An earlier version of Energetic Disassembly, recorded at B.O.S.S. (short for Bob O'Neill Sound Studios) for Rainforest Records (home to S.A. Slayer), was scrapped when the label closed its doors. These "lost" recordings have since been released as part of the 2002 Demonstrations in Chaos archives release. The album also contains a re-recording of the song "Meltdown", first recorded in 1983 for the Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death compilation.
Energetic Disassembly was originally released on the band's own label, Zombo Records. Zombo was the name of the band's then-manager's mute dog. Financed by drummer Rick Colaluca, 3,000 LPs and 1,500 cassettes were pressed up at the time.
In 1993, Germany's Institute of Art label issued Energetic Disassembly on CD for the first time. A further IoA reissue with slightly altered artwork followed in 1997. San Antonio, Texas-based Monster Underground, formerly Monster Records, would reissue Energetic Disassembly in October 2004. The album was re-released for a fourth time in 2008 via Rockadrome, formerly Monster Underground.
Energetic Disassembly is also known to have been bootlegged both on vinyl and CD.
