Category Archives: Records I Used To Own

Record Review: The Chameleons – “What Does Anything Mean? Basically” UK CD [part 2]

Posted on April 16, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Was there ever a Post-Punk title more appropriate than “Looking Inwardly?” The music, more than lived up to the promise in such a moniker with cascades of drums and guitars building to powerful crescendos as Burgess, … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 1985, 1995, Mark Burgess, The Chameleons | 6 Comments

JAPAN Ultrabox of “Quiet Life” Finally Scheduled for March 2021

Posted on January 15, 2021 by postpunkmonk

For over a year now, advance word had been leaking out about a Boxed Set Of God version of JAPAN’s seminal “Quiet Life” album of game-changing import. Beginning in late 2019 and pointing to an early 2020 release date; the … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, New Romantic, Records I Used To Own, Want List | Tagged 1979, 2021, Japan | 25 Comments

Record Review: Berlin – Pleasure Victim DLX RM US CD – Another Rubellan Triumph [part 2]

Posted on October 7, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] After enduring “Sex [I’m a…]” then the album picks up the level of achievement considerably with a strong “side two.” “Masquerade” has always been my go-to Berlin song. From the pen of guitarist Chris Ruiz-Velasco, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 1982, 2020, Berlin, DLX RM, Rubellan Remasters | 3 Comments

Record Review: Berlin – Pleasure Victim DLX RM US CD – Another Rubellan Triumph [part 1]

Posted on October 6, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Berlin: Pleasure Victim DLX RM – US – CD [2020] Tell Me Why 5:34 Pleasure Victim 3:50 Sex (I’m A…) 5:07 Masquerade 4:07 The Metro 4:10 World Of Smiles 3:51 Torture 2:40 Sex (I’m A…) (Single Remix) 3:31 Tell Me … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 1982, 2020, Berlin, Rubellan Remasters | 17 Comments

Record Review: Antena – Camino Del Sol BENELUX CD

Posted on September 3, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Antena: Camino Del Sol – BEN – CD [1989] The Boy From Ipanema Camino Del Sol To Climb The Cliff Silly Things Sissexa Achilles Bye Bye Papaye Noelle A Hawai Les Demoiselles De Rochefort Spiral Staircase Unable It was some … Continue reading →

Posted in NWOBJP, Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 1982, 1989, Isabelle Antena, Les Disques Du Crepuscule, NWOBJP | 4 Comments

Record Review: Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up UK 12″

Posted on January 29, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Thompson Twins: You Take Me Up UK 12″ [1984] You Take Me Up/Machines Take Me Over Down Tools Leopard Ray Passion Planet I somehow knew when I saw the video clip for “Hold Me Now” a few months before it … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 12" single, 1984, Thompson Twins, You Take Me Up | 30 Comments

Vaughan Oliver: 1957-2019

Posted on December 30, 2019 by postpunkmonk

I have sad news today for music lovers, but especially music-loving graphic designers. Today the first thing I noticed when catching up on the news was that famed graphic designer Vaughan Oliver had suddenly died yesterday at the far too … Continue reading →