Category Archives: Remastering

The grit and details of my hobby of digitally remastering from vinyl are discussed here.

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 8]

Posted on February 15, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] CONCLUSION Fans of “Rage In Eden” have been waiting a while for this box and it’s proved to be quite interesting. I can remember in 2008 when the 2xCD edition came out, following a few years … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, DVD, Live Music, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 2022, BSOG, Conny Plank, Steven Wilson, surround sound, Ultravox | 9 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 4]

Posted on January 30, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from this post] SINGLES, B-SIDES + RARITIES [CONT.] The rest of disc three was comprised of glimpses of mostly familiar material in its formative stages. First up were a series of loose cassette rehearsals where the kinks in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 4 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 3]

Posted on January 27, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] STEVEN WILSON 2.0 MIX [CONT.] So we were diving into Disc 2 of the “Rage In Eden” ultrabox. The famous ending to the album was the stark and uncompromising “You Name [Has Slipped My Mind Again].” … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 3 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 2]

Posted on January 26, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 1981 ALBUM The classic 1981 album was perhaps the acme of Ure-era Ultravox. Chest-deep in angst-ridden melodrama and European angst. We’ve waxed eloquent about the album itself during the Ultravox Rock G.P.A. so those thoughts were … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, surround sound, Ultravox | 25 Comments

REVO Remastering: Ultravox! – Live At the Rainbow 1977 + [REVO 105]

Posted on September 16, 2022 by postpunkmonk

The appearance of the Ultravox! [exclamation point, please!] “Live At The Rainbow 1977” album as an Island/UMG release in 2022, of all years, was a least expected event for certain. Sure, there were reissues every 7-10 years of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Record Review, Remastering | Tagged 1977, 2022, bootlegs, live album, Ultravox | 13 Comments

Investigating Modern Eon In The Modern World

Posted on July 22, 2022 by postpunkmonk

One of the highlights in moving the entire contents of my Record Cell in the last six weeks, was that I got the chance to touch so much of my collection that might be inaccessible due to placement issues. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Remastering, Want List | Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, Liverpool, Modern Eon | 23 Comments

Want List: Building That Pete Shelley Rarities Disc

Posted on July 12, 2022 by postpunkmonk

I’ve been steadily building up the Pete Shelley collection for 41 years now! Even before his death in 2018, I was hoping that I’d soon have the pieces to compile a REVO collection of his rarities. I think I’m about … Continue reading →