinyl edition is packaged in a foil-stamp gatefold with custom dust sleeves. The “Loser” edition will be pressed on marble blue and maroon vinyl.
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Ultramega OK:
01 Flower
02 All Your Lies
03 665
04 Beyond the Wheel
05 667
06 Mood for Trouble
07 Circle of Power
08 He Didn’t
09 Smokestack Lightning
10 Nazi Driver
11 Head Injury
12 Incessant Mace
13 One Minute of Silence
14 Head Injury (early version)
15 Beyond the Wheel (early version)
16 Incessant Mace (early version)
17 He Didn’t (early version)
18 All Your Lies (early version)
19 Incessant Mace (V2) (early version)
Watch Soundgarden perform “Flower” live in 1990:
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