Category Archives: DVD

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 56]

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

[continued from this post] In 2009, after the end of the FACT “Energy Suite” installation, the OMD faithful got a free download from the band of their demo of a song written in 1981 but not recorded until 2007. “Sister … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 55]

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

[continued from last post] At the same time as their return to the concert stages of Europe and the UK, 2007 also brought with it news that an OMD fan, who was a filmmaker at Aspect Television, got the approval … Continue reading →

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Dazzling Go-Betweens Documentary Lights The Fire Anew

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

I can’t believe I haven’t written about The Go-Betweens in the nearly eight years of this blog. For many years I thought that I first heard of them when the video for “Spring Rain” was a staple of the early … Continue reading →

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Roxy Music Delights + Infuriates With Boxed Set Of Eponymous Album

Posted on February 20, 2018 by

Six or seven years ago there was a buzz on the 40th Anniversary of Roxy Music’s debut album. There was no shortage of leaky tales of Boxed Sets Of God™  being prepared for it’s 40th “birthday.” It would be a … Continue reading →

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BSOG® Shock! Erasure Release Own Boxed Set Of God® Without Monk Involvement!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

Erasure are celebrating 30 years of pop success with the king of BSOG that usually only comes from within the depths of my Record Cell; twelve CDs of material, curated nine ways to Sunday, and a copy of the “Wild!” live … Continue reading →

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New Gold Dream Goes Superdeluxe

Posted on May 19, 2016 by

Simple Minds: New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, 84] Super Deluxe Boxed Set 5xCD+DVD UK [2016] Disc 1 – Album remastered King Is White And In The Crowd Hunter And The Hunted Glittering Prize New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Somebody Up … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Heaven 17 – Live From Metropolis Studios [part 3]

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

“We Live So Fast” sets the pace for the show and it’s a great opener. “Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry” is my favorite song from “The Luxury Gap” and it has a pleasing heft here, though the intro and … Continue reading →

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