Organ Harvest: Songs For A Rainy Day Volume 1, by radio massacre international

Organ Harvest: Songs For A Rainy Day Volume 1

by radio massacre international

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Scott Burt I spent years looking for a copy of this album with success. I was excited when this release dropped, but I was not prepared for all the amazing extra material! The alternate version of monstrous tides is great; specific coast highway and ladybirds are amazing! I love the uncut version of edison; I don't know how RMI was able to cut out so much great material and use such a little snippet of this great track in the original album. Favorite track: A Minute Of Silence.

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	1.	Organ Harvest Pt I/Geiger/Edison/Rainy Day Song/Organ Harvest Pt II 56:03
	2.	A Minute Of Silence 06:06
	3.	Organ Harvest (Original 1994 Version) 57:45
	4.	A Minute Of Silence (Extended Take) 09:22
	5.	Destroy Cathedral City (Demo) 07:02
	6.	St Valentines Day Massacre 21:26
	7.	Monstrous Tides (Uncut Pre-Sachs Version) 15:09
	8.	Ladybirds 14:50
	9.	Uncovered 19:29
	10.	Specific Coast Highway 31:09
	11.	Edison (Uncut) 40:13

about

Following the completion of 'Republic', RMI continued to record regularly. At this time Duncan and Steve lived less than 5 miles from each other, so sessions could be arranged at the drop of a hat. Gary regularly made the trip south to complete the trio. This collection of material covers the period leading up to the compilation and release of the third studio album 'Organ Harvest' in late 1997.

Sessions were always recorded, but not always given the scrutiny they required, or were taken over by events, superseded by more 'important' work. Also at the time of course, a 70 minute CD was still regarded as a relative extravagance, and so a band as prolific as RMI were always going to enjoy a surfeit of material.

Looking back 25 years on and with the luxury of expanded platforms such as this, it is possible to re-investigate the early years of RMI in more detail and with it the classic studio sound from the Northern Echo in London. From 2000 a more flexible approach was needed as Steve rejoined the ranks of the Northern population and the axis shifted to Stockport and the famous Greenhouse.

Following the re-introduction of the original album as released in 1997 on Disc 1, Disc 2 begins with the initial version of a piece RMI would re-visit regularly over the years. 'Organ Harvest' was initially recorded alongside 'Retina Flood' in late 1994, and left on a shelf until it was revisited in early 1997 for the concert at the October Gallery. The original near hour long piece has never seen the light of day until now.

`Destroy Cathedral City' was, unusually, recorded away from the Northern Echo largely by Gary, with a visiting Steve making a contribution on chronic keyboard. This 4-Track demo captured the spirit better than subsequent attempts to re-record it so we chose it.

The 1996 Duncan and Steve duo sessions captured on Discs 3 and 4 yielded some interesting results and most of them are heard here for the first time. `Monstrous Tides' made it to the catalogue (on the `Startide' album), but this is the uncut version without the accidental interjection from Andrew Sachs. `Edison' featured on the final `Organ Harvest' in much shorter form than the 40 minutes heard here.

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released December 1, 2023

Disc 1:
Organ Harvest album released 10-1997.

Disc 2:
Organ Harvest (Original Version) SD/DG/GH 29-11-1994
A Minute Of Silence SD/DG/GH 08-05-1994
Destroy Cathedral City (Demo) SD/GH 03-06-1995

Disc 3:
St Valentine's Day Massacre SD/DG 13-02-1996
Monstrous Tides/Ladybirds/Uncovered SD/DG 21-03-1996

Disc 4:
Specific Coast Highway SD/DG 19-06-1996
Edison SD/DG 28-07-1996

Original Sleeve Artwork based on a painting by Kerstin Posch

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radio massacre international (duncan goddard, steve dinsdale, gary houghton) are one of the UK's leading electronic music groups, known for their prolifery of epic electronic excursions.

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