Category Archives: 5.1

ZTT Royalty Frankie Goes To Hollywood + Propaganda Get 40th Anniversary BSOG/Blu-Ray Treatments

Posted on September 23, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Sometimes you are on the road when big news drops. I’ve been in the middle of a whirlwind for the last month or two [as if one couldn’t tell from the lack of posting here at PPM], and when news … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, BSOG, Core Collection, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps, Your Prog Roots Are Showing | 30 Comments

SURROUNDED BY RAMONES: Do Ramones In Dolby Atmos® Blu-Ray Make Any Sense?

Posted on June 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Last Friday you may have noticed the earth quaking to its very roots. No, it wasn’t yet another tedious lapse into authoritarianism action by the USA…those are as common as dirt, now. This was the announcement that Rhino have just … Continue reading →

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Spandau Ballet Early Years Ultrabox Mixes Analog + Digital While Covering All The Bases And More

Posted on June 20, 2025 by postpunkmonk

While I was stunned by the realization yesterday, that I was finally going to get to see Lene Lovich perform live…along with DEVO as as a bonus [!!], in came the missive from Spandau Ballet Central that coming soon was … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Buried Treasures, New Romantic, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Claudia Brücken Returns To Solo Work With “Night Mirror” this Summer

Posted on April 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Has it really been eleven years since the last Claudia Brücken solo album? Where has the time gone? I still do not have copies of two of her last three albums, and the last one [xPropaganda] I still only have … Continue reading →

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Kraftwerk Go Immersive With Dolby Atmos® Blu-Ray Disc of “Autobahn”

Posted on January 21, 2025 by postpunkmonk

We have already posted about the 50th anniversary tour that Kraftwerk are mounting to commemorate their crucial fourth album that has since become the zero point of the band with all before it consigned to the Ralf Hütter’s vest pocket … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, seminal single, Want List | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Simple Minds Dip Into The Surround Sound Well A Second Time With Twin Blu-Rays In Dolby Atmos®

Posted on November 21, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Of course commenter negative1ne has already acted swiftly on the comment thread of a post I made to commemorate “New God Dream [81, 82, 83, 84]” but I was away on travel for a memorial last weekend when I got … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Assorted Images, Core Collection, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Two More CDs Coming Bring “Lament” 40th Anniversary Tally “Up To 11”

Posted on October 16, 2024 by postpunkmonk

The “Lament” 40th anniversary ultrabox that just arrived last month is something that I’ve just begun to get into in the last week of pseudo-normality. It was seven CDs and a DVD with the Steven Wilson 5.1 surround remix as … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, DVD, New Romantic, Record Store Day, Scots Rock, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | 17 Comments