Category Archives: New Romantic

Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 5]

Posted on March 5, 2019 by postpunkmonk

DISC 6 | Alternative Mixes, Roughs + Demos […continued from last post] The final disc was a revisit of the DVD-A that came out in 2005. I was lucky enough to have gotten a copy back then even though 5.1 … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, DVD, New Romantic, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2016, BSOG, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | 10 Comments

Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 4]

Posted on February 28, 2019 by postpunkmonk

DISC 5 | Alternative Mixes, Roughs + Demos […continued from last post] The fifth disc is why these Super Deluxe Boxed Sets can be so interesting to fans who would put an album like “New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, DVD, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2016, BSOG, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | 1 Comment

Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 3]

Posted on February 27, 2019 by postpunkmonk

DISC 3 | Edits + B-Sides […continued from last post] Disc three is the sort of excess curation that we sometimes do with our own REVO CDs to show off. Every 7″ edit [usually with about 0:30 seconds excised for … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, DVD, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2016, BSOG, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | Leave a comment

Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 2]

Posted on February 26, 2019 by postpunkmonk

DISC 2 | Extended Versions […continued from last post] So far, disc 2 had two of the three tracks to be found on the UK 12″ single of “Promised You A Miracle.” Next followed the US remixes of the track. … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, DVD, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2016, BSOG, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | 8 Comments

Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 1]

Posted on February 25, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Last year I vowed to spend less on music but to make certain that what I did pop for was something that I really wanted. So it’s very appropriate that the only music I have bought so far this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, DVD, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1982, 2016, BSOG, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds | Leave a comment

REVO Remastering: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox [REVO 088]

Posted on February 19, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Ultravox: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox 2xCD-R [2018] Disc 1 [Foxx] Satday Night In The City of The Dead Slipaway Wide Boys My Sex Young Savage ROckwrok Fear In The Western World Distant Smile The Man Who Dies Every … Continue reading →

Posted in A Young Person's Guide, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Scots Rock | Tagged 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, compilation, John Foxx, Midge Ure, Ultravox | 35 Comments

Want List: JAPAN Biography Reissued + Sequel Coming

Posted on December 18, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Two days ago commenter Duncan Watson brought it to our attention that Anthony Reynolds’ book on JAPAN was now back in print at Burning Shed, and since we had missed the limited hardcover edition, this represents a great second chance … Continue reading →