Category Archives: Record Review

Releases that get the scrutiny of The Post-Punk Monk.

Jerry Harrison’s “The Red + The Black” Is Finally Back In Print In Deluxe 2xLP Expanded Package I’ve Been Waiting 42 Years For [part 1]

Jerry Harrison: The Red + The Black [Expanded Edition] – US – 2xLP [2023] Disc 1 [red vinyl] Disc 2 [black vinyl] I’ve been waiting years to write this. I hope you’re sitting down as we’re going to be here … Continue reading

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FINALLY! A DLX RM of Malcolm McLaren’s “Duck Rock,” But You’d Better Own A Turntable…

I’ve grown whiskers waiting for a DLX RM of the great “Duck Rock” album curated by the master trickster Malcolm McLaren and made with musicians who would soon become Trevor Horn’s ZTT Theam [Anne Dudley, Louis Jordan] as well as … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 4]

[…continued from last post] …AND THEN SOME The first remix of “Sweet Murder,” the “Eek-A-Mix,” is still my favorite one. The band wisely roped in Jamaican DJ Eek-A-Mouse to transform the track from Reggae adjacent to a fully embracing a … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 3]

[…continued from last post] EVERY LAST REMIX Disc four finally reached the last single from “Animal Magic” in remix form. I only ever owned the remix 12″ of “Don’t Be Scared Of Me” [MONK TX3] which came with five tracks, … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 2]

[…continued from last post] MIX IT UNTIL IT HITS Disc three was where the program was deep in remixes of the five singles form the “Animal Magic” album. In fact, the disc was filled with remixes of just four of … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 1]

The Blow Monkeys: Animal Magic SDLX RM – UK – 4xCD [2023] Disc 1 Disc 2 Disc 3 Disc 4 Last month I finally ordered the Blow Monkeys’s DLX RM of “Animal Magic” in its slightly-sprawling-and-we-like-it-that-way 4xCD edition that was … Continue reading

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REVO Remastering: The Invaders – “Test Card + Singles” [REVO 106]

It was 1980 when I first encountered the Polydor US compilation “Made In Britain.” It was a sampler with four bands: Protex, Excel, The Comsat Angels, and The Invaders. I loved that record from day one, but it was not … Continue reading

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