Category Archives: Record Store Day

Record Store Day 2025 – The UK Edition

It’s hard to believe that for last year’s Record Store Day, I was actually in the UK for once, and found myself at a store in Liverpool the next day and bought the Steven Wilson Ultravox “Lament” remix EP. Stupidly, … Continue reading

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Record Store Day 2025 Dangles Bright, Shiny Musical Objects

It’s been such a whirlwind of activity that I only came to realize that Record Store Day was bearing down like a runaway freight train! It is happening in less than 48 hours and as always, we have to look … Continue reading

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

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

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Steven Wilson Earns That Money With Stunning “Lament” 12″ Remixes From Ultravox [part 2]

[…continued from last post] So far, Steven Wilson had added depth to “White China” and fully brought the Celtic aberration of “Man Of Two Worlds” fully onto the Ultravox playing field. Filling it with mystery and intrigue. Where would the … Continue reading

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Steven Wilson Earns That Money With Stunning “Lament” 12″ Remixes From Ultravox [part 1]

My friends and I have a ongoing comedy routine regarding Steven Wilson in our offline threads. The peripatetic musician is equally known among cognoscenti for his remixes of classic canon as he is for his own bands [Porcupine Tree] and … Continue reading

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Visiting Liverpool + 81 Renshaw Records [Liverpool, England]

MONK IN LIVERPOOL [HOLD THE BEATLES] Since trips are finite, the time spent with Gavin and his partner had to end and they came with us to Liverpool, where were were flying to our next stop in Paris. We were … Continue reading

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